Wow, this semester is almost over! We have a
couple of more blocks before the Shelf exam. Winter break was much needed, but
I certainly miss the 5 week long breaks of college. This semester I’m learning
a lot more about time management, balancing the regular block exams with MCAT
studying and studying for the Shelf, in addition to giving more presentations
than ever before! We just finished the Endocrine block where I learned all
about the inner workings of diabetes and reproductive drugs. Now we are delving
into the CNS, with a heavy load of principles lectures.
Last Saturday I got to volunteer with Mike at Habitat, we we
were building walls and doing framework for a house a company VMWare was
sponsoring. They had actually painted their logo on the concrete foundation of
the house, and sent a drone over to take photographs of the site all of us
working! It was very interesting yet pretty distracting. I learned from some of
the Habitat employees that VMWare had actually donated $250,000 and was sending
400 volunteers to work with them for a week building house in the Greater New
Orleans area. It’s great to see companies getting involved in philanthropic causes
especially in our city. I’m excited for my next build with Habitat for
Humanity. Until then I’ll be studying CNS drugs!
Community Service Hours:
1-24-15: 8 hours at Habitat For Humanity
