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Happy Belated Valentine’s Day!!
I hope everyone had a wonderful Valentine’s Day! I was lucky enough to spend the day with 7 of my closest friends here at JMU. As much fun as yesterday was, it’s now time to face the reality of college once again. This past week I have been spending most of my time getting my applications ready for graduate school by getting a copy of my transcripts to mail to the schools as well as teacher recommendation letters. I’ll be so happy once this is all done!
A little update on classes…
Last week was kind of crazy with 2 exams and a paper. So far my classes are going really well. In my genetics lab unfortunately our research is not going as well as we would like and for that reason we were forced to start our project over. That is the one downside to working in a lab - it is very time consuming and if results do not go as they are suppose to then you have no other choice but to start the project over. Hopefully we don’t run into the same problems again. In my Health Ethics class we just recently took an exam, which I felt went pretty well, but we will have to wait and see.
ISAT update…
After the completion of each class at the end of the semester, the students are provided with forms to evaluate the professor and the class itself. Yesterday, the ISAT students, including myself, were placed into groups of 10 to discuss the ISAT program with the head of the department, Dr. Kander. I was very pleased with how this went, because it showed me that the professors honestly do care what we think of the program and ways that we can help improve it. We were able to discuss as a group the overall program as well as individual classes. Of course I can not repeat any of the information that was discussed in this meeting, but it just goes to show that the professors are continuously trying to find ways to improve the program for upcoming students. This really is a great program to be a part of. The professors are so incredibly understanding and helpful, and it is because of the ISAT program that I was able to meet some of my best friends in college.
Posted by Kristen on February 15, 2006 08:47 AM | Link | Email Kristen
A little update...
Hey everyone! The past couple of weeks have been extremely busy! Here is a little update of my life. I am still in the mist of deciding between going to grad school or getting a job, but just recently the possibility of both has crossed my mind. I received an email last week from a professor in the ISAT program informing me of a possible job opportunity with AMEC Biopharmaceuticals. I have been researching the company and it seemed like a great way to start life after JMU, though I still want to pursue further education to get my Master’s. Last Thursday I had a meeting with a professor at Johns Hopkins University to learn more about their program for a Master’s in Biotechnology. The program seems very interesting as well as something that I believe will meet all my needs. After exploring both opportunities I decided to apply for the job position as well as apply for graduate school. In the event that I get both, I plan on working full-time as well as go to grad school part-time. I hope that both work out in my favor, but we will just have to wait and see!
Classes are going fine so far. It’s nice to be able to enjoy a semester for once, rather than be stressed out about classes. Even though I am only taking 4 classes, I still have a lot of work to do for each of them. Last week I had my first exam in genetics. In my opinion the exam was extremely fair and I felt that I studied the correct material for it. Hopefully I did ok on it. This upcoming week I have 2 exams and a paper, all of which I am not ready for yet. My exams are in Medical Terminology and Values in Healthcare, and my paper is a case analysis which is also for my Values in Healthcare class. I have a bad feeling that I will be up sort of late tonight since my paper and one out of my two tests are tomorrow! YIKES!...
Sorry that it has been so long since my last blog. I will try to update it again as soon as I can and I will keep you posted on what is going on with me!.
Please feel free to ask me any questions that you wish!
Posted by Kristen on February 7, 2006 10:23 AM | Link | Email Kristen
