WOW! I can’t believe I have already taken my first midterm of the quarter, and next week will be the half-way point. Boy, is time flying. And it’s February?? Hard to tell with all this wonderful sunshine! With that said, I thought I would tell you a little bit about the classes I am taking….
Category: Academics
Quarter System and Exams…
One thing to know about the quarter system is that it goes by extremely fast! We are in Winter quarter and it is now Week 4. Midterms are already rolling in during this time. Two of my roommates have multiple midterms this week. My midterms are thankfully next week, so I still have a week…
MCAT Prep
Well, it is my time to enjoy the favorite time of every pre-medical student’s career, preparing for the MCAT. The MCAT is essentially the medical school version of the SAT. Except, it is much more intense. The test includes sections on biological sciences, (organic chemistry and biology) physical sciences (physics and general chemistry), verbal…
Worrying about college admissions?
Winter really is here! It’s hard to tell in Los Angeles when the weather reporter is constantly saying 75 degrees and sunny, but no! The rain was in full force today. Aside from that, today I want to tell you readers a little bit about the different events that UCLA organizes for its prospective first-year…
Teaching for America
This past week has been one of the best weeks of my life. I was notified that I was accepted into Teach for America– a true dream come true. I have always loved being involved in the classroom. Since I was a little kid, I was always intrigued on taking a leadership role in the…
Academic Advisement
Hey readers! I hope all is well with your daily lives and such. For the most part my daily life has been fantastic. Even though I’ve been unusually busy this week, I made a goal to set an appointment with my academic advisor. An academic advisor is comparable to a counselor; he or she is…
While you wait for college acceptances…
Many of you have already applied to the college of your dreams and now it’s time to wait for those acceptance letters to start rolling in. As you may have heard the fabulous news, this year UCLA received over 90,000 applications (91,512 students to be exact applied to be newly admitted to one of the…
Last Winter Quarter for Undergrad
2012 brings in my last two quarters here at UCLA– Winter and Spring Quarter. The three classes that I am taking this quarter are Introduction to Social Welfare, Sociology of Education and Statistical and Computer Methods for Social Research. I am definitely looking forward to a busy, challenging and rewarding quarter. Last quarter was one…
Beginning of the Quarter Checklist
Contrary to popular belief, the beginning of the quarter isn’t exactly peaceful! For me, things tend to be hectic, but I know eventually it will all settle down and I will settle into my usual routine. Things to do: 1) Finalize class schedule. Hopefully everything has worked out like I hoped, but sometimes once syllabi…
New Year Resolutions
Happy New Year! It seems not so long ago when we just accustomed ourselves to typing “2011” on our papers and writing it next to our signatures, but before long, 365 days had passed and it’s time to get used to the next number up. And as always, a new year calls for a new…
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