New Adventures

Hi ya’ll,

It has almost been two months since I moved to the Big Easy from my sleepy little beach town.The sound of ambulances flying past no longer make me flinch and being surrounded by the hustle and bustle of city life is really starting to grow on me! In this first month, I have eaten some delicious food, met some pretty awesome people, studied lot (of course), and have been immersing myself in the local culture. I'm super excited to be apart of the Pharmacology Masters Program at Tulane this year. Every professor and staff member has made me feel super welcome since coming here, and I feel like they actually care about my success! Coming from a large University, the close knit group is something I'm not used to, but something I REALLY love about the program.  

Learning how to balance was a super important goal I set for myself this year. I wanted to make sure that I was staying on top of school, but also enjoying the beautiful place I get to call home (at least for the next year). It has been a while since I graduated, so I was nervous about getting back into a rigorous academic environment. I learned early on that finding a good study routine is SO important. I can’t stress that enough. Even though we have only had two block exams so far, I feel like I’m finally learning how to study efficiently/ effectively for the first time ever, and I’m so happy with my exam scores from the first two modules! I tried group studying for the first time, and I was shocked by how much I have really enjoyed it. It has been a fun game trying to figure out what does and doesn’t work for me, but it is a PROCESS. I have to remind myself of that quite often.

Time has gone by so fast, with all of the adjusting and getting back into the swing of school, I didn’t get an opportunity to volunteer this month. I’m excited to start volunteering at the beginning of next month with the Goldring Center for Culinary medicine! I can’t wait to see what opportunities the month of October brings!

Community Service Hour for September: 0