Posts Tagged ‘school’

April 1

Posted: April 1, 2011 in Academia, Life
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This is what BioE Seniors do when graduation is imminent. Can’t wait to be done with school.

Expectations

Posted: March 4, 2011 in Life
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I started this year with many expectations. I expected the upcoming climbing season to be a lot of fun, I expected to stay strong, I expected to graduate, and I expected to have a plan for the coming Fall. Expectations can be exciting, but they’re also very scary. What if I injured myself? Would that [...]

Not with a bang, but with a whimper

Posted: December 16, 2010 in Academia
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It’s not that I’m lazy. I just don’t care. Unfortunately, the fact that I don’t care doesn’t make the responsibilities go away. The perfect storm of finals exams, class projects, and graduate school applications hit me like a truck over the past three days, where in a period of 42 hours I accumulated exactly 0 [...]

End of Year

Posted: December 11, 2010 in Academia
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As the end of the quarter draws to a close, the lingering effects of senioritis are driving me to simply stop studying, play some video games, and start my vacation. But alas, real life beckons. After my academic mid-life crisis, my research advisor sat me down and forcefully said “No, you’re applying to graduate school”. [...]

MATH 394

Posted: November 10, 2010 in Academia
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I’m pretty sure I could’ve taken that test in middle school. Probability 1, leaning slightly on the side of being a joke class. We drew Venn diagrams, and calculated powers of 1/2. Now I’m not complaining, Lord knows that I need less stress in my life, plus a GPA booster. But if I am paying [...]