Pod School & White Coat Ceremony

LosingID8

CA10824 Posts

September 16 2011 20:25 GMT

A lot has changed since my last entry that I wrote back in May.

I'm currently living in Manhattan and have been a student at the New York College of Podiatric Medicine (NYCPM) for the last 3 weeks now! Living in the city is great, there's always something to do in the those rare times I have an afternoon or evening open lol.

It's super intense... I can't believe that it has only been 3 weeks. I feel like I've been in school for at least 2 months.

My daily routine is pretty tiring, but you gotta do what you gotta do.
9a-4p classes
gym 3-4x/week after school
5p-11p library
11p-1a more studying at home

I'm taking Histology, Biochemistry, Bacteriology, Genetics, and Neuroscience. To be honest none of the material that we've been covering so far is difficult, but the sheer quantity of material we cover weekly is daunting.

Slides from just 1 week of lecture

I'm doing pretty well academically so far, but only because I force myself to study a lot every single day. My school gives us 2-3 exams (actual exams, not quizzes) every week so it really forces me to stay on top of all the material. For some candidates, it's a big reason that they choose not to attend NYCPM, but I know how lazy I can get so I figured it would benefit me. The downside of being in professional school is that I have a lot less free (aka TL) time. Lately I've only been posting 5 or 6 times per week as opposed to my average of about 40 (to be honest though, it's probably helping my grades lol).

In other news, my girlfriend came to visit me on Labor Day weekend! We had a lot of fun trying out new places to eat, window shopping on 5th Ave, checking out museums, and seeing Catch Me If You Can on Broadway. I'm usually not a huge fan of musicals but I thoroughly enjoyed this one.

At the Guggenheim Museum... no comment on the "artwork" lol

Being touristy at Times Square

Earlier this week we just had our White Coat Ceremony. Unfortunately my family couldn't make it but I still had a lot of fun.

Roommates!

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Record-setting number of Koreans in one class (+1 Chinese friend lol)

Time to go study at the library! I hope you enjoyed the blog.

mrafaeldie12

Brazil537 Posts

September 16 2011 20:34 GMT

Whos the chinese on that pic?Is teh gentleman with the bow tie?

And also do you play epic 4v4s?:D

Bambipwnsu

Canada698 Posts

September 16 2011 20:37 GMT

omg the roommate on the left... resemblance with Sen much!?!?!

Enjoyed the blog..now I should go study too...

zappa372

Chile365 Posts

September 16 2011 21:36 GMT

Nice blog, lol at the artwork :D

gl on your studies

GHOSTCLAW

United States17042 Posts

September 16 2011 21:42 GMT

good to see you haven't died and fallen off the face of the earth ^_^

LosingID8

CA10824 Posts

September 17 2011 00:26 GMT

On September 17 2011 05:34 mrafaeldie12 wrote:
Whos the chinese on that pic?Is teh gentleman with the bow tie?

And also do you play epic 4v4s?:D

nope, don't have time for games... although i do enjoy my occasional game of 3v3 BGH with TLers.

On September 17 2011 06:42 GHOSTCLAW wrote:
good to see you haven't died and fallen off the face of the earth ^_^

yup, haven't died yet lol, just not very active on TL

ZoW

United States3983 Posts

September 17 2011 00:44 GMT

After seeing that stack of papers i totally forgive you for not coming tonight

LosingID8

CA10824 Posts

September 19 2011 21:05 GMT

man after hearing the results i'm kind of sad that i didn't go out. but on the other hand i would have bombed today's test if i had gone lol.

bh.

United States342 Posts

March 11 2012 09:46 GMT

Just decided to stalk you because I remembered your mcat post and we drove to SD from la with day9 before, i think? congrats on pod school.... your classroom time is so high

EDIT: it was JD vs fantasy finals, where JD catches vulture drop with lings in last game after JD being down 0-2

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