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RE: Older (Returning) Student Support Thread - 8/30/2010 11:31:15 PM
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R8chel
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We made a schedule and posted it, so the kids always knew when it was. It helped a lot...not as good as my own room is now, but it worked for those early couple of years, and the kids learned to respect my study time. Maybe somehting like that work work for you?
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..... this is an excellent idea! It would be great for hubby, too. He has ADHD which sometimes complicates my life just a little bit! 
I split my time between the kitchen table, a 'computer station' in my girls' room (my wifi card in my computer blitzed), and a wooden tv tray in my bedroom. 
It'll be much better one day! ... and I will REALLY appreciate my own home office when I get it! 
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RE: Older (Returning) Student Support Thread - 8/31/2010 9:59:51 PM
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About the home office...
When I decided to return to school, we re-did a bedroom for that purpose....
And...YAY me!!! got a 97 on my first English assignment!!!! It's English 102 at Liberty Online...
There seems to be a lot that God's doing in my life right now...opening doors...I'm almost ready to jump out of my skin...I'm EXCITED!!!!!
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RE: Older (Returning) Student Support Thread - 8/31/2010 10:10:32 PM
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You go girl!!! 
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RE: Older (Returning) Student Support Thread - 8/31/2010 10:11:59 PM
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Thanks R8chel! Now I just pray my first essay is as good...it's kicking my behind!
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RE: Older (Returning) Student Support Thread - 8/31/2010 10:21:13 PM
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...... ugh. You have your pm thingy turned off... Highlight below:
Here's the key to that class. If you can put a few paragraphs together that makes sense... and they support your thesis statement... than you will get no less than a B.
You can do it!
I'll copy and paste an email I got from them that may be a good resource... you probably got this email already, too...
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RE: Older (Returning) Student Support Thread - 8/31/2010 10:35:36 PM
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R8chel...I turned my PMs back on...and my email.
Thanks for the hint! I've written professionally, technical type things. It's been a LONG time since I've had to put something like this together, but I'll just grit my teeth and DO IT! I sure hope Philosophy is easier!
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RE: Older (Returning) Student Support Thread - 8/31/2010 11:08:39 PM
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Two hours of playing with MyAccountingLab, and I am feeling much better about it. I even submitted my homework that is due Friday, which means I don't have to go to class because it is lab day! Very nice, since that is my only Friday class.
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RE: Older (Returning) Student Support Thread - 8/31/2010 11:30:19 PM
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Two hours of playing with MyAccountingLab, and I am feeling much better about it. I even submitted my homework that is due Friday, which means I don't have to go to class because it is lab day! Very nice, since that is my only Friday class.
Yeah, Friday classes or labs are no fun.  It's no fun being on campus every day, but I couldn't schedule it any other way, not with 3 labs, 3 hours each for two and 4 hours for the third...that's 10 hours ack taking up a significant chunk of my schedule. I was so used to an emptier campus and was enjoying all the space, quiet. Now that the regular semester has started up again it's ridiculously crazy busy!
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RE: Older (Returning) Student Support Thread - 9/1/2010 9:56:01 AM
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Two hours of playing with MyAccountingLab, and I am feeling much better about it. I even submitted my homework that is due Friday, which means I don't have to go to class because it is lab day! Very nice, since that is my only Friday class.
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Donna, I went to school for accounting... and earned my Assoc. degree. Accounting is one of those subjects that has to grow on you. The more you do the motions, the more it sinks in... and I found that even though I didn't get some of it.... that when I started working in accounting in my job - THEN it made sense!! (Light bulb moments are awesome!)
It's like I had to see accounting in motion. Having discussions with my co-workers also helped my brain to process through. Keep your accounting books for reference - I think you'll be thankful you did!
I loved business law, too. That class was very helpful in my work experience.
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RE: Older (Returning) Student Support Thread - 9/1/2010 11:20:15 AM
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Two hours of playing with MyAccountingLab, and I am feeling much better about it. I even submitted my homework that is due Friday, which means I don't have to go to class because it is lab day! Very nice, since that is my only Friday class.
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Donna, I went to school for accounting... and earned my Assoc. degree. Accounting is one of those subjects that has to grow on you. The more you do the motions, the more it sinks in... and I found that even though I didn't get some of it.... that when I started working in accounting in my job - THEN it made sense!! (Light bulb moments are awesome!)
It's like I had to see accounting in motion. Having discussions with my co-workers also helped my brain to process through. Keep your accounting books for reference - I think you'll be thankful you did!
I loved business law, too. That class was very helpful in my work experience.
I highlighted in bold this sentence because I found it funny. Actually, sometimes it never does grow on you! I got my B.S. degree in Accounting and MIS and to this day I don't know how I did it. Forced myself to take the classes, and forced myself to work a year in auditing hating it the entire time. I even tried to sit for my CPA, taking and failing all the sections..should have realized then accounting and me don't go together.lol. I thought the more I saw it, eventually I would enjoy it and understand what I was doing. Never happened. 
I've heard of people that love accounting, but I was never one of them. 
I'm debating whether to finish up in Fall 2011 or Spring 2012. I'll be finished with medical school prereqs in Fall 2011. I was thinking of taking 2 extra bio classes in Spring 2012, human physiology and microbial genetics or medical microbio. I only have to take general chem, general physics, general bio, organic chem, and calculus or stats..each having to be a year-long sequence with all the science requiring a year-long lab. Then there are about 24 semester hours of humanities/social sciences needed that I satisfied with my degree.
If I finish next fall, I can relax and focus on waiting from schools about my app and possible interview offers and scheduling that. But me always being prepared, I think it wouldn't hurt to take those classes so when I'm in the MD and PhD program I'm going in with as much knowledge prior as possible, just to make it a bit easier. Decisions!
I was worried at first taking 3 classes and 3 labs. But I feel like it'll be a good semester. I love my microbial diversity class already. The professor is awesome, she said in lab yesterday, "You don't have to be quiet in lab, talk..have fun! Lab is fun, I love lab!"
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RE: Older (Returning) Student Support Thread - 9/2/2010 10:38:02 AM
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I'm finally starting up again. Only 1 class this semester: Metadata. Should be fun.
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RE: Older (Returning) Student Support Thread - 9/3/2010 5:50:29 AM
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I'm going to medical school... I put it to the side and pretty much forgot about it... "out of sight, out of mind" ...he has been tapping me on the shoulder, and trying to remind me... I couldn't stop thinking about it...the crazy thing is, even after I finally said, "Yes Lord", I still had some doubts about this new direction. I prayed all week... ...list all the reasons against medical school, but no matter what I said, I still had the desire...
LOL always... welcome to the story of my life. a lot a lot. i've considered this off and on my whole life. since i didn't have a certainty about what i wanted in college, i chose research. and it's interesting, and i've learned a loooot, and God has used this time that i so obviously needed to grow and get to know Him. so over these years the idea has grown, and been reinforced, and i've tried to learn about it and research it and to discern where my feeling like i'm drawn to it comes from. even as i evaluate how it is not the most practical by time or money (no debt with grad degree? or start over and go into debt to spend 10 years on a medical degree? hmmm.. tough practical choice there...), it will not leave me alone. it only grows. my paralytic uncertainty has said 'are you suuuure this is really a draw or a call? maybe you just feel incompetent where you are and the grass is greener, maybe you're ignoring something here' and on and on and OONNNN. but NOT responding took a much larger toll on my spirit over time than responding. i still do not know what will happen, if i will succeed, if i am being called to be a doctor (implies success over the hurdles to get there) or if i am being called to try to be a doctor for whatever other reason, and that's scary. but when i get most terrified i think of when all those people were turned off by what Jesus was saying and they left, and Jesus said 'do you want to leave too' to the disciples, and Peter (ithink) said 'Lord where would we go?'. so it seems a bit nutty but i don't know what else to do :) so moving forward with it is STILL a mountain for a worrywart like me, but it is 'the' option, so here we go! sounds like you have a lot more certainty now than i have had and that the decision over time was relatively short, and that's wonderful! MDPhD is tough stuff too so good luck - you'll avoid the debt issue that i'll have which will be nice :)
since i've been hyperanalyzing this for a long time and am currently puttin things in the works to do it, i've looked up a lot of info. feel free to ask anything about the prep to apply process if you haven't got too deep into that (can't help on the postapp side, obviously).
good luck finishing all your classes. i am hoping hoping hoping i can finish up in spring 2012 so i'll be applying in summer2011 with you :)
and part of the reason i tunneled over here in the middle of the night: i don't want to jinx it, i don't want to get comfy and slack or relax, because it's only a week away.... but after 2 practice AAMC MCATs so far, i think i could really be ok on this exam. not needing to retake in january would be SO WONDERFUL because i need to throw myself 100% into research to get moving, and this summer has been like 2 full time jobs and my boss from the one doesn't know about the second!
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RE: Older (Returning) Student Support Thread - 9/3/2010 11:34:37 AM
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Tamara, good luck! When I first went back to school, I started with one class too. It was a nice way to get my feet wet.
Always and carebearstare, I can so relate to wondering about the right path. The Lord and I had several conversations about my inability to trust Him with my future! When I very first went back to school, my original thought was to get a BA in social work and that was it. But, after two semesters in, I knew that was not what I really felt called to...it was one on one counseling. But(I reminded the Lord) counseling in the capacity I felt called to meant grad school which equaled mega bucks I didn't have. I felt I knew deep in my heart that this was my place(this calling was 13 years in the making!), but there was always a but! My husband prayed with me, and he too felt confirmation that this was the path and grad school was a necessity. We both know my earning potential is a good bet against the debt, so I have ceased to worry about it. I don't know how it will all play out with getting a job and in this economy, but I do know that God's hand is so evident in the doors already being opened and, and he is not going to lead me into anything He can't complete.
School is going well, and in fact is the easy part right now...lol. Juggling my hours at the office (training and in supervision) is the hard part. I commute an hour for school and my internship, and right now, have to be at one place or the other(some days both!) everyday, and varying times depending on the day. My calendar looks like a confusing mess! But, I love this agency...the more I am there, the more I love it. My supervisor is awesome and I can't believe what I am learning from her already. The work atmosphere is good too...people respect each other and I already like all the other therapists and advocates there. God has been so good to lead me here! So many of my classmates are having terrible issue with their placements/supervisors, and mine, although more demanding of my time than some are, is perfectly suited to my specialty and learning style.
I have my first client booked too! I'll schedule two more for my first week, then add one a week as I feel comfortable until I'm full. I still can't wrap my mind around the fact that this is really happening! I'll just be glad when May comes and I graduate. That will really ease up my schedule! I can't imagine what it will be like to not be going to school any longer. But, something tells me I can adjust pretty easily!
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RE: Older (Returning) Student Support Thread - 9/3/2010 12:12:52 PM
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I'm going to medical school... I put it to the side and pretty much forgot about it... "out of sight, out of mind" ...he has been tapping me on the shoulder, and trying to remind me... I couldn't stop thinking about it...the crazy thing is, even after I finally said, "Yes Lord", I still had some doubts about this new direction. I prayed all week... ...list all the reasons against medical school, but no matter what I said, I still had the desire...
LOL always... welcome to the story of my life. a lot a lot. i've considered this off and on my whole life. since i didn't have a certainty about what i wanted in college, i chose research. and it's interesting, and i've learned a loooot, and God has used this time that i so obviously needed to grow and get to know Him. so over these years the idea has grown, and been reinforced, and i've tried to learn about it and research it and to discern where my feeling like i'm drawn to it comes from. even as i evaluate how it is not the most practical by time or money (no debt with grad degree? or start over and go into debt to spend 10 years on a medical degree? hmmm.. tough practical choice there...), it will not leave me alone. it only grows. my paralytic uncertainty has said 'are you suuuure this is really a draw or a call? maybe you just feel incompetent where you are and the grass is greener, maybe you're ignoring something here' and on and on and OONNNN. but NOT responding took a much larger toll on my spirit over time than responding. i still do not know what will happen, if i will succeed, if i am being called to be a doctor (implies success over the hurdles to get there) or if i am being called to try to be a doctor for whatever other reason, and that's scary. but when i get most terrified i think of when all those people were turned off by what Jesus was saying and they left, and Jesus said 'do you want to leave too' to the disciples, and Peter (ithink) said 'Lord where would we go?'. so it seems a bit nutty but i don't know what else to do :) so moving forward with it is STILL a mountain for a worrywart like me, but it is 'the' option, so here we go! sounds like you have a lot more certainty now than i have had and that the decision over time was relatively short, and that's wonderful! MDPhD is tough stuff too so good luck - you'll avoid the debt issue that i'll have which will be nice :)
since i've been hyperanalyzing this for a long time and am currently puttin things in the works to do it, i've looked up a lot of info. feel free to ask anything about the prep to apply process if you haven't got too deep into that (can't help on the postapp side, obviously).
good luck finishing all your classes. i am hoping hoping hoping i can finish up in spring 2012 so i'll be applying in summer2011 with you :)
and part of the reason i tunneled over here in the middle of the night: i don't want to jinx it, i don't want to get comfy and slack or relax, because it's only a week away.... but after 2 practice AAMC MCATs so far, i think i could really be ok on this exam. not needing to retake in january would be SO WONDERFUL because i need to throw myself 100% into research to get moving, and this summer has been like 2 full time jobs and my boss from the one doesn't know about the second!
Haha! Yes, what you went through (agonizing about it, doubting, wondering if it was really God saying it, etc) is exactly what I did! How long did it take you to finally say, "Yes"?
I think the past year, since coming closer to God and trying to live in obedience to Him, and going along with what He wants me to do, I've been more in tune to His voice and what He wants me to do, so the stubborn "I won't listen" phase is a lot shorter, and I've even noticed each time I get in that phase this past year..lol..the lag time between me 1)having Him speak to me and 2)me obeying is shorter each time. I would start wondering if He really wanted me to do PhD with an MD, but everything seemed to line into place at just the right time that would help me get there.... Me getting the undergrad research position with a lab on campus, in which the professor happened to be in a field that I really enjoy (microbio/immunology). Not only that, but it happened all in less than 24 hours.lol. I emailed the professor, she emails me back in a matter of hours the same day wanting to meet me that day or the next for an introduction!
Sometimes it gets so hard to NOT listen to the non-believing world and trust God that it will happen, because if I do see it from their perspective it DOES seem impossible. When asked, I tell people what I want to do I usually get remarks like, "Tough"or "Whoa".
I know this sounds crazy, but I don't even have many medical schools on my list to apply. The one that keeps coming into my mind is Johns Hopkins University.  . Some others include University of VA, University of MI, Georgetown, George Washington, and Tufts..but really I only add those schools to the list too, because I feel I should apply to more than just Johns Hopkins. If I go around telling people, "I'm only applying to Johns Hopkins" they will think I'm crazy! I can't even tell you why I chose Hopkins as my 1st choice, it wasn't from any reason I can think of other than I want to go there. I know no one that goes there or went there, I am not from Maryland, I don't know much about their program (only what I read of requirements needed) There are so many schools, and many excellent top-ranked ones. I know what the rational-minded person would say, "Don't put all your eggs into one basket, look at the states of acceptance rates, you have to have Plan B!". I'm not so confident that I know I'm a shoo-in, but I feel like I have to apply there. I can't explain, sometimes I do doubt that strong desire to go there! Yet, I know 100% medical school is it, this is what God calls me to do, so I KNOW I won't fail. He told me so. 
My mother once remarked to me that when I do something, I don't hesitate or do it part-way, but I jump in 100% and full speed ahead. I see evidence with my human eyes how impossible it seems. I see how to many it would seem crazy.lol. Yet, all the skeptics don't have God on their side, I do. I can't dismiss any of it as all in my mind anymore. Too many doors opening and God pulling me towards the path He wants for me.
About the app process, I'm trying not to stress about it right now. I have to focus on classes! At the school I am taking the prereqs it is required of all premeds to complete a committee packet that is supplemental to the AMCAS app. It includes 2 school faculty interviews, 5 LORs, answering quite a few essay questions..and I hope I'm not forgetting anything.lol. That's just the university requirements for premeds, that's not including the actual AMCAS app to fill out sent to medical schools. All this has to be done between now and May June 2011. I plan on taking the MCAT in Aug, I have to take physics still next summer. I'll be in classes from not until August and then MCAT.lol. Only taking it once.
Have you looked at the AMCAS yet? On campus yesterday we had a prehealth conv. for prehealth students and the AMCAS people were there. Apparently, 2012 matriculation doesn't open until May 2011. I had no idea about that, it's a mistake a lot of students make..apply in the wrong app year!
I pray you do well on the test! I am already worrying about it right now.haha. I have a practice test and I want to start studying now, but not sure if I can too much going on.
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RE: Older (Returning) Student Support Thread - 9/3/2010 12:19:09 PM
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Tamara, good luck! When I first went back to school, I started with one class too. It was a nice way to get my feet wet.
Always and carebearstare, I can so relate to wondering about the right path. The Lord and I had several conversations about my inability to trust Him with my future! When I very first went back to school, my original thought was to get a BA in social work and that was it. But, after two semesters in, I knew that was not what I really felt called to...it was one on one counseling. But(I reminded the Lord) counseling in the capacity I felt called to meant grad school which equaled mega bucks I didn't have. I felt I knew deep in my heart that this was my place(this calling was 13 years in the making!), but there was always a but! My husband prayed with me, and he too felt confirmation that this was the path and grad school was a necessity. We both know my earning potential is a good bet against the debt, so I have ceased to worry about it. I don't know how it will all play out with getting a job and in this economy, but I do know that God's hand is so evident in the doors already being opened and, and he is not going to lead me into anything He can't complete.
School is going well, and in fact is the easy part right now...lol. Juggling my hours at the office (training and in supervision) is the hard part. I commute an hour for school and my internship, and right now, have to be at one place or the other(some days both!) everyday, and varying times depending on the day. My calendar looks like a confusing mess! But, I love this agency...the more I am there, the more I love it. My supervisor is awesome and I can't believe what I am learning from her already. The work atmosphere is good too...people respect each other and I already like all the other therapists and advocates there. God has been so good to lead me here! So many of my classmates are having terrible issue with their placements/supervisors, and mine, although more demanding of my time than some are, is perfectly suited to my specialty and learning style.
I have my first client booked too! I'll schedule two more for my first week, then add one a week as I feel comfortable until I'm full. I still can't wrap my mind around the fact that this is really happening! I'll just be glad when May comes and I graduate. That will really ease up my schedule! I can't imagine what it will be like to not be going to school any longer. But, something tells me I can adjust pretty easily!
That so great!! Your 1st client!! I'm excited for you too. I love hearing about everyone else's passions and interests, and seeing how God works in everyone else's lives as well. It strengthens my own faith to see God's Hand at work! Yup, I know about that feeling in your heart, a calling. I am gradually getting to the place where I am trusting Him more, like I should have from the first.lol. I am just so grateful He is so patient with me!
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RE: Older (Returning) Student Support Thread - 9/3/2010 1:14:42 PM
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Hey Always - if you get into UVA, you'll be about 60 miles from me.
School is good. This is a good class to start back with for me, but I'm also doing the work for a 2nd class unofficially, and will then "officially" take it next semester but already have the work done.
Found out our paper will be a literature review. I need to find out how to do one - never done it at this level before!
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RE: Older (Returning) Student Support Thread - 9/5/2010 11:13:07 PM
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Hey Always - if you get into UVA, you'll be about 60 miles from me.
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School is good. This is a good class to start back with for me, but I'm also doing the work for a 2nd class unofficially, and will then "officially" take it next semester but already have the work done.
Found out our paper will be a literature review. I need to find out how to do one - never done it at this level before!
Hm, when you say "unofficially" does that mean you're studying ahead of the class to prepare for it? I do that ALL the time! I always do the work for a class unofficially. I did that for organic chemistry I this semester and I'm SO glad I did that! That leaves me time to focus on my 2 bio classes the the first half of the semester. Yeah, I read up and studied Orgo material for the 1st 2 exams. So I'm set until...end of November in that class.lol.
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arrrrggg...just found out that the instructor won't be done critiquing the thesis/outline until Wednesday...that gives me exactly ONE Saturday afternoon to churn out a 750 word paper... 
We have Bible Study Wednesday night, work Thurs-Friday and Community Group kick off Saturday morning. It's due Sunday by midnight... 
Ok...rant over...
I feel your pain! Although I don't have anything really due or coming up, it's like a constant thing. If I don't stay ahead, and I fall behind there is no recovering from it.lol. I feel like this entire year will be one thing after another. It's so hard to focus on studying when I keep thinking of things I need to do for my application. I've been thinking of my personal statement/essay a lot. It could make or break your app. Especially considering when they look at everything else (GPA, MCAT, volunteer or research experience, etc) everyone looks the same. I figure if I think about it all year, by the time I write it it'll be easy. It's so hard trying to figure out a topic to write about. It has to be unique, and stand-out! I don't want to be cliche and it has to really speak to the admissions people about who I am as a person.
You can do it! 750 words isn't too bad, that's like what a few pages right? You can do it!
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RE: Older (Returning) Student Support Thread - 9/6/2010 12:18:32 AM
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Always - what I'm doing is doing the work for an independent study course this semester, but actually signing up and paying for it next semester. I'll still do some of the work next semester, but most will already be done now. That's why I say "unofficially".
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RE: Older (Returning) Student Support Thread - 9/6/2010 2:00:58 PM
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ORIGINAL: WasLostAmFound
I still have 2 more papers for this class...another 750 word essay and a research paper. The research paper is a MINIMUM of 1500 words, 6 scholarly resources...AAARRRGGGGG 
Well, this is what I get for taking an English class in 8 weeks....Sure hope Philosophy is easier!
Yikes! Okay, that's completely different.lol. When is this all due?
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ORIGINAL: mutinywxgirl
Always - what I'm doing is doing the work for an independent study course this semester, but actually signing up and paying for it next semester. I'll still do some of the work next semester, but most will already be done now. That's why I say "unofficially".
Oh okay! Well, I'm the mindset of "Early bird gets the worm". Last week in my animal bio lab I had to have the lab instructor sign off on that day's lab exercise. However, before he did so, he thumbed through my lab book in apparent amazement because I had used those post-it tabs to mark and label each lab exercise for the semester. Apparently, he doesn't see many students doing that.haha.
Last night I spent an hour writing the first draft of my personal statement/essay. I think I only have to write one essay for the AMCAS application. I also have to submit a secondary application provided by the school for combined degree applicants, but I won't find out if I have to write one for that until after I submit the primary application. Well, I figured I would start thinking about it and try to write 1st draft so I'm ahead of the game.
I was surprised at how much I wrote, over a page! Question for those who have written grad/professional statements/essays..are there page limits to them? To me essay means a 1-2 page limit.
In addition to the personal statement, I have to answer several essay-type questions from the prehealth advisor for my committee packet. I'm not looking forward to that. I never have problem writing papers/essays, only in starting them!
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RE: Older (Returning) Student Support Thread - 9/6/2010 4:21:13 PM
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WasLostAmFound
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Thank you Always for peeling me off the ceiling...my husband is trying to do the same thing...
Well, back to spewing...er...writing!
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