CaesarDaniel
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Hello everyone,
I hope you are all doing well and taking care of yourselves! I recently graduated from high school and have been incredibly interested in pursuing a career in psychiatry; I've been doing a ton of research on the application process and extracurriculars. Before signing myself up for research assistantships and clinical volunteering, I wanted to get a feel of how my first semester of college is going to play out (please reassure that this is okay, lol) as I am taking fifteen units.
As a Biology major, I'll be taking ...
- General Chemistry I (5 units)
- Organismal Biology (5 units)
- Calculus/Analytical Geometry I (5 units)
I have classes scheduled Monday-Friday and have been admitted into a Bio/Chem Scholars program that will provide weekly tutoring on top of acting as a channel for networking. My main concern right now is whether or not I am going to die for lack of a better word. I personally do not have too many friends let alone any that are new pre-med, so I was hoping to hear anything from you all, if possible. What has been keeping me sane is that I have been using this summer to prepare myself for these courses, learn new study methods such as active recall, spaced repetition (I've been using Anki!), and Cornell notes. I have been using Notion as a way to track and organize my academia and have found it to be incredibly useful. Essentially, these have been a security factor in my mind but I was wondering if there is anything I should know before starting my undergraduate studies as I sincerely would like to start college on a good note.
Thank you so much ... Nothing but hope, excitement, and productivity!
P.S. I should mention that I will be attending community college for two years before transferring to UC Santa Barbara
I hope you are all doing well and taking care of yourselves! I recently graduated from high school and have been incredibly interested in pursuing a career in psychiatry; I've been doing a ton of research on the application process and extracurriculars. Before signing myself up for research assistantships and clinical volunteering, I wanted to get a feel of how my first semester of college is going to play out (please reassure that this is okay, lol) as I am taking fifteen units.
As a Biology major, I'll be taking ...
- General Chemistry I (5 units)
- Organismal Biology (5 units)
- Calculus/Analytical Geometry I (5 units)
I have classes scheduled Monday-Friday and have been admitted into a Bio/Chem Scholars program that will provide weekly tutoring on top of acting as a channel for networking. My main concern right now is whether or not I am going to die for lack of a better word. I personally do not have too many friends let alone any that are new pre-med, so I was hoping to hear anything from you all, if possible. What has been keeping me sane is that I have been using this summer to prepare myself for these courses, learn new study methods such as active recall, spaced repetition (I've been using Anki!), and Cornell notes. I have been using Notion as a way to track and organize my academia and have found it to be incredibly useful. Essentially, these have been a security factor in my mind but I was wondering if there is anything I should know before starting my undergraduate studies as I sincerely would like to start college on a good note.
Thank you so much ... Nothing but hope, excitement, and productivity!
P.S. I should mention that I will be attending community college for two years before transferring to UC Santa Barbara