Are you nervous yet?

Nervousness is a key part of life - and more importantly for a student, a key component to the application process.

I know, why does the application process have to exist? Can't we all just get in? Hell, if the application process has to happen, why can't we find out right away!? I know, it's no fun.

About four years ago I was in the same position of many people who read this blog. I know, it's tough. What makes it probably even tougher is the fact that I know many of the people who are reading your essays and applications.

I know it's getting later and later and the second semester of high school is on its way, but you have to be patient in the process. It's easier said than done, but you really have to be. During this time, remember that you have time to get in. Just because you haven't heard back yet, doesn't mean you have not gotten in.

Also, don't forget about your other schools. I'm sure many of you applied to many schools, and there are a lot of great schools out there, but with Emory getting harder and harder to get into, we don't always get our top choice. Don't forget your back ups, and work on those. Life tosses us some interesting curve balls - just go with them.

Stay calm, and just wait it out. The anticipation sucks right now, but the more it builds up the better it feels when you get that goal.


You wanna talk anticipation? I sent out my application for medical schools in the beginning of July - I've had a few interviews, but no "yes". I have not gotten any "no" responses, but no "yes". You maybe have been waiting a whole 2 or three months, I've been waiting almost half a year. :)

Friends?

Anyone out there? I would love to hear back from people who read this thing. I don't mind posting up more frequently, but I would like to know if people are reading and what they would like to hear about. I have some fun and interesting stories on many different topics that surround college life and well, life as we know it.

Let me know and I'll cater it to the masses (or the 1 other person who reads it).

-rb

Food? Home? Home? Food?

What's the difference? I really don't know.

My buddy Thom just sent me an Instant Message (an IM as us kids say it these days) that said, being at home is great - the food is amazing.

I sat there and thought, HM - Thom's probably right. Not that Thom is usually wrong, but rather, I don't know if I would take his word 100% of the time.

Anyways, I got to thinking and Home and food are the same things. Right when you come in, food is there. I think this is a universal thing. From there, your parents just want to feed you. I love it. No more having to go out, no more having to find food yourself, no more looking for the best deal around, no more of any of that. It's great. It really is great.

And another cool part -- you can just have the look of 'what should I eat next' on your face, and everyone knows. During that time - you get questions like 'what do you want for dinner?' That's when the magic happens, because for the most part - whatever you say goes.

NOTE: this only happens for the first week to two weeks. When you're home for a month - yea right. :)

It's beginning to look a lot like....

FINALS!

So we are currently in the middle of finals -- only about three more days to go. The way finals usually works is as follows:

Monday & Tuesday: Normal Classes
Wednesday: Reading Day (no classes at all -- a day off)
Thursday & Friday: Finals
Saturday & Sunday: Weekend (no classes/finals -- days off)
Monday through Wednesday: Finals.

All in all, there are 5 days of finals. I've already had two, and I have one more that is in a classroom (tomorrow, Monday at 4:30pm) and then one that is take home for 24-hours.

I can't wait for them to be over, but to be honest, it's kinda weird. This is going to be my last true set of finals. Next semester I'm juts taking 5-credits (a religion and a PE course) - that's it! Religion classes usually don't have exams that are in class, maybe a paper if anything.

The end is coming, I don't know if I'm ready, but it is coming none the less.

Being a senior is great - but the idea of leaving isn't the warmest feeling ever... I WANNA BE IN COLLEGE FOREVER! :)

Talking

So I'm here in the library with what seems like the rest of the school trying to study for finals... you can feel college-final-tension in the air for sure.

Anyways, I'm a guy that likes to study in complete silence so I take an extra long time to find the perfect place to park myself for the days. So today I went to the 4th floor to the Media Library, a place a normally don't go, and I find a table with a girl sitting at it. I scope it out - it seems like it's a quiet area. She is doing her work, the table next to her has people doing there work - the only sound are typing keys, people walking, and a printer. I can deal with that.

Just as I finally sit down and open up my notebook to start doing work comes her friend. Awesome. They sit in front of me, even now as I write this, and decide that they need to recap their entire Friday night (which both of them were seemingly present). Yes, I'm sure your Friday night was great - but you were there! Is it necessary for you to recap it all with each other?!

I mean, don't get me wrong, if you're going to do it, do it. But at least make it interesting for those that are having to listen to it... :) haha.

Enough of a study break for me... back to Atmospheric Chemistry! YEY!

The Close of a Semester

It's a Saturday night, and there's already the academic rush in the air. December just started, and when you look at a calendar, you know finals are right around the corner.

The dreaded feeling of having to study for finals - no matter how well you are doing in a class, or how easy the class may be, no one enjoys finals [I don't think].

Only 19 more days until I'm done with this semester. Kinda crazy, kinda exciting, and kinda scary. I only have one semester and 19 days left of my college career. THAT'S

I'm off to FSU tomorrow (Sunday) to talk to their medical school on Monday morning. I'm kinda nervous -- I hope it goes well! :)