Community service hours:  12  out of 12 As November comes to an end, I can't help but reflect on how grateful I am for this program. This program has truly been an awesome experience for me. I’ve met some great people virtually, I got more involved in my community, and I also retained some useful material we learned about this semester. Now that the semester is over, I'm looking forward to taking a well-deserved, much needed break because I know that January is going to come fast. I am very impressed with my performance this semester to say the least, coming from a non-science background. My biggest helpers were Quizlet & Anki flash cards, they helped me out a ton! We recently finished the GI & Neoplasia module and I can say what has stuck with me the most is the origin of peptic ulcers. Peptic ulcers come from a bacteria called Helicobacter pylori. Many times growing up we hear people say crazy things like “don’t each too much spicy food, it’ll cause stomach ulcers”

Community service hours:  12  out of 12 I just want to start off by apologizing to all of the prospective pharmacology students that may across my blog for not having a “cute” blog with a cool theme and background picture. I am tech savvy but only to a certain extent. 🤣😝   The month of October for the pharmacology program has been crazy and when I say crazy, I mean CRAZY! This month alone we have had a total of 5 exams and 9 quizzes. Exams are biweekly and quizzes are weekly. Now, that wasn’t said to discourage anyone because I can guarantee you that being in this program is most definitely worth it! I am loving it here!! Grad school gets a 10/10 would definitely recommend. But man do you have to put some work in. I’m so happy that I invested in an iPad Pro and an Apple Pencil for more efficient and eco friendly note taking because I can only imagine the number of notebooks and pens I would have gone through by now. To keep my motivation high about pursing a caree

Community service hours:  7  out of 12 A month into my first ever graduate program and it has been very eye opening to say the very least! Coming from a non-science background to a 100% science-based program has not only made me very nervous about not succeeding but it has also been like trying to learn a new foreign language for me. Nervous, I still have faith that I will come out on top! I am now finding myself randomly stopping at the pharmacy during my trips to Walmart and Walgreens just to look at the back of the medications reading about the side effects, drug-drug interactions, ingredients, etc. I am already confident that this program will for sure help me out when it comes time for me to apply to medical school.  This past month I had the opportunity to volunteer in Lake Charles, Louisiana helping out families that had been affected by Hurricane Laura. Hurricane Laura was reported as the 5th strongest storm to make landfall in the U.S. So I, along with my coworker and his frat