Like I said in my last post, on Friday I heard from a professor at Duke who wanted to talk, and he then provided me with times on both Saturday and Sunday that he was available to talk with me.
So I had my phone interview earlier today where we talked about his work (which is really fascinating!) and my interests, and he told me he's only working to recruit two students. And he only wants two students to add to his lab. It looks like I have a place at Duke if I choose to go there :-D
Here's a link to Dr. Reichert's work, in case any of you want to know what I might be researching this fall:
http://www.bme.duke.edu/faculty/reichert/index.php
Yipee! I have somewhat of a plan for next year!
Sunday, February 10, 2008
Saturday, February 9, 2008
Point proven
I was offered an interview at NCSU/UNC on Wednesday and I was invited to visit a particular professor at Duke on Friday. I'd say that definitely all a girl needs to get an interview is another interview.
Just waiting to hear from some out-of-state schools now...
Just waiting to hear from some out-of-state schools now...
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Grad school interviews!
I heard from my first school today- I've got an interview with NCSU/UNC in two weeks :o)
Hopefully I'll hear from some of my other schools soon. I've heard the saying that the only thing a girl needs to get a date is another date, so maybe the same principle holds for grad schools. The only thing I need to get an interview is another interview...
Hopefully I'll hear from some of my other schools soon. I've heard the saying that the only thing a girl needs to get a date is another date, so maybe the same principle holds for grad schools. The only thing I need to get an interview is another interview...
Friday, January 11, 2008
Christmas pictures
I had a suggestion to try to add more pictures to my blog, so here goes :o) I thought I would add a few of my Christmas break activities.
Thursday, January 10, 2008
The Home Stretch!
Well, it's here. The last semester. Hard to believe that I've been at NCSU since August 2004. But anyway, yes, I'm old, enough of that.
I've been to each of my classes already; my Mechanics of Tissues and Requirements for Implants (whew!) class looks like it's going to be really interesting. And even though it's a MWF class, the professor says he's only going to lecture on Mondays and Wednesdays... sweet! Fridays are for the occasional quiz and for homework help. I also went to my fitness walking class, but the instructor was sick. Keegan had the same coach for his golf class and he said she canceled about 1/3 of his classes, so I'm thinking it won't be too difficult.
Today I had Spanish conversation and reading; I think it's going to really help improve my speaking- just in time for my Ecuador trip! It does seem pretty suspicious though that I can get a minor in Spanish without ever having to speak in Spanish; a conversation class isn't required to get a minor, but I need to learn to speak properly. That and the only other class that would fulfill my minor and fit into my schedule was from 8-8:55a.m. MWF. Uh, no thanks. It's my last semester, and I'm going to enjoy my 10 credit hours in all their 11:45-2:20 each day glory (except Fridays, where I have no class unless there's a quiz or I need homework help).
I know it looks like this semester will be a piece of cake, but senior design is going to be really challenging also. There's just so much ground to cover and I sometimes worry that I (and the rest of my group) may not have all the skills we need to test this device we've designed. It looks great in theory, but hopefully we won't hit a brick wall and discover that we have to use PVC pipe with a 5 inch diameter to support our patients or something.
So in other news, my winter break was pretty great; lots of relaxation. I was able to visit with a lot of my family, including going up to Virginia to spend several days with my dad. I also went to the Biltmore House with Keegan and his family; it was a lot of fun! Very gorgeous :o) Too bad it didn't snow though. Maybe later this month... or February. Or maybe just next year. Who knows? It may snow a lot where I end up next year- Philadelphia or Baltimore perhaps. All the grad school applications are in, along with the references, and I sent my GRE scores over a month ago (yet somehow Georgia Tech STILL says that I haven't sent them...), so now I just get to sit around and wait. My mom and I are planning to take trips to go up and visit the schools I get into, so that will be fun for us (I hope!).
4 months from today is campus-wide graduation for spring 2008! Yay!
I've been to each of my classes already; my Mechanics of Tissues and Requirements for Implants (whew!) class looks like it's going to be really interesting. And even though it's a MWF class, the professor says he's only going to lecture on Mondays and Wednesdays... sweet! Fridays are for the occasional quiz and for homework help. I also went to my fitness walking class, but the instructor was sick. Keegan had the same coach for his golf class and he said she canceled about 1/3 of his classes, so I'm thinking it won't be too difficult.
Today I had Spanish conversation and reading; I think it's going to really help improve my speaking- just in time for my Ecuador trip! It does seem pretty suspicious though that I can get a minor in Spanish without ever having to speak in Spanish; a conversation class isn't required to get a minor, but I need to learn to speak properly. That and the only other class that would fulfill my minor and fit into my schedule was from 8-8:55a.m. MWF. Uh, no thanks. It's my last semester, and I'm going to enjoy my 10 credit hours in all their 11:45-2:20 each day glory (except Fridays, where I have no class unless there's a quiz or I need homework help).
I know it looks like this semester will be a piece of cake, but senior design is going to be really challenging also. There's just so much ground to cover and I sometimes worry that I (and the rest of my group) may not have all the skills we need to test this device we've designed. It looks great in theory, but hopefully we won't hit a brick wall and discover that we have to use PVC pipe with a 5 inch diameter to support our patients or something.
So in other news, my winter break was pretty great; lots of relaxation. I was able to visit with a lot of my family, including going up to Virginia to spend several days with my dad. I also went to the Biltmore House with Keegan and his family; it was a lot of fun! Very gorgeous :o) Too bad it didn't snow though. Maybe later this month... or February. Or maybe just next year. Who knows? It may snow a lot where I end up next year- Philadelphia or Baltimore perhaps. All the grad school applications are in, along with the references, and I sent my GRE scores over a month ago (yet somehow Georgia Tech STILL says that I haven't sent them...), so now I just get to sit around and wait. My mom and I are planning to take trips to go up and visit the schools I get into, so that will be fun for us (I hope!).
4 months from today is campus-wide graduation for spring 2008! Yay!
Thursday, December 6, 2007
End of classes!
It's hard to believe it's almost that time again... and this is my last fall semester of undergrad (sweet!). Too bad I'll still have all those finals in grad school...
This semester's exam schedule is pretty sweet; I've got one Tuesday for Spanish where I just write an essay for the final. The one Wednesday morning isn't cumulative, and the one Wednesday afternoon consists of two take home final papers that I've already written. And that's it! The one I was going to have on Thursday is optional, so I'm opting not to take it :-P
In other news, I submitted my applications to Duke and UPenn a few days ago; that's a lot off my work load. I'll submit the last 3 applications next week before I go home for break so I'll have nothing to think about over break except how to avoid gaining 10 pounds. And some senior design stuff too, of course.
Well this is pretty lame blog so far, but maybe it will get interesting when I go to grad school somewhere not in Raleigh so people in Raleigh can use it to keep in touch with me. Maybe.
Good luck to everyone with their exams!
:o)
This semester's exam schedule is pretty sweet; I've got one Tuesday for Spanish where I just write an essay for the final. The one Wednesday morning isn't cumulative, and the one Wednesday afternoon consists of two take home final papers that I've already written. And that's it! The one I was going to have on Thursday is optional, so I'm opting not to take it :-P
In other news, I submitted my applications to Duke and UPenn a few days ago; that's a lot off my work load. I'll submit the last 3 applications next week before I go home for break so I'll have nothing to think about over break except how to avoid gaining 10 pounds. And some senior design stuff too, of course.
Well this is pretty lame blog so far, but maybe it will get interesting when I go to grad school somewhere not in Raleigh so people in Raleigh can use it to keep in touch with me. Maybe.
Good luck to everyone with their exams!
:o)
Monday, November 5, 2007
Shopping Habits
The other day I was trying to decide what I wanted to eat for a snack and I noticed that I have 10 boxes of granola bars in my small little corner of the kitchen cabinets. I've got two different boxes of Quaker Sweet and Salty Crunch bars, two boxes of NutriGrain bars, two boxes of Chewy granola bars, two boxes of Nature Valley crunchy granola bars, a box of Quaker Oatmeal-on-the-Go bars, and a box of Nature Valley yogurt on the bottom granola bars. And none of them only have one bar left in the box.
Now why did I feel that it was necessary to keep buying these bars when I clearly didn't need them? I think the answer there is due to the fact that I had some pretty amazing coupons on certain types of bars, then they were VIC or MVP that week, and three types were all on sale that week. So basically I bought 5 boxes in one trip to the grocery store. Really though, it's hard to not buy things that keep a long time if the planets align and the item is on sale and I have a coupon. For example, those Quaker Sweet and Salty Crunch bars are about $2.70 a box, but they were 2/$4 at Food Lion and I had a coupon to save $1 on one box and another coupon to save $1.50 on one box, so I got two boxes of granola bars for $1.50. Amazing!
I'm such a nerd.
Now why did I feel that it was necessary to keep buying these bars when I clearly didn't need them? I think the answer there is due to the fact that I had some pretty amazing coupons on certain types of bars, then they were VIC or MVP that week, and three types were all on sale that week. So basically I bought 5 boxes in one trip to the grocery store. Really though, it's hard to not buy things that keep a long time if the planets align and the item is on sale and I have a coupon. For example, those Quaker Sweet and Salty Crunch bars are about $2.70 a box, but they were 2/$4 at Food Lion and I had a coupon to save $1 on one box and another coupon to save $1.50 on one box, so I got two boxes of granola bars for $1.50. Amazing!
I'm such a nerd.
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