Dave does one of these every year, so I guess I will too ( Read more... )

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I have almost survived my first week of real medical school. All I have to do is make it through Histology lecture and lab tomorrow. The BIG stuff starts next week though - anatomy lab! I'm worried about how I'm going to handle it, but I guess we'll just have to see ( Read more... )

I am in my new apartment in St Louis, and I just started work. It's pretty cool, though I am getting REALLY tired of trying to find furniture that I like and can afford. It's mostly done now. Mostly ( Read more... )

So in honor of Father's Day, which hasn't been the best holiday for me these last few years, I googled my dad's name. Which is more complicated than it sounds - his real name was Alan Kermit Peterson (yes, he used to sing "It's not easy being green"). But he went by Pete. So which to google? After some trial and error I found a bunch of prints ( Read more... )

I graduated! I am summa cum laude in Molecular Genetics (BS) and History (BA). I'm going to med school next year ( Read more... )

Both my theses are done, and I got honors (or distinction in research, same thing) in both. yay ( Read more... )

David and I are going to Washington University in St Louis next year! I'm going to be in the Medical Scientist Training Program (aka MD/PhD) - Class of 2015, hells yea! And Dave is joining their computer science and computational biology PhD program ( Read more... )

It is so strange. I never felt particularly at home in India and I certainly never fit in. But I find myself missing it now. I miss having such a big family and living with my best friend like she was my sister... I guess Pranita basically is my sister. I even miss the out-of-place feeling. It was hard, but it meant I was constantly absorbing ( Read more... )

You Should Get a MD (Doctor of Medicine)
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