Happy Saturday, everyone! This first week as been a blur- meetings, and lectures every day. I guess the most difficult aspect of getting settled into a graduate program is the scheduling: every day is different. This week, I had one lecture on Monday, four on Tuesdays, two on Wednesday, four on Thursday, and then one Friday morning followed by general advice regarding transitioning to the island, where to seek help if need be, etc. Also! We were introduced to the "block exam" concept- each class submits 15-20 questions that are worth about 2 or 3 points each. You take one singular 2 hour long exam; its meant to keep students studying for the entire semester, not worry about an exam on Tuesday, and then an exam on Friday. They really want us to retain the information for the long term (no kidding!).
I've been studying every night so far and am just trying to figure out how I study best. Our Orientation group has been studying all together in one rom, and occasionally I find it's distracting with 18 people studying for anatomy and the four VP's studying for cell physiology. However, we're a good group- it only took 30 minutes for everyone to settle down and actually begin studying. The rest of my week studying has been in the library or the study rooms by myself. I guess we'll just see how it goes.
This is essentially my last weekend of freedom before classes really start getting intense (it was mostly syllabus week and review), so a few of my friends are going out to Shipwreck beach for a few hours and then back to studying tonight!
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