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Posted by Amber on May 10th, 2012
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I can’t believe my luck, I really can’t. First, today I find out that despite rushing through a ten page exam in twenty minutes I still got an A on it, giving me a very solid A for my final grade in my classics class. A good GPA booster. Then just right now my genetics professor posted what the curve is on the Facebook page. I nearly jumped out of my chair for joy when I found out that I passed the class. I got a strong C. In reality there’s a voice in my head not too happy about that because it’s going to mess up my major GPA, but I was so scared, so sure that I could possibly fail the class. I didn’t though, I passed. I’m still going to burn my exams from that class though. I still have my physics final at the community college to take, but I’m not too worried. I have a solid B in there right now, and I just need a C for it to transfer over, it doesn’t affect my GPA. For some reason my genetics lab TA is taking forever to grade the final, despite taking it a couple weeks ago, so I’m not sure what I got in it, but I’m guessing a B. Another good thing that happened is that I got off the wait list for physics over the summer and into the class. I didn’t think it was going to happen, because I was 4th on the wait list at one point, but I got in. Better get back to packing now.| contacts, buses and finals |
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Posted by Amber on May 3rd, 2012
I feel I should write a bit about yesterday, which was horrible. I got something in my left eye like halfway through the day, and since I had my contacts in I couldn’t rub. Normally I tear up for a few minutes and whatever was there gets flushed out, my eyes are good at taking care of themselves. But whatever this was, it wasn’t coming out. All through physics, and the hour and a half it took me to get home, I was in some of the worst pain I’ve ever been in. When I finally got home I took my contacts out and flushed my eye with water for like five minutes. By the evening the pain had almost completely gone away. Things wouldn’t have been so bad if the buses did suck ass. I knew I’d have to wait like a half hour for the bus because I always just barely miss the one to go home after getting off the first one. However, the one that I was expecting to catch was full, so the drive just drove right by the stop. Another half hour of standing in the sun and heat, with my entire head in pain. Then it got worse. A few minutes before the bus got there I nearly blacked out from everything. I felt like I was going to vomit for a few minutes, I was starting to lose both my sight and hearing and my entire body went tingly and numb. I have no clue how I managed to walk up to the bus when it got there, but luckily some guy gave me his seat. I really wish I had a car, then I would have been home way earlier and in general wouldn’t have to deal with the shit the buses put me through. Well, back to studying. I got a few hours in today, want to get through at least half of the recorded lecture tomorrow. Tags: college, finals, life, School, stupid buses |
So the professor for microbial genetics put up the grades as of now, and what they are with the curve. I’m not doing as bad as I thought. I have a D without the curve (I thought I had an F) and with the curve I’m just one point shy of a C (I’m at a C-). So now all that’s left is the final… I’m not going to hope for anything better than a C. I want one, I’ve always wanted one, but I’ve known it’s not possible. All I need to do on the final is get around what everyone else does, and I’ll get my passing C. I’ll never have to look at microbial genetics again.| Emotional drain |
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Posted by Amber on April 19th, 2012
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I’ve gotten through the thick of it. There’s only two more weeks of class left, then three finals and I’m done for the semester. But this past week has just drained me emotionally. I really should say microbial genetics has. Since genetics had me so tired out and my parents were here for the first part of the weekend I only had one day to study for my physics exam Monday. I was worried I didn’t do well, but I ended up getting a B. Apparently that isn’t good enough for some of the people in the lab, because they were complaining during it, but I will gladly take a B. Hell, I would take a C, that’s all I need for it to transfer over to the university. The reason I was so drained was because of the sequence analysis poster project for genetics, that my partner made me nearly shit myself over because she wanted to get together the weekend before it was due and then didn’t even have any of the research done, thus taking up my entire weekend (I don’t think I wrote about this). I worked hard on that damn project. I gave it my all, and although I knew I wouldn’t get the full 300 points, I was hoping for somewhere around 220 or so. You know what I got for all my hard work? 180 points. Barely managed a bloody D. There have been a few classes (2nd semester o-chem, cell biology) that have made me think about just giving up and quitting everything. Giving up on being a microbiology major, just giving up on college. However, this class is just the nail in the coffin. I so badly want to just give up, I’ve lost too much emotionally. I won’t though. I just need to get through the final for the class, just get a C. I may have another year of school left, but all that’s standing between me and my hard earned degree is one physics course and two biochem courses. I just wish I could find the strength to keep the drive going strong, but right now I’m puttering along. | I give up |
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Posted by Amber on April 15th, 2012
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I have two and a half weeks of class left, then a week of finals, but I’m…urgh. My microbial genetics professor finally posted grades for the third exam. I don’t think I wrote here about that, since I was busy studying for it, so I will now. I went to every lecture and recorded every one. I would then hand write the notes from the slides at home and spend over an hour on each lecture re-listening to it and writing in extra things he said in class that wasn’t on the slides. Writing all the notes probably took about four or five hours, plus about nine or so hours listening to the lectures. So roughly thirteen hours just to make the notes. Then there was the studying. In the week before the exam, I probably went over the notes, explaining them to myself for two hours a day, so figure that took about another eight hours of my time. For the pictures in the slides, I used my whiteboard and would draw them out, explaining the stuff to myself out loud as I did so. That was probably a couple hours. So, altogether that was close to twenty-five hours of studying for this exam. I skipped watching a couple of games for this exam, and it was March Madness. I don’t ignore the Madness. I wasn’t happy with my grades on the previous two, so I made sure that I knew the material. Then on the day of the exam I got there around fifteen minutes early to start it early and just barely managed to finish. Unlike the other exams, I answered all but one question on this exam, and was confident enough. I was hoping to get at least in the 90′s (as in ninety-something out of one hundred fifty). But I didn’t. I got 70/150. I did worse than the first two. Sad thing is that’s around what most people got, and it’s a C with the curve. Looks like no matter what I try I’m getting a C in this class. I guess I should be grateful. Then again, there’s still the final I have to not completely bomb. | Maybe it doesn’t have to suck so much |
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Posted by Amber on March 23rd, 2012
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I’m sure I’ve posted before, several times I feel like, how I’m pissed that I have to spend an entire extra year in school because of stupid biochem. Well, now I can look forward to next year a bit more, after looking over things. I was really angry because I wanted to take more Japanese badly, but it and biochem were at the same time. Well, I decided to work on my schedule for next semester some more tonight and found out that biochem was changed to mornings, so now, at least as long as I study my ass off over the summer so I pass the placement test (since I had to take a semester off), I get to take Japanese. Then I was looking at some of my classes to GRO, since I haven’t used any of my credits yet. I also looked at my major GPA, which isn’t actually too bad. It’s those two math classes I took that are screwing my overall GPA over, but my major one is pretty decent. I’m going to retake general microbiology next semester because I know I can do better than a C, in reality it should be an easy A this time around with all the upper division mic courses I’ve taken. That’ll easily bring it above a 3.0. And then I already planned to retake cell biology which I got a D in, and if I can just get a B in there my GPA will go up even more. Right now it looks like I’ll end up with a C in microbial genetics, so I might just take that over next spring too, because I have yet to settle for anything less than a B in my upper division courses (with the exception of cell biology, but I’m taking that over because I refuse to be happy with that D). If I do as I want in those courses then I should get my major GPA around 3.4 or so, which would look a lot better when applying to grad schools. I also need to figure out over the summer where I should apply, and of course take the GRE. That’s all for now, I’m trying to get some of my notes for micro genetics taken care of. | Finally over! |
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Posted by Amber on January 27th, 2012
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This week has been nothing short of shitty. First off, I end up getting a cold again (I usually only get sick once a year, but this year, thanks to my brother, I got sick in September during midterms and now I’ve caught something again). It was a sore throat that was incredibly irritating for a couple days, then a couple days of the normal cold symptoms. Luckily it was very mild so I’m nearly over it. Then Tuesday morning I think I performed a winning act for klutz of the year. Izumi was up to something (she had been bad all morning, getting into things, knocking stuff over, etc.) and so I got up to see what she was doing. I ended up jamming my toe into the wall. This isn’t really all too strange for me. About a month ago I ended running straight into a wall in the apartment (I don’t remember if I wrote about that or not), and banging feet on walls/doors/furniture is nothing strange for me. However, this hurt much more than usual. I was limping around the apartment until I had to go to lab, which luckily was the only class I had that day. That was painful, because I had to wear close toe shoes. When I got back and took my shoes off I noticed that the painful little toe now resembled a large, swollen, purple something. It was badly bruised, twice the size of my other little toe, and still incredibly painful. I had to wrap it for a few days, but it’s now returned to normal size, and is back to normal color with the exception of some bruising still on the inside (which means I hit the inside of my little toe on the wall, which really makes no sense). But it continues!| To Japan! |
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Posted by Amber on October 28th, 2011
Filed under: School
This week has been kind of meh. One a good note I only had biostats once this week because the professor “had an incident” with her horse. But on a lower note I didn’t have my micro lab this week. Yes, I have to get up at 6AM in order to get to my 8AM lab which lasts until nearly noon at the longest, but it’s the one class that I really enjoy what I’m doing. What can I say, I’m a micro nut. Now back to Japanese homework. Tags: japan, japanese, School |
I need to just move to Japan for a year and be immersed in the language. My Japanese professor has said countless times thus far I know enough Japanese that I’d be able to get around in Japan, and the stuff in the 200 levels and beyond is an extension. Swell. Well, if I know enough to get around then that’s what I really need to do. Going to class and talking in Japanese for less than an hour a day isn’t going to help me learn. You learn by doing, and if I go to Japan then I’ll pretty much be forced to speak, read, write and hear Japanese all the time, so it’ll eventually come more naturally to me. Shame I don’t have the money. I wanted to do at least one semester abroad in Japan but have never had the money. 日本語が上手になるように日本に行きたいよ！！ That doesn’t sound quite right, but it does get what I’m trying to say across.| And I’m looking for a job on top of it all |
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Posted by Amber on October 16th, 2011
So in case you hadn’t noticed, this semester has been a rather busy one for me. It’s my senior year, although after looking at everything it looks like I’m going to be staying another full year probably. And for one class, biochem. Why? Because before they had a one semester biochem class for non-majors who needed it. Well, apparently the last time they had it was last spring, so now in order to fill my requirements I don’t get to take a 3 unit biochem course, but two semesters of biochem, each 4 units each. Lucky me. I guess that’s what I get for putting it off. So I’m going to have to most likely come back next year just for that class. But on the plus side if I do come back I can take Japanese 415 in the fall. Hopefully I can, taking a semester break from a foreign language might as well be taking a three year break from speaking it. But also another good thing, if I do have to stay, and if I get the job I’m trying for right now, then I’ll have tons of time to work. And I hope I do get the job. I applied once before but apparently there wasn’t anyone qualified enough or something so the job was posted again. I am qualified for it, and I am determined to get it, so I’m applying again. It’s the perfect job for me and a great chance for me to keep practicing and learning new lab skills. The pay isn’t too bad either, it’s nearly $11/hr, which may not seem like a lot to some people reading this, I don’t know, but minimum wage in Arizona is only $7.35, which I’ve been told is very low compared to other states. Real quick about classes. I hate my biostats with a passion, and I usually leave early in order to make it on time to my next class because there’s no point in being in class except for possible extra credit. The professor can’t lecture worth shit, it seems like she’s always just babbling. She just pisses me off. My vet sci lab isn’t too bad, it’s actually pretty easy, just takes a bit of work and the main professor who lectures is a bit boring. Japanese is fine, I have the same professor (I don’t know if that’s even what I should call him, he’s a grad student) as I did for some of 101 and 201, which helps because I don’t have to get used to how he speaks. I’m actually doing pretty well in there right now. And my micro lab is enjoyable, although not so much the Monday pre-lab lectures. The professor pretty much just goes over what we’ll be doing in lab that week in fifty minutes, and then the next day the lab TA goes over the same information in about 20 minutes, so I’m not sure why I go but I go. My lab TA is really nice though. And quick anime! Thus far nothing good this season except Shana. Boku wa Tomodachi isn’t too bad I guess, but nothing else I’m watching stands out. Although from last season Penguindrum is starting to intrigue me. It’s kind of like with Steins;Gate (end AMAZING), where I had no clue what the hell was initially going on, but when it started it started. And that’s all I have to say for now! Or have time to say! Oh and I’ll put a more relevant icon when photobucket decides it wants to stop being a bitch. Tags: Anime, life, School |
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Posted by Amber on May 12th, 2011
Filed under: School
Now what’s in store? Packing up all my crap, moving out of the apartment Saturday. Hopefully getting a job over the summer because I’m in desperate need of money, and of course wasting my entire June and most of July taking physics at community college. What ever happened to summer vacation? I haven’t had one since I entered college, I’m always taking classes. Tags: grades, School |
Urgh!!! This semester had even more potential to be my best in college so far than I thought. I don’t know if they have the official grade up yet, but my Modern Latin America class I know I got a nice solid A in. I just checked my other grades and I am so happy I pushed myself to do that extra credit paper for virology, because it ended up pushing me from a B to an A. And also a good thing I didn’t take the final, because looking at the stats the average was a 44%, and nobody got over an 80 on it. I then checked to see if cell biology was up, and I’m kind of pissed now. I thought I downright blew that class. Well, I didn’t do as badly as I thought. I ended up with a 57%. All I needed was about 15 more points to get a D and pass, and not have to take it over next year. Damn. Then I checked Japanese, which I was so sure I was going to get a C in. I got a C, but just barely. I ended up with a 79.35%. I don’t know if they round up from .5, but either way, I was so damn close to that glorious B that would again help my GPA so very much. I think if I had not been stupid one time with my homework I could have gotten a B. And by stupid I mean that on one of the homework assignments I accidentally did the workbook portion instead of the lab manual portion, which was what we were supposed to do, so I had to turn the right part in the next day for half credit. Those points could have helped me get that B I so badly wanted. The only one I don’t know yet is microbial physiology which I took today, and since he doesn’t use D2L I won’t get to actually know what my grade on the final was, just my overall grade when it’s posted online. I wanted an A in that class, and it was easily possibly had I gotten an A on the last exam, which I felt I had, but ended up getting a B on. So the only way to get an A was to get at least 102 on the exam. The exam is out of 105, so there’s no way I only missed three points. But I feel I did well enough to get a B, and I’ll live with that, considering I thought at the beginning of the semester I’d fail. | Realizations |
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Posted by Amber on April 29th, 2011
Now to as the title says. This is going to be very short, because I have less than a week of class left for the year and have a shitload of stuff to do. First, I’d like to say a bit about the finally aired last two episodes of Madoka. It took forever, and honestly the ending was a bit confusing (not so much the ending ending as much as the Madoka stuff), but it received a 10 from me, and has bumped Clannad down to my 3rd favorite anime. Also the HOTD OVA, which I’ve been looking so forward to because there isn’t going to be a second season anytime soon with the mangaka only bringing out a chapter every two months with barely any development in it, didn’t impress. I rated it rather low. Now onto realizations! (more…) Tags: Anime, basketball, college, life, music, random |
No more basketball stuff, because basketball is over. Okay, one thing. Williams decided to screw Arizona over and declared for the NBA draft. Bye bye top 5 rank pre-season and automatic championship. He should have stayed another year, he could have worked on his defense more. Whatever though, there’s an amazing class coming in, I guess we’ll just have to show him we can do it without him, and when Arizona does clench that championship next year he’ll be sorry he missed it.|
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