Hello Term 4

So, 3rd term is over. Term 3 was a weird term because it was only 6 weeks, and it was only one class (6 credits). The class was Behavioral science, which encompasses lots of different things. During the 6 weeks, we studied abnormal psychology ( schizophrenia, depression, OCD, anorexia ... things like that), bio-statistics, epidemiology, health care systems (insurance and Obama care), law, ethics, and several other small topics. So it was kind of like one big class of topics that don't really fit anywhere else. The reason SGU separates the 2 years into 5 semesters, is to allow students to borrow a larger percentage of their loans through stafford loans (the ones that don't start interest until after you graduate). We only had the weekend off, so 4th term started today. However for the first week we only have microbiology, and the rest start next week. I guess that is kinda like a break.

Valentines dinner

We all went out to dinner for Valentines

 Anyway, 3rd term is considered by everyone to be the easy term, but the problem is not many people get A's because they think it is easy and then don't study. Lots of upper termers told D and I this, and we were determined to study hard, even though many of our classmates/friends were at the beach. Happily, we both got A's!!!! We are extremely excited because 6 hours of A's is huge for our GPA. In 4th term, Pathology is THE course (13 credits), not to mention path is really hard and that is all we have been hearing about since we came to med school. Also, it represent like 1/4 of the USMLE. So it is a scary class, but with our new GPA, if for some reason we get C's in path AND micro (5 credits) we will still be ok, and not have to worry about deceling due to GPA standards. This is such a huge pressure relief, because 120 students from last term decelled and are retaking path with us this semester. That is 1/4th of the previous class. We do not plan on being in that group, but the extra cushion that we got by getting our A, has already taken some of the scariness away from path.

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In other news, Shiloh is feeling much better, although she is still on antibiotics, and she has come to expect a ham treat every morning and night. We roll the pill in ham, that way she will take it.  Also we still very much love our new place, and everything seems to be going much better now that Shiloh is better. This term is going to be very busy, we have 4 labs a week, every afternoon except Friday, but that is part of it. When June 29th gets here and we fly back home, we should be much smarter, and everyone says that this semester changes you from a student to a future doctor, so I am excited to be here.

We had a great Valentines, we went to a Chinese place in St Georges, with our neighbors and friends.We didn't make fools of ourselves or anything! Back to the books, I am going to try to get as much micro in this week as I can, before pathology begins!