First Semester Down!

First Semester Down! - December

Volunteer Hours: 3 hours

This month, we had our last round of exams of the semester, and it is so surreal to know that I have just completed my first semester of graduate school. This first semester went by extremely quick. I feel like I have grown and learned so much in just these last four months. I have effectively learned study methods that are advantageous to me and information that is not only key to the program but also to my MCAT studying. Tulane has awarded me with an abundance of opportunities that are beneficial to my journey to medicine. I got accepted through Tulane to become a birth companion, so I should have some interesting and fun blogs for the next semester.

I had the opportunity to end this semester with some volunteer hours at my church, making donation bags for the nursing home that contained some sanitary items and clothing (socks, toothpaste, lotion, soap, etc). We not only made the donation bags, but personally went to the nursing home and interacted with the residents and passed out the bags to them.

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