In Their Words

Last Finals

This week of finals has been so weird. Compared to my friend who is a Business major, she has been studying so much and stressing more than she has been over the normal weeks of school. I on the other hand as a MechE along with my roommate, we have been so much more downtime. It was crazy because she would complain a tad bit about how it felt like we should be doing something, but instead, we decided to watch a movie and several episodes of The Big Bang Theory. Finals week was not so bad for me and it felt more relaxing than ever compared to my weeks past. All I had to do was make my cheat sheet for the exams and take the Final. Could I have done more to prepare? Yes, but the subject has been exhausted out of me enough. All our finals were... Read more →

My First Clinical Rotation

Hello everyone! I wanted to update you all on how my first clinical session went. Since it is still the first semester of sophomore year, we don't have regular clinical rotations yet, but I was happy to finally get out into the field and practice some of the information we have learned on actual patients. As the year progresses and we continue to learn more information, the clinical sessions will progressively get more intense, but I honestly can't wait. I find that I learn and retain more of the material if I can complete the tasks myself, so this was a great opportunity. In other news, I had my second organic chemistry exam today and I think it went fairly well although I won't find out how I actually did until I receive the grade back. In the meantime, I'm going to catch up on some assignments and study for... Read more →

Study Abroad in Spain: Language Barrier

Being abroad in a country with a different primary language, there is bound to be a language barrier and more frequent difficulties in communication. I try to speak as much Spanish as possible with my host family, but when it is needed my host mom understands enough English to understand the gist of what I’m saying. Her daughter knows a lot more English and can speak it very easily. All of my classes here are taught fully in Spanish, which can be frustrating at times when there are certain things that I don’t understand and my professor cannot speak enough English to clarify part of a confusing lesson or the instructions for an assignment. The classes are all two hours long, a very long time especially considering we are coming back from Covid times when the classes were almost all online and at Norwich mainly 50 minutes long. Listening to... Read more →