Matter, Energy, and Life of Michaela A. Castello.

Tag: academia

  • Running the Race

    Pre-med students are, by nature, competitive. There is room for debate on whether it is the stressful path that makes us this way, or if it is our personalities that direct us to take the path. Either way, the result is that we spend an awful amount of time comparing ourselves to others (especially other…

  • Found My MAP

    UMBC has this interesting little subsection on the student portal called “My Academic Profile,” or “MAP.” This page is supposed to display your progress through completing the General Foundation Requirements (GFRs) the university requires before they will allow you to graduate. The caveat? They never update the darn thing, largely because the inane system requires…

  • Another Lazy Sunday Morning

    Lately when I have spent the night at Rachel’s house, I find myself waking up at 6:00 AM with her, ostensibly for reasons ranging from taking her to work in my car to studying. This particular week I have been doing some preparation for the MCAT, a task that has been considerably hindered by my…

  • Application Processes

    I have spent the morning (since about 6:50 AM today) working on various application processes, ranging from the stuff required for UMBC’s Health Professions Evaluations Committee (basically the gateway to the med school applications) to scholarships. I’m getting increasingly frustrated with this whole system as I continue to try and force myself into paper in…

  • Final(ly Done)!

    I am finally finished with this semester. Looking back, I actually feel like it went by extremely quickly but once the end is in sight, everything seems to slow down. I think all of my finals turned out relatively well, the two most uncertain ones being Cell lab and Spanish. Of course, those are also…

  • Thanksgiving at the Beach

    I went away from both home and Maryland for the Thanksgiving holiday for the first time in my life. It’s always interesting to break away from the regular and try something new, and in this case I think the experience was a good one. While it was obviously too cold for swimming (even though Rachel…

  • Tengo mucho en mi plato, y no tenedor

    Today has been rough, and there’s still a lot more ahead. It started with Developmental Bio, after which I went jogging around the loop for Jogging class, as opposed to the track. The day was just too beautiful to not enjoy for at least a little portion of it. After that I had to hurry…

  • Follow-up

    In reference to the previous post: I do not cheat; I do not plagiarize. What I resent is being treated like a criminal when I have not, and do not plan to, do anything wrong, especially when the defined “crimes” have been deemed permissible by esteemed professors at this university as opposed to a tired…