September

Bryn Mawr program began in the end of May for me, so that means I'm four months in with only eight more months to go. More student joined us for the fall (25, I believe) which brings our total to about 85 for the whole group of us now. Summer was a great and intense experience - definitely summer camp for adults. Considering it was my first summer in the states (and on land) in about 15 years, it was definitely a weird experience. But, we powered through and finished chemistry. The cordial atmosphere has relaxed a bit which is nice and most people seem to have found their niche.

For me, there have been personal struggles both expected and unexpected. Without a doubt, the idea of leaving something that I absolutely loved to pursue something that I'm not totally familiar with in practice has been trying. Not trying in a tough way, but in that natural way that is expect. No one likes when their summer ends, even though they know the fall brings great things too.... (make any sense?) Well, as we all progress it seems that the continual struggle is to not want to loose ourselves completely to this thing that is medicine - finding a school that provides a more socially "normal" community and not becoming too stressed.

Visited GW yesterday - verdict is still out on what that even means, but it was our first and will hopefully start to set the tone for how we can start to look at medical school.

On a more exciting note: I got to flirt with a cute boy, eat yummy food with my best friend, and see Edward Sharpe!

Too bad we have a bio exam on Monday....