Big move to the Big Easy

It's been a couple months into the Tulane Master's Program and I've already become quite well adjusted to the NOLA lifestyle. After having obtained my bearings, I've begun to dig into some community service through Habitat for Humanity. My classmates and I had decided on parti cipate in a bit of construction work for Habitat on September 9 th . We had put in considerable effort and I for one am proud of our contributions. I realized during the shift that had it not been for my proclivities towards studying science, I would have been a great artist, judging by the finesse of the brush strokes for the exterior paint job. I guess I can now add “proficient exterior decorator” to my resume. All in all it was a very rewarding experience and I hope to coordinate volunteering shifts with Habitat for Humanity in the future. Our class has recently finished the Renal Block and has now moved onto the Pulmonary and Infection Block. Despite having a larger portion of our classes...

Three years ago as a sophomore at UT Austin, I had started to reconsider my life choices as a business major. Although I enjoyed the subject matter in finance, I found through my experience at internships and recruitment events that the lifestyle was not a good fit for me. I wanted to be placed in a work environment that challenges my thought processes on a daily basis. I hate routine. I was taking a leap of faith to say the least when I considered pursuing the medical field as a career path in the middle of my college career, and a bigger one to move to New Orleans for my master’s in pharmacology. However, since my arrival, I’ve found my stay in New Orleans more and more enjoyable. I’m glad to be a part of a program that supports a friendly and accommodating environment and I have been rewarded with very supportive teachers and close friends. I was excited at the prospect of taking classes with T2 students at Tulane School of Medicine and have thus invested all of my efforts to mea...