The end is in sight!

The end of my first semester in grad school is in sight!  There's lots to do between now and my last final, but it's good to be almost finished.  A lot of this semester has felt like review, which means that Utah State got me off to a good solid start. 

   

There have been a few unexpected surprises this semester, the biggest being a much longer time in grad school than expected (7 semesters vs the typical 5 semesters of most programs).  The other unexpected surprise is a very unorganized professor (who teaches two of my classes this semester) and her very specifically-vague directions with a dash of inconsistent grading.  Yes, specifically-vague... and sometimes the inconsistent grading was in my favor and other times it was not.  I definitely have higher expectations for grad school professors... but, yeah... moving on.

Next semester should have a bit more new information and I will also one step closer to getting clinic hours.  I can't wait to get into clinic!

Ima gonna be in grad school until...

December 2014.

Just had my meeting with my grad advisor about what my entire grad program will entail and how long it will be… 7 semesters total.  So that will be: 3 Fall semesters, 2 Winter semesters, and 2 Summer semesters (Spring/Summer). The most credits I will have in one semester is next semester when I will be taking 12 credits. Fall ‘13 will be 6 credits (but will be spending a lot of time in the campus clinic) and my least amount of credits in a semester. University clinic will be Summer ‘13 and Fall ‘13, my adult placement will be Summer ‘14 and my child placement will be in my last semester, Fall ‘14.  

I like that they don’t throw a bunch of classes at us every semester at Eastern, but man that is a lot of extra time in school I wasn’t counting on. It is nice to know what classes I am taking each semester until I graduate and with the amount of time we will have to focus on our classes, I should definitely be well prepared when I get out!