I'm an ARS(e)

Fun times at orientation (i.e., transition) today. We played some fun social games, thanks to Anita Taylor, one of the hard working people behind our orientation. In the first game, we discovered that our class contained numerous people: who are fluent in foreign languages, who can play multiple instruments, and who were djs (myself included!). There were also a couple who majored in aerospace engineering, joined the peace corps and have a private plane license. There is even one person certified as a yoga instructor! Pretty cool (and impressive) stuff.

We also got to play a game where we worked to identify our general areas of interest. Mine are ARS, which stands for Artistic, Rugged, and Social. Apparently, this information can be valuable to us as we decide our specialties. It is kinda wild that we are all already talking about specialties before we have even had our first med school class!

Oh yeah, and people cannot agree as to whether we will be studying 20, 30, 40 or 50 hours a week. But, for some reason, everyone thinks we will only be sleeping for 7 hours a day and that we will have 17 free hours a week. I don't get it.

Anyway, it was a good and fun day all around. I have to do some reading tonight (my first homework) and I also need to fix my bike brakes if I plan on surviving another commute down the hill.