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Trying to make the most of today☀️
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Actually, feeling really anxious and lonely. I’m really overwhelmed by my classes, my research responsibilities, my organization positions, my home chores, and trying to stay healthy and sane on top of it all. I love the path I’m on, but I really doubt myself and am hard on myself, even though I know it’s not right or useful.
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Very ready for the semester to be over.
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“Your smile is your logo, your personality is your business card, how you leave others feeling after an experience with you becomes your trademark.” #blackgirlmagic #sisterlocksunderneath #shein_us #shein #sheinplussize #ombrenails #quarterofacentcherry #highereducation #graduationszn #iphonex #portraitmode #futurephd #payyourtithes #blessed
It’s my birthday, it’s my birthday!!!!!!! As I reflect on 30 years of life I think of all of the highs and lows. All of which have made me the person that I am today. I’ve accomplished so many of my goals and I can’t wait to see what happens over the next decade.
3 decades!!!! Flooding your timeline today. Photo credit: @extraordinary_dan
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Yesterday I was talking to my anatomy TA in lab and she said something that really hit me. I was picking her brain about PhD programs (because that’s what I’m trying to get into) and she said this: “You don’t have to be the smartest person; you just have to be the most stubborn. You don’t have to love the whole process; you just have to want the end result really bad”. That really hit me. I think that goes with anything in life. You don’t have to be the smartest person you just have to keep pushing. You don’t have to be the most genetically gifted person in the NPC , but you have to be the most stubborn. You have to WANT that win or that degree or that business. It doesn’t matter if you love every minute of it because every minute of the process is what gives you that end result. The ability to be stubborn in your end goal is what’s going to keep you going.
I graduated with a BA in Psychology yesterday. (Check out the last pick for my Graduation Cap. New Girl literally kept me going through school. Started first season freshman year and just finish the last season the day before graduation. Quality quotes that everyone who was around me was annoyed with)
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I’m first generation and I somehow received second highest honors, Magna Cum Laude. It has been such an amazing four years. I’ve made/met amazing friends/people and truly found myself through education and gaining knowledge. I also realized that it’s okay to be emotional and sensitive, which has been always difficult for me to come to terms with. I’ve experienced amazing highs and some of the lowest lows. I tear up every time I think about where I came from and where I am now. If you know me, you know how much school and receiving this education has meant to me. I’ve worked so hard to maintain a 4.0 GPA the last two years of school, thank you to all my peers in the last two years for tolerating my perfectionism in class and my excessive questions. Thank you for everyone whose guided me, loved me, and supported me on the way to my greatest accomplishment. I’ve truly learned how to live. Psychology is my home, empathy is my strength, and always working on self-growth has been my motivation. There’s so much more going for me than I can even realize. The first time in my life, I have a dream and plans I will fulfill, no matter what it takes. I’ve never felt fire like this in my life. My education does not end here, I am no where near done yet. #FuturePhD #GiveMeAFewYears #LearnedHowToReachForTheStars #ThanksMissyGarvin #ThanksJosh #ThanksNewGirl #EspeciallyNickMiller #ThanksAmber #IDidItForTom #AndMyself #Seawolf #SonomaState #PsiChi #Psychology #CognitiveDevelopment #ChildDevelopment #ChildPsychology #MaCalledTheBeesAreBack #BananaInTheDark #SchmidtHappens #TheLoft
Throwback to this time last week when one of the best people I know got his degree! ⠀
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He’s so smart. He’s handsome. He’s nice. He’s funny. I literally would get so excited to see him each class and lab period. Your girl would know nothing about chemistry if it was not for him. ⠀
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Dylan I hope you accomplish all your goals and dreams! I hope you have an amazing time at NC State. And I hope you never forget about me, because if you haven’t already realized...I am just a tad bit obsessed with our friendship! ⠀
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You’re one of the best things that happened to me and my GPA. I couldn’t imagine life at Ogle without you and it’s going to be hard to continue taking classes without seeing you at least 3 times a week! ⠀
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Go live your best life! And as soon as I am cleared by neuro to drive, I will definitely be at NC State one weekend!!! Who am I kidding, all the weekends ⠀
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Okay. I am done fan girling and will now get back to studying, but I just had to brag on that whole human being right there! ⠀
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When I interviewed at Maryland, I was so nervous. I really wanted to be accepted. I wanted to come home. I wanted to be a part of this program. I wasn’t just interviewing MD only - did they make a mistake? When I mentioned that I wanted to study bacteria at previous interviews, I was met with speculation and confusion. Not here. There is a whole department just for microbial pathogenesis, where my heart is. But would they pick me?
I’m a Baltimorean. Born down the street from UMB at Mercy Hospital. Lived in the neighborhood that surrounds my institution. Went to Baltimore City Public Schools. Would I be an ideal candidate?
Little did I know, my cohort began to form over those two days in December. Trevor (far left) interviewed with me that day. Louis (left of me) interviewed later in the season. Interestingly, our final three, Michael, Gideon, and Olivia (right side) joined our cohort as first year MD students. Now that we’re in graduate school we don’t see each other nearly as often. But we’re all in this journey together.