4 posts tagged “school”
First report card is in, I did well. But it's grad school whoops :[
The last week and a half since Thanksgiving has not been pleasant to say the least. I worked a lot ( I want to say 60 - 80 hours over 7 days ) on some silly project for Comp. Neuro. that didn't work out at all and this afternoon I need to give a presentation on it. It's only 10 minutes, and compared to my last presentation ( to a Rear Admiral of the Navy ) it should be low stress.
Tonight I have my Linear Systems final which in the grand scheme of things shouldn't be hard, but in the past week I've forgotten everything I knew about linear algebra. Whoops! Fortunately, the prof. is wikked nice and he's already told us he'll bust our balls on the final but we'll all pass.
This leaves the Molecular Bio take-home final (lol am i rite) that I have completed to the best of my ability, and the written segment to my Comp Neuro class. These should get completed by Friday and then it's back to The State of Massachusetts ( TM ) for a long vacation comprised mostly of sleep. I should pass everything, but it's certainly not going to be the highlight of my academic career.
Next term I'll only be taking one or one and half classes, in addition to co-TAing a class on Dynamic Systems, and working in a lab. If I don't start music again I'll go crazy.
He's talking about cigarettes, you see.
Pulling a round trip to Pittsburgh on Friday. Wake up at 0330 and drive to Providence. Upon arrival to Pittsburgh my rental car will be waiting and from there it's smooth sailing to my first appointment at 1300. Then it's get back to the airport at 1800 or so and head home at 1900. With luck I'll be back before the day is even over.
There is no possible way this could go wrong.
Dr. Schwartz is the Neural Engineering Track Coordinator at PITT.
Monkey Controlled Robotic Arm at PITT
If I'm lucky I'll be doing stuff like this. First I need to study study. Actually first I need to get an apartment, what a pain.
