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Final Product Progress
Over the long weekend, I had some progress with my Final Product, and I am finalizing and wrapping things up with my mock experiment. I...
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Apr 5, 20211 min read
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Lots of work to do
It is getting closer and closer to Final Product Night, and there is still a lot of work left to do. This past week in ISM I had a mentor...
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Mar 29, 20211 min read
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A Busy Week Ahead
It is going to be a busy week this week, because I have the SAT on Wednesday, and I also have quizzes and tests in some of my classes. In...
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Mar 22, 20211 min read
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First Mentor Visit and Final Product Progress
I had my first mentor visit over zoom on Tuesday last week with Dr. Kaur! It was so exciting getting to learn about what she does in...
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Mar 15, 20212 min read
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Returning to normalcy - somewhat
The past week was entirely asynchronous at school, meaning that teachers would assign assignments and work to be completed by the end of...
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Feb 28, 20212 min read
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Catching up
During the week of February 15th there was bad weather, power outages and school cancellations. The whole week was cancelled due to bad...
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Feb 28, 20211 min read
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First Mentor Visit
I have been trying to set up a date for a mentor visit, and one of my mentors and I will probably have a mentor visit at some point this...
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Feb 28, 20211 min read
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Getting started with research
It has been another very busy week. In ISM, for my assessment of the week I chose to center my research and research article on cancer...
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Feb 8, 20211 min read
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Final Product work begins
This past week in ISM, I worked on getting some feedback on my Final Product Proposal, so that I could begin working on my Final Product....
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Feb 1, 20211 min read
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A Spectacular Week!
I am happy to announce that I have two mentors! Over the past week, I had a research interview with Dr. Zia, who is now my mentor, and I...
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Jan 25, 20211 min read
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A Day Off
We had a day off this Monday because it was Martin Luther King Jr. Day, so this upcoming week will only be four days long. This week will...
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Jan 18, 20211 min read
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Exciting Things Coming Up!
There are a lot of important dates to look forward to this month in ISM. I need to get started on my Final Product proposal, because that...
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Jan 11, 20211 min read
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Back from Winter Break
Winter Break is already over and we are now in a new year, starting the second semester of this school year. I truly cannot believe that...
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Jan 5, 20211 min read
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Winter break is almost here!
Last week, I turned in my original work project. I wrote a research paper evaluating different treatments for hematologic patients. I...
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Dec 14, 20201 min read
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Working Towards Original Work
Now there’s only two weeks left before school ends for Winter Break. There are important deadlines coming up, including finishing the...
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Dec 8, 20201 min read
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Back to Work!
Thanksgiving Break was really nice because I had time to relax but also to catch up on some work for my classes. I made more progress on...
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Nov 30, 20201 min read
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Thankful for Thanksgiving Break
One of the most interesting topics in studying oncology for me has been brain tumors. I hadn’t known much about them before, so I decided...
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Nov 16, 20201 min read
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Next Steps After the First Research Speech
My first research speech was on Friday of last week. I think it went really well, since it was much better than I had expected! Although...
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Nov 9, 20201 min read
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Time to present a research speech!
So far, I have had three interviews in ISM. I had my third one last week on Friday with an alum from the ISM program, who also studied...
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Nov 2, 20201 min read
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Original Work Research
This past week in ISM, I wasn’t able to secure any interviews, but I was able to get forward with some research for my ISM original work....
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Oct 25, 20201 min read
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