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I'm Officially DONE!

Fri, 23 Mar 2007 16:03:40 GMT

Yes! I'm officially done with my undergraduate education at UCI! I got a lot out of UCI, and I'm glad my diploma will say I got a degree in Neurobiology, hehe. The next 5 months I have off before dental school starts should be GREAT. And then the next chapter in my life will begin and everything will change because I'll be attending Tufts University School of Dental Medicine for the next 4 years of my life.... yeah Boston here I come! So what will I do with those 5 months? Other than going to Thailand & Vietnam for 6 weeks in the summer, I'll just be a bum for once in my life and play it by ear, hehe.

Dental School Application Update

Fri, 16 Feb 2007 07:14:19 GMT

Interviewed: NYU (10/16), Loma Linda (11/21), USC (1/18), Tufts (2/1), BU (2/2)
Accepted: NYU (12/1), Tufts (2/15)

Wednesday, January 03, 2007

Wed, 03 Jan 2007 05:00:01 GMT

so new year's was fun i would say. my dad's side of the family came over to my house. then 4 of my cousins slept over which was a rare event. 2 of us in my room, 2 in my brother's room, and 2 in the guest room downstairs. none of us went to bed until 4:30-5AM. the next day, which was new year's day, we all headed to the mall and i was able to get a scarf from old navy for $4 and sunglass from AE for half off. wee!

today, my family and i were suppose to check out the post-rose bowl parade floats in pasadena but didn't. we came to the realization that since last night there were major heavy winds that the $7 admission per person and $3/person for park & ride or whatever wasn't worth it. we were also gonna go with my aunt, uncle, and my cousins claire (age 3) and dylan (age 4) so to get the kiddies out of the house we all decided to meet up and hang around downtown disney instead. i <3 my cousins! i was also suppose to go to seaworld with them tomorrow too, but it got cancelled/postponed due to something coming up. aw, i was actually looking forward to seaworld! oh well.

oh yeah, i haven't mentioned it on here yet but i got another interview and it's at tufts university school of dental medicine in boston. i had also had one scheduled at boston university in march, but was able to reschedule it the day after my tufts interview. so my tufts and bu interviews will be on feb 1 and 2, respectively..... so i'll be spending jan. 31-feb. 3 in boston! yay! i'm so excited since i've never been to boston! =)

so yeah, classes start up again on monday. ew. i need to also get all this immunization crap done since apparently they started new rules on what immunizations people who do clinical research need. bah, humbug! alright, that's it for today.

Sunday, December 31, 2006

Sun, 31 Dec 2006 07:38:09 GMT

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Wednesday, December 27, 2006

Wed, 27 Dec 2006 06:32:44 GMT

i'm sorry i've been too busy to give an update on how my cousin has been doing. so after days and days of just tests, he turned out that he only bruised his pancreas. what happened was that he fell off the monkey bars and fell down stomach first onto another set of bars lower on the ground (ouch!). so he's doing just fine now and just needed time to heal and not to play too rough for awhile.

yesterday on xmas day, we celebrated xmas at my house. everyone on my mom's side came, even my aunt, uncle and cousins who moved to Houston last summer. except my cousins from AZ, though. my aunt and uncle were the ones who graduated dental school last year and decided to move with their 3 boys to Houston to work for my uncle's sister-in-law since she has numerous dental offices. they are currently building their own office and should be done in January. apparently they are doing really well b/c gave each of us a "benjamin franklin" and my grandpa a hefty check for xmas, haha. my 10-year-old cousin had a funny way of putting it and was like, "hey! i got a 1, with 2 zero place holders!" lol, what a nerd, but i gotta love him! and they're also treating us all out dinner tonight at any restaurant we what (aka the "best"). all i was thinking was "geez, you can throw money around like that even with all those student loans?! and for TWO people!?" lol. tonight, he even took us all out to dinner for some sushi! omg, i LOVE sushi! it was sooo good! we've been to this sushi place at least 5 times as a huge family. that place has really made soo much money of our family that they should totally name a sushi roll after us. we concluded that it that were to happen, it should be called the "chu-chu tran roll," lol. get it? the family name is chu, and we are tran's so it's like choo-choo train. HAHA, yeah, we're cool like that, lol.

but yeah, xmas was really fun with everyone at my house. and we have yet to still celebrate xmas on my dad's side. that'll take place on new year's eve. weird, i know, but it's hard scheduling a date in which everyone can make it with such a big family. this week has flown by so fast. i can't believe 2.5 weeks of winter break has already gone by! oh no, make it go slower! or better yet, make it loooonger! i can't believe it was 1 year ago that we were in vietnam for winter break. how i miss it. it was so much fun. anyhoo, that's it for this entry. until next time, adios!

Friday, December 15, 2006

Fri, 15 Dec 2006 01:39:57 GMT

eek. please pray for my cousin nicholas. story is that he was playing on the monkey bars today and fell somehow as to damage his pancreas. he might have to go into surgery tonight. he's only like 7-years-old. as a baby and a little kid, he was always quite sickly. he even caught pneumonia and gave everyone quite the scare. i sure hope he'll pull through this and be okay.

i remember several years back when nick was maybe only 3 or 4, we spent thanksgiving at his house in san diego. i took him and my other cousins to the playground by his house, and this other man with his kid thought i was his mom. seriously?! his mom?! well, i guess i could've been a young mom. anyway, please keep nicholas in your thoughts.

Wednesday, December 06, 2006

Wed, 06 Dec 2006 20:03:51 GMT

yay. got my acceptance letter to NYU just now. what a load of my shoulders. that is all. i must go study for neuro now.

Monday, December 04, 2006

Mon, 04 Dec 2006 03:06:06 GMT

so it's that time of the quarter/year again... which means my appearance on xanga is to be expected. yes, 'tis the season of finals week!

*siiiiigh*

my finals week isn't that bad yet it is still something to dread.

my upcoming finals week schedule:
monday - developmental & cell biology lab final @ 8pm (yes, 8pm!! at least i still have 24 hours to study)
tuesday - death cab for cutie concert @ 8pm (=D yay!)
thursday - neurobiology of learning & memory final at 8am (freakin' early! at least i'm done early)

and then i'll be done. i. can't. freakin'. wait. and since i'm on the subject of things i can't wait for... i can't wait to hopefully receive an acceptance letter at NYU (*knock on wood*). i heard they sent out letters on friday. eek, this isn't exactly helping me focus on my studies. i interviewed at 1 other school also but i know it'll be awhile before i hear back from them. it would be great to get AN acceptance so i know i'm guaranteed a place for next year.

ah, yes... my second to last set of finals before i graduate from uci. i'm getting closer to the end! so next quarter will be my last. my birthday will be right after i'm done. i will chill for 2 months. hopefully go to Vietnam and maybe Thailand with the family for 5 weeks in May/June and then dental school? wooo! can't wait! if only time could go FASTER! the year 2007 will be great!

ok, back to studying. :(

Tuesday, November 14, 2006

Tue, 14 Nov 2006 08:12:46 GMT

Saturday, October 21, 2006

Sat, 21 Oct 2006 23:00:24 GMT

Long time no post, I know.

So school is just school. This quarter I only have one class, an dev/cell bio lab, physics lab, and research. Therefore, I only have one midterm this quarter. I should be studying for it, but eh... I think senioritis is beginning to kick it. I say that, but I'm pretty sure it kicked in long before now. I'm so ready for it to be over. Five months from now, I'll be done! Yay.

As for my dental school application process, I've had everything in for all of the 10 schools I've applied to for awhile now. My NYU interview was just this past Monday and I think it went pretty well, if I do say myself. I hope I just didn't jinx myself. My interview was really great and it wasn't as stressful as I thought it would be. In the end he said that he thought I would fit really well into their school. So I guess we'll just have to wait and see to find out how it all goes.

So I've been checking my mail everyday, but today I actually got something! It was a letter addressed from Loma Linda. I wasn't sure what to think, but my initial thought that it was a rejection letter... but after reading the first sentence, I got granted an interview! So yay, another interview to go! I'm already quite familiar with their school seeing that I've been there at least 3 times already, hehe.

So yeah, I just wanted to give a little update about myself for those people who actually care. Or still even care, haha.