Monday, January 16

To do, updated

So I've decided to not take Intro Psych this semester... it was just too "intro" for my taste. I went to the first class and heard everything I needed to. I forgot how the focus of such classes is always to convince the student that "psychology is a science" that uses "observation" and "testable hypotheses" to prove its points. Eh. We also spent 15 minutes discussing different types of psychologists "clinical, academic, applied" blah blah... I suppose it wouldn't be too boring, but it's not worth 1.8K. Alex came up with a good solution: I will buy the textbook and learn the material on my own, just in case the admissions people ask me why I didn't take intro psych.

To update my previous "to do" list:

  • finish writing paper for Angela (due last month) draft 1 sent out last week
  • get books for Psych (by next Monday) sometime next month, to be read by April
  • get Pitt transcript (I have to physically pick it up)
  • apply to genetic counseling program (due Feb 1) (gotta do that essay!)
  • send out reminders to my recommendation-writers (done, need to do again! since 2/3 didn't reply)
  • move in, clean up, all that good stuff! (working on it! my stuff is now neatly stacked in storage bins and the living room is cleared and ready for move in!)
  • finish making up classes for Womansplace (due 2 months ago)
  • finish volunteer training at Womansplace (due 2 months ago)
I guess I haven't made as much progress as I thought... hmm...

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