Month: January 2010

Like me not too long ago, many prospective students are probably curious to see what the classrooms at AUC look like. So here, I have posted some pictures of the indoor places around campus. But first, some info about the facilities here at AUC: Lecture Halls In the old academic building, there are five lecture halls of different sizes: Lecture… Continue reading

By 12 noon, I turned in my third and last exam of the day and walked out of the cold classroom into the warm Caribbean sun, thinking to myself how time flew by so fast this first block of the semester, much faster than last semester! Today was a big day, the first block exams of the semester, but even… Continue reading

I absolutely love TA-ing! There’s just something about it — dropping by from table to table, talking to students and fellow TAs, explaining things, and helping people out — that’s so fun and intellectually rewarding. There’s also something very satisfying about reviewing all that material that I learned last semester — brachial plexus nerves and the muscles they innervate, clinical… Continue reading

Today was my assigned day as a TA for Anatomy Lab. For those of you who missed it, this is a diagram of the Brachial Plexus nerves and the muscles that they innervate that I drew on the board today! Learn this well! Want to know what AbOF stands for in the diagram? Please visit my study resources!… Continue reading

Every semester on the Saturday after White Coat Ceremony, AMSA and Phi Chi jointly host a BBQ at Mullet Bay Beach, just right outside campus. Everything’s free: free food, free beach volleyball, free sun… you get the idea, and open to everyone part of the AUC Family. Because I spent most of my own White Coat weekend last September with… Continue reading

Last semester around this time, I walked across the stage with 198 of my fellow classmates, struggled clumsily to get my two arms in as I received my first white coat. This semester, I had the privilege to see the White Coat Ceremony from a completely new perspective. Yesterday, I volunteered as an usher for the ceremony. As the students… Continue reading

As we all heard, an estimated 100,000 individuals* lost their lives and another 3 million people were affected yesterday on our sister island of Haiti after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit 10 miles off-shore of the capital city of Port-au-Prince. As Haitians around the world and others residing on the island struggle to find their loved ones among the ruins and… Continue reading

There are 18 official and unofficial student organizations on campus. In order to renew their official status, student organizations must maintain 20 members every semester. At the beginning of every semester, the Student Activities Fair is a great place to do just that, as well as for new students to learn how to get involved at AUC... Continue reading

About: Puerto Rico is a Commonwealth of the United States and it is only 30 minutes away from St. Maarten by airplane. As it is one of the largest islands in the Caribbean, there are tons to see and you can easily spend weeks here and still not see everything. Highlights: Old San Juan, El Morro, Vieques, Bioluminescent Bay, Arecibo Observatory, Heladeria de Lares, Plaza Las Americas, El Yunque Rainforest, Bacardi Rum Factory. Continue reading