8 weeks, 150+ classroom hours, 16 health professional tours/seminars and 42 new friendships later, the 2013 Science Enrichment Preparation Program scholars received their diplomas, packed up their belongings, and headed home. These S.E.P. scholars left with new exposure to a … Read more

I am a contradiction in terms: left to its own devices, my brain tries hard to work out patterns in the universe, but yet I am not particularly gifted at systems-thinking. When I first enrolled in college, I knew that … Read more

This week was quite interesting; we received two seminars and they were both quite interesting. One of the tours, chiropractic medicine, intrigued me because I did not know that it was so global and a widely sought after career. The … Read more

I was so busy this week that writing this post completely slipped my mind. I enjoy writing about my week and was shocked when I remembered to write it, but late. This week was very informational. We had presentation on … Read more

This week was great.  Classes were challenging but overall everything is going fairly well. I was waiting all week for our seminar with Dr. Wilbert Smith, and I have to say the wait was well worth it.  Our question and … Read more

This week was quite tame compared to the other weeks.  Although there was a lot of stress with the usual homework and daily quizzes, the week in general was not too difficult.  There were no tours except for students who … Read more

It’s hard to believe that the program is more than halfway over! Although we were free from seminars on Monday and Wednesday, on Friday we had the opportunity to meet Dr. Wilbert Smith, the author of Hole in the Head. … Read more

Week 4 of this summer’s Science Enrichment Preparation program wrapped up with a tour of the UNC School of Dentistry. Each week, the scholars explore new options for health careers and professional schools. At the halfway point in the 8-week … Read more

This week, I fell for a girl. Literally. Falling hurts. Falling on a bike going 20mph hurts even more. Late last week, I was riding my bicycle on the road after class (because it is by law illegal to ride … Read more

What a week! Busy, busy, busy describes this week. We were really rolling this week from tours, to tests, to quizzes, to a paper, to classes. Looking back I can say I feel like I really put out some work. … Read more