Student Life Blogs

Greetings! If first-years have been on a roller coaster ride this fall, we're teetering on top of the final lift hill this Thanksgiving break. Once we get back from break, the semester is pretty much downhill until final exams (if downhill means dips and corkscrews of quizzes and tests for the next two weeks!). Nonetheless, knowing we're so close to completing our first semester at SCO is a huge motivator to steam forward. Speaking of Thanksgiving, I'm unbelievably thankful to even... Read More

Happy Thanksgiving! I love this time of year! It’s great that I’ll be graduating in May but that also means this is the last year I get an extended Thanksgiving and Christmas break!! I have the final written portion of my national board exam NEXT TUESDAY so this week my goal is to get as much studying done as possible, while still  enjoying the Holiday! The latest news at SCO is the completion of the Advanced Procedures Theater and Digital Observatory at The Eye Center.  Many of you... Read More

I can't believe October is over, and it's already the second week of November. Fall is flying by in Memphis. Second years have been busy with practicals and midterms. Currently, we are all studying for a pharmacology exam that we have this afternoon. Studying for this exam has been consuming my life for the last week. Fortunately, Dr. Ensor is trying to make it as relevant as possible  by structuring his questions like the National Boards and asking predominantly clinic based questions. I've... Read More