Week 4 Journal

This week, I had my first medical school interview, so I spent a lot of time learning about the school. I was anxious about the actual interview portion, so I did some practice questions with one of my professors which helped to alleviate some of my nerves. However, I discovered the thing that worked best for me was to do a little dancing and singing right before hopping onto the Zoom. I enjoyed our classes this week especially applying what we have learned about scams to think of ones that could be used on our own student population. It demonstrated to me how I should be more skeptical of QR codes I scan or websites I go to and that I should not trust everything that claims to be associated with TCU. In one of my other classes, I learned about the techniques that stores use to make you stay longer and spend more money. Our professor also briefly mentioned how Lululemon employees tend to commit extremely violent crimes when they reach their breaking point. Afterwards, I looked up a case where one employee had murdered another and was left shocked by some of the details (why didn't the neighboring Apple employees investigate what was going on?). In my virology class, we learned about the symptoms and modes of transmissions for about twenty viruses. I was really excited to get all that new information until it dawned on me that I would have to study all of it for our exam this upcoming week. On a brighter note, we have officially finished one month of classes. It is crazy how time flies and how close graduation is getting. It feels like just yesterday I was still living in my freshman dorm.

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  1. williams.dan76September 22, 2026 at 7:46 AM

    Thanks, I enjoyed reading this review of recent learning experiences. Loved the piece about dancing and singing right before your interview. Hope that and all others go well. I appreciate that you enjoyed our last class on phishing. And it's true time flies. My years are disappeared in an eye blink.

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