Hello!
What an eventful week here for a first year student. I was not able to attend all of the events but I did manage to go to a couple like the Family and Friends BBQ and Mentor/Mentee Dinner. The first week has been relaxed and easy; mainly introductions to the school, course, professors, etc. There are SO many student activities to be involved with on campus! I think even more so than undergrad! I am going to gauge how well the course work load is this quarter before I join more than 2 clubs! I am still meeting classmates! 100 classmates may seem like a small number, but there are actually a lot of people! I have started to study a little here and there towards the end of the week into the weekend. I am so afraid of falling behind! SCCO eases you into the work load, but I always like to stay prepared!
I am so excited about my Practice Management Course! I think SCCO is one of the only school's to include it into all four years of the program, which I found a very strong attribute to my optometric foundation.
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Friday, August 14, 2009
Orientation Day @ SCCO
Orientation day started at 7:30AM-5:00PM. Since I do not live in Fullerton, I had to commute. My commute is not very far and there was no traffic at all this morning, so I arrived there in 15 minutes! I wish everyday could be like that! At first when I got to the school, there were a lot of other students just standing around in the court yard. I just signed in and stood against the wall. I never had the chance to go to any of the "meet and greets" so I had no idea who anyone was. I recognized a lot of faces from Facebook, but it was still awkward to finally see everyone in person. Eventually, I was able to talk to a few other classmates and introduce myself. Breakfast was served buffet style, which was nice. It consisted of muffins, pastries, coffee, fruit, and juice. I had a blueberry muffin myself, but I don't think it sufficed! My stomach kept growling during the speeches, :(. So after some morning mingling took place, we all stood in line to take our student ID photos. The photos we took will last through our whole 4 years at SCCO! So you want to make sure you look sharp. You don't have to be so formal; business casual was more appropriate.
After photos, we migrated to the A building, which is the main lecture hall, to listen to speeches given by the president of SCCO, the V.P. of Student Affairs, and the V.P./Dean. They all gave very motivational speeches. The one thing I love about SCCO is that they can never stop talking about how much the love their school and the optometric profession. I am already convinced and motivated as is about optometry, but they just take it to a completely higher level! After a few speeches, we broke into smaller groups lead by faculty members and student leaders from the class of 2012, followed by a hosted lunch. After a lunch, we all migrated back to the lecture hall and listened to our Financial Aid Advisor go over our financial aid packets.
This was the last speech given before all of the students were dispersed into four groups to finish up the orientation day. There were four different stations set up for the groups to rotate with. The first station was for ordering our WHITE COATS ( our doctor coats, lol), the second station was to pick up our financial aid checks , the third station was to pick up our books at the student bookstore, and the final station was to pick up our student id badges!!! My picture turned out okay; it's not the best, but its now with me for 4 years!!!
After photos, we migrated to the A building, which is the main lecture hall, to listen to speeches given by the president of SCCO, the V.P. of Student Affairs, and the V.P./Dean. They all gave very motivational speeches. The one thing I love about SCCO is that they can never stop talking about how much the love their school and the optometric profession. I am already convinced and motivated as is about optometry, but they just take it to a completely higher level! After a few speeches, we broke into smaller groups lead by faculty members and student leaders from the class of 2012, followed by a hosted lunch. After a lunch, we all migrated back to the lecture hall and listened to our Financial Aid Advisor go over our financial aid packets.
This was the last speech given before all of the students were dispersed into four groups to finish up the orientation day. There were four different stations set up for the groups to rotate with. The first station was for ordering our WHITE COATS ( our doctor coats, lol), the second station was to pick up our financial aid checks , the third station was to pick up our books at the student bookstore, and the final station was to pick up our student id badges!!! My picture turned out okay; it's not the best, but its now with me for 4 years!!!
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Moving!!!
So I have officially moved out and I have about 2 weeks left until school starts!!! Apparently at SCCO, every first year student is assigned a mentor ( which is a second year student) to help your throughout the year. I found this so exciting!!! Being a first year student, I know I will get confused from time to time transitioning into this program, so it is comforting to know I can go to a peer if I need any help!!!
So for the past two weeks I have been moving and working at the same time! It has been a bit stressful, but well worth it!
Orientation day is just around the corner and I cannot wait!!!
So I have officially moved out and I have about 2 weeks left until school starts!!! Apparently at SCCO, every first year student is assigned a mentor ( which is a second year student) to help your throughout the year. I found this so exciting!!! Being a first year student, I know I will get confused from time to time transitioning into this program, so it is comforting to know I can go to a peer if I need any help!!!
So for the past two weeks I have been moving and working at the same time! It has been a bit stressful, but well worth it!
Orientation day is just around the corner and I cannot wait!!!
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