Wednesday, June 24, 2015
ZOMBIES!
What I imagine my new class "Prevention and Control of Infectious Disease" is going to be like.
Saturday, June 13, 2015
Time To Pick Up Something Heavy
First, the good news.
I passed my CSCS!
After 3 hours of staring at a computer screen, attempting to figure out how those three multiple choices even apply to the question that was asked, I managed to pass!
Sure, maybe I only passed by 5 questions, but it still counts! I'm now a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist!
Now, the annoying news.
A few months ago, a buddy of mine informed me that the MPH program had an "exit exam". What did that mean? What did it cover? Why didn't they tell us about this sooner?
These were all some of the questions that instantly spewed out of my mouth.
Apparently, the exit exam is a gigantic essay exam covering everything that I've learned since my first biostatistics night class that if I fail, forces me to retake my entire 16 week practicum (essentially an internship for married people that are already in the workforce and are now forced to juggle multiple jobs. Thanks grad school.).
Oh joy.
Why my school's administration didn't tell anybody about this sooner, I have no idea. I was just officially told about it last month, and told that it was strongly suggested that I take the exam within the next two weeks.
Aside from two week's notice being a bit short for such an exam, especially when I had scheduled a beach vacation one of those weeks a year in advance and had just paid $500 to take my CSCS - which, if I failed, was around a $200 retake fee - I need to have all of my old textbooks to take the exit exam.
THE ONES I SOLD TWO YEARS AGO.
Did anybody ever tell me I should keep those textbooks, just in case I happen to have a gigantic comprehensive exam near graduation? Nope.
"So, what's the big deal? Just go to the library, man."
Yeah, I thought the same thing. Except the library recently decided that it's going to be closed all Saturdays this entire summer, and only be open for five hours on Sundays.
"Well, just go on a different day, man."
That'd be fine, but I've already gotten a phone call from my professor, and multiple emails complaining about how I said I was going to take the exit exam and that I didn't. Did I ever say any of that? Nope, but that doesn't matter, I'm now the lazy, apathetic Southerner in the eyes of my professor.
I passed my CSCS!
After 3 hours of staring at a computer screen, attempting to figure out how those three multiple choices even apply to the question that was asked, I managed to pass!
Sure, maybe I only passed by 5 questions, but it still counts! I'm now a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist!
Now, the annoying news.
A few months ago, a buddy of mine informed me that the MPH program had an "exit exam". What did that mean? What did it cover? Why didn't they tell us about this sooner?
These were all some of the questions that instantly spewed out of my mouth.
Apparently, the exit exam is a gigantic essay exam covering everything that I've learned since my first biostatistics night class that if I fail, forces me to retake my entire 16 week practicum (essentially an internship for married people that are already in the workforce and are now forced to juggle multiple jobs. Thanks grad school.).
Oh joy.
Why my school's administration didn't tell anybody about this sooner, I have no idea. I was just officially told about it last month, and told that it was strongly suggested that I take the exam within the next two weeks.
Aside from two week's notice being a bit short for such an exam, especially when I had scheduled a beach vacation one of those weeks a year in advance and had just paid $500 to take my CSCS - which, if I failed, was around a $200 retake fee - I need to have all of my old textbooks to take the exit exam.
THE ONES I SOLD TWO YEARS AGO.
Did anybody ever tell me I should keep those textbooks, just in case I happen to have a gigantic comprehensive exam near graduation? Nope.
"So, what's the big deal? Just go to the library, man."
Yeah, I thought the same thing. Except the library recently decided that it's going to be closed all Saturdays this entire summer, and only be open for five hours on Sundays.
"Well, just go on a different day, man."
That'd be fine, but I've already gotten a phone call from my professor, and multiple emails complaining about how I said I was going to take the exit exam and that I didn't. Did I ever say any of that? Nope, but that doesn't matter, I'm now the lazy, apathetic Southerner in the eyes of my professor.
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Thursday, June 4, 2015
Here's To Tomorrow
After six months of saving money/studying, I finally decided to register for my Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) exam earlier last month. I'm scheduled to take it tomorrow.
I've been doing a good bit of freelance writing lately, and I wanted CSCS after my name to add a little more oomph to what it is I have to say. That, and if I ever want to teach classes at the university level someday, having the CSCS will help.
It's widely regarded as an extremely difficult test, while simultaneously being the gold-standard test to determine whether or not you know what you're talking about when it comes to training. That typically means you devote hours every evening attempting to absorb too much material.
310 questions in 4 hours.
Let's do this.
I've been doing a good bit of freelance writing lately, and I wanted CSCS after my name to add a little more oomph to what it is I have to say. That, and if I ever want to teach classes at the university level someday, having the CSCS will help.
It's widely regarded as an extremely difficult test, while simultaneously being the gold-standard test to determine whether or not you know what you're talking about when it comes to training. That typically means you devote hours every evening attempting to absorb too much material.
310 questions in 4 hours.
Let's do this.
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