Well, the first semester is almost over. It’s been over a month since my last blog entry. I had hoped to blog more often, but well honestly I haven’t had the time or energy. To give you an example, this past Saturday I never left my apartment. I spent pretty much the entire day studying, and most of that for a single exam which was this morning.

And to be honest, I’m not sure I did as well on the exam as I had hoped. And a week ago, I walked out of an anatomy exam, thinking I had aced it, only to discover the next day I had barely passed it. By far my lowest grade yet.

I’ve tried to tell myself, “it’s only one grade” but truth is, it’s rattled me a bit. Scratch that, a lot. And not knowing this morning’s exam grade has me on tenterhooks.

Compound with that this Wednesday is another exam that I definitely do not feel prepared for. And strangely, I wouldn’t say it’s necessarily the hardest subject or even hardest exam, but it’s perhaps the most objectives we’ve had in a single exam. So after taking a short break, I’ll get back to studying for it. I’ve already spent close to two hours on it today and will spend at least four more today and probably eight tomorrow. And even with that, I know it won’t be easy.

But enough of my complaining. I wanted to share something else.

While I sit here and question my life choices between two hard exams, I thought I’d share one update.

I blogged earlier that when I got accepted at Arcadia, their program was on “Accreditation – Probationary”. This was a bit concerning because in theory their accreditation could have been yanked and I’d be out money and time.

But, I talked to a couple of faculty and staff and chatted online with one of the students at the time. No one could make any guarantees, but their comments and answers did give me a good feeling. So, between that and the honest fact no other school was willing to take a risk on me, I accepted and obviously am now attending.

Well about two weeks ago we finally got an update. Arcadia is now “Accreditation-Continued”. This is excellent news. This means barring a catastrophe (like the entire faculty coming down with Ebola at once) when I graduate, I can set for the PANCE (our certification exam). So that’s one bit of good news.

So I’ll close on that.