Saturday is a day of work!

What can I say, I'm studying relatively efficiently on my weekend. Cracked my textbook open, started reading, and realized that a lot of this stuff really is supplementary to the lectures, and proceeded to skim through the information. I've gone back to my habit of making index cards for things I don't seem to remember and then cracking the entire index card box open to play recitation solitaire. I managed to get most of the problem workshop done, but life without a printer is pretty terrible, so I will probably pick up a cheap one tomorrow.

In regards to my AMCAS, this is for future applicants. If you submit your AMCAS and get into the SMP, you will not be able to add your classes directly to your primary application anymore. Make sure DEFINITELY to send either the adcoms office or mention in your secondary that you are in Georgetown's SMP program while waiting for secondaries, especially if the schools pre-screen.

One other study tactic I have been doing for the past three days is to simply print out one of the exams, find problems that I should know the answer to, and attempt to answer them. If I get them right, hurray, highlight the answer, move on. If I get them wrong, boo, highlight the number, and come back on another pass in a day.

Anyways, since today isn't a class day, I'd like to talk about MNTS a bit more. I mentioned a bit in passing but I thought I'd make it a bit clearer.

Basically, a student takes notes and diagrams and uploads them to BlackBoard for download about 1 or 2 days post-lecture, and delivers them to your mailbox. Furthermore, ALL of the previous years' MNTS are available for download, so if you need MNTS notes ASAP before then, you can go ahead and use slightly outdated but nevertheless high-quality notes. The MCP class has approximately 250 pages of MNTS notes, which is enough to fill a 3" binder. Printing them out 2 to a page is doable. If you really want to save paper, 4 per page is somewhat acceptable, but you're going to get eyestrain. Some of the MNTS notes are interspersed with humor and commentary, which can either be great or a bore depending on the day of the week. Another important point is that different people take MNTS notes, so depending on the quality of the note-taker, you may have an additional awesome study resource or great paper airplane material. For the most part, though, MNTS are pretty good.

Well, that's about it for my Saturday. Study, study, study!