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Due to all the craziness going on right now, the OptStudent.com blog will be on a short hiatus, but please do come by in the near future to get updates on the "craziness" including our upcoming Strabismus & Amblyopia and OHP II proficiencies, and of course, 12 Station!

This week is going to be one of the busiest yet this quarter. I have two exams and two quizzes, plus one community service event that I'm running and a Student Association Board meeting. There is barely any time to study this week, let alone any time for practicing for 12 Station, which is coming up way faster than I'd hope. I really feel like as if I'm just barely trying to stay afloat in the water and I'm taking huge gulps of water every now and then. Seriously, this quarter is just horrible for our class...! Hopefully everything will turn out fine.

Lastly, I just wanted to update you from the last blog, and I did indeed get VAOC as my Spring Quarter pick...yeahhh! I barely got it since I filled the last slot and people were taking the other three slots pretty much like one after the other. Well that's all for now, especially since there was nothing really exciting this past week...but just hang on tight, I'll be giving you more updates on this super busy quarter when I can!

This past Thursday was the first of two days for choosing which 4th year rotation. The selection process is pretty complicated, but if you're familiar with professional basketball, it's similar to the NBA Draft lottery process. SCCO has a vast rotation site selection to choose from, including such exotic places like Hawaii and Japan. I decided to stay local for my first two picks (and my next two as well, which will be decided on this coming Thursday) since I want to enjoy Southern California as much as possible before I get sent out to wherever the Army takes me when I graduate.

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This past week was my Ocular Disease II exam. It was all about glaucoma, which I found very interesting. It was a fair test, but unfortunately I made some silly mistakes...ah what can I say, although I have decent grades, I'm not very consistent with lecture exams. I have been doing fine with proficiencies (I have yet to fail one, but that will probably change in 12 Station!) and I have been doing pretty well in clinic. So overall I have been pretty happy with my performance in optometry school since I know that my performance with hands on tasks (i.e. clinical skills) are what matters the most to me. This coming Tuesday is our Strabismus and Amblyopia Diagnosis exam, which I heard is going to be challenging in a sense that it involves a lot of analysis.

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