With clinical rotations starting, I have moved to
Pittsburgh! Having lived in Morgantown
for the last 5 years, it has been a huge change moving back to a bigger city
(but also extremely exciting at the same time).
Three of my classmates and I found an awesome, quirky 4 bedroom, 2.5 bathroom
house in Squirrel Hill to live in for part of this year! The Squirrel
Hill area seems to be really safe and there are tons of restaurants, shops, and
grocery stores nearby. Also because our
house is on the other side of the tunnels, we are able to avoid most of the
dreaded Pittsburgh traffic.
My advice for any first year students who are reading this
is to wait until you get your rotation schedule before picking a place to
live (this will let you avoid renting additional housing while living in provided housing, or paying double rents). I know the wait will probably kill
you and you will feel like it is very last minute, but my roommates and I wish we would have waited.
In other news – the first day of rotations was today! A brief
overview of my day: I battled the arctic tundra to get to the hospital, made it
there on time, didn’t get lost inside the hospital, found the cafeteria (really
important), got a surprise flu shot, grossed some specimens, and mastered the Dictaphone
(just kidding- I struggled). Overall I’d say it was a pretty good first
day! Expect more about my St. Clair rotation
this weekend- but for now I have tons of unpacking and reading assignments to
do!
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