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Biology 118: Survey of Physiology


The first time I attempted to take this class was summer quarter out of my freshman year. I lasted less than two weeks before losing it over a mediocre grade on the first midterm and immediately dropping the course from my schedule. I think I got it into my head that if I avoided signing up for it again long enough, the psychology department would take pity on me and wave the requirement, but it remained a bright red no in the audit of my degree until I finally mustered the courage to try it again the Winter of my junior year. Up until this point, I had been on a misguided mission to make it through college without "giving in" and going to professor's office hours or review sessions for help. I had it in my head that if I couldn't study hard enough to understand everything on my own, it meant I wasn't smart enough to be in college or that I was being lazy and just needed to work harder. However, by the end of week one, I knew that if I wanted to avoid a repeat freak out and course drop, I was going to have to put my pride aside, admit that I was out of my depth, and start utilizing the resources that were available to us outside of class. I became a regular attendee of weekly study sessions with our professor and peer TAs, frequent Piazza question asker, and connected with a couple of girls in the class who I could study with for upcoming tests. Miraculously, I made it past week two without dropping, started to actually enjoy the class, and most importantly, figured out that you learn a lot more when engaging with classmates and instructors than you do when staring at the pages of massive textbooks alone for hours at a time.

Below are some of the in-class notes I took during the first half of the course:

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  • Home
  • Experiential Learning
    • International Engagement
    • Service
  • Becoming a Writer
    • English 283: Intro to Verse
    • Honors 394: The Human Animal
    • English 381: Expository Writing
  • (Not) Out of Bounds
    • Honors 394: Raid the Archives
    • Philosophy 160: Philosophy of Science
    • Honors 100
  • The Nitty-Gritty
    • Psychology: Statistics
    • Biology 118: Survey of Physiology
    • Global Health 490: HIV/AIDS
  • Research
    • Center for Anxiety and Traumatic Stress
    • Center for Child and Family Well-being
  • Leadership
    • Seattle Children's Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine Unit
    • Teaching Assistant Work
    • Bailey Boushay House