DrStudentDentist

Yesterday was Pacific Pride Day at UOP Dental School. I joined in the festivities and I’m glad I did. It was a good chance to meet some future classmates and tour the grounds again. The day included getting to know a handful of future classmates, talking to a few pre-dents about my own pre-dental experience, and even waiting on the Dr. Dugoni and Dean Ferrillo sign-my-book line and yes, I did get them to sign my book.

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I started this post earlier this morning and just couldn’t bring myself to finish it. I thought it might have been writer’s block but after some thought, it’s become apparent to me what it was.

Pacific Pride Day was just like any other day touring a dental school, which is exciting all by itself. The school does everything to put its best foot forward and it succeeded, though I may be biased since I love Pacific and all that is Pacific. Everything about yesterday was great. I walked into the whole thing super pumped and super excited. I met some professors, some actual dental students, and about 10 of my future classmates. Everyone was totally easy going and nice. Aside from my antics and characteristic foot in my mouth moments, things went peachy.

By the night’s end, I made it to my new apartment in San Francisco. Maybe it was the bare rooms or that it was so silent in my new apartment while the city was alive around me or that I just came back from whirlwind meet and greet but I found myself exhausted. And right then, it hit me like a mack-truck that I was going to start school in a little under 3 months. Again, that could just be my typical jump-the-gun and start freaking out many months too early; I’d like to think I’m preparing myself emotionally for the transition. Whatever it is, my no-good, self-serving emotions got the best of me all night and into this morning, tainting my otherwise, pleasant PPD experience.

Here are some pictures of the events here:

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Breakfast superstar style.

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Pacific’s gorgeous Sim lab

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Dean Ferrillo giving a speech.

Those boxes hold some good lunches. This isn’t your run of run-of-the-mill dental school, you know. And yes, I can be bought for a good sandwich and a chocolate chip cookie.

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Classroom

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Presentation for the SCOPE program at UOP. Looks like fun.

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This was not part of PPD but took this in passing. A shot of the Pacific Apartments from afar. Aesthetically, not the prettiest building but financially, some good housing.