by | Mar 30, 2021 | Featured, Issue, Winter 2021, Winter 2021 Featured
This quarter, I had the honor of speaking with Matthew MacDonald, M.D., a current third-year UCR family medicine resident (PGY-3). He is a 2013 La Sierra University alumnus and 2018 Loma Linda University School of Medicine graduate. Like many La Sierra University... 
by | Mar 30, 2021 | Featured, Issue, Winter 2021, Winter 2021 Featured
At the beginning of my summer in 2020, I was so happy to be out of school and not have to worry about an upcoming test for the next four months. I would wake up late, eat, paint, play video games, and do all sorts of things to kill time. After a month of this routine,... 
by | Jan 8, 2021 | Fall 2020, Fall 2020 Featured, Featured, Issue
One of the common things I heard from my high school teachers was how different college was going to be. Whether that was phrased in a good or bad way, I always knew it was going to be different. Well…. not quite so this quarter. For the most part, online college... 
by | Jan 8, 2021 | Fall 2020, Fall 2020 Featured, Featured, Issue
La Sierra University Pre-Medical Society usually plans a mission trip that takes place in Guatemala the first week of Winter break. Unfortunately, due to COVID-19, these plans were cancelled earlier this year. In efforts to continue helping those in need, the club... 
by | Jan 4, 2021 | Fall 2020, Fall 2020 Featured, Featured, Issue
The following advice has been compiled from both Honors Alumni and current Honors students who have taken these standardized exams. Good luck to everyone who is planning on or is scheduled to take any of these tests! John Kim (Biomedical Sciences) on the MCAT:... 
by | Jun 9, 2020 | Featured, Issue, Spring 2020, Spring 2020 Featured
Dr. Howe often points out how different I was as a freshman – timid, quiet,always hanging in the back of the classroom. Many people saw me this way. In mytenth-grade yearbook, there was a section where homeroom teachers described theirstudents with a quote. Everyone...