The New College of Medicine Building DLSHSI

How awesome is this? Brand spanking new baaaby! :))

5 floors of glorious awesomness. 

LEVEL UP LASALLE

The campus is already awesome... And now we have this... :))

DLSHSI MED SCHOLARSHIPS

UPDATES (as of Dec 17, 2014)- you can check out the current requirements for the scholarship here. Much better if you can contact the office itself for any questions or clarifications regarding the other requirements. :)

CLICK HERE: CURRENT REQUIREMENTS FOR SCHOLARSHIP SY 2015-2016

UPDATES, results are out for those accepted into the scholarship program. :) you can either personally ask at the admissions office at the Wang Building or email Dr. Cabanias at scholarships@dlshsi.edu.ph. But since a lot might email, it would be faster to just visit the office. 

Wish you guys all the best! Im still waiting for my results. Kinda scared to ask. :(

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Hey guys, I know most of you are already applying at different med schools and i hope that De La Salle is one of your choices. :)

One of the reasons why I chose De La Salle Health Sciences's Med Program was their great scholarship program.

One thing I have to say is that their scholarship program is really generous. When I was applying at different med schools, one of the things I looked at were their scholarship programs and the availability of slots. Of the med schools I applied to, DLSHSI and UE were the only ones that I was qualified for.

In UST, they dont give out scholarships to 1st years unless you graduated Summa or Magna. With UP, you have to be within a given economic range (I think it was Php200K below for the whole year), and I was above that range. With UE, they had a limited number of slots that I was half sold on because I knew I had a chance at it, but chances were slim, and I didnt want to take that chance. DLSHSI practically guaranteed my scholarship when I applied, and my parents were sold on that. All I had to do was just fill up their scholarship forms and voila! ultra mega discount! :))

So they have several scholarships (taken from their website):

General Institutionally Funded Scholarships

• Entrance scholarship
• Academic scholarship
• Financial scholarship
• Service scholarship
• Gawad Lasalyanong Edukasyon scholarship
• Institutionally Funded Scholarships given to all DLSHSI regular employees
• Brother President Scholarship Program (BPSP), Enhanced Brother President Scholarship Program (EBPSP) and the Employees’ Dependents (EDSP) / Grand Father Clause (GFCSP) Scholarship Program

• Externally Funded Scholarship (Medicine)

  • Brother President Scholarship Grant (BPSG) through Individual Sponsorships
  • DLSU Science Foundation (Hi-Eisei) Scholarship Grant
  • Dr. Patricia Generoso Memorial Scholarship Grant
  • Dr. Romeo P. Ariniego Scholarship Grant
  • Dr. Lloyd Balajadia Scholarship Grant
  • Dormbuilt, Inc. Scholarship Grant
  • Merck, Inc. Philippines Scholarship Program
  • Provincial or Local Government Scholarships
  • Other scholarships that are funded or sponsored by an external agency and/or individual sponsors/philanthropists through the effort of the Brother President and the Scholarship Program and Development Center
  
  

For the externally funded scholarships, these may differ from year to year, depending on the sponsor. :)

For general requirements and other info, you can check out their website here. 

For this school year, I applied for the Entrance Scholarship, (I graduated Cum Laude from my undergrad) so I was entitled to 50% off my tuition. For the discount, this is based on the tuition itself and does not include discounts on the miscellaneous fees and whatnot. So for my tuition of Php113k (at the time), I only paid around Php 70K. This was one of the major reasons why I was drawn to DLSHSI, from the other schools that I applied to.

The scholarship is good for one whole academic year, and by the end of the year, you can just renew or reapply for the scholarship, given that you were able to maintain the grade.

For Entrance scholars, we have a maintaining grade of 87%. It may sound attainable, but I have to tell you, after just a sem here, I'm starting to feel that I wont be able to get that grade. Hopefully this second sem, I can catch up and keep my scholarship. :(

For Financial scholars, they have a maintaining grade of 83%.

Once you're a scholar of the school, they'll have you fill out an MOA that states that for every year you accomplish under the scholarship, you have to render 1 year service to the school/hospital and must be done within 5 years upon graduation.

For some, this may pose as a problem since they might have a hospital in mind to take their internship or residency. I dont think this is such a problem since the De La Salle University Medical Center (UMC) has a pretty good training program. They also said that its ideal to do your internship here since you can have the time to study for the boards and do your rotations, while some doctors/ lecturers there can even provide review classes.

For more information on their scholarship program, you can call their office number at:

Office of the Director for Admissions and Scholarship Assistance Program

Scholarship Program and Development Center
4th Floor Old Med Building
City of Dasmariñas, Cavite, Philippines

Cavite: (63) (46) 481-8000 local 5001
Manila: (63) (02) 988-3100 local 5001
Telefax: (63) (46) 481-8020
Email: admission@dlshsi.edu.ph

Look for Ms. Wendy! :) The staff here are very very accommodating, and will entertain all your questions about the program. 

Oh, before I forget, here's a copy of the brochure (PDF) just in case you'd want to show your parents or something. 

DLSHSI SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM BROCHURE

JFT~JUST FOR TONIGHT!!! The Biggest Med Event @ DLSHSI

This may be alittle late, but who cares, November was hell month, and exams are kinda finished. Hahahaha

Anyways, for those who dont know anything about this event, JFT or Just For Tonight, is the biggest event of the year held by the College of Medicine. Its called so because just for tonight, we are not med students. We take a break from all the studying and take this night to showcase our hidden talents in dancing, singing, acting, and what have you

This happens every year as a fund raising event for charity, and within this event, all the batches compete in the following events:

BATCH BAND
BATCH PRODUCTION
BATCH CHORALE
JFT KING AND QUEEN

For this year's theme, marking our 25th Year, it was "Silver Screens", where everything was a tribute to Broadway, Glamorous Hollywood, and musicals.

Honestly, I was blown away by how big this event really was. I thought it was just one of those flimsy programs that you put together a week before the event itself and just settle with some weak music, weak food, and grumbles from the batches who were just required to attend.

Instead, it was just short of a full blown concert!

the Animo Center was completely transformed with fabulous lighting, a gorgeous stage design complete with a big ass LED in the middle, and 800 or so fancy looking med students who attended.

I was absolutely blown away by all the talent raging the stage. Every batch was just bringing it, wave upon wave of awesomness! All i kept thinking was, dang, these future doctors are badass!!!!

JFT was just awesome, plain and simple. Kudos to the College Assembly of Medicine (CAM) for setting this up, especially to Sanny, Pat, Syril, Madel, Gorj, Kuya Roy, Melayne, and Randall, the kick ass participation of all the batches, our stand up comedians/emcees - Doc Kent Ermita, Doc Ja Amistad, and Jessica Asuncion.

Its kinda hard to explain how EPIC that night was. Try checking out Youtube for videos of the batches' performances!!!!


Here are some pictures of the event, credit to Fritz Dalida for taking these awesome awesome photos!

Sem Break Is Over, Studying Begins

We had two weeks for sem break...and I honestly don't know where the time went. Once we started classes, everybody was so keen on just waiting for the classes to end and gives us the freedom to become normal human beings. Hahahahaha

Aaaand, the time came. and just like that, sem break ended. Back to school. Another round of beating the clock in cramming everything you need to know before the next eval.

Although I dont advocate cramming, I seriously cant get out of the habit. Fr example, I studied the whole week for the exam, and as a practice of mine, I bring out an outline I'vemade of the topics and run through them, reciting or writing down everything I know about each topic. After that, I test myself with the past rvals (of the higher years) and then list down the topics that I havent mastered.  It always happens that the night before ( and sometimes even in the wee hours of the morning), when reviewing, that I find a super ultra mega topic that I completely forgot to cover.

Mission: Try to cram this topic in under an hour.

You may think an hour is a lot of time to study a teeny topic, but for me, THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A TEENY/MINOR TOPIC.

This is because I believe that EVERY POINT COUNTS. Some people would think, "nah...the prof wont ask any questions about this topic because there are other topics with heavier bearings...", or "...the prof said this topic only covers 5 items, I guess I can sacrifice these items and just focus on the more important ones..."

WRONG. Sometimes, one point is all that stands between you passing and failing. So many of my classmates found themselves in that situation where they failed by one point, and because of that, they had to take the Refresher Exam.

***Refresher Exam: a make up exam given to those who failed the previous exam. But for this one, no matter how high your score is, your end score will just be 75% or passing. These Refresher exams are usually harder than the past evals so as to discourage other students from abusing these   opportunities.. you'll know what I mean once you start studying here. Hahahahahaha

And honestly, who wants to take ANOTHER exam? I wouldn't want to study everything for the 2nd time. Sayang yung oras na sana nagamit mo para mag aral ng ibang subject or topic.


Which reminds me...I have to study. Goodbye sweet sweet sem break. Til we meet this Decemberrrr!

Best Place to Study: Romeo P Ariniego MD Library

Romeo P. Ariniego MD Library

I have spent so many days (and nights) studying here, and its the best place to be, well, up until 10pm from Monday to Friday. After 10pm, the next best place to study would be the Student's center, but, if you are girl, its much safer to study in the comforts of your dorm.

I used to study at the Student's Center, met a lot of great people there too, but some of the problems I kept encountering were:

1) Too many distractions (aka classmates)- instead of being able to study, you sometimes get caught up in the new gossip going around the classroom, or a study session with really "interesting" mnemonics, and whathaveyou.

2) Too many people in one small room. - Sometimes, the SC gets really crowded, especially a day before evals, and thats the last thing I need, 20 or so people inside the room, banging elbows with someone next to you just so you can flip through Netter and Moore, and other ginormous books.

So one day, my classmate invited me to study in the library. I used to hate the library because it was too quiet, too cold, too etc etc. But with Biochem and Anatomy evals looming ahead, I decided to go. My dorm was crazy hot, and I hated being stuck in that room. 

From 5pm to 10 pm, we stayed at the library, and I have to say, it wasnt all that bad.

PROS

1. Lots of sources to choose from when the textbook you bought is just not enough.

2. Air Condition- Mmmmmmm, all icy cold against the hot oven of the outside world.

3. Tables- and lots of them- not like the SC. At this lib, you can study at the 2nd, 3rd, 4th floor, and the lobby. 

4. Computers- just in case you dont have one, they have a set of computers at the corner of the lib where you can look up other sources. They also provide you with other sites that can help you study like anatomy.net, online access to journals,and the like. Sometimes, you can check the download folder and find several reviewers from upper years that you can use in your own time. HOHOHO.

5. You can borrow book stands.- These are especially helpful since these darn book stands cost about Php450. At the lib, you can borrow them, and relieves the strain from having to crane your neck to look over your big ass books. 

**Friendly reminder: DON'T buy the cheap plastic book stands in National Bookstore, the ones that cost about Php80. It cant hold anything over 300 pages or so. Mine collapsed under the weight of an 800 page book (this may be common sense to most people, but at the time, I thought it would be sturdy enough to hold my Physio book...)

6. Look closely at your assessment slip, it would indicate that you paid Php6,000.00 bucks for library resources. Since you paid for it, why not use it wisely?

CONS

1. Its only open from 8am to 10pm Mondays to Fridays. On Saturdays, its open from 8am to 5pm. The SC is open 24/7.

2. Cant bring in food or drinks.

3. Sometimes, when the lib is filled, you run out of books since everyone else is trying to get a copy, with a limited number of available books on the shelves.

Problem with Trying to Stay Awake for Exams?

Try this.

I swear by this, this keeps me awake.

And I swear to you this is NOT a virus. :D

Have fun staying awake!

http://comic.naver.com/webtoon/detail.nhn?titleId=350217&no=31&weekday=tue

UP THE LOOP DE LOOP

Up the Loop de Loop

First sem is over and done with aaaaaaand....i have to say that I am tired as hell. 

One of the reasons why i havent updated my blog is that september and october were hell months. Every other week we had our major exams or evals as we called it, and within each week, there were quizzes, recitations, dissections scheduled to make our studying just a little bit harder.

Of course, the higher years have it waaaaay harder. 

We have about 5 subjects (with anatomy being divided into gross, histo, and embryo) and at least  our exams were scheduled every other week. Unlike the higher years, they had about 7-12 (?) subjects (sorry if im a little vague here, cant remember what the 2nd years were telling me), and all exams were scheduled in the same week, 4 days in a row. Imagine trying to study for all that with monster subjects like Pathology, Microbio, and Pharmacy haunting you every night. 

I seriously dont know how they can manage it, but, you know, we are med students, we have to be trained in managing gigantic workloads.

But these workloads do take a toll on the students. As one doctor-professor pointed outnduring one discussion, that all the students were gaining weight, breaking out, and just looking stressed out. A long sembreak is what we need to get healthy and in shape for next sem. 

3.5 more years to go before grad...

CONGRATS TO THE BOARD PASSERS DLSHSI!!!!

We had three top notchers!!!

http://www.prc.gov.ph/uploaded/documents/PHYS0812ps.pdf