I’m Steph. I’m an orthodontist and photographer living in San Francisco. Welcome to my blog!
Rain is a rarity in southern California and for good measure. It has a tendency to severely disrupt normal day-to-day functioning.
It feels like it has been years since I last posted here. Somewhere along the lines, I just never got back into work and blog mode following spring break.
I returned from my morning classes to find a little white envelope sitting inconspicuously on my desk. I let out a sigh and braced myself for the worse as I tore open the envelope from the Arizona School of Dentistry and Oral Health. No good news could possibly come in an envelope this small, right?
The Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC sent out their third batch of dental school acceptances for the class of 2016, which meant that student doctor network was aflutter with excitement. Congratulations and welcome to the Trojan family!
Let's just say that I can't wait for dental school to start. I'm actually quite annoyed with my undergrad kinesiology courses at the moment.
Whenever a dental school interviewer asks me what specialty I want to pursue, my default answer is "I don't know yet". As a pre-dental student who hasn't had exposure to a majority of the dental specialties yet, I don't want to make a rash and uneducated decision. But in the past few years, my experiences have made me heavily lean towards pediatric dentistry.
Here is the AADSAS Presentation Powerpoint that I made for members of my pre-dental society.
Trojan Dance Marathon, 2012. Dancing with awesome people until the very end of the night at 2am!
