Agenda for September

For September (Really, I need to get this done before I start classes on September 29th), I need to:

• Contact PSU and OHSU biochem professors about doing research. I need to go to their websites, find recent publications, read and highlight them until I understand their research before contacting them.
  
• I need to secure grad school recommendations from one of the biochem professors I took classes under. Also it'd be really nice if I could work in his lab. Need to contact him earliest, this next week if possible.
• I need to study the Cell Biology book in preparation for that class, and the Biochem GRE. Looks like we'll be coving about 10 chapters in total, so I should aim for 2 to 3 chapters per week.
• I need to buy and read a copy of the book "The 8th day of Creation" by Horace Freeland Judson. After I'm done with the book I need to e-mail my summer molecular bio professor about this.
• On the 19th and 20th, I have a class, learning to teach gen chem students in a workshop. Basically, I'll be going over difficult problems from the homework with students in a 2 hour session, and meeting with the main professor. Need to e-mail my old lab partner with a few questions about this.
• On the 3rd, I have Jury Duty.
• I need to write up grad school admission essays. I'm either going to write about how the three months I spent in recovery from eye surgery after graduation changed me, or try to relate my love of music with science.
• I need to come up with a list of 10 grad schools: 8 Ph.D. programs, and 2 Master's programs, and begin their application processes.
• Need to buy a copy of the Neurophysiology book.