Residency Experience Essay

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From the moment, I walked into the Leprino building, I felt welcomed. The MAC faculty and staff were well organized and the time frame was according to the schedule. Residency 1 was loaded with a ton of information. Furthermore, I am happy and confident that I decided to join CCU. Day 1, July 27, 2017. I was the first to arrive at the Residency program. The first person to greet and welcome me was Dr. Burkhart. After meeting Dr. Burkhart I knew that I knew, my experience was going to be amazing! Like many, I was anxious and excited both, simultaneously. As the room began to fill up, I noticed friendly smiles from my class of 2019 classmates. I walked around and introduced myself to my classmates and the faculty and staff. As the introductions and review of the schedule were announced, the excitement and eagerness to start the MAC program grew. In the afternoon on day 1, we began our first role play. The group I was in was RP: N, M: RED. Prior to role playing, we were given successful tips from Faculty. It was interesting to find out in which category I would land whereas I thought I was a good listener. I was in Dr. Nichols group. In my first role play, I started off as the counselor. I welcomed …show more content…

(Wichterman, 2017). Henceforth, I continued to embrace all the material that was given. On Saturday day 3, it was a packed house. As I continued to grow my network of friendship with my classmates my love for faith and hungry of the MAC program grew. Saturday was also a day of loaded information and although the first part of the morning the information had already been repeated, it was nice to have it reiterated for clear understanding. Additionally, the guest speaker, Andrew Romanoff gave a great speech on mental health and did really well on sharing his personal background. We all have a determination in standing strong for what makes

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