run #6

ended today with one dropout, my first. it's hard not to take these things personally, but this has also been a semester far more difficult than i was told it would be, and i don't have time to drop by the hospital twice a day to make sure that everyone's needs are being pandered to. n=9; 21 to go. 31 if you go by my advisor's count (excessively conservative) and 15 if you go by mine (way too hopeful).