Reflection

Hey all,

As some of you may have noticed, summer is now ending. Soon, we will be back in school. I’m not entirely sure how I feel about going back to school. Some days I can’t wait to be back on campus, but other days, I don’t want summer to end.

The other day I was thinking about what I may have been thinking about last summer and during my first semester of college. I thought about things that I wish I had known, and the things that I learned through experience. So, I thought I would compile a list of advice.

1. Starting conversations with complete strangers can lead to friendships that will last forever (or a really really really long time)
2. If your life plan does not turn out the way you wanted, life does not end.*
3. Find one or two clubs that you are really passionate about.**
4. Go to your professors’ office hours even if you don’t have questions, because they are people who care about their students, and a professor has told me once that their office hours can get boring if students do not go to office hours.
5. Some advice I was given by a friend and now a graduate of the College of the Holy Cross: make everyone your mentor, because everyone has some advice to share and experiences you may not have had.
6. If you are able to, visit your parents. During the weekends, you may just want to party and hang out with your friends, but your parents do miss you when you’re at school.***
7. Take some time out of your schedule to explore the city your college is in.****
8. Studying is not everything. It should take a portion of your time.
9. Make time for yourself. This is implied above but I felt the need to be explicit.
10. Be open-minded about every opportunity that comes your way.*****

*I thought I would major in biology and be in the health professions program, but it turns out that I would rather major in math.

**For me it is blogging for the Holy Cross site, and if you read my first entry of last year, I also joined knitting club.

***I barely went home during my first semester, because I was always busy working or studying. One of my sisters told me that mom kept calling everyone by my name.

****I’ve gotten to go off campus, and Worcester has so much to offer (especially food of multiple ethnicities).

*****I was on the fence about applying to be a student blogger, but I knew it was an opportunity that I wanted to take, so I applied and one day, I got an email telling me tht I was chosen to be one. I think it was one of the best choices I ever made.

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