Wednesday, June 23, 2004
Did you ever think maybe you packed too much?
I just completed the packing process. I think..... My mind is moving at a mile a minute trying to think if I forgot anything. Tickets? Check. Money? Check. Underwear? Check. Tons of Gadgets I don't really need? Check.
I can't believe that I really leave to go to England in a little more than 12 hours. I know that I have enough though. I think my backpack weighs a hundred pounds. Or should I say 45.3592 kilograms? Blasted Metric.
This is an event that has been years in the planning. I still remember sitting in my dorm room sophomore year (queue haze and flashback...)
Shortly after I took an exam my freshman year, which of course I thought I had bombed, I thought to myself that I have to make the most of my college experience. Obviously I'm not going to have the world's highest GPA and I need to set myself apart from everybody else in my class. I set down a list of goals, which I thought would accomplish both goals:
1. Get Work Experience. This was accomplished through the Coop program. I really think I made the right decision here. Although I am now a full year off the normal schedule that the rest of my graduating high school class is on, I gained experience working in the real world, which is invaluable, along with some cold cash, which is valuable.
2. Get involved in a student organization. I started working on this goal last year. I moved my way up in the ranks in IIE and also in the Industrial Engineering Honor Society, APM. I should have an office in both next semester. I also worked as a Peer Mentor for freshman engineering students. That was a blast. This semester I would like to get more involved in church activities. Probably at a local church called Campus House.
3. Study Abroad The most recent of my goals. I have very little foreign language experience. This limited my choices for a program. I chose the Oxford program because of it's relationship with the University and I mean, it's freakin Oxford. Although the Study Abroad office is full of idiots, I do think this trip will be a blast. I am just starting to get a little bit nervous though. :-)
So, am I going to have the job of my dreams after completing all of my goals stated above? Maybe. Am I going to take advantage of every single minute that I have in College? Definitely.
I can't believe that I really leave to go to England in a little more than 12 hours. I know that I have enough though. I think my backpack weighs a hundred pounds. Or should I say 45.3592 kilograms? Blasted Metric.
This is an event that has been years in the planning. I still remember sitting in my dorm room sophomore year (queue haze and flashback...)
Shortly after I took an exam my freshman year, which of course I thought I had bombed, I thought to myself that I have to make the most of my college experience. Obviously I'm not going to have the world's highest GPA and I need to set myself apart from everybody else in my class. I set down a list of goals, which I thought would accomplish both goals:
1. Get Work Experience. This was accomplished through the Coop program. I really think I made the right decision here. Although I am now a full year off the normal schedule that the rest of my graduating high school class is on, I gained experience working in the real world, which is invaluable, along with some cold cash, which is valuable.
2. Get involved in a student organization. I started working on this goal last year. I moved my way up in the ranks in IIE and also in the Industrial Engineering Honor Society, APM. I should have an office in both next semester. I also worked as a Peer Mentor for freshman engineering students. That was a blast. This semester I would like to get more involved in church activities. Probably at a local church called Campus House.
3. Study Abroad The most recent of my goals. I have very little foreign language experience. This limited my choices for a program. I chose the Oxford program because of it's relationship with the University and I mean, it's freakin Oxford. Although the Study Abroad office is full of idiots, I do think this trip will be a blast. I am just starting to get a little bit nervous though. :-)
So, am I going to have the job of my dreams after completing all of my goals stated above? Maybe. Am I going to take advantage of every single minute that I have in College? Definitely.
