Grad schools...
Well first, let's recap the meet:
We SUCKED. Got last place, had to count four falls. I fell over on my first kip cast on bars. Of course I did a perfect routine after that. Beam was good for me, but 3 of the 6 fell. Floor was okay. Amy got hurt and they threw me into the line up when I haven't tumbled in a week and a half. I made the routine, but went out of bounds. I was pretty happy with that, considering only tumbling in the touch. Vault was good. But basically, it was the second lowest score in team history, and it was a home meet...yea, it sucked.
I just signed up for the GRE test for Feb. 5. Hopefully I can get some decent scores on it so that I can get into a grad school. I think I'm going to end up applying to only four schools, but I think I know which one I want the most. I should have my official scores about three weeks after I take the test. Apparently, it takes four hours!!! I'm gonna get some testing info and try to study up for the next few weeks before I have to take it.
I'm realizing that I waited waaaaay too long to get started on this grad school stuff. I just really didn't know what I wanted to do until recently and now I am hoping I can just get all of my applications in on time. I still have to get my letters of recommendation, make my resume, write essays, get transcripts and take the GRE. I guess it's a good thing I'm only taking eight hours this semester. It will give me time to get some of this stuff done. Agggghhhh...so much to do!
In the mean time, tomorrow we leave for Penn State. Hopefully we won't have a repeat of last week. I realized something this week. When I have fun and I relax, I do a lot better. Rene talked to me about the meet and she said I didn't have one relaxed smile the whole night. Everything was forced. She told me that it's my senior year and nothing is more important than enjoying it. A year from now, none of this is going to matter. Gymnastics will be a thing in my past and I will move on to bigger and better things. So for now, I need to just let it happen. I need to stop worrying about messing up and if I am going to worry, I should worry about having fun. I think I'll try that this weekend. It IS my senior year, and nothin...absolutely nothing is more important than just enjoying the time I have left in the most amazing sport ever! I've been doing this stuff way to long to be worrying about falling off the equipment.
We SUCKED. Got last place, had to count four falls. I fell over on my first kip cast on bars. Of course I did a perfect routine after that. Beam was good for me, but 3 of the 6 fell. Floor was okay. Amy got hurt and they threw me into the line up when I haven't tumbled in a week and a half. I made the routine, but went out of bounds. I was pretty happy with that, considering only tumbling in the touch. Vault was good. But basically, it was the second lowest score in team history, and it was a home meet...yea, it sucked.
I just signed up for the GRE test for Feb. 5. Hopefully I can get some decent scores on it so that I can get into a grad school. I think I'm going to end up applying to only four schools, but I think I know which one I want the most. I should have my official scores about three weeks after I take the test. Apparently, it takes four hours!!! I'm gonna get some testing info and try to study up for the next few weeks before I have to take it.
I'm realizing that I waited waaaaay too long to get started on this grad school stuff. I just really didn't know what I wanted to do until recently and now I am hoping I can just get all of my applications in on time. I still have to get my letters of recommendation, make my resume, write essays, get transcripts and take the GRE. I guess it's a good thing I'm only taking eight hours this semester. It will give me time to get some of this stuff done. Agggghhhh...so much to do!
In the mean time, tomorrow we leave for Penn State. Hopefully we won't have a repeat of last week. I realized something this week. When I have fun and I relax, I do a lot better. Rene talked to me about the meet and she said I didn't have one relaxed smile the whole night. Everything was forced. She told me that it's my senior year and nothing is more important than enjoying it. A year from now, none of this is going to matter. Gymnastics will be a thing in my past and I will move on to bigger and better things. So for now, I need to just let it happen. I need to stop worrying about messing up and if I am going to worry, I should worry about having fun. I think I'll try that this weekend. It IS my senior year, and nothin...absolutely nothing is more important than just enjoying the time I have left in the most amazing sport ever! I've been doing this stuff way to long to be worrying about falling off the equipment.