My second year at NC State, my how I've grown...
Wow, well, I just finished the Spring 2009 semester at NC State and a handful of my friends graduated on Saturday, all of them finishing up in four years. This inspired me to reflect on the past four years of my life, and upon doing this, I realized it was only this year where I truly started to bond with people and create new relationships to truly get the college experience. That's something that I was severely lacking my first year at State because of the transfer and even at Charlotte, I didn't branch out at all. This year has been an entirely different story as I thought back to the football games I attended, driving to Duke for a senior picnic to almost get turned down when they said it was impossible that we bought tickets the night before as they'd been sold out for days. That food was delicious and the fall weather was amazing and then to sit and actually enjoy watching our football team brought me closer to my university. I now feel like I can call NC State MY university. Experiencing Hillsborough Street on Halloween, dressed up as the Jamaican bobsled team, and just getting out there to enjoy my time and be with friends was great. The Hillsborough Hike at the end of this Spring semester was another great experience, just to be able to say I did it.
Team Rocket was once again a success, losing only once over two seasons to a team that was clearly in the wrong league, but we still gave them fits and I believe if we all played like we're capable of, we could have tied or gotten the W.
My fall semester had an incredible amount of work, but I got through some of the hardest classes of my life with a B- (2.667) GPA, confident in my abilities after continually dropping the ball the previous two semesters and knowing that I really could do this (despite my D+ in Thermo2). This semester, I failed Mechanical Vibrations because I didn't write down the first test date and found out about the test three minutes before I took it, without an equation sheet. I subsequently made a 29 on the second test, didn't do the project, and skipped the final. Other than this snafu, I did fairly well in my other courses, getting A-, A-, B+, B, & B.
As I'm sitting here in Charlotte for a week break before summer session starts up in Raleigh, I think of what I've learned this year. People may tell you to enjoy your time in college, but they don't tell you how to do that, you're left to figure it out on your own, which is why I decided to wait until May 2010 to graduate. I want to get more of this year because I missed out on it the first three years and finally understand what everyone else has experienced.
From playing impromptu games like Smackball or literally inside the house soccer, I've learned it's not where you are, it's the people you're with. I don't care if it's a TV show, the Scrubs finale (which was perfect and almost brought a tear to my eye) has also made me think about a lot of this stuff: who's to say my dreams won't come true? There is no fate but what we make and I'm finally grasping that if I want something, all I have to do is set goals and I will achieve them through hard work and determination.
Team Rocket was once again a success, losing only once over two seasons to a team that was clearly in the wrong league, but we still gave them fits and I believe if we all played like we're capable of, we could have tied or gotten the W.
My fall semester had an incredible amount of work, but I got through some of the hardest classes of my life with a B- (2.667) GPA, confident in my abilities after continually dropping the ball the previous two semesters and knowing that I really could do this (despite my D+ in Thermo2). This semester, I failed Mechanical Vibrations because I didn't write down the first test date and found out about the test three minutes before I took it, without an equation sheet. I subsequently made a 29 on the second test, didn't do the project, and skipped the final. Other than this snafu, I did fairly well in my other courses, getting A-, A-, B+, B, & B.
As I'm sitting here in Charlotte for a week break before summer session starts up in Raleigh, I think of what I've learned this year. People may tell you to enjoy your time in college, but they don't tell you how to do that, you're left to figure it out on your own, which is why I decided to wait until May 2010 to graduate. I want to get more of this year because I missed out on it the first three years and finally understand what everyone else has experienced.
From playing impromptu games like Smackball or literally inside the house soccer, I've learned it's not where you are, it's the people you're with. I don't care if it's a TV show, the Scrubs finale (which was perfect and almost brought a tear to my eye) has also made me think about a lot of this stuff: who's to say my dreams won't come true? There is no fate but what we make and I'm finally grasping that if I want something, all I have to do is set goals and I will achieve them through hard work and determination.