collegiatastic ruminations
now that i've somewhat become "stable" with work and several exciting prospects to look forward to in the future, i find it interesting that i'm actually settling well into the routine that i've established for myself. i'm becoming accustomed to waking at 6:45am and getting home at around 6pm. the only complaint i'd have is that my evenings aren't longer; the work day really takes up a lot of time! i'm usually too tired at the end of the day to accomplish much. good thing we have weekends!
i've realized that i have a penchant for being totally random in regards to planning my future. i tend to go with the flow and am prone to making really quick decisions. case in point: wagner college. how i ended up there after getting into my dream school, nyu, i don't know. turned out my decision allowed for a plethora of opportunities to explore the paths i wanted to explore. i got to go to venice for free. i was given scholarship money up the gazzoo and was given the opportunity to study abroad for a year and a half. i came to know personally my language faculty and reaped the numerous benefits of working as the assistant to the director of the academic and cultural enrichment program within a closeknit community. i got published and was invited to a conference to showcase that work. in sum, i shook my academic boot-ay and won accolades for doing so. i eventually went to nyu for a summer for that intensive string quartet program only to realize that i don't think i would've been nearly as successful had i chosen to attend their program there. who knows if i would be anywhere near where i am right now? i could've even stuck with the premed path i originally thought to take.
and now with boston in the horizon, i can only wonder. after all i only applied there because it was the only decent school that i could send my application to without having gre scores. hopefully i can only grow from here.
does all this mean that i am any small, liberal arts college's wet dream, or simply that i have wet dreams over small liberal arts colleges? and what is the deal with the fact that i ended up at "wagner" and "boston" college--both containing the same number of letters and similar mascots (the seahawk vs. the eagle)? Pure coincidence or psychological pull?
i've realized that i have a penchant for being totally random in regards to planning my future. i tend to go with the flow and am prone to making really quick decisions. case in point: wagner college. how i ended up there after getting into my dream school, nyu, i don't know. turned out my decision allowed for a plethora of opportunities to explore the paths i wanted to explore. i got to go to venice for free. i was given scholarship money up the gazzoo and was given the opportunity to study abroad for a year and a half. i came to know personally my language faculty and reaped the numerous benefits of working as the assistant to the director of the academic and cultural enrichment program within a closeknit community. i got published and was invited to a conference to showcase that work. in sum, i shook my academic boot-ay and won accolades for doing so. i eventually went to nyu for a summer for that intensive string quartet program only to realize that i don't think i would've been nearly as successful had i chosen to attend their program there. who knows if i would be anywhere near where i am right now? i could've even stuck with the premed path i originally thought to take.
and now with boston in the horizon, i can only wonder. after all i only applied there because it was the only decent school that i could send my application to without having gre scores. hopefully i can only grow from here.
does all this mean that i am any small, liberal arts college's wet dream, or simply that i have wet dreams over small liberal arts colleges? and what is the deal with the fact that i ended up at "wagner" and "boston" college--both containing the same number of letters and similar mascots (the seahawk vs. the eagle)? Pure coincidence or psychological pull?