Should be studying for the midterm craziness...
I was just thinking about college and I was wondering which place I will ultimately associate with the most. I assume it will be UM because I'll have spent the most time here when it's all over. But I did start at MSU, which made a lasting impression, and everyone still introduces me as their friend who used to go to State.
But then it hit me-- when my college experience is over I'll have had so much more than everyone else. I spent a year at State and will probably end up doing my master's work there; I'll have spent a semester plus a summer or two taking classes at Dearborn; I'll have lived in Ann Arbor for over 2 years and will hold my degree from U of M; and rounding it all off, I'll have spent a summer in London and will hopefully, either during undergrad or for a grad program, spend a summer in South Africa. I will have the most incredibly diverse education and will have reaped benefits that I will spend my life figuring out.
So many things are happening or, rather, have the potential to happen. It's all one big out-of-body experience.
Hmm, I should remember this in case I need a sappy essay for some application or other...
P.S. I ordered a sweet South African CD today with the song I have been looking for for ages-- can't wait til it gets here!
But then it hit me-- when my college experience is over I'll have had so much more than everyone else. I spent a year at State and will probably end up doing my master's work there; I'll have spent a semester plus a summer or two taking classes at Dearborn; I'll have lived in Ann Arbor for over 2 years and will hold my degree from U of M; and rounding it all off, I'll have spent a summer in London and will hopefully, either during undergrad or for a grad program, spend a summer in South Africa. I will have the most incredibly diverse education and will have reaped benefits that I will spend my life figuring out.
So many things are happening or, rather, have the potential to happen. It's all one big out-of-body experience.
Hmm, I should remember this in case I need a sappy essay for some application or other...
P.S. I ordered a sweet South African CD today with the song I have been looking for for ages-- can't wait til it gets here!