Study Abroad, Honors Program & Other Student Experiences

Pulled my first (and hopefully only) all-nighter of the semester last night. This morning– I’m tired. Thankfully, it’s a Friday, which means no work, only three classes, riding, and then its the weekend. Of course, my parents are coming up this weekend, so sleeping for 48 hours straight might not go over well… All nighters [...]

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So, of course, my exams hit all at once. Today it was calc III, and the grades are already up on Blackboard. I got a 90, which I’m pretty excited about considering how stressed I was preparing for that one. So that’s one less to worry about, and three left. Linear Algebra is the one [...]

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So yesterday was our first horse show of the year. It’s a long, crazy day, spent with an amazing team. The night before, I packed my bag. shirt, pants, boots, bobby pins, makeup, hairspray, hat… I double and triple checked my list before going to bed. My alarm woke me up bright and early, with [...]

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The semester is in full swing, in case I had any doubts. Exams for all my classes are neatly crammed within the next couple weeks, and the pre-exam panic is settling in. I bought 900 index cards, and am piling up the flashcards, re-writing my notes, looking over old homeworks… the tests shouldn’t be too [...]

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Whataweekend. It flew by. I worked a few hours in the LRN yesterday, which consisted mostly of sitting around in case students came in, and getting some work done. Then it was back home, more homework, the trek to pathmark for groceries, followed by several hours of cooking. I’m keeping an international cooking blog for [...]

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The weather outside was miserable today. Cold, wet, and windy, with on and off downpours… I generally wound up being outside for the “on” parts. And guess who left her umbrella at home? Despite being cold and miserable, my day somehow turned out pretty good. I went for a morning run with a couple friends. [...]

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One of the classes I’m taking is Honor’s Leadership II, basically a class that revolves around a yet-undetermined semester-long project. To start, we have a mini-project, and that is this: to discuss ways to change the campus attitude about being a “suitcase campus.” Let me explain. The story that is passed, from upperclassmen to first-years, [...]

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So last Friday was my first riding lesson of the semester. I’ve been riding all summer, so it wasn’t terribly dramatically new, but it still felt strange. I’ve been riding Tuesday nights, with the same group, since Freshman year, so this was my first Friday lesson with my new group. It was a nice lesson, [...]

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I do believe I promised a post about my classes this semester. Let me just begin by saying I have an awesome schedule this semester because not a single class falls before noon, and I’m taking all classes that I’m really excited to take (none of that filling up some requirement with a class I’m [...]

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Here I am, sitting with my apartment-mates, reminiscing about poor high school athletics experiences. How we stumbled upon this topic of conversation, I don’t recall, but it’s some good apartment bonding time, and a nice way to wind down after a few long days of classes and a whirlwind of extracurricular-related activities. I guess I’ll [...]

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