SOAR/interview

So when I returned Monday from New Hampshire, I was already busy with things to do on campus. I rode back down here with my friend Ashley. Her mom offered to drive us down considering my mother had picked us up. Ashley and I both work in the admissions office at twelve, so we arrived back here around 11:15. We got settled again into the dorms and unloaded the five cases of water that Ash decided to bring from home, then were off to work. Following work I had an assignment to do. The assignment was really interesting and got me thinking. I was asked to interview someone in my major who was a senior. When I was first assigned this, I had many different thoughts about it. First off, at the time, I didn't have a major. My first concern was "Senior's aren't undeclared, what do I do?". My professor said to go towards whastever I was leaning towards. So, during that week, I found seniors in all different academic areas. I found one in classical languages and philosophy, one in Psychology, one in Education, one in Law and Psychology, and another one in Engineering. By the end of the week, I not only decided on a person, but I decided on a major as well. I picked the law and psych student. This project ended up being really interesting for me because I had just declared this major. The interview actually got me really excited to start taking classes in this major! I had never really felt like that before about specific areas of study. I was really happy with my choice.

I am part of the SOAR leadership program. Last night, we had our weekly meeting. The meeting was set up really differently because the topic was dealing with stress. We talked about the stressful situations in college and how to deal with them. Going into the meeting, I didn't even know that I was stressed. Coming out of it, I was much more aware about the little things that are bothering me. For example, advisement is coming up. I realized how stressed I am about picking beneficial classes and getting on the right track. I'm also pretty stressed out about tests and other assignments to do with classes. This meeting really helped all of us to realize what bothers us and tried to put that in order. I work in the admissions office, so this was pretty convenient for me. I took out the course catalog and the legal studies/psych fast facts sheet and reccommended courses and made a plan of what I think would be the best for me to take. After doing that, I felt much more organized and focused. Getting that off my back allowed me to focus more on schoolwork and the other activities that I am involved in. Another huge stressor right now is cheerleading. Because of midnight madness, we have practice almost every day for about three hours. I am so exhausted and the whole team feels like we are each running on empty. As much as I am excited for next weekend, I'll be happy when these long practices are over. I'm not exactly sure there is a way that I can fix that stressor now.