One month into school and I’m still trying to deny that I am in fact, a senior. Lets recap:
Freshman year was filled with homework, one particularly unbearable roommate, weekends at Toads, trying to make friends and figuring out which clubs you should join because they’ll look good on your resume.
Sophomore year was a little more serious, clocking in a few extra hours with Arnold before a test or paper, having good friends, living with people you liked, and overall just coasting along, no longer ‘Fresh Meat’ with something to prove, but not quite an upperclassman living off campus.
Junior year was rough. Studying abroad was a great decision, but getting back into an American college workload wasn’t what you expected. Being on the Executive board of one of the clubs you joined as a freshman was also a little more time consuming that you thought. And you have to have an internship? Not so easy especially with new 21 year-olds popping up all over the place, bragging about how much fun Aunchies is. Junior year was a downright long year.
FINALLY, you made it to senior year. Cakewalk here I come. Wait, my Professors factored attendance into my grade? But I’m a senior. This can’t be right. I have to read how many pages by Wednesday? This isn’t what I was expecting. Not even close.
Thinking back on everything I heard seniors talk about as an underclassman, not once did they mention class work. Everything had to do with hanging out with their friends. Now that I’ve had my reality check all I have to do is figure out how to balance my schoolwork with all the hanging out I have to do. And I have to try to get a job. It’s not like that’s a major deal.
Since I am, unfortunately, on my way out, I’m going to be leaving you my little black book. Things to pay attention to for your major like internships and networking opportunities on campus, especially events the Student Programming Board organizes. And some other random things I wish someone older, and wiser had told me so that I could have avoided some major potholes on the highway of life.
Hey QU Collegiettes, keep your eyes peeled for more “Senior Sentiments” from Elizabeth Cass throughout the year! She’s going to be covering all the ups and downs of this terminal time.