The final countdown!

So this is it, right? One day until you (that is if you're a senior) have to give your decision to your college. I didn't wait until quite the last day, but it was late April by the time I had decided. Since I'm from Indiana, so I'm not sure what schools people are looking at, but I had it narrowed down to Purdue, Rose Hulman and Transy. I had to wait to make my decision until I had the financial aid info from all of them and heard back on scholarships and so forth. Even though Purdue is a state school since I wasn't the valedictorian or a National Merit Scholar, I didn't get any merit based aid from them and since my parents make enough money I didn't get very much Federal aid for Purdue either. Rose Hulman did a pretty good job making sure that I would be able to attend, but I would have left with a substantial student loan to pay off. Transy obviously loved me best :) because I got a pretty good scholarship from them and some other aid.

Ultimately, I decided against Purdue for financial and some other reasons (half of my graduating class was going there and I needed a change of scenery) and I decided against Rose Hulman because I wanted a little bit more diversity in curriculum and it just wasn't my scene. So Transy it was, and Transy it is. I just hope that you all pick the school that's right for you, not because someone tells you that you should go there with them or because your parents think that this school would be best. Look at the thing from all angles, you'll find the right one for you. :)

Here's a throwback to Orientation Weekend last year, a bunch of us sitting on one of the Transy Signs

Well enjoy your weekend, and do something fun with your friends! Adios.

For the longest time...

Hey dear readers! Sorry it's been so long but with finals and May term break, I got off schedule in the blog writing department.

My grades for winter term ended up alright. I was kind of afraid of my Computer Organization class because I had missed a week when I was sick at the beginning of the semester and had gotten a behind, but I pulled out a solid C in that one, this was only the second C I've ever been happy to get, the other being in Chem I, that class was def not for me. I did well in all of my other classes, A, A-, B+ so I was pretty happy with that. My finals week seemed to drag on forever since I only had one each day, but it finally ended and I got to go home for May term break to celebrate my Dad's 50th birthday. My mom threw a "surprise party" that wasn't much of a surprise because you can't really get our house ready without someone knowing, but there were aspects that he didn't know so I suppose it was a surprise-ish party.

My Dad's Birthday Cake (I decorated it!)

So we're all back at Transy and enjoying May Term. Since I'm going on the choir tour, we have rehearsal from 9-12 every day (M-F) until we leave, which is a week from today!!!! We're singing several songs from throughout the year and we also have 5 or 6 new songs that we are learning, one is in Slovenian and one is in Hebrew, so we're working hard to get down the pronunciation on those two. Friday we are giving a concert (at 7:30, Old Morison Chapel if you're interested :D) of all of the same things that we will be singing on the tour.

I'm getting really, really excited about the trip. I looked up the hotels we're going to be staying in and I've started on my packing list and I'm just ready to get on a plane and be there. :)

Our First Hotel, Park Hotel Villa Marcello Guistinian, outside of Venice

That's all I have for now, but expect to hear from me again soon. Arrivederci!

Finals! AH!

It is once again that dreaded time of the term, yes dear boys and girls, it's finals time. This is our last week of classes and then next week we have finals. I think Transy has a pretty good deal with their finals, we have nothing to do on Monday, it's called Reading Day, and then we start our finals on Tuesday. All of my finals worked out that I have one final every day from Tuesday to Friday. The way it works is that every Monday, Wednesday, Friday (MWF) or Tuesday-Thursday (TTh) class at each time slot get's a certain time and day during finals week. Like all MWF classes that regularly meet at 9:30 have their finals on Thursday from 12-2 and all TTh classes that meet at 11 have their final from 8-10 on Tuesday. Sometimes this scheldule works out great, but then some (rare) occasions you get 3 of your 4 finals on one day, in that case professors will let you rescheldule your exams for another day, it's really not too bad.

These last two weeks of the term are always the craziest because professors want to make sure they cover everything and you have to turn in final papers before the term is over or do final projects, like I have in my Computer Organization class. There are a lot of people spending a lot of time at the UK library (which we have full access to and a shuttle that takes Transy students there) so they can spend all night studying to get ready for their last tests or getting a head start of studying for finals. Personally, I think a good night's sleep helps me be able to get all of my stuff done during reasonable hours, so I go to bed pretty early for a college student, around 12:30 pretty much every night. It works really well for me, but I know some people just can't devote that much time to sleep every night.

Still on my plate for this week (meaning it's due on Friday) I have a breadboard and a program to finish for Computer Organization. I already had a paper that was due for my education class yesterday and one for Psychology today. I also had a group project in Spanish that we presented today in class (got a 49/50!) So needless to say, I'm very ready for this term to be over and for our little May term break, it couldn't come soon enough!

I should get to work! Go out and have some fun for me!

Campus Sing!

Last night one of our sororities, Chi Omega, put on their annual canned food drive competition called "Campus Sing." It's a night where all of the Greek organizations and the independent students get the opportunity to show off their... er singing skills, well some people sing, or attempt to, but it's mostly turned into a dance contest. I have to say this is probably ranked highest among all of the events on campus because everyone get involved, and the end result usually is a lot of laughing and merriment. Every year there's a theme, last year it was "The 90's" and this year it was "The Evolution of the Artist" so this year every group got to chose an artist and show their evolution through song and dance, the girls all chose performers: Beyonce, Brittany Spears, Justin Timberlake, Michael Jackson, Will Smith; but the some of the boys went with a more unconventional artist like Picasso and Salvador Dali, but there was also The Temptations and Garth Brooks. I unfortunately didn't get to dance because all of the rehearsals were at the same time as Kimberly Akimbo rehearsals (which is now done! Thank goodness.) But I did get to watch which is always fun.

The most important object of the night though was to collect as many cans as possible for God's Pantry, a food pantry that serves people throughout Fayette County, and Transy donated enough cans to run 6 of their pantries for a week, over 15,000 pounds of food! And not to brag or anything, but my sorority donated the most cans, over 3,000 cans of food! It's a really cool event, and one of my favorites at Transy. :)

That's all I have for now, but I'll leave you with this video of last year's performance by the brothers of Delta Sigma Phi, def my favorite in the two years I've seen it. Have fun!