Two years ago, I was a high school senior on the cusp of graduation and a whole lot of new beginnings. Now, I am less than two weeks away from being a rising junior (!!!) on the cusp of so much more than I can imagine as I write this. With my sophomore year at the […]
I promise – this is not the typical “My semester is going by WAY too fast!” post. (OK, maybe there is a little bit of that.) Tonight (or this morning?), I’m bringing you my latest thoughts about life at the corner of orange and blue. In my social psychology class, I have been learning about the concept of “possible selves.” It’s […]
Date: Friday, May 13. Time: 6 a.m. Location: Barcelona apartment. My roommates and I stumbled around early Friday morning, finishing our packing, making breakfast, taking out any last-minute trash and getting ready to take the Metro to our school building, where we would board buses and head to Southern France for the weekend. In Spain, life begins […]
Where do I begin? Well, for starters, I just finished my last math class EVER. I have been dreaming of this moment since 7th grade Pre-Algebra. Equally important: I just finished my freshman year of college. As I look around my dorm room in good ‘ol Jennings Hall, I can’t help but feel a pang of […]
Tomorrow, the University of Florida releases decisions for the Class of 2020; thousands upon thousands of anxious, eager, trembling students will go online at the very same second, blocking the computer screen with their hand as they press “enter” before seeing their application status change in the blink of an eye. This was me on Friday, February 13, 2015 – a date that […]
It’s official: I am done with my first semester of college! I finished my last exam this morning (before most people on campus were even awake) and I feel liberated. With lots of determination and the help of highlighters, Post-Its, latkes, and Project Runway study breaks with my friend Kim, I made it through the finals grind in one piece. Plus, I managed to avoid […]
The Darcy Diaries 