My First Midterm

I just took my very first midterm EVER! Wow, college is so different from high school it’s funny. I actually studied really hard for this midterm; I thought I was over preparing. I went into the class thinking it was going to be an absolute breeze, but it turns out I studied just enough. It was way harder than I thought it was going to be, but I was still prepared, so that was nice. Teachers in high school always tell you that they’re going to extrapolate on the information learned, and that the tests will be about critical thinking and understanding, but they never actually ARE, it’s always just rote memorization still. Tests in college ACTUALLY DO have extrapolation, and test your understanding, and yaddah yaddah yaddah. I have another midterm today, Communications, which I’m about to go study some more for, but then I’m done! I know it seems weird that I only have two midterms, but I am only taking three classes, and the “midterm” for my other class (IGE) was an art project. I also have a club meeting I have to go to today, though, for the Art Student Society. One of the things I’m kind of worrying about right now is the classes I’m going to sign up for to take next quarter. Registration starts November 3^rd, and I don’t know what to do for my General Education. I have been taking Interdisciplinary General Education, a special program of general ed offered by my school, but now I’m thinking that if I’m considering transferring after two years, it might be smarter to take regular general ed classes instead. I’m trying to find out who my academic advisor is so I can talk to him/her about it, but things like that are always really hard here. Although I might sound like a broken record about this, college bureaucracy is a real bitch.

Socially everything is going great, I’ve kind of relaxed about things. I’m not really in to staying up until 5 in the morning when I have class at 8, but a lot of my friends would stay up super late, doing last minute homework and going on food runs. I was feeling really left out sometimes, and it was super frustrating, but now everyone’s sort of starting to calm down about things, and I’m coming to terms with the fact that I can’t always hang out with everyone. Besides, crazy drunken partying on the weekends is plenty for me ;)

Life is Good

At the moment, I feel kind of like a pro at college. I know saying that less than halfway through the first quarter of my freshman year might seem a little presumptuous, but that’s why I add the “at the moment”. Everything is back to good with Cole (he’s not flirting like a little biznatch anymore), I just signed up with four other girls on my floor to play intramural volleyball, I’m applying for a ton of jobs, I’m an active member of my school’s art campus, I’m volunteering at the library, I’m checking out (and reading, haha) books from the library, I’m doing all of my homework early, I’ve finished a project that’s due in a week, I’m hanging out with my friends, AND I’m getting plenty of sleep! I don’t know how I improved so much between high school and college, but life is good. Also, I really like partying. Me and my friends go out to at least two parties every weekend, frat parties are awesome, but any party works. Also!!! I’m also eating a salad with every lunch and dinner, drinking a ton of water, and working out every day. And I have a job interview with Starbucks next Thursday. So wish me tons of luck! Midterms are coming up already, because we’re on the quarter system. I can’t believe how quickly that happened. I’m kind of nervous, so studying makes me feel better. Unfortunately, I can’t study for my Psych midterm, because my dingus of a professor screwed up the course outline, so we don’t know which chapters in our book we’re supposed to be studying. She said she’d make an adjusted one, but she keeps forgetting to put it up online, even though I’ve sent her two email reminders (at her request). It’s getting ridiculous, and I’m kind of pissed off. She’s not a very good teacher in general. I don’t have any really GREAT professors this quarter, although my Communications teacher is at least intelligent and on top of things. I’m looking forward to taking more than 12 units next quarter. Anyway, I’m STARVING so I’m going to go grab some food at the commons. That’s another thing, the food is only okay, but it’s better than I thought it would be seeing as we pretty much eat at the same place every day. So that’s nice J Okay, more later!