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So what have I been doing these past few weeks? As President of...

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 12:55:12 -0500

So what have I been doing these past few weeks? As President of my sorority we welcomed 65 new girls to make 222 girls in our sorority now. I have been very busy keeping up with getting to know all of them, and carrying out some of the responsibilities of my new position. It was weird, but also exciting to be able to sign their bid day cards and officially welcome them to Chi O but also very exciting at the same time!

Here are some fun snippets of things I have been doing...

Wed, 30 Jan 2013 22:24:58 -0500

Here are some fun snippets of things I have been doing throughout winter session! Playing with puppies, cooking gourmet meals, skiing, and exploring Philadelphia!

Winter Session 2013

Sun, 13 Jan 2013 15:27:52 -0500

This winter session I am here on campus in Newark, DE! I am taking two online courses, Anthropology101, and Statistics 2. The reason why I chose to take online courses for this break is to have more flexibility in my daily schedule. This allows me to sleep in later, take my classes when it is most convenient for me, and travel during the week, and weekends! I have also been able to make time for a bit of work, I have been giving tours on campus to perspective students which let’s me meet a lot of some of our future Blue Hens, and make a little bit of money on the side!

On Christmas Eve I took a hike with some of my best friends near...

Sat, 05 Jan 2013 22:54:33 -0500

On Christmas Eve I took a hike with some of my best friends near by where I live at home. The hike was on a hill which when you reach the top overlooks the skyline of Boston. It’s always one of my favorite views of the city, and a fun, and cheap way to have fun during Christmas break.

Last night I went in to Boston with my friends to see the...

Thu, 20 Dec 2012 12:36:37 -0500

Last night I went in to Boston with my friends to see the Celtics play the Cleveland Cavaliers at the TD Garden! It had been years since I’ve seen the Celtics play at the Garden instead of the Wells Fargo Center in Philly so it felt great to be surrounded by some fellow fans. We paid $12 for our tickets, and snuck our way to much closer seats. It was a great game, with Paul Pierce scoring 40 points. We couldn’t have asked for a better night!

Two weeks ago I was elected to be the next President of my...

Mon, 26 Nov 2012 10:46:01 -0500

Two weeks ago I was elected to be the next President of my sorority, Chi Omega! It was such a wonderful honor, and I could not be more excited about the challenge, and position that lies ahead of me. I have personally found Greek Life to be a great outlet to take on leadership experiences since I have been at college; I have learned so much about working as a group, with different personalities, and even about my own personal work ethic. It’s an experience that you put in a lot of work for a big reward but I couldn’t be more optimistic and happy.

My College Essay

Wed, 21 Nov 2012 19:40:10 -0500

So looking back about 4 years ago now, I was just finishing up submitting all of my college applications. While I had all of my grades up to par, my resume filled out, and my common app ready to go I procrastinated the final component of my application; my college essay. I have always considered myself to be a strong writer, as I always got nearly perfect grades on my papers, (and hence why I’m a blogger for UD now of course!) But when it came to pick that imperative topic; the one that would admit or reject me from my next big step in life, i drew a blank. This time during my senior year, my teacher assigned my 12th grade English class an assignment to mirror a college essay about a memory-an essay that would paint a visual in someone’s mind. At the time I was just getting back to school from summer, envious of all of my older friends who were away at college, and focused on three specific days of my summer that still to this day I proclaim as one of my biggest adventures thus far. While the topic was risky, and a bold move on my behalf I wrote an essay about a trip that I took with some of my best friends to the White Mountains of New Hampshire. While my teacher, and the admissions staff were not able to deduce that this was a trip in which I went behind my mother’s back and snuck off for a few days-I painted the picture of my moment of clarity. I had a moment of maturity, self discovery, and morals all which were summed up in a splendid vacation for myself. The essay’s original purpose was to only serve as just an assignment for my English class. But after getting back a flawless remark, and glowing recommendations from my teacher it seemed like the pieces fell into place for it to become my college essay. My advice to all of the college applicants out there, is as a decisive and worrying person myself, college is a process that you have to let the pieces fall into place. Sometimes one of your favorite stories is your best story-even if it doesn’t cover the same topic of a typical college essay, as that is the essay that will set you apart from the rest and show your true personality.

Clicking the Final Submit Button to College Applications

Wed, 07 Nov 2012 01:06:00 -0500

While I applied to colleges nearly three years ago, it is still one of the most vivid moments of my life. Having a younger brother who is currently applying to schools, and interviewing lots of prospective UD students about their college application process brings back feelings of nervousness, panic, and looming stress that I could not wait to end. I remember I analyzed every word I wrote down stressing as to whether or not my personal statements were just right, or if my extra-curricular activities were worded well enough.

But once I finally finished the common application and pressed submit, life was still not quite back to normal. The stress shifted from concerns over a deadline, to the threatening idea that maybe none of the colleges that I applied to would admit me. I had nightmares thinking that I did not see one acceptance letter. Afterwards my feelings were a series of mixed emotions of stress, relief and excitement knowing that in a year from the day I clicked submit on my college application I would be living my life at college. As a decisive person who likes immediate answers, hitting the submit button increased my worries as I did not know what lay ahead of me and j what the future had in store.

YouDee or Baby Blue?

Sun, 21 Oct 2012 16:13:48 -0400

Here at Delaware we love to show our Blue Hen pride, and especially near and dear to our hearts is our mascots, YouDee and Baby Blue. You may ask what the difference is, and really it’s the difference between our big Blue Hen mascot, and the little blue hen. Personally I have a special place in my heart for Baby Blue. While YouDee may be the official mascot, there’s something so cute about the petite baby blue, his smaller size, and appearance that makes me like him a little bit more. Plus, I’ve gotta give it to Baby Blue that wins hands down for better tricks over YouDee. It’s a tough choice which is better but hands down I love Baby Blue!

Junior Year...

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 12:26:16 -0400

So Junior year thus far hasn’t been quite as hectic as I had pictured. Usually I find that my school work is overwhelming and extremely stressful. I don’t want to jinx myself but I think since I have been getting more involved in the core curriculum of my classes that the workload has been more manageable, and less stressful. It could be from a few factors that 1. I now have my time management and school strategy mastered, 2. that my math classes and prerequisites will be entirely done by this semester, and 3. that I’m truly interested in my coursework. So far, it’s been a great transition into the second half of my college career. Everyone seems to have come back with an agenda-and seems more mature. It’s weird in a way, as I think that I’m in complete denial about my age for once in my life and really dreading the next step into the real world but also slightly refreshing.

Penn State

Mon, 17 Sep 2012 19:43:36 -0400

This past weekend I finally got a chance to visit my best friend from home at Penn State. After 3 years, and her visiting me freshman year I finally booked my 8 hours Greyhound trip (3.5 hour car ride) to State College. Our visit was great, and it was really fun to finally hang out with her friends that I had been skyping for three years now. Penn State was a great experience, but I still would not take back my decision to go to Delaware. The school was a bit too big, and too much in the middle of nowhere for me.

Some Pictures from the Semester thus Far!

Thu, 13 Sep 2012 00:42:00 -0400

Some Pictures from the Semester thus Far!

Labor Day Weekend

Tue, 04 Sep 2012 01:14:41 -0400

This Labor Day weekend, I traveled home for the first time. I went back up North to Boston to work the PGA Tour’s Championship, and the TPC Boston, where I worked all summer long. I wanted to see the tournament in full swing, earn some bill$, and also see out the work I had over the summer. It ended up being an exhausting weekend putting in lots of work hours, but all in all, very cool to be behind the scenes of the tournament. I don’t particularly consider myself a huge golf fan, but I did get the opportunity to serve Rickie Fowler which I will say, was very cool. Now I’m currently blogging from the Amtrak train as I took a red eye from providence to make it back bright and early at 6 AM on Tuesday morning for classes. Labor Day is the weekend that really marks the end of my summer, so I’m ready for a week with my work-load in full swing and to hopefully achieve my goal of making Dean’s List this summer. Fingers Crossed!

So after putting in a 65 hour work week, I found myself...

Tue, 21 Aug 2012 10:27:19 -0400

So after putting in a 65 hour work week, I found myself filling up the car yet again to move back to school. I dropped off all of my things at my apartment and headed down to Ocean City, New Jersey for the week to celebrate my grandmother’s 90^th birthday, and also to spend some time with my immediate and extended family. It was great to have a relaxing week on the beach and read a book. Above is a picture of my younger cousin after he let us burry him in the sand. Today, I’m headed back down to school to start my junior year. I can’t get over how old I actually am, but I don’t feel like a junior at all. Part of me feels like its still freshman year. So I have two more years to enjoy here at UD and I’m excited for a great year and ready to make the most of it!

As summer is coming to an end..

Sat, 04 Aug 2012 12:02:17 -0400

So as summer is starting to wrap up I’m ecstatic to get back to school and stop working but also going to miss my beach day, $$ in my bank account, and stress free life. I’ve been exceptionally busy working around 50 hours a week at my internship, the TPC Boston, PGA tour golf course waitressing, babysitting and scooping ice cream. Last week I took some time off to enjoy some relaxing time on Martha’s Vineyard and move into school. While it was a hurried week off, and a bit hectic I was able to set up my new room in my apartment at school, and build all of my new furniature. And it looks pretty chic if I do say so myself. So 10 days until I say goodbye to Massachusetts but for now I’m awfully excited to head back down to school again.

This past week I spent in Phoenix, Arizona where I flew out from...

Mon, 16 Jul 2012 00:37:12 -0400

This past week I spent in Phoenix, Arizona where I flew out from Boston to meet up with the rest of the leaders in my sorority, Chi Omega from across the nation. While the flight was a bit of a trip from my house, it was such a great new experience for my as it has been years since I have been to Arizona. It was beautiful, as we stayed in a canyon with mountains around us, and the heat was comfortable rather than unbearable. We spent the first day by the pool, but the rest of the days we focused on ways to strengthen the sisterhood of our chapter. Overall it was a great experience and we learned a lot. I can’t say that I’ll be heading to live in Arizona any time soon, but I would definitely love to go back with some more free time and get the chance to explore more!

Housing for my Junior Year

Tue, 26 Jun 2012 10:26:24 -0400

For my Junior Year I decided to officially move away from off-campus housing. While my housing situation has been a transition to this from living in my dorm in Rodney, to the on campus apartments in the Christiana Towers I don’t think that myself, or my roommates entirely thought through all of the responsibilities with renting out own unit. We knew that we would be responsible for our rent, and furniture but never expected to deal with some of the situations that we had to. From an unsympathetic landlord, paying excessive unforeseen fees for damage, and dealing with the hassle of acquiring large furniture pieces such as couches and storing them has been a bit of a nightmare for us all. While my new place next year is a beautiful, 4 year old condo on Choate Street (just near Klondike Kate’s), a lesson that we learned from our experience thus far is that we should have investigated things more, and spoke with the landlord more about the issues as we would have never rented from them after learning some of their hidden agendas. So all in all, for perspective students if you consider moving off campus for your sophomore year, when you begin to look into apartments in the fall make sure you do your research about your landlord, exact rental unit, and know what you’re getting yourself into so you don’t get yourself into a predicament like we did.

Saying HI from My Internship!

Wed, 13 Jun 2012 11:55:38 -0400

Today I’m blogging from my cubicle at my internship! I’m currently interning in the Advertising Department for the Christian Science Monitor Newspaper. I work, and commute from my hometown in Boston, and my office is just across from the Prudential Building. It’s week two, and so far I have nothing but positive things to say. I’ve been working with advertising analytics software, advertising sales proposals, and LOTS of Google Doc’s. I commute in every day on the train, and get to read my Chelsea Handler book:) and enjoy my hour long lunch break shopping at the Pru..not too bad. While my internship is unpaid, it’s a great way to help me boost my resume and make me a stronger applicant for when I apply for a job in the real world when I graduate.

Sophomore Year..Check!

Sun, 03 Jun 2012 11:45:49 -0400

So seeing as “half way to go” is the most optimistic way to put I am now a Junior at UD, I can’t believe where the time has gone. Everyone always says, you won’t believe how fast time flies. On graduation day in high school it was hard to believe that 13 years later I was sitting with my same peers that I started Kindergarden with, and now we were all heading in our own separate directions to different schools. College has especially shown me how time flies. While I’m extremely busy, I always find myself in disbelief at yet another week that has flown by, and here I am with only two years until the real world. So for Junior year I’m staying optimistic, with lots of exciting things coming my way. From being an SAO for admissions, starting my Tier 2 BHLP certification, holding the position of Events chair for the Blue Hen Marketing Club, a rho gamma for sorority recruitment, and turning 21!! I certainly have a lot to look forward to. While freshman year was all about adapting to college life, balancing school work with friends, and meeting people, sophomore year was much more focused for myself to on track for the real world. I worked on getting my GPA up, encouraged myself to explore new opportunities, and even took on more responsibilities in the organizations that I’m apart of. While I was extremely busy, it was a give and take. I found that I thrived not only by boosting my resume, but also academically by becoming more involved and working with a strict schedule. While I was forced to frequently choose my obligations over having my “me time”, my goal for Junior year is to find the happy medium of them both. So I am VERY excited for the upcoming school year, and couldn’t be happier about earning some bills this summer, and a fridge full of free food. So PEACE, LOVE AND ICE CREAM HAPPY SUMMER TO ALL, and I’ll be in touch!

A Link to Some Fun Humor at UD!

Tue, 22 May 2012 16:09:29 -0400

A Link to Some Fun Humor at UD!:

Here’s a link to one of my favorite blogs currently, as well as the rest of the bloggers. We think that the posts this author has put up are truly hilarious. ENJOY!