Freshman Year

Hopefully by now you know where you are going to attend school in the fall. However, if you are anything like me, and answers to your major life decisions do not just fall from the sky, then you still might be exploring your options. The college quest is not an easy one, but the last days of high...

At orientation, we all received a "Must Do at IU: A Bucket List for the True Hoosier" with a list of IU traditions, big and small, to experience before graduation. As my first year comes to an end (where did the time go?), let's look at some items I can cross off my bucket list.  Go on a late night...

The 2012-2013 Regular Season and Senior Night On Tuesday, March 5 2013, I went to the Indiana vs. Ohio State game here in Bloomington. I was very pleased that I had tickets to a big game like this one along with the Michigan, Michigan State, Purdue, and Minnesota games, to name a few. That was just...

E.E. Cummings once wrote, "Be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best night and day to make you everybody else. It means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight and never stop fighting."  I was reading one of the other blogs that was written by Chelsie and I...

Hello new Hoosiers! First of all, let me welcome you to the family! You've made a great decision! I'm a moderator for the new IU Facebook group for admitted students and many of you have asked about what to do when it comes to choosing a roommate. Should I go random or room with a friend? Well, I...

On this video I talk about: what are my favorite things in Bloomington, what I like most about my major (Speech Pathology), some interesting facts about me that people find surprising or unexpected, my best college experience, my hardest college experience, the music I am currently listening to, my...

At the end of last semester I was doing a little bit of reflecting during finals week. Why study for my neuroscience final when I could just not do anything? (And being even more procrastinative, I am just now writing this blog post.) I started thinking about just how much my life has changed in the...

Hey everyone! So I just finished up my first semester of COLLEGE! Wow seems like yesterday when I was excited about going to Orientation; one thing is for sure, time flies when you're having fun. And since I've been home, all my friends still in high school have been asking me for advice and asking...

College Freshman to High School Senior During my senior year in high school around this time (November/December 2011), I was very concerned and had a notion that the more scholarships I get and the more universities I get in, the higher my self-worth would be. So, naturally, I applied to as many...

The Benefits of Making Friends On Your Floor Indiana University Briscoe Gucker Version This is Indiana University: a Big 10, student body of 40,000+, number one rank in basketball, 180+ majors, top programs nationally ranked university. This allows so many opportunities for everyone to be connected....