Residential Life!

Living in Scott Residence Hall was a very new and unique expierience for me and unlike anything i have ever expierienced previously participated in. Living with complete strangers for a week requires not only trust, but it requires you to interact with types of people you may have not interacted with if you had not been forced to. In high school, you generally are expected to stay within your clique, but here, you were expected to step outside of your clique and meet everybody. That was one of the things i loved most about residential life, the people you.

Every situation has it's postives and negatives. The postives in this situation by far otuweighed the negatives. I was able to make new friends and bond with them through a variety of new and exciting activites. The most exciting thing i particiated in with Summer Scholars this last week was the high ropes course at Camp CJH. I was put into a harness and strapped onto a support and sent up a 40 foot cargo net. Once at the top i waited for my instructor and the 7 other students i was on a team with. We then used teamwork and trust to earn 2 prizes, the first being some badly needed water and the second a ride down the zip line. Overall, this expierience has been great, I loved the bonding, trust, friendships, and especially the wonderful Scott Hall cafeteria food! The only negatives were the short, cold showers we had to take!

The work load of college classes are much different than the typical high school class. This makes it difficult to balance a social life and friends, and work, all while getting the assignments or reading completed for teh next day. The first night of class i had to read 40 pages and take notes to prepare for a test the next day(which i got a 90% on!) Trying to work late then study was extemely difficult, especially when you had to get up at 6:30 the next morning. Although the work load was pretty large, i wasn't suprised, my teachers and classes up until this point have prepared me for this so i am confident i will succeed. I am very thankful i am able to have this oppurtunity to expierience college life first hand to be prepared for success next year. I love the class i'm in (speech:communication in small groups). Even though this will be a challenging course, i'm looking forward to learning all that this class has to offer.