I expect that this blog, like so many, will stay in complete obscurity. There, only for me to look back on. But if anyone is here, hello! Let me introduce myself.
I am a 19 year old Asian female who lives in the Midwest and is going to college for Accounting. I am studying accounting because I like keeping people accountable and I feel like keeping people ethical with money is extremely important. To that end, I hope to go into auditing and maybe work in the FBI as a forensic accounting or special agent in accounting. Of course, I haven’t actually taken auditing yet, but I believe (egotistically) that I’ll be good at it, and hopefully enjoy it. I also have chosen accounting because I see it as a job that I will enjoy, and is stable with good job security. I also hope to minor is history, a subject that I love, and wished was a profitable subject to build a career in. Personality wise, I am a charismatic introvert: I love to talk, and am very socialable when the introductions are over, but I’m not natural in making introductions. Finally, I was part of a dual enrollment program in hischool, which allowed me to be a full time college student in a local community college for my junior and senior year of high school. Which means, not only did I graduate with an associates degree and high school diploma, I have a sense to what college life is like. Not the living on campus part, but what the teachers are like and what to expect in the classroom.
With my brief biography done, I would like to lay out what I hope to accomplish in my first semester of freshman year.
1. Make friends! I’m super nervous about this goal, but I hope that if I’m just myself and open to communicate and not shut down, I’ll be ok.
2. Get good grades! I’ve always been a straight A student. So when I start to struggle, I want to be prepared to bounce back well and evolve my studying techniques that have worked so far.
3. Be a part of clubs! I hope to join the accounting club, a polical club (maybe young democrats), a history club, and the LGBTQ club. I also would love to become a peer mentor. I’ve had troubles in the past with staying committed to clubs, either life got in the way and I wasn’t able to participate or people inside the club kicked me out. I hope these commitment issues can be resolved in college.
4. Be healthy in college! I would love to finally have a body that I love, which means eating healthily and exercising regularly. I have already made a weekly workout schedule for myself, which I am really excited to begin! And I’m hoping a variety of food and a budget in college will help me eat healthily without getting too bored with fruits and veggies. I would love to experience the freshman 15 of losing weight!
5. Being open to new experiences. If they’re not illegal or something that I have a bad feeling about, I willtry to say yes and at least try them out!
And I think that’s it! I’m one day from move in day, which will then be followed by welcome weekend, so I’ll probably post a debrief in a few days.
Finally, my hope for this blog is a place for me to document my college experience and be able to look back on these posts with happy memories. If I can help future college hopefuls or bored internet surfers, then that will just be a cherry on top.