Hello Everyone!
I hope that all of you had a very restful Christmas break. Mine was much needed and very fun. I was definitely ready to be back at Georgetown. Cherish the time you have with your family while at home, though. I am just now finishing up my first week of the second semester of my college experience. It has been quite a wild ride so far. This week marks the beginning of new classes, new schedules, new students, rush/recruitment week and much, much more.
I am going through rush as we speak, so I will let you know how that goes. Just to fill you in on how rush/recruitment is done, I will try to give you a quick overview. Rush week happens during the first two weeks back on campus of the spring semester and recruitment is just the first week of class during the same semester. Recruitment for women involves several nights of going to each of the houses and learning about the different sororities. The journey for women ends on Chapel Day, (today by the way) where women get to run out the chapel doors into the arms of their sisters. Everyone dresses crazily and is very excited about the day. Men’s rush is still going on now. Men’s rush is composed of informal parties during the first week that everyone is invited to and the second week is composed of formal parties. The formal parties are invitation only. Men’s rush concludes on bid day which is this Friday, I believe. I will let you know how it goes after it is finished.
My classes are going well this semester. I have History of Philosophy 1, Interpersonal Communications, Foundations 112: Irish Myth, Legend and Folklore, Introduction to Computing and English Literature Survey 2. I have a tendency to think my world is going to involve about as many papers or more as last semester, so I will definitely keep busy. I am really excited about what my academic future holds even though I am not quite sure what to do with my major.
Along with my academics, I am also on the Freshman Leadership Team. This is a group of freshman students who do lots of different things on campus like fundraising, programs, worship services and much more. I highly encourage all of you to be involved. You apply for FLT around November of your first semester, so be looking out for that. Also the leadership applications for things such as resident advisor, Freshman Family Group parent, orientation leader, peer educator and many other campus leadership opportunities are available during this semester for the following year. I would highly encourage you to be involved in as much as you can.
That was just a quick update on my life now that I am back at GC. It really is great to be back and see everyone. I hope your senior year is going well. Remember to turn in your FAFSA! I will type to you later. Have a great week!
