"The difference between school and life? School teaches you a lesson then gives you a test. Life gives you a test that teaches you a lesson." -Tom Bodett
As my freshman year of college comes to an end, I can't help but think about all the great friends I've made and all the amazing (and not so amazing) experiences I've had. There are many people I'm going to miss seeing every day this summer, and some, well not so much. But there are a few people that I am excited to see this summer that I didn't get to see every day, some of them I haven't even seen since graduation. I can't wait to see what this summer had in store for me, hopefully more fun times with good friends than I had last summer.
So far, I have many plans for this summer. I am taking a summer calculus class (boring, I know), working at American Eagle, going to Summerfest in Milwaulkee with one of my good friends, going on vacation with my parents to see my family down in Kentucky, and I plan on having and going to as many bonfires as I can. Busy, right? Well that's not even all of it.
This summer I plan on starting my transfer applications to the University of Minnesota Twin Cities Campus. I have decided that transferring might be the best move for me, but that doesn't mean that I won't be giving UMD another chance. I will be living in Duluth next year with 5 other girls in a house, taking 19 credits next fall semester (I plan on having no life), and still managing to go to the U of M some weekends to visit my friends.
Duluth is a great city, and UMD is a great school, but I'm just not sure that it is the school for me anymore. At first when I came to UMD I figured I would be here for a semester, or a year tops, before I transferred to the U of M (I was wait listed and very pissed about it). Later on in the semester, I eventually found good friends and settled into a groove that was comfortable, so transferring kind of fell to the back of my mind. This semester I moved into a new room that I have all to myself, and I stopped going to parties and that's when the thought of transferring popped back into my head and since then I haven't been able to get rid of it.
Finishing up my freshman year of college has got me worried about a lot of things, but mainly just wanting to transfer to the U of M. I am not sure how that will go for me, but I feel like it is the best thing for me. Duluth just doesn't feel right anymore
