The Future

I definitely consider this to be a learning year for me. I feel like I let immaturity and lack of discipline creep up on me in the fall semester. I may no longer have my consecutive A's streak, but I still think I developed a much better work ethic, which is more valuable than any record or GPA. Probably the biggest thing I've learned so far is to not dwell on what others are doing. Not trying to sound pretentious, but why should I give a Hoover Dam about who got what score on the ACT? There's no reason to be jealous or discouraged about what others do. It's more about focusing on what you can control while praising others who follow the same motivated path. If you haven't noticed by now, I'm a very competitive person. I see a ton of people (even some in the Academy) who may have it slightly better than I do. Maybe they have more connections, more friends, better test scores, better GPA's, etc. Of all that stuff I just mentioned, what can I control? Nothing. All I can do is work as hard as can trying to improve my abilities and raise my game. Everything else will just fall into place.

As for future plans, I've started to narrow down my college list during the second semester. Right now, I have it down to about 6 or 7 schools. Here's how I have the top 6 ordered right now.
George Washington
UVA
North Carolina
American U.
Kentucky
George Mason

I really loved my trips to both GW and UVA over Spring Break. Both had really nice campuses and first class academic resources. Haven't had the chance to visit American or UNC yet, but I'm hoping I will be able to over the next few months. I'm planning to major in Political Science with a Pre-Law track, which is part of what made GW so appealing.

What I'm most looking forward to is this summer. I was able to get into CHA at Murray State, which runs for 3 weeks in mid-June. That's going to be a great opportunity to get away from it all and live the college experience firsthand. I'm also going to hit the ground running on my mentoring project this summer. I'll be working with MyClyns helping them introduce new healthy cleaning and sanitation products into 7 pilot FCPS Schools (Henry Clay included). One of the major parts is replacing the Purell dispensers with new alcohol-free and scent-free hand sanitizer. It probably means I'll have to wage war with some of our school's scented hand sanitizer supporters (You know who you are), but I think our products will have a successful debut. Shout out Mrs. Logsdon for helping me set up my project and agreeing to serve as my mentor.