My second year at OSU was probably one of the most challenging and one of the largest growing periods of my life.
During my first semester of my second year, I took on advanced anatomy, biology, and an upper level neuroscience class. Although I only took three classes, I spent more time in the library my first semester of sophomore year than I had during my first or second semester of freshman year. Although my classes were extremely challenging, I enjoyed learning the new material and found mostly every lecture interesting. Additionally, I decided to join two new clubs: CHAARG and a volunteer club that visited the Ronald McDonald house every other Sunday.
During my second semester, I traveled abroad with Semester at Sea. On the program, I circumnavigated the world on a ship and woke up in a new port every week. We started in Mexico and then traveled to Hawaii, Japan, China, Vietnam, Myanmar, India, Mauritius, South Africa, Ghana, Morocco, and The Netherlands. During the time we spent traveling from country to country I took classes on women’s rights around the world, world music, sports around the world, and cultures and religions around the world. Once we arrived to each country, I was able to travel with a group of friends to learn about the country on our own. My second semester was such an eye opening experience I’ll never forget. Not only did I experience a whole new way of learning traveling abroad, but I also learned so much about myself.