My First Semester at OSU

Chloe Housteau 

My first semester at OSU was full of more ups and downs than I could have ever imagined. I have made more memories and more friends than I ever thought was possible. In the beginning of the year, I was terrified of losing my friends at home. However, that quickly changed when I realized that “three hours from home” is not that far and my friends were able to come and visit me often. I also worried about being away from my dad because he is my best friend and a single parent. Unfortunately, the worst part of my semester was finding out my dad was diagnosed with Stage 4 Liver Cancer for the third time. It definitely changed my outlook on everything about college and there were many times that I wanted to go home. Yet, I pushed through and leaned on my friends and am now coming to terms with the whole situation. Although it is far from easy, I am learning to cope with it more and more everyday. 

    I have enjoyed being a part of the arts scholars community because I love being surrounded by creative people who are just like me. The events and meetings have been really therapeutic and informative for me and I have looked forward to them every week. It has been difficult to be active in the arts scholars because of everything going on in my family, but my Bigs and Roman have been so understanding and helpful. It will be hard to be involved with Arts Scholars in the future because I have not been focused and have not have been myself mentally. I think it will be good for me to be involved with the program because it is very therapeutic for me and helps my creativity flow. I am thankful to have been apart of the ASC community and to have had an amazing first semester at tOSU.