Meeting with Brietta was such an eye-opening experience.  I got to hear more about her story and what got her here as a second year Ohio State student mentoring in ENR Scholars.  I learned that she really values getting involved with the community at Ohio State and finds that surrounding herself with all that the college life has to offer is the best way to stay afloat and to feel fulfilled.  Brietta talked about how she was involved in sports, ENR Mentoring, and a variety of other clubs and working functions.  She has found so many opportunities through the connections she has made both on and off that have provided her with work and endless life experience.

Additionally, I also learned that expectations don’t really have a place in college anymore.  The college life is so full of new experiences and different people that no one way of understanding and experiences will get you where you need to go.  Classes specifically are an area of the college life where expectations just don’t work.  Just because someone says this professor or that class were the bane of their existence doesn’t mean that you should let this get in the way of you getting all that you can out of your experience with that professor and/or class.  On a similar note, communication is a major part of getting where you need to be.  Asking is the only way to get answers.  No one will ever know you need help unless you express it.

From this meeting, I will definitely take away the importance of getting involved on campus to build good connections and experiences for the rest of my time at Ohio State.  Specifically, I will try to join more clubs and explore all that Ohio State has to offer while also making sure to get the most out of each and every learning experience that comes my way, both inside and outside of the lecture hall.  I hope to be as successful as Brietta by the time I am in her shoes and hope to impart just as good knowledge on next year’s incoming ENR scholars as she has done with me.  Taken from her life motto, I will try to throw myself wholeheartedly into every situation, no matter how difficult or impossible it may seem, and really try to make something of myself and my time at college.  I will ask questions.  I will seek answers.  I will explore.