Vinay Naik
Journal 5:
As I am only a week away from completing my first semester here at OSU, I can’t get over the fact that time has flown by so fast! I feel like it was less than a month ago that we took a trip to explore downtown Cbus that first weekend on campus. Scholars has been a nice added experience to all the the things that I have done these past 4 months or so. I will continue to be involved in scholars by giving back to our community and taking part in many of the events that take place around campus, ranging from TEDx talks and informational meetings, to social gatherings. I have considered being an RA for the architecture scholars group next semester as I believe it was mentioned that next year’s arch scholars class will be living in Torres House.
In my next semester/year I hope to explore the more advanced engineering/STEM classes as I have heard they aren’t as tedious, and that they are genuinely interesting. I am taking a theater class next semester and I hope that that serves as a good break from the traditional science and math classes that I a taking. I am considering exploring the possibility of getting a minor, (possibly in architecture) especially since it relates quite closely to my major of civil engineering. I have thought about studying abroad but at the moment I’m not sure if It would be something that I am overly enthusiastic in partaking in. I do plan to get a job. (not sure what yet). I would also like to get an internship over the summer. I know freshman internships are a bit more rare, so hopefully at least as a sophomore.
This semester I was part of a few student organizations, (TPEG, Speech & Debate, and I auditioned for the schools male acapella team.) Next semester I plan to be a bit more involved in student orgs, and also possibly start thinking about undergraduate research, since there are a lot of scholarships associated with it. These are a lot of goals and that relate to the H&S goals since they consider getting involved, and giving back to the community. The small steps needed to work towards these goals is working a bit more on my time management skills for next semester, along with setting out my priorities.
This semester has been a lot of fun, and has gone by really fast. Now that I can call OSU home, it is time that I make the very best that I can in these four years ahead of me.