Plenty of Snow for the First Day!

A Squirrel Enjoys a Snack on Campus [Duane Physics Building]

Yesterday was the first day of class for the spring semester, but that didn't stop mother nature from dumping a solid 5 or 6 inches of snow on Boulder in the wee hours of the morning. When I woke up for my first class around 7:30, none of the sidewalks or roads had been plowed yet. What a way to start the day! Bundled up and with some serious snow boots on, I managed to get to all my classes on time and keep track of my various new syllabi until I got home later that afternoon.

This semester is different for me in a couple of big ways- first off, I'm taking a much wider variety of classes than last semester. Because first semester freshman in the business school are pre-registered for 10 or so credits by the school (Finite Math/Calculus, Microeconomics, and Introduction to Business) I only added one other class when I registered (German). This semester, I have classes ranging from Business Statistics to Social Problems (a sociology class). I really like that I have the chance to take a really wide variety of classes to fulfill my core requirements- I get to take off-beat classes that I wouldn't usually get to be in as a business student.

My other big change this semester is that one of my close friends from high school who came to CU last fall chose to transfer schools. It's really strange to be totally on my own in Boulder- even though I've made some awesome new friends here, it was nice to have someone who I was really close to at school with me. As last semester wore on and people really settled into their various social groups, I definitely stopped meeting as many new people as I did at the beginning of the year so I need to start up on that again.

Hopefully this semester will be more focused and I'll get a more specific idea of what I really want to do as a career or for my area of emphasis in Leeds. There's so many certificate programs, minors, and classes I want to take that it's been hard to narrow down my interests- but that's part of what I really love about CU.