Random Post 2

 For my last random post and with graduation coming up, I have decided to look back on my college career and the important moments in it, especially at USC. Coming in as a junior transfer from a community college in the Bay Area, I knew I would be coming in with little time to experience everything USC has to offer, while also having to load up on courses almost every semester in order to graduate on time. I also did not know anyone at USC, so I immediately had to branch out when I got here. That, coupled with COVID rocking the world and the gap year I had to take made my experience very interesting.

I can briefly touch on my time in community college, but it is not a very memorable time for me and I disliked most aspects of my time there. I used it to figure out what I wanted to do with my life (at least what major I wanted to choose), and stayed mostly with my group of good friends. It was lucky that one of my friends had the same goals as I did which was transfer as soon as possible, because we used that as motivation to push each other. Once I arrived at USC, my life was completely turned around. I was living in the Parkside Apartments on campus, and had two roommates, totally on my own for the first time.

By forcing myself to branch out, I made great friends and really opened myself up to learn more about who I am. However COVID cut that short when we were all sent home. This was when I decided to take a gap year. I did not want to pay for online classes, so instead, I asked the company I was interning with to extend me, and they gladly did. So I ended up taking a full gap year. The fall semester I took the time to pledge and join a frat, and the spring semester I interned at the investment banking firm Piper Sandler. Both of these decisions were one of the best ones I ever made, with the best group of friends being made when I joined the frat and great experience earned for my career. Now, during my senior year, I moved into the frat house which gave me a greater bond with my friends. I also made the most out of the connections there and was able to get a job secured for after graduation. Now my focus is to pass my classes and make the most out of the last month I have here at USC.

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