James Loy  

The views and opinions expressed in this podcast by the hosts and guests may or may not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of Miami University.

Student  

I'm a senior. I'm about to graduate, and I've done a lot of cool things in college.

Student  

I never thought that I was going to be an intramural curler. I never thought that I was going to be the student body president.

Student  

These four years have been the biggest amount of growth I've seen in my entire life. 

Student  

It's not just about the academics, but like what kind of person you turn into, which is super cool.

Michaela  

All right, and we're back, and we are back on major insight with what students want to know across campus. In part one, we did start answering questions from students all around, and this kind of ranged from everything about uncertainty to self-doubt to just figuring out where you fit in here. Today, we are continuing that conversation with more questions from students all around campus who are just curious about all things college life. So this is advice and insight and all the fun stuff from seniors. 

Aaron  

Hi guys! 

Michaela  

Who have been through it all. Who am I with again?

Gianna  

Gianna, 

Katie  

Katie,

Aaron  

and Aaron.

Michaela  

Awesome. Yeah. So Aaron is a sophomore, but me, Katie, and Gianna are seniors. So you kind of get a mix of perspectives, which will be very fun.

Katie  

You want to go right into it? Yeah. Cool.

Student Q: Mallory  

Hey, I'm Mallory. I'm a theater major. I just had a question. So be honest with me. Did you ever feel like everybody else in the room is smarter than you, or more put together, or like I don't know, you somehow tricked your way into being here, and then you're just waiting for somebody to figure it out. How do you deal with that feeling?

Michaela  

Little imposter syndrome action. Yeah, but I think what you need to remember is like anyone who's in the same room as you deserves to be there just as much as you do. So like realize that who you're looking around at are people that are like you are just as qualified as those individuals. You are in the same room for a reason. You are talking about the same thing for a reason, and I think it kind of just helps with that doubt to know that like no one is 100% certain about themselves. Like people are more confident, sure, but no one knows what they're doing. So if you kind of just put that into your head a little bit, it helps. And like honestly, try to be the energy that you want to be around in a space like that. I think oftentimes, like if you are feeling like not the smartest or whatever, like then bring another aspect of your personality, like people want to be around someone who's fun and can hold a conversation, so kind of be that positive energy that you would love to receive in a space that's seeming intimidating, intense. If that makes sense,

Gianna  

I was gonna say I feel like I would encourage you to be inspired by those types of people or get to know them. I feel like I've definitely been in a room where I'm like I feel like I'm not as funny as these people are. I'm not as smart or as prettier as these people. But like once you get to know them, like you were saying, like nobody's 100 confident about themselves. I don't know. I would say learn from those people, get to know them,

Michaela  

I just saw TikTok that I really resonated with, and it was this girl saying, "You don't want someone to have to choose between like two versions of something. You want someone to like choose between two completely different options. And I was like, "That is so powerful! 

Gianna  

Right. 

Michaela  

Like, stop trying to be the people around you. 

Gianna  

Right? 

Gianna  

Start trying to be your own person. Like, what do you bring to the table that's unique? What, why are you different? Why do you want someone to choose you specifically? Not like, oh, they're really good at this, so I'm going to be try to be just the same but better. It's like, no, they're really good at that, so I'm really going to be really good at this. 

Katie  

Yeah, that was my thought. Was like, try to fill the gaps where you feel like there's gaps, especially like I'm thinking like when I work on projects with people, and I've had people tell me before in my media comm classes. I came into it with a lot of experience in like video editing, where people may not have, especially my 100 level classes. They were like, "Oh my god, you're so smart, and you know exactly what you're doing. I'm going to give you all of it. And I'm like, "I'm not that qualified. Like, I can I can put a couple things together maybe quicker, but like I am not any more qualified than anybody else in this room to know what they're doing. So even like as somebody who may have been looked at that way before, like I promise they don't have it all together, and I promise there's somewhere where you can fill in a gap. So just look for that, especially when you're in like a group setting like that, or if you're working on group projects with people like that. Just remind yourself, like you bring something to the table that they might not, or there's something that you can do to benefit everybody, and somewhere that you can kind of fill that gap.

Michaela  

You can always contribute. 

Katie  

Yeah

Aaron  

I think there's also something to say of like ask questions, be curious. I don't think it's a bad thing to be less smart than someone in a certain aspect because it gives you the opportunity to to learn from them. It gives you them the opportunity to teach, and I. Think all of us at a level like to teach people things we're knowledgeable about because we just then get to show off how much we know about it, but also bringing someone up in that same aspect. So I always say, just don't be afraid to ask questions. Yeah, don't be afraid to say, "Hey, I really don't know what I'm doing here. Can I have some help?

Gianna  

Yeah, love that. Yeah,

Michaela  

and on that note, boom.

Student Q: Aaron  

M y name is Aaron. I'm a communication design major, and I was wondering if you ever struggled with the fact that college gives you so much freedom, but it's a lot more freedom than you had in high school, which had structure. And now that you're fully in charge of your time, is that harder than you thought it would be?

Aaron  

I think it's a learning curve.

Michaela  

Yes,

Aaron  

it's 100% a learning curve. That if you get right, then sure you'll you'll manage it. But I think there's always going to be a couple mistakes you make with that free time. There's going to be a couple times you should be working on homework, you should be studying, and you're doing something else.

Michaela  

Yeah, I always thought like I was the type of person because in high school, I'm sure you guys were very similar. Like you were very involved and had a lot of extracurriculars, and so you'd go to school from whatever it was, eight to 2:30 That was my schedule, and then I had poms right after school, and then I had real dance right after that, and so I wouldn't get even get home to my kitchen table till 830 and then I'd have to do homework because there was no other option because I had to finish my homework before I went to bed, and then you wake up and do it all over again. So that sort of structure, I always thought I'm like if I just had an hour free time after school, if I just had an hour free time in the middle of the day, like you think that, and then like guess what you do with your hour of free time? Doom scroll on TikTok. Like there is not a lick of me that's being productive in that hour of free time. So I do think having some structure that also comes with involvement. So like now, when I know like okay, I'm recording a podcast, for example, at 4:30 today, I'm going to have to get this, this, this, this, this done before then. Instead of like, oh, I have the entire day. Let me. I have the most time in the world, and then it's 9 pm and I'm sitting in my bed and I haven't done anything. Like I feel like I'm always most productive on my busiest days. That was a really long-winded answer, but I do think you have to give yourself routine and structure to hold yourself accountable to get those things done. Because too much free time can be can be a bad thing.

Katie  

I always struggled with the fact that I used to get up at my high school schedule, guys. I was up at 5:15 in the morning. 

Michaela  

Whoa! 

Gianna  

Yikes! 

Katie  

I went to a zero period lifting class, and then I was at class until 2:30 I went to cheer from three to five. I had dance five to nine. Like I, I can't get up before eight anymore. Like it's bad. It's I. There's times where I had to like look myself in the mirror and be like, you used to be able to do this, this, and this, and you've let it go because you've had too much time. Like you need to still have that structure, or you're gonna continue to sleep till 11 o'clock when you don't have class. So I feel like it's a good in between, especially when I was forcing myself to take earlier classes. I forced myself into a couple 8:30's solely because I knew it would get me up. Same, and it would get me to actually do something with my day, especially right in the beginning of the day, I had to force myself a couple times. Now I'm in one class, and I've still kind of figured it out. And I give myself a routine, and like I have a very specific schedule of what happens on my Monday Wednesdays versus my Tuesday Thursdays, and it really helps me like block out that time. And even looking at my calendar and seeing that time, I'll even like put blocks in my calendar, being like, "Here's where you're doing this, this, and this. It's not free time. You're doing this, this, and this. So that was really helpful for me once I finally like stopped sleeping past noon.

Gianna  

I feel like it kind of comes with knowing yourself, or like you have to know yourself. I guess like some people can just sit down and be like, "I'm going to do homework now, but some people do have to have that structure set out in your calendar, like you were saying, like you have to have that blocked out. I personally have to like if something is mandatory, then I'll I'll go. But if it's like optional, probably not. Yeah, the same way. Like I won't go to the gym if I'm just doing a gym. I have to sign up for a class. So it's like you kind of get to know these things about yourself. You'll figure out like what time you should take class. Like because I came in being like I'm gonna take all 8:30s because that's what I'm used to. Don't do that. Don't do that, because it's different than high school. But that's the type of thing that you figure out as you do more classes. You kind of figure out what kind of times you like to take class, things like that. So you get to know yourself.

Michaela  

Yes, and I think the flip side of that, on a happier note, is you won't ever have this much free time ever done in your life, straight up. Like if like when you graduate, it's full blown into real adult life, unless you have a more a different kind of work life balance. But I do think there is like a sweet part of this too. Like you will never have this much free time, so do enjoy things and do things with your friends that you won't be able to do when you have a job. So it's all about that balance, and again, about knowing yourself. Like the things that really matter, you need to make time for. And then whenever you're kind of just hanging out, enjoy just hanging out because you can't hang out no more.

Katie  

No, I just like spontaneously ended up making dinner for like my roommate and two of our friends yesterday, and having ice cream together, and it was like one of my. Favorite things in a while, and it was just because I like blocked off enough free time before, and then I was like, "Wow, I finally have free time. I was just telling somebody earlier. I was like, "I've been doing nothing but sitting and staring at a wall because now I'm so old that like I'm not involved in anything, and I'm at the point where I've been like, oh, just like come over and hang out. And now people are coming over and hanging out, and it's like the best ever. 

Michaela  

So fun, yeah

Katie  

Just when you do have that free time, take advantage of it and go bother your friends when they're not busy with schoolwork that they should be doing. Go bother them and like go find something fun to do because you'll be glad that you did.

Student Q: Sophie  

My name's Sophie, and I'm an engineering major. And I would just kind of like to hear more about how much are people actually working during the school year, like with school, work, studying, jobs, internships, and stuff like that, like how do you balance it all and not burn out, or how do you know when you've taken on way too much?

Michaela  

Big burnout word.

Gianna  

I feel like that also depends on the person. It's kind of like what you were talking about earlier, Michaela, with like you have to know your cap and like where is too much for you? Because I feel like in college I've done two internships, three jobs, and I've held chair positions for my sorority at the same time, and that was too much. That was too much, and I should have pulled back a little bit. But you don't realize these things until you're actually in them. So it does depend on person to person, like, and it also can depend on your major too. Like some people can have really, really involved majors, and mine is, but it isn't at the same time. So I don't know if this is what she was really asking, but like, don't let yourself feel behind, or like, don't compare yourself to what other people are doing because people are different.

Michaela  

Yeah, I was at a point of like work, extracurriculars, school last semester, and I would like legit come home and like have my hair in my hands, crying, ripping my hair out to my roommates. Like I was so upset. I was like, I don't have time to do anything. I feel so burnt out. I want to quit this, this, and this, and this, and I want to be done. And they're like, just take a deep breath. It's all gonna be okay. So I think you just don't know until you get there. Kind of like what Gianna said. I do think once you experience that, then definitely dial back. Like once that happened, I quit my job because I knew that that was one thing I could sacrifice for that semester because I knew I was going to be able to work over J term. So I was like, why am I doing this? I dread it every single time I have to go to it, I don't enjoy it, and I don't need it right now. You know, so that was something I did, and it helped me so much. So I think like find maybe find your cap and then dial back from there, or try to join things or be in things that you enjoy because passion typically overrides that burnout sensation, like I know, if I am enjoying going to something, it's not going to feel like work or it's not going to feel like school if you're enjoying what you're involved in. If that makes sense,

Katie  

I think my perspective has always been dependent on kind of major, like the way that you said. It kind of depends on like what you see yourself doing, especially directly after college, like for me, I know that the field I want to work in is not super similar to the major that I have now. So working and doing like the internship work that I'm doing makes more sense to me. So I am spending like 22 hours a week at my internship, but that's just because for me that makes the most sense, and that makes the most sense with what I want to be doing. But for some people, if you're just working a job that you're doing just to make money, that might be different. Of how much time do you really want to devote to that? And like, kind of like you said, do you really want that to be the thing that burns you out when that's the thing that like is least important? Yeah, it's not important to you. 

Michaela  

Yeah. 

Katie  

So it kind of just depends on your situation and if you have any idea what you're doing afterward. Because I know I didn't until like six months ago, and now I'm like trying to take it and run with it, but it's always been like that back and forth of like, do I really care about this one thing that's really taking up a lot of my time? If I'm not, like maybe it is time to let go of that.

Michaela  

Yeah, and notice that all of these things are coming back to knowing yourself. Like I feel like that's our answer to everything, and so I think if you don't feel like you do right now. Don't freak out. I think now we all do, and so it's easy to say that as seniors. Like once you know yourself, once you know yourself. But like that is something that's super cool about college. Is just like now I feel like I know every single idiosyncrasy and kind of thing that I need to be doing well in life. And so I think most seniors could say the same. Like you just learn so much in such a short amount of time about who you are as a person and what you can handle. So, if you are kind of feeling lost in that regard right now, like don't worry because you will get to a point where you're like, okay, all I can handle is two clubs, and that's all I'm gonna do for the rest of college. So, yeah, just putting in my two cents.

Student Q: Izzy  

My name is Izzy. I'm an arts management major, and I was just kind of wondering, like, why does it feel like everyone already has their major and has like their whole life planned out? Like, do. Ever kind of just feel completely lost in this? How do you know that you aren't just spiraling and that's actually what you want to do?

Gianna  

I feel like I actually have something to say about this because it's another comparison thing where it's like stop comparing yourself to other people because you don't know if somebody's parents pick that major for them. You don't know if they actually don't like their major. Like, you don't know these things about other people and you don't know why. Like I don't know. I you you will figure it out in time. I switched my major sophomore spring. Wait, yeah, it was sophomore spring, and it was perfect. But it does take time. Like you start to take the classes that feel right and that you're interested in, but you don't have to have it figured out freshman year. And definitely don't be looking at other people and think they have it all figured out because they probably don't.

Aaron  

The same thing I talked about. I mean, I'd already switched two, three times before my sophomore year, so there's really no hard commitment. And if they do seem like they got figured out, sure, but you're not them.

Michaela  

And this is the time to figure it out. Like switch your major 1 million times. If you're not completely fully satisfied and happy, then why are you paying money to go here? Like straight up, you need to that you need to experiment. That's what college is for. Obviously, don't be experimenting senior year, but definitely experiment your freshman and sophomore year. Like find what you love, find something that you know that you'll want to do. I I don't know a single person who comes into college and is leaving doing what they thought they were going to leave. Every single one of my roommates has a job that they would have never predicted having as a freshman. So understand that, and even if they think they know what they want now, chances are they're not going to want that in three years. So keep that in mind. Like I had no clue. I was dead set on law school as a freshman, and now I couldn't be further away from that. So I do think like it probably seems that way, but that is not the reality. And like just delete LinkedIn if you're going to get triggered. Protect your piece because right now it is triggering it. I'm like, oh my god, and I had to turn off the notifications. Same. That's what you got to do. That's what you gotta do. Protect your peace. Delete your account. Who cares? Like, don't don't be going. I am honored and thrilled to accept this.

Gianna  

You're like, all right, you know.

Michaela  

Yeah. So, like, do things that will help you. And like, if someone's talking too much, just be like, hey, I don't really know what I want to do. So maybe like similar thing. Like, you don't have to be focused on your future at 18. Focus on 18 at 18.

Katie  

And it's funny because I think I made a joke about it in one of the last episodes that we did. But I had a friend who graduated and was like very certain they did not want that major or want that degree anymore. And I was like, that would suck. Guess who that is right now? That's me. So it's also like the world's not going to end. Also, if you end up like lucky for me, my major is very broad and I can do a lot with it. And the field I want to go into is broad enough where you don't need anything specific. But like if I could do it over again, knowing that I was going to go work in higher education, I would have gotten a psychology degree and I would have like gone a whole different path. But it's part of the process. I would have never found that if I didn't have the path that I did to get here. So as much as I would say I do it again, like it works out how it's supposed to for everybody, regardless of if you graduate and you don't want your major anymore, absolutely, or you graduate and you're not in the field that you want to be in because you can't get a job right now. Like that's okay. It happens to people way more often than we talk about. I think, especially as seniors, like the amount of people that I know that are just working a job because they have to at this point is unfortunately the reality for way more people than we act like it is. 

Michaela  

Absolutely.

Gianna  

So I will say a little piece of tangible advice though is to take your Gen Eds or like Miami plan things first semester like right when you get here, so that way when you're a senior. You can take fun little classes, or you can switch your major as many times as you want, or you can find classes that you might like or might be interested in right when you get here. I wish I did that.

Michaela  

Yeah, absolutely. 

Student Q: Landry  

Hi, my name is Landry Nor. I am a media and communications major with a co major in entrepreneurship and a minor in emerging technology, business, and design, and I do have a question today. I was wondering, what it what is something as a freshman myself that you would say is an important step in my journey to make sure I get the most out of my college experience here at Miami?

Michaela  

You should join major insight.

Katie  

Yeah, that's great advice. I would just say try anything and everything, even if you don't think, even if you have a doubt that you might like it. Like, it's okay to try, and it's okay to continue doing that the entire four years that you're here. And I know Michaela and I have talked about before. We both joined the podcast going into our senior year, and we were like, "Oh, I wish we would have done this sooner. But also, we had other things that we were trying out, and there's so many other things that were happening. We tried everything that we possibly could have. I felt like I know I feel like I've done everything under the sun at this point. So just try anything and everything, regardless of if you're worried about maybe like I don't know. I know for my dance team, we have girls that come in all the time and say, well. I didn't know if I really wanted to dance anymore. Well, I didn't really know if I would want to join a different group and try and make new friends that way. But like, everybody loves it the moment they do it. So just go for it, especially if you're worried about it. Like, fear is the thing that pushes you in a lot of those instances. So,

Michaela  

I think like be a freshman and be a sophomore and be a junior and be be a senior. Like, I think a joke we always make. Me and my roommate Lydia and like our friend Bridget, we were so freshmen. Like I mean, the most freshmen freshmen get. But like I wouldn't change that because I think that's like totally what made our journey so wholesome and so awesome to look back on. Like we send our memories to each other and we're like, what were we doing? Like why are we wearing that? Like this is so bizarre. I'm dying. And then there's other girls we know that like we're trying to be seniors when we are freshmen, you know. And like it's like I think part of the journey is like watching your growth and like seeing like oh that's something I would never do or wear or say today. And so that's what makes college so cool is like being able to like see the transformation. So like I think just don't be too cool to be your age, and like, don't be too cool for the dining hall. That happens so much. Like, I and like not talking about people with like dietary restrictions, but sorry, trying to be exclusive here. But like, just like I don't know, do the things that like people talk about in the movies, because then you'll feel like you're like in a movie, like go knock on all the dorm doors, and I just think don't be afraid to like really embrace it at the beginning because like it's one of like the fondest things I look back on now as a senior is being like oh my gosh we did everything college could have to offer.

Aaron  

I think especially is I think something that really guided me freshman year was like, if you lead, they will follow. A lot of people are in the same boat as you as you walk in a freshman year. They want friends. They want to do stuff. They don't want to be the one person stuck in their dorm with no friends doing nothing. If you lead, they will follow. And there was like many times where I'm like, oh, there's this broomball thing at Goggins. Let's just get a group of people and go, and that's how I've kind of made some of my best friends. Is just like, all right, I'm going to this. Who's coming? And people already just kind of came with me. Talk on the way there. Then we talk on the way back. And like, if we're living in the same dorm, we're gonna become acquaintances. Going to continue to hang out, like lead, and they will follow. I think it's my best advice,

Michaela  

really great advice, and it's so true. Like everyone is trying to be, everyone wants friends. Like there is not. I've never met one person that's like, no, I'm good. I don't want to do like. Everyone wants friends. So like, be the friend that you wish that you had, and like be the person that you wish would come reach out to you because chances are someone wants you that you to reach out to them that same way. So, I think like there's no shame in being weird. There's no shame in being yourself. If you like every single time I knocked on a dorm door, they answered and we hung out. Like I know there's no bad reaction to that unless they're like I'm busy. But even if they do say no, like okay, who cares? Probably not someone you want to be around anyway. So I know a lot of what I'm saying is cliche, but like I genuinely felt like that was my life. 

Aaron  

So no, I also did I did I did something different. I put a door stop in my dorm door and just kept my dorm door open, and like welcome weekend. Just had a my door open. We were playing video games, and just more and more people just filed it. Like 

Michaela  

it's a way to do it. 

Aaron  

It's a way to do it.

Student Q: Kaylani  

My name's Kaylani. I'm a nursing major, and my question is: How much did you actually change as a person, and was that scary for you? And did you ever worry that people back home won't recognize you anymore?

Michaela  

I just had this conversation with my roommates because we were talking about: Do you ever ask your new friend? Like, would we have been friends in high school, or would we have been friends in grade school? That like comes up a lot, and I was saying I actually feel so much more myself as a senior than I did as a freshman because I think there's so much to adjust to. There's so much that's intimidating. There's so much that's scary. There's so much change when you first get to college. I felt like I was not trying to be someone I wasn't because I wouldn't even say that's what I was like consciously doing. I think now that I've come into my own so much and like met the people who make me feel myself and make me feel comfortable, and I've joined the things I love and I'm learning the things I love. I think I feel so connected to myself that like I think the change not didn't go backwards. That's not what I mean because I've definitely grown a lot, but I think my growth has been into like a more confident person, a more assured person. I know exactly who I am. I don't know what I want to do or where I'm going at all, so don't get it twisted. But I, I definitely, definitely know who I am, and I know who I want to be friends with. I know who I want to surround myself with. Where I think as a freshman, I was a little more meek, and I think I wanted to just be friends with everyone, and I wanted to please everyone. And even if they probably weren't my cup of tea, I wanted them to like me. And I think that's a huge thing now. As a senior, I look back and I'm like, I got my people, I got myself, I got my family. I'm all good with you know whoever still. Wants to be around me, so yeah, I don't know. It's kind of long-winded, but I would say I've kind of just grown into someone that I'm proud. I'm proud of.

Aaron  

I think core values of like you aren't gonna like change. 

Michaela  

No,

Aaron  

they'll probably be challenged. You'll probably have some deep conversations about different values, different ideas. Like we all come from different places, different backgrounds, but I think that's just part of it. You're gonna understand other people, other views, and if that changes your point of view, then sure it does. But sometimes you just have the core values that you've hold in your life. 

Michaela  

Yeah,

Katie  

I don't think. I know when I came to college, I felt like I had already been around. Like they always say that you're gonna meet like people from all different walks of life and things like that. I felt like in my hometown, I already did that, and I was like, "Oh, I'm like that's not gonna bother me at all because I have people from all different walks of life at my high school. It's like a smack in the face when you get here and realize that there are people from completely different backgrounds and completely different lifestyles, and regardless of, like you said, like if that challenges you or not, like you need to learn that. I think to go into the real world and actually, like I know friends that are moving to completely different parts of the country where it's going to be a whole different ball game, and they wouldn't be able to adjust the way that they did if they didn't do it at college. But now we've all had this practice of like going somewhere completely different, joining a completely different community than we've had our whole lives, and now we're gonna go leave and probably have to do it all over again. But at least we've learned how to do it. So I feel like it's. I don't feel like I changed as a person to be unrecognizable, but I've definitely become someone who's a little more understanding of situations. I can adjust a lot better. I always say that I am like the best person with change because I used to not be and I used to hate change and that was like the scariest thing ever. But I feel like college is the reason that now I can like run around, do whatever I want. I feel I can go travel and do all these things I said I never would because I was too scared to do them, and now I feel like I'm in a spot where I've overcome that because I had to adjust to college and I had to get used to it. So, long-winded answer of saying it's not going to change you as a person entirely, but you're going to get challenged often with adjusting to the community, adjusting to the people around you. So, it does it for the better.

Gianna  

I feel like it's so weird because it's like I've been thinking about this a lot, and I'm like, I can't really even put into words how much I've changed throughout college, but you're right. Like what Katie said, like I don't feel like I'm unrecognizable from who I was freshman year. My gosh, but I do feel like I am a more self-assured and more confident person. I feel like we were talking, like we were saying, I know what my values are, and I know more of who I am, and I'm to the point where I'm excited to know, like four years from now, who am I going to be then? And I don't know. I just like, oh, it's so weird to think about, and I just cannot like really verbalize it. Yeah, I feel like,

Michaela  

yeah, and it's like emotional too. Like I can't, I can't. I was had to look through my camera roll today for an assignment. I was like,

Gianna  

yep,

Michaela  

I have chills. Like it is so scary that we are already here, and I think, yeah, I agree. It's kind of still a little bit surreal. Yeah, I don't think I've processed it yet. I'm sure other people in my life have seen the change, but I don't know. It's crazy.

Aaron  

I think even for me, like being a sophomore, it's also kind of fun to go back. I mean, two years of college, I've definitely, definitely changed. So you're gonna see like that progress go all throughout the years. But I think for you guys as seniors, you can definitely see from your freshman year to now where you guys have been.

Michaela  

Yeah, I like to call it like um like birth order, like how grades work. Like I was a scared little youngest child as a freshman, and then I was a wild child sophomore year, and like thought I ruled the campus. And then junior year, I like tried to fly under the radar, like cool middle child. And now senior year, I feel like an oldest, wiser person. So that's kind of how I would put it. I think like through all of those experiences, now I feel like the best and most wise version of myself. Cool. All right. Well, we hope you guys enjoyed this second part to our new fun series on Major Insight, where you asked and we answered. Whether the questions are big or small, there's always someone else wondering and worried about the same thing, so we hope some of these questions made you feel a little less alone and a lot more comfortable with college life. Whether you are already experiencing it or you are going into it, just know that everyone is kind of in the same boat as you. But that's what college is all about. It's learning as you go, asking questions, as we noted, and figuring things out along the way because you really don't ever have it fully figured out, and I'm sure me, Katie, and Gianna can all say that we do not have it all figured out. But you learn so much, and hopefully you will know yourself really well by the end of those four years. So many more episodes of Major Insight are available wherever possible. Podcasts are found. Thank you guys for coming on today.

Katie  

Thanks Michaela.

Aaron  

Thank you.

Gianna  

Thank you. Boom.