Hindsight is 20/20

     I took a quick peek at my degree audit today to ensure everything was all prepared for my graduation in May.  There are still a few kinks to work out regarding an incomplete course I have on there from last semester; the final paper has since been graded and now the paperwork to change it on my transcript just needs to be processed.  I'm so close I can taste it though.

It's clear from my degree audit what kind of person I am:

• I aced Biology and all of my Psychology courses because I like the subjects and they interest me.
• I aced all of the classes I've had with one professor because she's my favorite and her teaching style suits my learning style.
• I suck at math; I barely scraped by Statistics and my D in Honors Principles of Macroeconomics was not my fault.  I'm not a Business major.
• I aced my U.S. History course but only managed a C in my Survey of American Lit class.

In retrospect, I've learned I regret a few things though:

• My overall preference for British literature over American is only partly to blame for my grade in that class.  My U.S. History professor was awesome and I learned a ton from him.  The Am Lit professor was a pretentious snob who didn't like opinions that differed from his own and was distinctly dispassionate about the course, making me care even less (hence the C).  I regret taking him. 

• Side note: If you're in college, do your research on professors. Last semester I started picking classes based on my interests and which professors got the best ratings.  Other than my one class I need for a requirement, all of my classes interest me and the professors are awesome.  It means I don't exactly have classes at optimal times but I'm happy.  Save yourself the headache and make yourself happy first.  

• I wish I had known what Add/Drop was when I was a freshman.  I was trying to stay in the Honors Program which is how I ended up in that God-awful Macroeconomics class.  Obviously I failed miserably at it and my itty bitty eighteen year-old brain couldn't handle what the seniors in my class were learning.  If I had known I was going to leave the Honors Program then, I would have dropped it so fast.

• I wish I had admitted to myself that I hated Communication Disorders a little sooner.  For those of you who don't remember, I started off as a Special Education major with a concentration in Communication Disorders.  I HATED it.  I was also horrible at it; it just didn't come naturally to me.  I went to Spain, realized just how unhappy I was, came back to school, took a semester to just take some general education required courses, and changed my major.

• Another side note: I've finally come to feel at home in the English department.  I know about half the students and most of the faculty.  I could have stayed an extra semester and done an ATP grant project or an Honors Thesis, but I'm pretty much out of classes to take unfortunately.  It would just be delaying the inevitable, but I still regret that I didn't find my home until my final year in college.

     As of today, I have exactly fifty-nine days until graduation.  This includes weekends and other days I'm not in class.  I'M SO CLOSE!!!  HOME STRETCH, FOLKS!!!