I love my 8:00AM’s. This is certainly not going to be a popular opinion, but I’ve been very happy with my decision to schedule classes beginning at either 8:00AM or 8:30AM four of five days a week. Although I was definitely a little worried coming in about my ability to get myself out of bed, beyond the fifteen-minute period of self-hatred I experience as my alarm goes off, I’ve really enjoyed having the whole day ahead of myself. And coming off my recent, somewhat polar switch of engineering majors from Computer Science/Business Administration (CSBA) to Chemical Engineering, I’ve also enjoyed the freshness of the new content of my classes.
It’s football season. Good news: the novelty of the gameday experience has yet to wear off. Even better news: it likely never will. Though this doesn’t mark that significant of a change from freshman year, gamedays are back better than ever. What is slightly different this year, however, is that the Trojans are projected to be a top-tier team with a shot at a national title – and their back-to-back home wins through the first two weeks have shown us why. Good team, great sport, unforgettable times.
There’s always more LA to see. Again, perhaps this is not the most significant change since freshman year, but weekend trips around the greater Los Angeles areas have continued to be among my favorite college hobbies. This year, I’ve ventured over to the Bronson Caves in Griffith Park where the 1960s Batman television series was filmed, explored some of the city’s underground tunnels beneath the LA County Hall of Records, and have taken several day-trips to Santa Monica, Malibu and Manhattan Beach. Check out my photos above and below.
With all these things going on, it’s definitely been a busy, but rewarding semester thus far. And although it may very well be too early to claim that the sophomore slump has, in fact, been avoided, with the long-list of exciting things going on around campus – in spite of having enough schoolwork piling up to keep me busy for weeks to come – I’m not too worried about any of USC’s novelty wearing away.
Fight on!
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