A Senior Perspective: What I Would Have Done Differently

By Sara Bojanski

As a senior graduating in May, I have been reflecting on my college experience a lot lately. I have come up with a list of things that I should have done differently that would have made my life a little bit easier.

            I would have actually read LARP books. My first couple of times in LARP I probably read collectively about fifteen pages, and believe me, my final grade reflected it. As I progressed through school, I realized that my grades are actually important (imagine that) and that I needed to buckle down. LARP became much easier when I actually knew what I was talking about, and reading was totally worth it in the end because I didn’t look like a total idiot in class.

                      Procrastination should be my middle name. I am the absolute queen of waiting until the last minute about everything. When there is heavy snow, do I allow myself more time on the highway to get to where I am going? Never, I’d rather be late. The same used to go for my schoolwork. I have literally before been up all night typing a paper, or finishing a project. You know those projects that you have all semester to complete and you knew about it since day one of class? I used to be Mrs. Night Before. I remember my mother always telling me that one day my procrastination was going to catch up to me. It did, many times. I now realize that if you work on a project a little bit at a time it is much easier to complete and way less stressful. Believe me, I have done it both ways and the latter is most effective.

            Staying out all night and coming to class hung over is a bad idea. Smelling like booze and looking like you got hit by a Mac truck is not attractive. Plus, it is way too obvious to everyone else in class (including the professor), so don’t act like you are “sick”, nobody will buy it. Also, it is nearly impossible to retain any information that you are being taught when all you are thinking about is hitting the bathroom, then your bed.

            I know that people must learn from their own mistakes. I know I had to. The day will eventually come when you become more responsible (gasp) but it also comes with maturity. I wish that I would’ve taken school more seriously in my early years, maybe then I wouldn’t be a fifth-year senior. But I wised up, got my priorities straight and am counting down the days until graduation.