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Post by oliviadelapp on Apr 19, 2022 18:39:44 GMT
After only getting 4 hours of sleep last night, it was particularly hard waking up this morning. I rolled out of bed at 7:15 for my 8am dinosaur lab, put on my business professional clothes, grabbed a celsius, and headed out the door. I've discovered that I really enjoy the time walking down to class, as it gives me the opportunity to decompress and get ready for the day ahead of me. I was able to work together with some of my classmates on the lab and figure out most of the answers for our lab before our TA went over them, and after that I headed down the stairs to walk back to my dorm. Before I went to my dorm, I stopped at the UCLA store to pick up toothpaste since I am running out. Once getting to my dorm, I said goodbye to one of my roommates who was just leaving for her first class, and tried to finish the social chair presentation that Vedant and I are presenting at tonight's meeting. I then prepared my interview questions for my interview with Chanel today, and studied a little more for out first quiz that we will have during tonights pledge meeting. That leads me up to the present. After this I plan on going to the study and getting food and then working in the fishbowl until its time for my dinosaur lecture, and then attending that and afterwards interviewing Chanel. Following our interview, I will do my final preparations for our pledge meeting tonight and then attend a hopefully successful meeting with my pledge brothers.
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Post by rainajain on Apr 19, 2022 22:10:58 GMT
Today, I did not get much sleep. I credit my anxiety levels for this, but I hope that they go down in the future so that I am able to better perform my daily activities. I got out of bed around 7:30 A.M in order to prepare for my 9:00 A.M musicology class. I enjoyed my walk down, as I spent it with a friend I have in the class. However, the sun made the walk in my suit a bit more uncomfortable. I know that I need to get used to this regardless, especially since I aspire to enter into a field where this dress is expected. After my class, I went to Anderson, where I saw my Assistant Vice President of Recruitment, Journey. I gave her a handshake and wished her a nice day. After this, I studied for a few hours in the cafe. I enjoy this time, as being in a public space helps me feel more productive. I also saw active brothers Eric and Jacob, who I approached as well. After this, I returned to my dorm where I completed my statistics lab and tidied up some other loose ends. I finalized my agenda for tonight's pledge meeting, which will be the first meeting I attend as acting pledge class Vice President. I anxiously await the meeting, as I am excited to represent my professionalism skills. Still, I hope to make my pledge brothers and AVPR/ VPR proud with my conduct in todays meeting. I am interviewing Via in an hour, and I look forward to getting to know her better. After the meeting, I plan to send out interview requests and begin my musicology midterm.
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Post by kash on Apr 19, 2022 23:31:18 GMT
Today I should have woken up around 8 am, but I kept hitting snooze till 8:30 am, which was not ideal. I had to meet Lucas at Tongva Steps at 9:30 am, and since today was a business professional day, it definitely took me longer than I am used to in order to get ready in the morning. I ate a couple of granola bites while I downed my morning coffee, and then headed to the main campus for my interview. I think it went pretty well, and I definitely learned a lot from Lucas regarding his Kappa Alpha Pi experience, and his life in general. After the interview, I had to go to my management 1B class, which my pledge brother Colton is also in! But before I entered the building, I saw my Assistant Vice President of Recruitment, Journey, so I stopped to say hello to her. I was not sure when approaching her if she was in a meeting or not, so at first I was a little hesitant because I did not want to interrupt her work, but then she saw me and encouraged me to come over to her. After management, I met one of my friends back at Tongva Steps, where we both accidentally fell asleep in the sun because we were both simply so exhausted. However, we knew we had to get up and work, so we walked to Powell, where I did work for a bit before I headed down to Westwood for my meeting with Akunnia, which I was very excited about as I felt like I got to talk to Akunnia a lot during the retreat, and vibed with her extremely well.
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Post by jonalyngaspar on Apr 20, 2022 5:18:53 GMT
Last night I only got 4 hours of sleep and had a back to back interview with some active brothers. But when I woke up today, I had a massive sunburnt on my face from the previous day as I chose to not wear sunscreen. Then I enjoyed some lunch with one of my pledge brothers at Taco bell. I ordered a crunchy taco and nachos which was very satisfying to my body. Then I went on amazon to look for sunscreen to order. I ended up getting one that was spf 50 that was also good enough to treat my sensitive skin. It is a new brand that I have not used, so I am hesitant if it will make my skin worse.But after, I went back to my dorm to study for the quiz this pledge meeting. But I still ended up not passing, and my failure has put my twin and I into a position that we may not necessarily want to be in. As the days go by, pledging has been a time consuming process which forces me to be more organized. But as I look forward to tomorrow, I am excited about the pledging social my pledge brothers and I have been planning. I dread waking up tomorrow because I am helping my pledge brother Olivia get supplies for the social at 7:30 am. And my night still has not come to an end, as I still have many assignments to complete. As well as send follow up emails to those who I have interviewed so far.
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Post by danieljudd on Apr 20, 2022 5:23:15 GMT
Today has been a long day. Midterms and the pledge process has begun to get to me. I had to miss a lecture this morning in order to fulfill my interview quota and then I had to rush to my writing 2 class where we started to prepare for our midterm that is coming up next week. We got a bad grade back on our first problem set for microeconomics also, so I have to study a lot more for that class. After classes I grabbed an ice coffee and got lunch before quickly getting ready for my interview with Elaine. After the interview I finished up my interview journals, and then set off to the pledge meeting. I was super stressed out that I would not pass the test, because I usually have a really bad memory, unfortunately my fears ended up correct, I failed the quiz the first time. Because of that I know have to prep to get a 100% on the upcoming quiz or risk probation. Hopefully I can study more this week and get a perfect score. I will also work on sending out all my interview emails early, so that I can hit quota and dont have to worry about doing so and can focus on midterms later in the week. I'm super happy for my big though because today after our meeting Eric brought me In-N-Out which was super awesome! Overall its been quite the hectic day, and all the work and responsibilities are starting to catch up with me leading me to believe that this will be a tough quarter for me, especially if I want to maintain my GPA and social life on the side of the pledging process.
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Post by faithndegwa03 on Apr 20, 2022 5:46:48 GMT
I interviewed Isabela, Zz, and Alli. I enjoyed talking to Isabela about her time in New York. I LOVED my meetings with Zz and Alli. With Zz, we definitely shared an interest in working in policy because we recognize the inequalities that individuals in the justice system go through both during and after incarceration. I enjoyed getting her advice about picking up a heavy workload (since she is a double major with a minor and that is what I plan to pursue as well) and will definitely keep her advice in mind for the future. She was one of my favorite people to talk to and hope we can share more conversations throught the rest of my pledge process.
My interview with Alli was also one of my favorites. We spend the interview speaking about so many different topics from attachment styles to childhood traumas to colorism and even zodiac signs. We share so many interests when it comes to our views - especially as racial minorities. It was really comforting to know that although these problems are disheartening, I wasn’t the only person going through it. I cannot wait to get to know her more throught the remainder of my pledge process
The highlight of my day has definitely been preforming for the active body. I think Jack and I’s performance of “Sorry” is definitely one that will go down in Kappa Alpha Pi Aftermath history. My most regretful part was not charging the active body for that performance because that show was too good to be free. I also wish my pledge brother and I’s performance was recorded because I believe that was one of the greatest performances we have ever put on infront of the most lively live audience. 10/10 would do again and 10/10 would recommend.
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Post by abigailrubtsova on Apr 20, 2022 6:05:27 GMT
I would say today was a very productive day. Last night I made myself go to sleep relatively early so I would have around 7 hours of sleep and be slightly more functional during the day. This did prove effective. I was still tired during the day but at least I was able to get through it without fighting the urge to skip class and sleep. I had an 8am interview with Cia, and we got breakfast at BPlate. I was very thankful Cia accommodated me, she was the only reason I made quota. I genuinely cannot express how grateful I am for that. I also appreciated that we got breakfast together because it started my day off right. I had a 9am, but I really enjoy that class (Music and the Holocaust), so I don’t mind going at all. I am genuinely excited to go to lectures every time. I have a good friend in that class, and we typically grab lunch together after, almost every time. I am very thankful for this friend. She is so generous and kind, and is always doing small things for me that mean a lot. She gave me Advil today since my head was pounding. We went to Lu Valle after for coffee and to do work. My sister called me and I talked to her for a while about what has been going on with me personally. She was being very reassuring and supportive so it helped with my emotional state a lot. I then went to my Jerusalem class, then to get ready for my interview with Eric. It was very nice and I really liked talking to him. Unfortunately, we didn’t discuss much about fundraising, but I am planning on talking to him and Kylie about fundraising soon. After that, I ran into a really good friend of mine that I hadn’t seen in a while, and he sat with me while I worked on my interview journals. The pledge meeting was successful I would say. Afterwards, it was a bit emotional, but I think it was an experience that brought us together. I have a lot to get done tonight, so I will be up for a while.
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Post by alizanovoa on Apr 20, 2022 6:09:31 GMT
Today was a really hard day for me. I woke up with my computer not working so I call my dad to see if there is any way that I can fix my computer. I stayed on the phone with my dad just talking about how I did not know what to do. After I called my dad my friend came over and fixed my computer. This was perfect because I had to finish a lot of the work from when it stopped. As I go ready my go-to thing is listening to the audio of my books because I can still retain the information. It was a busy day which made it more difficult for me. I think I have just been exhausted and have not worked this hard in a long time. However, I am still pushing myself to constantly do better but I go to my breaking point twice. I think the combination of stress from school, work, and home life got to me. I thought I was doing good because I was able to hit all the interviews that I had scheduled. After my last interview it went downhill for me I was doing my best to accomplish other things but it gets hard out here. I am constantly learning new things about how to manage my time. But tonight was the worst thing I have ever experienced. Getting up to perform and forgetting the lyrics was not it for me. And crying was so embarrassing I think I scared my pledge brothers. It hurt the most knowing I saw someone laugh at me in the audience. That hurt the worst and to this moment it still hurts because I am so fast to forgive but this genuinely going to be that I came to my pledge brother's Faith room because I could not face my roommates. Being with her is the most comforting and I even fell off her chair.
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Post by coltonharrison on Apr 20, 2022 6:18:32 GMT
My day today was relatively busy but not quite as stressful as yesterday. I had all of my interviews lined up for today; it was just a matter of executing them successfully. I woke up at 8:15 am and showered before getting dressed in my business professional attire. I should really take this stuff to the dry cleaners soon because it is starting to get a little bit musty from sweating in it all day. Anyways my roommate and I walked to BPlate, but because they updated the symptom survey again with a whole new list of questions, it took me a while to get inside. Once inside I had a quick breakfast and packed up to walk down to class; on the way I saw multiple active members and I shook their hand before continuing to class. My Econ 41 class is today and it is starting to get a little bit confusing as the probabilities become more and more complicated. After my econ class I walked to my Management 1B class, where I had to sit in the back of the classroom in order to charge my iPad while I took notes. After class, I continued to Kerckhoff where I would spend the remainder of my day speaking with actives, sending out emails, and working on homework. I had wonderful conversations with Zz, Cia, and Narek and I cannot thank them enough for volunteering their time. My conversation with Narek was especially long, and so a large portion of my pledge class happened to be at Kerckhoff where we departed for our pledge meeting. This meeting was much more successful than the last and we were much more productive. I still believe that we could become more efficient with our time, but I have already noticed great progress from the week prior.
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Post by julianaabraham on Apr 20, 2022 6:29:26 GMT
Today, I woke up and got ready to meet Faith. We talked on the way to main campus over our ideas for Philanthropy events and what our theme should be. We discussed the structure and responsibilities of our new roles and how it should be delivered during the pledge meeting tonight. After that, I went to my ethics class. Once my ethics class was over, I shaked a few active hands before heading to my second class of the day. I stopped to talk to my friends on the way to class before I headed inside. Once the class ended, I immediately went back and changed in my dorm. The white top I had been wearing was too revealing so I had to change into one that I could wear without needing a jacket over it. From there, I met with Akunnia and Kash at Justboba. Then, I met with Narek and Isabella at Kerkhoff. After these interviews, I attended the pledge meeting and walked over to wait outside during the general body meeting. After everything concluded, I went back to the hill and ate with my twin. I am ending the night with homework.
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Post by vedantmehra on Apr 20, 2022 6:33:05 GMT
Today has been an extremely exhausting day. I stayed up till 3:30 AM working last night, and woke up at 8:30 to get ready for my interview with an active brother, Narek, that was scheduled at 9:30. We got breakfast together at BPlate, and had a very interesting conversation - we spoke about his childhood, and how his family constantly moved around before settling here. He also told me a lot about Armenian culture. After breakfast, I hurried to attend my interview scheduled at 11 with Elaine, where we had a fun, energetic conversation. After that, I got lunch with my roommates, and unwinded by watching part of a soccer game (my favorite team was playing). After that, I headed to Kerckhoff to attend my interview scheduled with Cia at 4:30. At today's meeting, we got feedback from the active body on our performance as pledges so far. I definitely need to improve in regards to how I take initiative with greeting actives when they're in a large group or eating dinner. However, my slip-up was very early into the pledge process, and I believe I wouldn't repeat the same mistake again. I was slightly tense presenting our plan for the Pledge Social to the active body today. However, I was surprised as to how they received it. While I didn't expect outright praise, I'm grateful for the constructive criticism they gave Olivia and I, which helped us work on our plan. I was especially happy to receive feedback on our theme from Journey, which is definitely going to improve the aesthetic of the event. On the negative side, I will end up submitting an important paper worth 15% of my grade late tonight because I couldn't balance doing my interviews, planning the social, and schoolwork together. I'm quite upset that I will receive negative marks for my late submission, but I know I have to manage my time better next time. I also have a midterm tomorrow afternoon which I'm pretty unprepared for. And like earlier, I've been struggling to find the time to go to the gym consistently. Overall, I need to step up my game and not let my pledge duties affect my grades again.
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Post by korrale on Apr 20, 2022 6:36:29 GMT
I woke up at 7am today because I had an interview at 8am. It was hard to get up that early for me because I’m not an early bird. The interview was with Caroline and it went well. We were at the Study so we ate while we talked. Even though it was early in the , most of the seats in the Study were filled already. I later interviewed Akunnia and Zz before going to class. Akunnia’s interview was mainly about her travels and it was super interesting to hear. Zz’s interview was mostly about her passion for education reform and the Public Affairs department. She praised it very highly and even suggested that I look into a Public Affairs minor, which I will do. After that interview, I returned to my dorm to write some thank-you emails and attend an online class. This class wasn’t usually online but the professor felt unwell today and she decided to lecture over Zoom instead. This worked out great for me because I was a bit tired and didn’t want to walk to class. After all the walking I’ve been doing this week, I think I’ll reach a point where I’ll finally try a Bird scooter soon. It would cost a lot more than walking but it would likely save me so much time. After that class, I had about an hour until my interview with Isabella. While we were there, Narek, Cia, and Josiah joined. It was great to see all of them and say hi. Directly after that interview was the pledge meeting. By this time, I was nearly exhausted and just wanted to finish off my day. Immediately after our meeting ended, I returned to my dorm to shower and just sit in bed.
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Post by lesliehernandez on Apr 20, 2022 6:56:27 GMT
Today was actually a pretty decent day. I knew that if I wanted to have a better day than yesterday then I would need to have a different mindset. So today I started my morning by listening to my favorite song of the week, which is currently Run & Hide by Nicki. And it honestly helped me out so much, it just let me start my morning off on a good note, which in a way kind of encouraged me to start my day and take it just one moment at a time. I had three interviews that were back to back. I decided not to go to class so I could have time to eat, write emails, and clean my room. I felt so bad because lately I have been lacking, and my roommate asked me to help her keep the room clean and do my part so I felt pretty bad. But it just sucks cause lately it feels like I don't even have time to breathe, much less clean my roommate, make time to cook, and de-stress, it's just been a lot lately. After I went to work at my office assistant job. I then took the hour I had to write more follow-up emails before the pledge meeting. The pledge meeting was pretty straight forward, nothing too overwhelming for my co-historian and I yet. However I know that as the missions continue, the organizing is going to get more stressful. Afterwards we went over to present some things to the active body at the general body meeting, and that’s where things were not-so smooth sailing. One of my Probs had a tough time and it reminded me of myself and how I felt. Trying to encourage my Pbro and remind her that she is here for a reason was actually also really encouraging upon myself. I’m not gonna lie, every day is a battle of wanting to drop and just remind myself to get through what I have to do whether emails, interviews, journals, planning. I know that the process is long and dragging and it’s meant to break us down and build you up, and I’m glad I’m starting to see it this way. I hope I can spread this knowledge to my fellow Pbros.
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Post by jackcarleton on Apr 20, 2022 6:57:29 GMT
I only slept three hours last night. It was mostly due to my own poor choice to stay up very late for no real reason. I was just up watching Netflix till 4:30, before I had to get up for an interview with Cia at eight in the morning. The interview was really nice however, and we got breakfast together at Bplate with my pledge brother Abigail. It was really nice talking with her and learning more about her own process as a pledge, as well as her favorite animes. After our interview I went back to my room and did laundry and slept until it was time to leave for my 11 am lab. During lab I didn't actually do any work, I just worked on work for other classes and drafted emails to active members of Kappa Alpha Pi. After lab I went to bombshelter and got a double shot latte to wake up. I drank this while I sat by Janss and studied my pledge brothers information. At 1 pm I had another interview with Zz which was also really enjoyable. She's a super cool person and it was interesting to learn more about sexperts at UCLA, as well as get good LA thrifting recommendations for cheaper places with good stuff. After our interview I walked back to the hill and went to Bplate. After Bplate I went back to my room and drafted some thank you emails to the people I interviewed the day before. Then it was time to go to my last interview of the day with Vidya by YRL. I had a lot of fun talking with her as well. We found out that my aunt who I used to visit every summer lives only a few miles away from where she grew up in suburban Philly. I also learned a lot about public affairs, which is super helpful for picking what i want to double major or minor in. After our interview I went to Powell and did a little last second studying of my pbros information, before heading to our pledge meeting at 6. The meeting went better than I expected, and I only got one aftermath which I was pleasantly surprised by. It was honestly pretty fun singing in front of the active body even though it was hella embarrassing. I was also pleasantly surprised to find out I was only one of two people to get a perfect score on my quiz. Jonalyn unfortunately came up one question short, but it's all good because we'll both pass next week. After our meeting I met up with my girlfriend and ate the Cava that Peter was kind enough to give to me. He unfortunately neglected to put a fork in the bag, however, forcing me to walk all the way from De Neve commons back up to my room to grab one. Overall it was a pretty hectic day, and I'm looking forward to skipping class and sleeping in tomorrow.
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Post by cyacoleman on Apr 20, 2022 6:57:42 GMT
Twas another long and and daunting day. I woke up this morning actually I did not wake up. I ineed up pulling an all nighter to get all my class work don and insured I was going to meet quata. Around 8 am I decided to tart my day i showered then got dressed in my business professional attire for the day. My first to do list chore was meeting with Vedant and Narek this interview was very enjoyable. We really took the time to get to know Nerek by asking him questions about his life both in and outside of Kappa Alpha Pi. He also shared with us what it was like for him to move between countries so frequently in his life. Why I have not had the experience of living in another country or just moving between countries in general. While our experiences are not the same i could definitely relate to him on having to move a lot and not being able to maintain those friendship connections. We then disscussed a plethora of other topics like Nareks villain era as a child which i thought was iconic. After Narek, Vedant and i walked to sproul hall where we met with Elaina for our next interview. This one was also really great. She is such a cool big i really like how comfortable she is being with them. Honestly, just seeing all of the littles pairied with their bigs makes so much since. My last interview was at 3 pm with Allison and she was the coolest person ever. I feel like I was really able to click with her and open up about mysel naturally which was a really cool feeling.
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