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Post by oliviadelapp on Apr 18, 2022 20:42:23 GMT
Today I woke up at around 8:40 am to conduct one of my interviews. It was quite hard to wake up this morning, especially since last night was the first time I'd slept in an actual bed that is meant for only one person in the past two days. However, I got up and went to go meet Aya for our interview. I really loved speaking with her and am defintely going to watch Midsommar and/or Hereditary now because of her reccomendations to watch both of them. After my interview with her, I went to the fish bowl in the study to work on sending more emails and to work on my paper for my Neurolaw seminar. I was able to get a 24 hour extension on my paper, so I will probably spend a lot of time working on the paper tomorrow as I am pretty busy today. After finishing my emails and getting a sandwich to go from the study, I walked to Haines Hall for my seminar. I am currently in my seminar on my ten minute break but after this, I plan on squeezing in a bit more work on my neurolaw paper and also reading through the case document for our mock trial workshop again tonight. After reading through this trial, I plan on conducting another one of my intervews with Megan. I am excited to talk to Megan specifically because I am interested in hearing about her experience as a legal assistant at the Jennifer L King law firm. After talking to her, I plan to do some school work for the remaining time before my mock trial workshop at 6. After this workshop, I have an open note psych midterm to take so I'm crossing my fingers that I do well on that. Today is a very busy day for me so I hope that tomorrow runs a little slower and smoother.
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Post by kash on Apr 18, 2022 20:54:24 GMT
Today I woke up around 8 because I had my anthropology four discussion from 9:00-9:50 am. On the way to my discussion, I stopped at the study for some coffee to wake me up because I was very sleepy as yesterday was the first time in three days I slept in my bed, and I simply just wanted to keep sleeping. My Teacher's Assistant let us go early at 9:30 because there was not a lot to be discussed, which was really good because I had my interview with Cia at 10 am, and that way I had more time to prepare for it. Cia brought me some snacks, which was really nice of her because I had not eaten anything all morning, so the snacks definitely provided me some energy. I think the interview went pretty well, and I am really glad that I was able to sit down and talk to her in a one-on-one setting, as I felt that during the rush I really enjoyed her company, so it was nice to start off my week by talking to her. After my interview, I went to B-Cafe on the hill to get some avocado toast, which was absolutely amazing. I also got another coffee because my energy level was definitely at an all-time low, and I have been sitting at B-Cafe ever since. In a while, I will get up and go to the gym really quickly to get a workout in, and then I will head over to the main campus for my interview with Saba. I am extremely excited about it and I hope that it goes well!
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Post by alizanovoa on Apr 19, 2022 0:00:29 GMT
There never seem to be enough hours in the day. It is extremely frustrating because there are so many things I want to accomplish in one day but there's never enough time. I have been stressed with the amount of work that piles up. I like to consider myself an organized person but lately it has been very hard to manage my time. However last night I was very productive. I got back from the retreat I was very productive. I first started by doing all my homework which was anthropology questions and public affairs R studio lab. Those took all day to complete but after I went downstairs put in my laundry and printed out paperwork. I stayed up until four to five am in the morning because I was catching up on life. I was so exhausted that I was moving so slowly that the person at the front desk stared at me. To be fair I did look rough but I was just trying to get into the groove of things. Slowly but surely I am learning how to manage everything. I have set up to talk to my shift manager about changing my schedule so that I am able to attend the meetings created for our development. Because I went to sleep so late I did not want to wake up early to go to class but the good thing was my class did not start until 12:30. I was able to sleep until 10:30 which was very needed for me.
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Post by julianaabraham on Apr 19, 2022 0:24:02 GMT
I woke up today and got ready to go grab some lunch. I went to The Drey, where I ran into my friend and caught up a little. From there, I went straight to my discussion for the day. When I arrived, I was greeted by my friend at the door and we sat together throughout class. In class, we went over our paper prompt for an essay that is due in a week from now. The essay is something that I am not looking forward to as it covers the ethics of Spinoza. After class, I walked back with another one of my friends to the hill. We talked for quite a bit, and then parted ways so that we could each focus on studying. I went to the understory for a while, where I drew a cartoon pitch for the Daily Bruin and wrote some emails. After some time, I decided to go back to the comfort of my room to finish up some work. I looked over the case study and did some of my homework for one of my classes. From there, I plan to attend the Mock Trials Meeting. I hope to learn more about this process, as well as the rules behind it. Once it ends, my Pledge class plans to attempt the first mission: to build a human pyramid. After this is over, I will return to my room to write more emails and finish up some reading before my class tomorrow morning.
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Post by rainajain on Apr 19, 2022 5:13:17 GMT
I woke up today at 7 in order to prepare before my interviews beginning at 9. After my first interview, I went directly to my second as it was in a different location on campus. My first interview was pushed to 9:30, but I was only able to use that extra time walking to the interview as the location changed as well. After my two interviews, I went directly to my neuroscience seminar, which lasted three hours. Immediately after, I attended my statistics lecture. Right after that, I had an interview from 5-6 and then went directly to mock trial. After mock trial, we conducted our mission for another hour. I ended up reaching my dorm at 9:10, and I felt immensely overwhelmed. Those who I interviewed today spoke with me about time management and stress, and though I pride myself on my time management skills, I felt very stressed out today. I truly enjoyed my interviews as every active brother I spoke with took the time to give me advice on pledging, as well as to reassure me that it is difficult for most at first. My big also took the time to reassure me and help me when issues arose with my interviews, which I appreciate greatly. I enjoyed mock trial, and our directors were engaging and very helpful in explaining the process. Though the trial is daunting, I look forward to working with my pledge class to put together something we are proud of. Overall, I am proud of myself for accomplishing all I did today, but I feel very anxious looking at my schedule to come. Still, I know everything I am doing now is helping me to grow on both a professional and personal level, and I am truly grateful to have such a dedicated active body to look up to.
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Post by coltonharrison on Apr 19, 2022 5:33:55 GMT
Today was another long and stressful day. I woke up at 8:30 AM surprisingly before my alarm, however I laid in bed for a little while drafting emails to active members and dragging out the beginning of my very busy day for as long as I could. I got up and showered and grabbed food at the Drey at 11 AM, and I headed down to the study lounge in Olympic to read the Mock Trial briefing for later in the night. The case packet was much longer than I expected, but I found the case to be interesting and very relevant to the world around us. The case seemed eerily similar to the events that unfolded on January 6th 2021 in our nation's capital, as it involves an alt-right radio host who calls his listeners to action to take confidential documents from a government agent. After thoroughly reading the case file I walked down to campus to meet with Allison Szetu for an interview. The interview went well, but I will save the details for my interview journal. Throughout the interview, I saw more active members than I have in one whole day as they walked through Kerkhoff patio, and I stood up to say “Hi” and shake their hand. Following my interview with Alli I made my way up to Lu Valle to wait for my interview with David. While I waited I sent some more emails, and did some homework. David arrived, and we had a wonderful conversation. Finally, I made my way back up to the hill only to grab a small snack and return to campus for my first mock trial meeting. I enjoyed mock trial and although it will be a hefty task to complete and there is indeed a lot of work to do, I am excited to take on a new challenge. I have the difficult task of defending the “Alex Jones” type character, but I am up for the challenge. After the meeting, we successfully completed our human pyramid and walked back up to the hill where we grabbed food and returned to complete our nightly tasks.
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Post by vedantmehra on Apr 19, 2022 6:23:12 GMT
Today I woke up around 10 AM and started getting ready for the day. Sleeping in my own bed as compared to the floor at retreat was definitely a refreshing change. I went to class at 11 AM, and did some homework afterwards. I’m currently sort of behind on my schoolwork, and I need to get organized as soon as possible if I want to properly balance the work I’ve to do for KAPi with my grades. In the afternoon, I worked on sending out emails to active brothers requesting the opportunity to interview them. Unfortunately, not many of them have replied to me so far, so I’m going to keep emailing as many as I can. At 5:30 I headed out to our first mock trial session. I was pretty excited going into it, because I’ve never done a mock trial before and it seems like an interesting challenge. The session as a whole was fun, but productive. I learnt the basic structure of a mock trial, and was introduced to how we would apply that to our case. Narek and Cia were both extremely accommodating, answering all our questions, even the dumb ones. I’m excited but also slightly nervous for the final case presentation, because I now understand how crucial of an element it is to our pledge process. After mock trial, we completed our first mission as a pledge class, the human pyramid. While it was a lot of fun, we could have definitely been more efficient in our execution. After that, I had dinner with my twin, Juliana, at the Study. I’m planning to study for my midterm on Wednesday and work on an essay I have due tomorrow for the rest of the night.
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Post by jackcarleton on Apr 19, 2022 6:23:25 GMT
Today I woke up around 9:20 am for my interview with Elaine at 10 am. I am normally not a morning person so even though 9:20 isn't early for most people, I was struggling to get out of bed this morning. I was nervous walking over to Kerckhoff, but our interview was actually really fun. Elaine is a super cool person who's really easy to talk to. Our interview ended up going forty minutes over the hour we had planned on, but it didn't feel like much time had passed at all. After our interview wrapped up, I went to Bplate and then the mailing center to pickup some new jeans from Depop. After I got back to my dorm I tried the jeans on, and got ready to leave for my 2pm interview with Allison. This interview was just as enjoyable as the one with Elaine, as Allison is also a really fun person to talk to. After our interview I went to Wooden to play pickup with some friends for about an hour. After this, I went back to my room and sent out some interview requests to other active members. Once I had sent those out, it was time to go to the mock trial meeting with Narek and Cia. I was running late so I birded to Bunche. Mock trial was really fun and informative, and I'm excited to start planning with the other members of the prosecution. I'm happy I got to play an expert witness because I feel like that role is best suited to my limited acting skills. After mock trial, my pbros and I filmed our first mission. I was very proud of everyone for getting it done pretty quickly, giving us time to go to Rende before 9. After Rende, I got to work on my musicology assignment due at midnight. Once I submitted that, I started writing my interview journals, and this journal. After I submit this one I am going to change and go to Wooden to lift, and then stay up pretty late drafting emails and doing other school work due tomorrow.
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Post by abigailrubtsova on Apr 19, 2022 6:28:07 GMT
Today and this past week have been very hectic. Not having access to technology over the weekend has put me slightly behind in my classes. I am extremely stressed out, and not sleeping much has truly not helped. I haven’t been in the best head space recently. A lot of personal things have come up, and I am so mentally exhausted. I do have a therapy intake for Thursday that I am honestly excited for. I think with everything that has been going on it is good for me to have someone to talk to. Despite the negative, I am still doing okay. I like to remember the small things that make up the positive aspects of my life, and those small things are honestly so much more important. I am thankful for the retreat. I believe all of that time spent with my pledge brothers was very fun, as I feel that we are such good friends in such a short amount of time. I also am glad I wasn’t using technology, despite being behind, because I had the ability to distance myself from all the negativity. My friends have also been so supportive of me these past few days. I am glad I have friends that I can trust and that care about me so much. I am also excited to have Aya as my big. She is so cool and I am looking forward to spending more time with her. All in all, I am in a bit of a rough patch, but I know I will get through it. I do enjoy doing these journals as it gives me time to reflect on my day/week, and sometimes to think about things I otherwise would not have. I am hoping to get a good seven hours of sleep tonight, so I can be more alert during my long day tomorrow.
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Post by jonalyngaspar on Apr 19, 2022 6:30:38 GMT
Today was super eventful. I first had two lectures back to back, then interviews that followed. In regards to the interviews, I thought they were both very enjoyable and insightful. Being able to have the opportunity to interview the active brothers has honestly encouraged me to be more open as a person. In reflection, retreat this past weekend was one of the most enjoyable experiences I have ever had. Every individual within the active body was so nice and welcoming. It in itself was so fulfilling meeting everyone in a more casual setting. In continuation, post retreat was not the best. I was physically ill and constantly vomiting due to my actions during retreat. As I reflect back on that moment, I definitely regret drinking as much as I did. And in the near future, I will not drink to that extent anymore. But one of my highlights during the retreat was meeting my family and big. Being able to have a support system is so amazing. As well as having someone guide me during the pledging process, is truly helpful and relieves a lot of stress. I am super excited and looking forward to getting to know my big even better this weekend. And I am hopeful his guidance will truly shape me into a better version of myself. Overall this entire pledging process has been very rewarding in every way possible and I am happy to say that I get to experience it with everyone around me within the fraternity.
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Post by korrale on Apr 19, 2022 6:35:15 GMT
At 9am today I woke up and pressed the snooze button. 10 minutes later, I realized that I had to meet someone at 9:30 am because I still had not finished my chemistry post-lab. I got up, dragged myself to the shared restroom on my floor, and somehow managed to get ready. After this, I did manage to do work for about an hour and then I had to leave for class, which started at 11. I learned about 10 different plant families because the class was about Forest Ecosystems. Apparently, most figs are inedible and most fruits that are edible are part of the Rosaceae family. I now know what loaved leaves are and that you can identify plants of the Rosaceae family by their red stems and serrated leaves. I’ve been putting off a trip to the Botanical Gardens but if I do have time soon, I’ll go there and see how many plants I can identify. I hope that I have free time soon so I can do this and enjoy a small break from the recent chaos. Today, I learned that the movie Morbius isn’t worth the money for the ticket and so if I still want to watch it, I think I will watch it on my laptop instead of in theatres. It was a bit of a long day for me today, so I am very much looking forward to sleeping. I can’t wait to lie in bed, hug some comfortable pillows, and fall asleep.
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Post by faithndegwa03 on Apr 19, 2022 6:37:49 GMT
Today was completely exhausting. I woke up at 9 am after a few hours of sleep to finish homework and prep for my meeting with Vidya at 11 am. I really enjoyed the interview with her - we care a lot about the same issues. I realized that we both have similarities with our upbringing (growing up as the only minority in a space full of majorities) and I got to learn how it shaped her career goals. We definitely clicked and I look forward to learning more about her in the future. When I finished, I returned home and took a small break before getting ready for class. After class, I attended an interview with Hanna. She was so fun to interview and do not think it could have gone better. I ended my day studying the case for Mock Trial, attending Mock Trial, then completing our “Human Pyramid” mission due tomorrow. The highlight of my day was definitely getting to see my big, Elaine - she was definitely my perfect match for a big. The whole rush & initiation process has been so overwhelming - I literally have not used a single swipe since before retreat over how stressed I am to do well in both Kappa Alpha Pi and my academic courses. On top of that, I already have massive problems with sleep and it has been even worse with this new workload (I do not think I have gotten more than 4 hours of sleep since before the retreat). However, Elaine has done a great job of checking in with me and making sure that I am on track to be successful in Kappa Alpha Pi. I love how free-spirited and carefree she is and yearn to be more like that myself. I really cannot ask for a better Big  |
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Post by danieljudd on Apr 19, 2022 6:56:28 GMT
Today was a pretty eventful day. I woke up late today, still recovering from everything that happened this weekend. After waking up I went to my microeconomics course where we learned about price elasticity, a topic I knew about previously because of AP MicroEcon. After my class I went to the gym where I did pull and then I went to bplate. Following bplate i ran to anderson to have an interview with Nathan, we ended up walking around anderson and found a cool balcony where we conducted our interview. We talked about our love for international relations and career hopes for the future. After our interview I met up with my highschool friends and we hung out at ackerman, I got a rootbeer( the best soda of all time) and then I wrote a TON of interview emails for actives. I am super grateful for my big Eric, he helped me so much with the interview process. I was incredibly worried that I would not hit quota, but through his support and kindness, I think I should be able to hit it completely on time. After sending out some more emails I went to the mock trial meeting. I was intially really nervous because I have never done mock trial, but now after the meeting Im honestly pretty excited for it, I think that we will learn a lot and bond with the pledge class through the mock trial process. After the meeting we all did the human pyramid challenge, and then a bunch of us went to go get rende west together. Now I am hanging out with my girlfriend and doing some homework before going to sleep. I have a ton of work and interviews tomorrow, so I really should go to sleep early.
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Post by lesliehernandez on Apr 19, 2022 7:00:53 GMT
Today was one of those days where I kinda just felt like giving up not gonna lie. It was just an overwhelming day even from the morning. I just woke up so discouraged, and not just from the process but from life in general. I went to sleep at 3 in the morning because I stayed up all night writing emails. I had to wake up at 7am to get to work so I was so sleep deprived and I think it was that, that made me feel so discouraged from even starting the day. I woke up so discouraged to even start my day, I didn’t want to get out of bed but like every other day it had to be done because the world doesn't stop moving for anyone to take a break. I had to run to work because I decided to give myself a couple extra minutes just cause it was a bad morning. Work was the same old, same old. I went home right after because I was so tired and wanted to squeeze in a 5 minute power nap. I got home to take my nap but woke up in a worse mood because I just didn’t wanna leave my bed. Eventually I got up and got ready for my first interview of the day. But as I was getting ready I completely just broke down. I started crying and weeping. It was a horrible feeling, I started to feel like I just couldn’t do it. I go so in my head I convinced myself that I couldn’t do this, there was no way I could work 2 jobs to support myself, be a full time student, hold my board positions for my other organizations, and pledge at the same time. I managed to calm myself down and just reminded myself that it was simply just a bad moment, that if I continued with my day then it would be over soon. I will say my day got so much better towards the end. My interview with Elaine, and my meeting with my P-Bros really helped, it reminded me that I do wanna be here, and I want to prove myself that I can do it!
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Post by cyacoleman on Apr 19, 2022 12:56:39 GMT
Today has been extremely stressful. I was up until 4 am trying to play catch up on assignments that I was unable to complete before leaving for retreat. Unfortunately, due to my lack of sleep, I did not wake up in time to make it to my phy sci lecture at 9 am. Honestly, I think this is the start of a pretty bad day. After missing my first class I was pretty upset and was not really in a mood to be very productive. I actually ended up staying in my room much longer than I should have before getting up to go to my 3 pm film and television discussion. This discussion was not too bad. It was only 50 minutes and for the most part, our TA just recapped the slides from the lecture which was nice. After this class, I walked back to the hill where I attempted to accomplish some work but ended up taking an hour-long nap instead. Not too long after my nap, I prepared myself to walk over to Kaplan hall for the mock trial workshop. I made it there early and I sat in the hallway in front of room A40 for about 5 minutes before realizing that none of my pledge brothers were there nor were they coming. After refreshing my email I realized that the meeting room was actually moved to Bunche hall. By this point, my day was at a good 4/10 and steadily declining. As I was walking over to bunche hall I somehow managed to get lost and by now it was 6 so I was officially late to the meeting. Part of me really just wanted to go home but fortunately, I found the room after being lost for who knows how long. While getting lost was quite frustrating I will say I did really enjoy the mock trial workshop. I'm excited to work with our case more. I think we are going to put on a very entertaining trail.
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