Sophomore Connor

I am a sophomore Health and Exercise Science student from Pennsylvania. Coming to Colorado State was one of the best decisions I've ever made, and I am enjoy every aspect of college, ups and downs.

     My second year at CSU is going awesomely. My roommates make our house very entertaining, and living close to campus gives me the opportunity to utilize the library when I need to. Last year at this time in the semester, I was a little stressed out by all the midterms, still making relationships with people, and trying to do extracurricular activities. Right now, I'm happily working away at my lectured classes, getting the concepts down. I'm living with my three best friends. And I'm busy in the best way possible: hanging out with friends, joining a fraternity, and getting my school-work done.

     Like I said earlier, sometimes finding a quiet place to study in my house is difficult. Because of this, I usually spend an hour or two after my last class to just go to the library and bump out some school-work, while I'm still in the school state-of-mind. The biggest difference I've noticed about living in a house, instead of the residence halls, is the food situation. Needing to set time aside to go grocery shopping with my roommates is a little bit of a hassle. Luckily, my roommate's tastes are similar to my own, so it makes buying groceries and dividing the bill very simple. Other differences I've noticed, is the bed time that I've been exposed to in my new house. In the halls, you only had to worry about when one person went to sleep, and that was your roommate. Now, there are 2 or 3 more roommates that may possibly be staying up later than you and being loud, preventing you from sleeping. Also since I'm a considerate person, when I'm the one staying up late to do homework or watch TV, I try to keep it down.

    Being off-campus also kind of tests some of my relationships with people, because I have to set up lunch dates and things to try to meet up with people I haven't seen in a while. In the dorms, you're exposed to all your friends practically every day. In this way, I feel my sophomore year has sorted out some of my less common friends, but made many other relationships stronger.

     Joining a fraternity this semester was an excellent decision, even though I'm one of few sophomores in my new member class. Taking the time to shape as a CSU student before joining a Greek organization was a great advantage to me. It's easier to relate to everyone.

     On a scale from 1 to 10, I would rank my experience as a sophomore so far to be an 8!  I love CSU, and everything that it has to offer.