My First Semester College Schedule!

This is so, so exciting.

You have no idea (or maybe you do).

I've been waiting since March (when I confirmed at Salem) to find out what my first semester schedule would be. That day is finally here.

While I did technically choose my classes about two weeks ago during an over-the-phone appointment with my incredible advisor, I've been waiting for the finalized version. Thankfully, I ended up with all of the classes we'd originally planned on!

Here's what my weeks will look like! I'm loving the ample room for studying (AND LUNCH) every day, muahahaha

I'm not going to lie, I cry a little bit on the inside at the thought of having an 8:30 AM class (and it's math) but might as well get it over with, right? Here's the lowdown on what I'm taking: 

• MATH025 Elementary Functions & Graphs. I'm not a math person like my mom, but I thought it would be a good idea to get math out of the way while something from high school was still left in my brain...I say this as I shove all of AP Calculus out. go, be free integral functions! This should be interesting. (Let's hope my coffee machine will brew enough to keep me awake. Kidding. Sort of.) 

• SIGN111A Strange Fruit: Racial Violence. I'm so excited for this class! Every first year/ new student at Salem is required to take a class as part of the Signature platform. This class is taught by my Honors advisor, who I've only met briefly (over the phone!) but already love. I anticipate this to be a very interesting, eye-opening class! 

• FREN030 Intermediate French 1. So, the reality of this situation is that I was not expecting to place into intermediate french. I welcome the lovely surprise!

At this point I might as well go ahead and say that I intend on majoring in Political Science and I'm ironing out some plans for a potential double major as well -- very excited for that. Although you won't see me talking about politics a lot on this blog, it's become a subject I really enjoy. That's why I'm so ready to start these last two classes:  

• POLI100 Survey of Political Science. Probably the only class that I've known since March I absolutely had to take. As soon as I met the professor at Scholarship Weekend, I was sold on the idea of majoring in Political Science (I'm resisting the urge to buy the textbook early to start reading it...judge me.) 

• POLI110 Intro. to International Relations. This class is taught by the same professor as Survey. There are several tracks within the Political Science program at Salem, and International Relations (IR) is one of them. I'm still deciding between this and the Public Policy track, so I'm very glad to be taking this right away in order to choose a concentration before too long. 

I'll be keeping this blog up to date with thoughts about my classes and how my schedule adds to my first semester experience. But, I'm so genuinely excited for these classes and the challenges they'll bring! Here's to a great fall semester. 

Keep not settling,