ONE week. One week I will be done with grad school and on a plan to India–hopefully sleepy and slightly buzzed off of three bottles of the miniature airline wine bottles . It’s really hard to believe that six years of school are now over and I’m FINALLY ready to start my “real” life and become a “real” person. Soon the luxuries that came along with checking the student box on paper forms no longer exist and obligations to student loans will become my future. I’m glad it’s over though some people will say I miss it, I can honestly say I had the time of my life in college.

As I reflect back to who I was when I entered campus in 2002 and look at the person I am now, I cannot believe the change. Opportunity, experience, and mistakes have shaped me into the person I am today. I’m only 24, I know I have a lot of life to go, but so far, I can’t really complain.