Looking Back: Sophomore Year (8)

So, it has finally arrived: the last and final semester of my college career. As I chill out here in my dorm, I realized that I still wanted to take a look back at the previous years of my time here at Immaculata as I promised you, my avid readers, to do at a later date.

So before I ramble on any further about this semester, I bring to you, my friends, a look back at my Sophomore year at Immaculata.

Sophomore year was the time when my close circle of friends here at IU really began to form. I started the year with a new roommate, the technological savvy Nick Volpe. The irony of that story is that we actually didn’t decide to start rooming together until housing selection at the end of the freshman year. Anyhoo, we began rooming together that second year on the bottom floor of Marian and are still rooming together until this day.

During that first semester, I also met two of the closest and greatest friends that I have ever had. Sadly, neither are still here with Immaculata, but off on their own successful ventures elsewhere. I think that first semester may have been the most enjoyable of my college time, courtesy of those two: Mr. Eddie Ratcliff and Ms. Stephanie Disbrow.

Throw in the thrill of seeing a Phillies’ World Series Victory (Yes, you know I couldn’t go without mentioning that) and It was a great first semester with terrific times spent with my newly formed friends. I actually met Eddie through another friend and Steph was a fellow biology classmate when our first introductions were made. Sadly she left after just that first semester and Eddie departed the school by the end of Sophomore year. However, by the time it was over, I knew I had formed friendships that had lasted a lifetime. I don’t see either one in person, but I know that they are always there for me if I need it and I hope that realize the same goes for me. I never really recall if I did get to thank them for really making my sophomore year so memorable, but I will do so right here.

 

So, thank you guys for everything that semester.

As for the academics of this year, I don’t remember much. I finally got more into classes for my major and began to rid myself of the required courses. This was truly a relief. It was also around this time that I began considering adding a second major, or at least, a minor somewhere in the communications field. It would take me a good year or so before I officially made that choice, but the seeds were being planted from a very early time.

I’m sorry that I cannot give you more than that, but you’re not reading this to hear about the academics are you? Honestly, I guess that the outside activities just overshadowed the classes, and that is what I remember most about this year.

Next up: Junior Year