Winter Is Coming
Being a local Rochesterian, people often expect me to be "used to the winters." Yes and no. Experiencing winter as a college student is a completely new different experience. Never before did I have...
View ArticleDay 2 of TAW
So although this is a bit later than the Thought At Work conference, I have a recap of the second day of the conference. The day started off with bagels and coffee as students started filing in for...
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Meeting a Celebrity
When most people talk about meeting celebrities, people probably think of the Alec Baldwin, Michael J. Fox and Mackelmore’s of the world. When I get excited about meeting a celebrity, it’s because I’m...
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Pets while in college!
If any of you guys are on rittigers Instagram or on the loop you might have seen my two dogs! Since spring break of 2015 I’ve had my dogs from home living with me, and it has been the greatest...
View ArticleWinter Survival Guide
Winter at RIT. It's a magical season filled with snowflakes, reindeer, and wind that hurts your face. If you wish to survive the elements up north, heed the following advice. DISCLAIMER: If you live...
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Final Projects
Finals. It's that time of year again. It always surprises me how little time is left when we return from Thanksgiving break. This is the last week of classes before finals week. Project-based majors...
View ArticleTime to wrap it up!
As the semester draws to a close, I find myself at yet another crossroads in terms of what my major should be. I started out this semester determined to make my major integrated marketing...
View ArticleThere's No Place Like Home
Each semester feels like it goes by faster and faster. Between classes, homework, my part-time job, my sorority, and everything else, I keep myself pretty busy. Going from 90 miles per hour to 0 can...
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Continuing to Learn Between Breaks!
As the semester is coming to a close and the mountain of final projects and papers has finally been climbed, it is nice to see our winter break right around the corner! I have done some really fun...
View ArticleBeing an IE Student at RIT!
IE refers to Industrial and Systems Engineering. If you are an IE student and you are reading this blog, do you have the same confusion as I do? When I tell a friend that my major is IE, the friend...
View ArticleNew Experiences on Campus
Though I am only a second year student here at RIT, I have never been more busy in my life! During the fall semester, I was in meetings, club gatherings, and soccer games almost every night of the...
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Ice-Skating Downtown
Each winter Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Park, located in the heart of downtown Rochester, is transformed into an outdoor skating rink. This week I went out to lunch with another student...
View ArticleTo-Do List Before Your First Semester at RIT
Here is a list of 7 things I wish I did before my first semester at RIT. 1. What Skills and Experiences Do You Want to Acquire at RIT? Instead of answering the age-old question of "what do you want...
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You've Applied to College... Here's What You Do Next
You hit the "submit" button on your final college application. You take a deep breath and immediately begin to worry that you missed some critical information. What are you supposed to do now? 1....
View ArticleMy Year in Review
This blog is inspired from Facebook’s “Year in Review” feature (no way else I would come up with such a cheesy title). When I went back and reviewed my year, I realized how much I have changed. I...
View ArticleEnjoy the Moment!
“I cannot wait to go to college!” “Ugh, could school go any slower?! I just want to be a college student already!” “Super excited! Just got my acceptance letter!!” Sound all too familiar? For many of...
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RIT and the Oscars!
Well! My first blog! Let’s start things off with one of the biggest subjects among film majors here at RIT right now: the Academy Awards! This is the 88th year of the ceremony that I have been...
View ArticleHappy Chinese New Year! 新春快乐!
Most of you have heard of Chinese new year, which is one of the biggest holidays in China. It is the first day of the year in the Chinese lunar calendar and it’s usually close to February. It is...
View ArticleDon't Get Senioritis!
There’s a rumor going around in the world of college admissions. Have you heard it? It usually goes something like this: “Admissions offices won't see your senior year grades, so it doesn't matter if...
View ArticleGoals for this Semester
It's a brand new semester, and each semester I try to set some goals that I hope to accomplish. 1. Work Out Last semester I was not too successful at this. I did have a rock climbing class once a...
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