Year two of college

Here I am wrapping up the first quarter of the second year in college. I am more stress than ever, but it is different. I put a lot of pressure upon myself to maintain good grades, and my high GPA. Much to my surprise, I received a letter from Cornell University trying to recruit me as a transfer student. At first glance I actually thought it was a letter for my academic husband, and had to do a double-take to see that the letter was sent to ME! Who know I was capable of such things? I certainly didn't.

I have done research on the field of study I am pursuing, and have finally narrowed my selection of schools in which I will apply to transfer and they are: Cornell University, the University of Wisconsin, and the Ohio State University. When I did extensive research on my program, and talked with one of my professor's, she agreed that I had made a great decision and that any of these would be fine schools to attend and graduate from. U of WI is #1, Cornell is #3 and OSU is #5 in my field of study.

I should tell you that my new field of study all came from an assignment in one of my sociology classes. We were to go to four grocery stores, choose one item from each section; dairy, produce, meat, etc., and compare them to all four stores keeping in mind the location of the store, demographics, lighting, flooring, the freezers, expiration dates, and what surrounds the store outside. Yes, there is a HUGE difference depending on where you live as to what is available, how fresh it is, and does the consumer have any choices on various items?

I did my comparison, took lots of pictures both inside and outside the store, and wrote my paper, which ended up being somewhere around fifty pages. The other students papers in that class were no more than four or five pages in length. The professor immediately wanted to go to conference with my paper. So, I added more stores, did more comparison's and now, she and I are going to one, and possibly two conference's in 2012, where I will present my paper. Here's where the new field of study comes in to play. It is on the "inequality of food", "food systems, food and community sustainability", and "land use for urban gardening". This is also all over the news right now, and a "hot" new area to be in. I think I have finally hit the jackpot on my next career move and I am excited!!!

I will be dropping the letters and applications in the mail in the next couple of weeks. So, I better order transcripts, and letters of recommendations to be sent, as well. In the meantime, it's back to studying for me as I wrap up the last few weeks of this fall quarter, and also prepare for the holidays.

Minetta