What does it feel like to be halfway done with college?

I seem to be asked this question many times as I am packing up for the summer. As I reflect back on the two years I've spent here at Creighton, I realize how fast time has gone by. I think back to some of the friends I met here in the first few weeks, and as I look around today, I can honestly say that only half of those people stayed. It made me really see and appreciate just how lucky I am, not only to have completed two successful years of college, but that I was able to do so with a great support system of my family, friends, and sorority sisters.

In a few months, this past year will seem like a life-time ago. A lot of sophomore year was spent reflecting on freshman year. I've learned what I need from friendships, relationships, and curriculum, and what to give in return to all of these. This gives me a smug sense of pride in all of the friends I have, the friends I needed to leave, and most importantly, the professors who have taught me.

In each set stage in our lives, we feel like we have it down, and that we've got it all figured out. The first time I felt this was at 13; making new friends each week by pushing social boundaries, wearing the coolest clothes (anything Hollister, skinny, and with the word Vans), and feeling like I mastered the teen years.

But again I thought I was the epitome of a successful teenager at age 16 when I was established at high school, driving, and thought I knew everything.

Then again at 18 as adult, in a relationship, committed to a certain career path at Creighton.

Now, at 20, I feel as though I have refined all of my friendships, and have a great course plan to lead me to a successful future. Even though I feel like I have it all figured out now, plans change, life happens, we hit bumps in the road. But no matter how much or how little I diverge from the road I have paved, in a couple of years, I will be telling myself the same thing; that I have got it all figured out.

So to answer the question, it doesn't feel any different. I may have two full-time collegiate years under my belt, but I am still in the process of narrowing down my career path and navigating myself through tough courses. I hope that these last two years continues to bring me great times with my funny friends and even greater knowledge that I can learn from my professors.