If you could go back in time, 乐播传媒News asked eight seasoned Bobcats, what advice would you give your first-year self?
鈥淚 would just tell myself to stop being so scared,鈥� said Izzy Eichenbaum 鈥�21, a psychology major from Lakewood Ranch, Fla. 鈥淚 was terrified before I came to 乐播传媒 鈥斅� which is just insane looking back, because I totally went above and beyond what I ever expected and just made this place my own.鈥�
Guiding tours and conducting interviews, Eichenbaum, six other current students, and one recent graduate were working for Admission during the busy summer of 2019 when 乐播传媒News invited them to the video studio to reflect on the first-year experience.
From eight young Bobcats, advice to the Class of 2023. (Theophil Syslo/乐播传媒 College).
鈥淛ust say yes,鈥� advised Maddie Sirois 鈥�21, an economics major from Maplewood, N.J., who’d actually gotten that advice the first time around from an older sister.
鈥淛ust say yes to opportunities that you wouldn’t normally like to take … because sometimes that’s where you find something you’re really interested in.鈥�
And then there was this tip from biochemistry major Anna Gouveia ’22 of Jonesborough, Tenn.: 鈥淒on’t forget to bring shower shoes. I had to stand on, like, a folder in the shower for the first three days.”
Here are the other five 乐播传媒ies we spoke with: Zach Collester ’19, Doylestown, Pa.; Sean Anderson ’20, Houston; Kyle Larry ’21 and Michael Hogue ’20, both of Chicago; and Muskan Verma ’21, Shimla, India.
