Taylor, a rising senior at GWU, will share her college experience.
Part 1 is here.
Transcription
Kamila
Welcome back to my podcast. Who cares about college? This is part two of my interview with Taylor. So if you have not checked out part one, be sure to do that. Subscribe and I hope you guys enjoy.
Taylor
Because I was always told, you know, you’re brilliant, you’re smart, you’re so gifted, look at you, you have good grades. And then I was like, like, I came out of my econ class with the C class and
Kamila
so, now you’ve, you’ve gone into GW, you’re obviously going, you went through your senior year. So how was it the summer right before you started? So basically, the first couple of months before you started in college? How was that? You know? Did you pick out your dorm mates? Were you super excited? Did you finally decide to maybe go tour the DC area or something? What did you do?
Taylor
Okay, so for preparation, but just quick thing, I thought it was kind of ironic how I got deferred from Miami but accepted to GW was like, I’m not sure I see. Yeah, see how that happened. The
Kamila
process is kind of wack.
Taylor
It’s kind of rigged. I’ve had a friend who got into brown and then got rejected from Stony Brook. So you know, some of it’s kind of like, really up in the air. Someone got to Columbia, rejected from NYU. I don’t really understand some of them processes. But I can
Kamila
like, I mean, it’s kind of weird. I mean, the first one you said brown and then Stony Brook because I know different schools look for different characteristics and a person. Yeah, but Stony Brook and brown.
Taylor
Okay. I mean, there there are big discrepancies there. Yeah, still great schools for pre med if you’re going into it. But you know, if you get into Brown, I usually would assume
Kamila
you get into like most other schools, right? Mm hmm. Yeah.
Taylor
But yes, so my summer leading up to the first year, I actually went to Thailand for a month for a service trip where we, you know, do a lot of community service built, built things, we scuba dived, it was supposed to be like, my graduation present.
Kamila
So amazing graduation president,
Taylor
it was I was just some of the best, some of the best experiences of my life. So a lot of my summer was actually consumed by trying to survive in Thailand. But when I got back, early August, I had you know, we had like a 2021 graduating class ed students Facebook group that you guys accepted to GW where you put your Facebook, your Instagram, your Snapchat, and you meet people that we’re all Ed, as well. So I had a couple people I connected with, and I found my roommate through that Facebook group, because we both loved reading, we both love books, we love the same TV shows, and we were like, Let’s room. But I actually was kind of dreading going to college. I I you know, initially excited but then I was like, oh, man, I’m not looking forward to this
Kamila
one is that was it like the pressure? I just think
Taylor
the change the whole different. I mean, I come from, like, the suburbs of New York. And I’m going into a new city. I’m going to start my life all on my own. I’m not that I’m not. I wasn’t like homesick ever. I like new adventures. But, you know, I had no illusions that college would be easy. And that, you know, I’m only taking two classes in a day, like I would wake up at 5am and come home at like, 10pm daily from school in high school. But I still was not like, oh, this will be easier. I’m like, there’s a reason classes or twice a week, you know? Yeah. So I think I was really nervous about that. I was very apprehensive. And I you know, I didn’t have any friends going in. So it’s like, you’re just by yourself. Yeah, it was bittersweet for me, because I had. It was I’m not very personally I don’t love change. So it was hard for me to go through that. But I was mostly afraid of classes.
Kamila
Okay, so but you arrived your first week at GW you? I assume you finally meet your roommate, right? Did you like her?
Taylor
Yes, we liked each other initially. But I will say first year you’re not going to love the person you live with. Like, no matter how much you guys are best friends in the beginning like it. If you did, it deteriorates quickly, because you’re in such a close quarters. 24/7 you see the best and worse of those people. And it’s not like you could still be friends with them. But it’s like, don’t be illusion that you’re walking out with a best friend for life after that.
Kamila
Don’t get your hopes up too high with your first year roommate. I see. Yeah.
Taylor
And always set me very clear off the bat ground rules. Very important.
Kamila
So was the is that kind of part of the sudden change you were dreading? Because you know, you live with your mom for most of your life. And you’ve lived in a house in the suburbs of New York and then suddenly you’re in a new city without anybody you knew from high school and then suddenly you’re with this person. Yeah, you talk with them. But you’re suddenly living with this person and you’re seeing everything so was that kind of like a bit too much for you?
Taylor
Thanks. So and I also like our our hall was all girls. Like, we were on the first floor, and we had a small hall, and it was all girls, and everyone was immediately really close friends. But I didn’t exactly vibe with everyone. So I was always a little bit more of an outcast in that regard. So that made it pretty difficult for me to feel comfortable when I went home and lived because I just didn’t. Like I didn’t really want to go out Thirsty Thursday, like I had an 8am Friday. So it made it very difficult to socialize with some of these people.
Kamila
So you didn’t feel like you had a community when you came back from all your classes?
Taylor
Yeah, definitely not. But I would say my best, like, advice is that first semester freshman year, you know, I was ready to transfer out. But something told me to hold on just one more semester. And that was the semester I made my best friend my whole life.
Kamila
I see. So how did you end up making friends if it wasn’t through your dorms?
Taylor
Classes? I’m actually I’ve met most of my friends through lectures, because you know, if we’re all in the same major, we all have the same Gen. Ed’s to take together. So we were pretty much all in the same classes. So that made it really easy for us to be like, Oh, I recognized you from history. Now we’re an econ together. Let’s sit together. See? Oh, cool.
Kamila
Interesting. So tell me a little bit about the class situation at GW. So you did say it’s much there are less classes than there are in high school, obviously. But how did you adjust to that? Because a lot of college is doing stuff on your own and having the, you know, the self discipline to do it. So how did you adjust to that?
Taylor
I just did terribly. So in high school, it was a breeze. It was a walk through. I mean, I went to a private school called long on school for the gifted. So everyone always told me I’m so smart. I’m so naturally gifted. So coming into high school with that mindset, and it being easy as well. For me, I was like, oh, man, what a breeze. So in college, where, you know, high school, I’d stayed the night before for an exam and ace it. That was not the situation. And it took me a hot second to adjust to that, and it hit me hard. So I adjusted poorly at first. But by sophomore year of college, I was like, Alright, time to switch up my life strategy. So it was actually pretty difficult. Academically, my first year,
Kamila
I asked this to pretty much you know, when I go on tour guides for college. I mean, I haven’t been on many college tours, but I usually ask the tour guides. And I’ve been to like pretty elite schools. And GW is definitely not like a safety school or anything. It’s still pretty up there. So did you and you said you were gifted, right? So did you find it really alarming when you came to GW and not? And you weren’t, like, exactly the top of your class are the smartest, because in high school, you see all types of people. But at college, you see relatively kind of the same people on the same academic level. So was that kind of a big change for you?
Taylor
Absolutely. Like my self confidence and my self esteem. And like, where I thought I was in the world, like I had a life crisis at 18. It was horrendous. I was like, I can’t believe it. I’m not. I have, I was just very upset. Cuz I’m like, Yeah, I’m surface level intelligent, but clearly, I’m not smart. That’s smart. Because I can’t do basic level intro econ. I can’t do this. And it was because, you know, I didn’t know how to study I really didn’t, I just crammed. And I thought those studying and it came naturally to me for those things. But in school like it, you have to, like literally beat a dead horse with this information colleges. It was very difficult for me, because I was always told, you know, you’re brilliant. You’re smart. You’re so gifted. Look at you, you have good grades. And then I was like, like, I came out of my econ class with a C plus. And I was like, dang, yeah. Oh, man. So I was very disillusioned and that was big reality check. But it was for the best and I wasn’t the only thing that really saved me is that my friends that I made in those classes, who were also in the same boat as me when they had their high school experiences, went through the same things we all just got to like, okay. All right. New Plan.
Kamila
I see. So you guys could like all relate on that and then work together.
Taylor
Yeah. And we, when I say worked together I think we like barely got by together like, like we made it we’re like, let’s forget about this class. Let’s do better next time.
Kamila
Well, how did you’re kind of, you know, you crammed in high school and still ended up getting good grades and I’m kind of doing the same and I’m realizing it’s not working. Anyways, so how did you adjust your schedule to being at a college where a lot of it is just you learning to make your own schedule and managing your time so how did you end up going through college your freshman year because obviously you went through ups and downs.
Taylor
Okay, so I actually this took me a while to get because, you know, everyone just goes to the library and like they sit down and they’re self disciplined and they get through their work. I’m not like that. I don’t have that kind of self discipline as I’ve realized. So I think the key thing that for me was finding a place, I actually enjoyed working. So what that meant for me was that I couldn’t go to library, the library was miserable and depressing, and I couldn’t focus. So I had to find a building on campus that had personally for me, a lot of sunlight, windows, some fresh air, and like a place where I can get tea or some sort of caffeine nearby in case I need a pick me up. And then that’s when I couldn’t, that’s when I found myself like the most relaxed. And then I also if I have a friend in the class, we would always compare schedules, and then we actually block out times that we would stay together. So we had hold each other accountable in the beginning, because at first we couldn’t hold ourselves accountable. You know, now, I’m a senior, and all of my friends and I have different major, I mean, we have same majors, all different classes, all different, you know, specific things we want to do. Some are conflict resolution, some are communications, I’m in energy. So now we don’t have the same courses. But we have learned through the process of holding each other accountable to like, hold ourselves accountable. So that’s where currently I’m at. But I think finding a good group of people with similar schedules and working together was key for me.
Kamila
I see. So in your freshman year, those friends that you ended up having classes with the friends that you ended up blocking time with? Are those still the friends that you have to this day? Absolutely. Yeah. Good. Okay. So let’s talk about more about your friends. So how did you balance your social life? Because you did say that you didn’t have a social life junior and senior year, because you were trying to bring your grades up? So how did you balance it in GW?
Taylor
That was also a challenge. So before I really made my first semester, like I didn’t, you know, I didn’t make my like, true friends. So social versus, you know, actual studying and getting work done and reading for classes. It was it was difficult, like I, you know, they don’t tell you, the professors won’t email you and be like, Listen, you didn’t submit this, or you didn’t do this, they’ll just like you do it or you don’t, and they don’t care. Oh, so problem complaint, oh, it’s your problem, they do not care, they’re not going to send you an email and be like, Oh, you’re in danger of failing halfway through the semester, not at all. Sometimes they don’t even put your grades and until the end of the semester, and you have no idea how you’re doing. So next thing, you know, you thought you’re doing well, and you got an F so terrible. It is it’s that’s very stressful. But you know, in the beginning when they’re hosting 200, plus lectures, and they have only two TAs to help them graded several things a year, as well as, you know, being professor and for other courses. They can’t, they can’t do that they physically can’t. So I didn’t know how to balance it. So I’m mostly just was social. I tried to make friends. I tried to go out and try to hang out with people. And I very barely studied because this was also when I was like, Oh, I started the night before, it’s not a problem. So I think the thing that helped me was mixing my friends with my study. So I didn’t have any separate. So we would, yeah, we blocked together, I’ll be with my friends. And we do work together. So that’s how I ended up. I meshed the two.
Kamila
So and I have another interesting thing that I like about GW and I can’t stop talking about it no matter who I interview, or who I talk to. So you guys have this sort of system with your food, you know, your dining, you guys do not have like a official, you know, you do have an official dining hall. But you guys have these cards, and you’re given money and you can spend them in numerous places. So it’s not just a dining hall, you can spend the mat or something. It’s just money you have to spend anywhere. How did that work out? And did you like that system?
Taylor
Alright, so honestly, one of the most appealing things for me when I went to GW was the fact that we don’t have dining halls because I am a healthier eater and I’m very I’m like I love food. I’m a foodie so I’m anything and everything but I’m not I’m not a deep fried I want fries and burgers and chicken nuggets every night like I like different things and I like up options and opportunities to try something new. So when I found out that we can go I mean there’s Chick fil A you can get sushi, you can get Indian Whole Foods, you can get a different supermarket that’s called Safeway which is a lot you know more affordable if you actually want to get groceries
Kamila
when you can go to grocery stores with those skirts.
Taylor
Uh huh. Yes, you could go I got a lot of my gross like when people talk about freshman 15 I didn’t really have much of freshmen 15 Because we do you know like we had cafes like Auburn pa which was a salads and sandwiches we can go Yeah, well all of those kinds of places and you know, actual supermarkets. Chick fil A sushi, Greek food pizza, like all those little shops were available for us to go So I was very, it was very easy for me to manage my diet and eat well, because I didn’t just have the options of like, chicken nuggets, mozzarella sticks, burger, you know, so I, I loved it, I still love it, I still, you know, to this day use it.
Kamila
That’s amazing. Oh my god and the grocery part because I was thinking the one downside is if you have to, like find a place to eat for every single meal, but now since you have you mentioned the groceries you can like buy stuff in advance and make it oh my god, that’s amazing. Yeah, I
Taylor
definitely think it was valuable. Every college should implement that. Yeah, I definitely think was valuable. And it was. It’s still like, I’m currently living off campus, but I’ll still, you know, once you live off campus, your food and dining, you don’t have to put money towards the G world if you don’t want to. But I still have that. Because, you know, it also, you know, restricts me my ability to spend money anywhere. So I think it’s because I mean, we have so many options. So it just makes sense. And I’m always you know on campus, it’d be it’s just so much easier.
Kamila
I see. And you just said that you live off campus right now, right? Mm hmm. So you started this your junior year,
Taylor
right? So I see I lived off campus junior year.
Kamila
Why is that? Did you just want to like try living on your own.
Taylor
I lived with my roommate. And turns out GW actually had an issue because they had a lot of freshmen they accepted and they didn’t have enough housing for it. So they started doing these things called rally, like you can put your name in. And they’ll be like, Oh, you want off campus, but they don’t necessarily ask you if you want to be a part of it. And my roommate and I were applying for housing the next semester, and they told us all we’re not eligible, because we’re upperclassmen and we’ve won the rally to go off campus. So we kind of were just like, whoops, got to scramble and find a place
Kamila
I see. So how have you adjusted to that, you know, because you need to kind of take care of it yourself. Now, it’s not just GW doing, you know, all your services for you.
Taylor
I actually love it. Well, it’s a good thing. Because, you know, if I was in housing campus, I would have had to move out with the Coronavirus whenever they if I was because, you know, they’re packing students, yes. For them. And you know, a lot of people are like, you know, they didn’t pack my stuff, they threw some stuff out, I can’t find some things. So I it was easy, because I was able to stay in DC for however long I needed to and not worry about it.
Kamila
Yeah, that’s good. You could go at your own pace. Mm hmm. So but how did you find going from GW to like the campus to like going back to your apartment? So how did you manage that? Because now you have your own place. You need to like clean and take care of it’s your actual like, you know, home you own it now. So how did that change for you?
Taylor
So luckily, my dorm, well, my dorm, my apartment was very close by to campus. So it wasn’t too much of a commute. Because, you know, some kids have to walk all the way across campus. Some kids live on the other campus because it’s split, so they have to take a whole Vex, which is our trans mode of transportation. So I didn’t actually find it too much of a struggle. Just because I mean, the dorms. I will say for school. That’s so expensive. They are very disappointing. Oh, you know, I mean, okay, so freshmen dorms. You hear something? Have you heard of Thurston Hall?
Kamila
I when I was on my tour, that sounds vaguely familiar. Yeah, so that’s the
Taylor
torus freshmen dorms where like, it’s the biggest dorms. You can live with either three to six people per dorm. It’s very old. And there are a lot of issues. A lot of people complain about black mold. Showers don’t work. It’s just kind of grungy and gross. So but so like, also, we’re all the freshmen parties are you know, Okay, everyone, everyone wants to live there, because it’s the most social but it’s probably the most disgusting building ever.
Kamila
And I assume you live there freshman,
Taylor
you know, me. I lived some the newest dorm building called Potomac, which was I mean, it’s very small, but it was the nicest and the most renovated and newest one so that wasn’t bad. I got lucky I got the newest storm as opposed to all the other dorms which were not renovated and were not new.
Kamila
You got lucky on that front, but not necessarily for like dorm mates and stuff.
Taylor
No, no. And you know, going a sophomore year I went to something called JB Kal. It’s also an older dorm. And the kitchen like it was nice and I was glad because it was one of the cheaper dorms and it was loved by my friends and it was wonderful. But the stove literally did not work and no one ever came to fix it so we couldn’t cook Yeah, so we there were a lot of little issues that we had discovered from there that made it difficult in some regards, so I think when we did move off campus even it wasn’t like the Four Seasons hotel we were I was like I have four working burners, the toilets flush there’s no black mold. I’m living the dream. See
Kamila
good so you do you prefer living on campus or off campus now?
Taylor
Off campus for sure. This good I’m also a bit of an introvert so it’s really cool not having like I ever need time away from people, I just go back to my apartment, I have my own room, and I just close the door.
Kamila
Let’s move on to another thing that I’m really interested in. So you are an international studies major, how have you used DC or how have your professors made you use DC for that?
Taylor
I mean, my professors considering like, I mean, you know, I chose GW for their program and because of DC, and because I hopefully will find, you know, potential career in DC as well. But my professors are some of the most incredible people I’ve met. One of my freshman year professors was in the Danger Room with like Brock Obama, Hillary Clinton, while they took out Osama bin Laden, he like constructed part of the plan. I have other professors who will be like, listen, last minute, I have to go to China, because he’s like the number two expert on like Chinese relations in the US, and there was a whole conference. So he’s like, I’m going to miss class, I’m going to Geneva. And we’re like, that’s cool. These people are stupid overqualified for this position, and they’re incredibly educated. They’re incredibly experienced, and like, you can go to Harvard, but these people and have some phenomenal education, but these people literally work in the field that you want to be in, and our experts in the field, and they’re currently in it. It’s not like they’re, oh, they used to do it. They’re still doing it every day. Every other week, we come in, and he’ll be like, let me tell you a crazy story of what happened when I went to this conference. And then other times, they’re like, It’s classified. I can’t tell you who’s like, Okay,
Kamila
that’s cool. So have your professors because you know, they are working in the DC area, and just globally, have you been able to find any, like really good internships through them?
Taylor
So actually, I was not, not through my professors, but through a friend who had a professor who it like recommended, like her to do this. I had two internships lined up for actually this spring and summer, but they got cancelled. So unfortunately, I don’t have any experiences now because of that. But yes, there are plenty of how many times have you heard someone working on the hill? You know, Hill turns?
Kamila
Yeah. Oh, that’s so terrible. So many internships are getting canceled. God, yeah, I
Taylor
got both of mine. I was very excited for them. They’re also paid. So like, That was excellent. But unfortunately, you know, I can’t be It can’t it’s not something you can do remote. So, but you know, hopefully, when we get back to school and things calm down, if they do, yeah, I’ll be able to, you know, I’ll text or email the guy again, and be like, Listen, if you have any other opportunities, you know, I’m willing to work.
Kamila
So, yeah, because if they picked you once, they might as well pick you again. Yeah. Okay, so you’ve we’ve, we’ve gone kind of gone through all of the college stuff. I’m not going to ask you about partying? Because I don’t know, I’m not that interested in that stuff. But let’s start with the
Taylor
culture. It can be a part of the culture if you choose to, and it doesn’t have to be
Kamila
Did you find it very? How would you say prevalent? Did you see? Did people ask you often like, Oh, you want to? Oh, Taylor, do you want to go to this party with me on like Friday or something?
Taylor
So I’ll be honest, like, yes, freshman year, and you know, you go to it just because you want to meet people. But I would say honestly, so after freshman year, when I mean, it’s not necessarily parties, it’s going to clubs, because you have you’re in DC, you have a lot of clubs that you can go to, and everyone wants to go to them. But when I hit sophomore year, and since then, like once you have your friend group, you just if you want, we can have a movie night, we’ll have some snacks, and we’ll have some wine. And that’s like, as crazy as it gets for me personally, because I was never into partying. But if I want to hang out with my friends, and I want a glass of wine, they just come over, pick a movie, have some snacks. And that’s it. That’s our party.
Kamila
That’s good. So but do you know people that are very, they party really hard, and they kind of live for that culture?
Taylor
Absolutely. Absolutely. I meet people on both ends of the spectrum. I’m definitely on the lower totem pole on for that regard. But you know, I have friends who are like, it’s Tuesday, time to get lit. Stay safe, kiddo.
Kamila
Interesting. So do you find in college have you found like a really wide range of people because GW is rigorous. It has really good academics and it’s demanding, but do you find people that because you can manage your schedule now I’m sure But do you still find people that are kind of less caring? And they still cram for their stuff? And they’re not very like time they don’t manage their time correctly?
Taylor
Yes, I do have a I just know a couple people like that. And then it’s a little frustrating to see that. Especially if you’re working group project with them. Don’t recommend Doc’s? Yeah. But there are still people like that. I think they’re gonna always be people like that in college and their career in high school even where they think they can just sail by and then there are people who are like, Hey, you just need a DC pass and I’m like, okay, that’s, that’s what you want to do. By Go ahead.
Kamila
Okay, so in your high school experience, what do you think that? What do you think prepared you the most for college? Or anything at all?
Taylor
I don’t think so. Like I had a lot of teachers, what my senior year, they’d always be like, You guys can’t do this. They don’t accept that in college, you know, it’s gonna be a lot worse in college, and they try to teach us all these lessons and try to kind of scare us and to be like, you’re not going to get away with forgetting a comma and one your essays and colleges. And then you know, I’d go to college, and some of my professors are like that true. But like, you know, that we were preparing then there are other professors who are like, Hey, sorry, dude, I took too much NyQuil and stuff to class today. Like, I’ll see you guys next week, you know. So I don’t think there’s anything that really like high school was different. And it’s I just as a rising senior, and I have two, three classes a day, I don’t even know how I woke up at 6am and came back at 10:10pm. Did my homework, and then doodle again, five days in a row? Like how did I do that? I can’t even get up for an 8am. But no, I don’t think anything in high school truly prepare me for it.
Kamila
I guess okay, if you’re saying nothing prepared you what advice would you give to current high school students like me, and whoever’s listening? What advice would you give them for college? Because you kind of went through it all, like freshman year was total, like trial and error for you. And then you slowly eased into it. So what advice would you give for us,
Taylor
I would say, for the beginning of your college process, like when your I’d say the earlier start, and the more serious you take it in high school, the better your chances are, I would say preparation is everything. And then marketing yourself in a pretty box. And like wrapping it up with your essay with your supplementals with your recommendation letters, is actually key, because you know, grades can get you through the door, but like what’s gonna distinguish you from someone else. So I think trying to make yourself stand out, I mean, everyone tells you that, but it doesn’t have to be as extreme as writing a recipe for your college essay, it could just be having an extra recommendation, or just an extra step for your supplemental. And then once you’re done with your applications, um, as much as I’m glad to have GWS experience, there are some things that they marketed and you know, some things that they said that their school really is excellent, is not so don’t. When you hear the tours, when you hear the people that come to your school, and tell you about their school, I’ll tell you about it, take that at very, like face value surface level, and then you yourself really need to do a deep dive into people’s reviews. Try to speak to as many people as you can about that school, and not just about, you know, the classes, talk about the administration, talk about how the guidance counselor’s or, or whatnot, try to help you see if any of them will tell you about, you know, financial aid process. How did the office were they helpful? Do they really care about the students because GW an excellent school with education and professors? Terrible administration, it’s your you’re on your own, no one’s here to help you. It’s there. It’s too big of a pig of a school and not enough people they hired to really, you know, take the time to individually help the students and really get to know them.
Kamila
I see. Thank you for your very honest opinion there. But and you were also saying how in your freshman year in your first semester, that was really rough for you. And you said you are kind of considering transferring. And you said you know, let’s make it through one more semester, and we’ll see how it is. For students who feel like that, what advice would you give them? Because you’ve been there as well,
Taylor
when it comes to transferring or like, like feeling about it? Yeah, yeah. I think my my uncle actually gave me the best advice, because he has three daughters who went to schools, and one of them I think, went to GW actually, and he’s like, Whatever you do, your first semester ever is going to suck, no matter what, it’s going to be an adjustment. Give it one whole year before you make that decision, you can start the application process, but don’t send it out until you’re done with your first year in total. And that’s what made me stay and he was right. Because after you know, that break, you come back, you’re rejuvenated. You’ve been with your family. And halfway through the break, you’re like, Man, I cannot wait to get back to college. Trust me, you get bored fast because you although you don’t think of it, think about it, but you’ve acclimated to the new freedoms to just being able to go out whenever you want. You know, that’s what I think. Give given that winter break. A real hard thought process about transferring.
Kamila
I see. Okay, thank you very much. Thank you for your honest opinion, because a lot of people do try to you know, sell their school and say, oh my god, it’s amazing. I love everything about it. There are so little flaws and you did get the big reality check about GW.
Taylor
Yeah, I mean, wherever you go, nothing’s gonna ever be perfect. And I think about that for everything like careers, relationships, schools, and any experience we have, but you have to see it. Make sure that the school has the potential to be more positive than negative. So I think that was the thing for GW. There were more positives, the experience in DC, the city, my professors, potential people potential career path outweighed the negatives, which was, you know, the administration, the rigor, you know, acclimating to a whole foreign area. So I thought that’s, that’s how I really tried to go in, because, you know, I don’t want to be disappointed with something. So I’m trying to be as realistic as possible. And I think that that’s key, keep yourself grounded, stay humble about it. Just realize that you’re not going to have a phenomenal experience with everything.
Kamila
I see. That’s very insightful. Thank you so much, Taylor. I really do hope that everything works out for you. I know you’re not graduating from college yet, but I hope the job opportunities and the internship opportunities are at least going to be somewhat plentiful for you. Because it would really suck to get out of college with no internship and then limited job prospects. Yeah, I really hope the best for you.
Taylor
Yeah, I I’m worried about that. But you know, I do have like one or two internships under my belt from years ago, but you know, I’m definitely need some more. But you know, it all worked out in the end. You know, as long as whatever you put in is what you get out, work hard. You’re going to get good results. If you don’t you don’t know.
Kamila
Yeah, thank you so much. And thank you for the for the very insightful perspective.
Taylor
Thank you for having me. This has been really awesome, you know, getting to discuss it.
Kamila
Thank you so much more. Have a good day.
Taylor
Bye You too. Bye.
Kamila
That’s it for my interview with Taylor. I hope you guys enjoyed and I hope you guys subscribe. Because next episode will be my first ever interview with someone who goes to a liberal arts college. You do not want to miss you guys then