Comments on: Because You’re a Convincing Bunch

By: Marian

Marian — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 21:21:42 +0000

Kari–

Do it! I’m a second semester senior and not studying abroad is one of my biggest regrets. I’ve spent time abroad, but I’d love to see so much in such a short time. Now I have a lease and a jobhunt to conduct. So do ittt!

Farmville four love!
Marian (∑∑∑)

By: La Petite Chic

La Petite Chic — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 01:53:54 +0000

Weighing in on this very late, but I’m still catching up on blogs. Please tell your little sis to JUMP on the SaS! I wish I would have had this opportunity, but being a scholarship athlete I was unable to take advantage of studying abroad. Richmond is very big into it and I was always so envious of my classmates who got to go and all of the wonderful experiences they had.
Also, coming from a recruiter’s standpoint (I knew working in HR would come in handy somehow!), I would say that while we look for involvement in campus activities in our college hires, we don’t place emphasis on their leadership roles, especially in Greek organizations.

By: nomadicmatt

nomadicmatt — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 02:18:54 +0000

oo and I read pledged too….that was an interesting book for sure

By: nomadicmatt

nomadicmatt — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 02:18:03 +0000

Kari the KD huh? I had some friends who were KDs….its a good looking sorority…..i was in ZBT….i wonder if they have that at UT

By: robyn

robyn — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 19:22:14 +0000

Kari-seriously…
Do not pass go…do not collect $200…do not think one more second about this. GO!

This will more than likely end up being one of the greatest experiences of your life. At the very least I bet you will end up learning all kinds of things about yourself. And I can tell you that learning valuable things about yourself at 20 puts you leaps and bounds ahead of 99.9% of your peers. Credits and Treasurer duties be damned!

By: chelsea

chelsea — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 18:58:45 +0000

seeing as she has this written in the little box under her facebook profile picture…

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”

…i think she just told herself to go.

By: regan

regan — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 22:50:11 +0000

I’m late to the party like usual. I just saw your twitter about how she can’t live in her sorority house if she leaves and now I really think she should go. I mean, I thought she should go before, but now if she doesn’t go I would worry that her sisters will think they have control over her life. And that’s just so wrong.

By: Bethany

Bethany — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 14:11:20 +0000

I know I’m coming in at the end of things, but I wanted to add that I did not study abroad in college, because I was too shy or scared or a whole host of other reasons, and I have ALWAYS regretted it. I would do it and have an amazing time, and I think we are always more likely to regret the things we don’t do than the things we try.

By: smartest cousin

smartest cousin — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 12:10:20 +0000

being that i am/was mr. mcfratty who spent countless hours on the IFC and Frat executive board at a school where studying abroad meant being real crazy and driving to memphis to learn what it was like to live in a country where everyone should wear a bulletproof vest, i’ll throw my one cent in. do it, do it, do it, just think of all the facebook photo albums you could create. i wish i had. i got so involved with everything at cowbell college that the thought of going away so long was a little intimidating, but now, i wish i had.

besides, if you don’t, you will eventually graduate, and then get the itch and end up living overseas for 3 years to get the itch out of your system when you could have just gone on a ship with a bunch of cute college guys whom you shared countless adventures and 500 million pictures for your facebook photo album.

By: Sensibly sassy

Sensibly sassy — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 09:21:21 +0000

Kari,
I know I’m a little late on this but…
there are so many reasons why you SHOULD do this but I afraid if I list them all i will trip over my words and not make sense. Life is full of opportunities to live it to the fullest but a lot of us dont have the chance to take those opportunities or we overlook them. this is an opportunity…TAKE IT!