My Day at the U
Posted by Andrew | Filed under General
I recently spent a day at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City for Orientation and Advising. I’m going to start classes there in August and officially move away from my current home in Maine and live in Utah, pretty much full-time. The U offers all of their students in-state tuition despite residency for the Summer term, something that I think I will take advantage of this upcoming year. I like to save money, and it would be nice to accelerate myself to my degree.
I will be going after a Bachelor of Arts in “Film Studies.” Which also includes taking four whole semesters of a foreign language which I have mixed feelings about. I love languages, but judging by my struggles with Dutch (being half Flemish (being half of Belgium)), I don’t learn them that well. But, here I come German, once I figure out how to fit it into my schedule without having to drive to Sandy.
So, here is a question, I am totally and completely ADD? Listen to the titles of the classes that I’m taking for my first semester this Fall. For my Major, I’m taking “Introduction to Film,” which makes sense by itself, but when combined with my other three classes, being “Earth Environments,” “Foundations of Business” and “U.S. National Government.” Yeah, it sounds totally and completely random, I know. But, like most Universities, they require a certain amount of credits in different fields, which is fine by me. For example, “U.S. National Government” fulfills my “American Institutions” requirement.
All I know is this. I am very excited. Salt Lake City is beautiful, I don’t care what anyone says. Many people I have met think Utah is some horrible alien world with nothing but salt water and desert sand, and trees don’t grow there, but overall the worst thing is that the place is run by Mormons. None of that is true. Mormons are actually in the minority there, like the rest of the world. Trees grow fine with the amazing chemicals that are available at the gardening section of Wal-Mart. Plenty of fresh water from the mountains, and as evidenced by the pictures I posted on Flickr, it is absolutely gorgeous.
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JaneRadriges Says:
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