The past three years have literally flown by. Through this blog, I\u2019ve been able to share a lot of the things I\u2019ve done and experienced, so here\u2019s to another year of doing so. Let\u2019s catch up on my life.<\/p>\n
Let\u2019s cover summer. After many applications to various companies in and around Chicago and Washington DC, I didn\u2019t come up with anything. (In fact, I did still end up receiving a \u2018we went with another applicant\u2019 email halfway through summer). So, I decided to keep my job at the Burge Front Desk and my internship with Congressman Dave Loebsack\u2019s campaign. However, the front desk job did change: late last spring, I was offered the Lead Desk Clerk position. Due to staying at the desk over the summer, I was able to train and learn from our previous Lead Desk Clerk so I would be able to take over come early August. Being the Lead Desk Clerk means that I continue to do a lot of my regular duties as a desk clerk with supervising the desk, schedule-building, and other extra tasks added on top. I\u2019ve only officially been in the position for a few weeks, but I\u2019m happy about the direction its heading so far.<\/p>\n
My position as Campaign Fellow did not change and it has been business as usual. We did get a new campaign manager in early summer, but that still did not change much about the job.<\/p>\n
One big event over the summer was taking the June LSAT. As you may or may not know by now, with my major being Ethics & Public Policy, I\u2019ve been aspiring to go to law school. One part of the application process is a standardized test that is called the Law School Admission Test, or the LSAT. The test is comprised of 4 scored sections: 2 logical reasoning, logic games, reading comprehension, and the unscored writing section. The score range is 120-180. And I actually did okay! However, I fell a little short of my goals for the exam so I\u2019ve decided to retake it in September. I\u2019ve increased my study hours (trying to do around 20-24 hours per week. (yes, that is on top of my classes, work schedule, and extracurriculars) and found some study buddies. I don\u2019t think I can pull an Elle Woods, but I can definitely try to get close.<\/p>\n
Besides work and LSAT, I finished up the summer by volunteering with OnIowa! again to welcome the class of 2021. The weekend before classes started, I took them through mini-lectures based around the Iowa Challenge and then through activities planned around campus. I had a pretty cool group of students to lead with my co-leader and I really do hope they thrive on campus. (shoutout to you, Group 720! I hope you have a great year).<\/p>\n
Summer wasn\u2019t extremely eventful so I\u2019m excited that classes have started up again. Here are the courses I\u2019m taking this semester:<\/p>\n
I am taking my course-load more lax this semester due to wanting the extra time to work on my law school applications and the LSAT. I also only have about 25 credits left to graduate so we\u2019re cruising towards May.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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