College Dayz 2

Howard University(HU)...my oh my, the memories! For all my fellow alumni out there, H....U....You Know!!!

HU was a VERY different from SUNY Albany...it was huge...there was so much going on...so many people...so many things to do, etc. Thankfully, I had three amazing women to "brave the storm" with...if I was alone, intimidation and fear of the unknown would have sent me packing...

Like I said prior, we did eveything together...

*To make things easier, I'll give them names that I'll refer to them as on this blog*  My roommate from Albany = Amanda, her cousin = Lisa, her best friend = Jennifer.

During my first semester, I took general courses (i.e. biology, an English course, etc.) By the end of the semester, the pressure was on! I had to officially declare a major. Amanda and Lisa chose pharmacy, Jennifer chose nursing. After reading through the numerous majors offered at our school, I stumbled on something that seemed pretty cool....Physical Therapy (PT).

It was not the first time that I've heard of it. A flashback of how I was introduced to PT comes to mind....it was in a classroom at my High School (Secondary School)...it was during a deep discussion...I sat quietly as a young lady passionately described and emphasized her love for PT...she got my attention... PT was different...I could help people feel better...it was still in the medical field...and very versatile...yup it was love at first sight...but things got complicated when it wasn't available in SUNY Albany...however HU rekindled our flame!

So I selected Physical Therapy, I liked it because I would be able to help people get better after trageic events and it also paid well! I informed my parents and they were thrilled, yay! finally!

However, it saddened me that I'd no longer take classes with my friends. I had to make my own friends, and at that time in my life that was a big deal. I was too shy, timid, and self conscious. I usually kept to myself and felt akward in social settings.


Until next time,

You're Blessed!

- Bunmi

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College Dayz

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Graduation from Highschool was around the corner and the time came when we had to start applying for college. And the dilemma struck again, what do I major in?!?! My parents had many people come to talk to me and convince me that nursing, law, medicine is the way! 

But I wasn't having it...I contemplated psychology but when I mentioned it to my parents, they almost called for a deliverance service for me! However, I managed to apply for college, in the mist of so much discouragement from various angles...my college advisor even told me not to bother applying for some schools because my GPA of about 80 wasn't good enough...somehow someway, I mustered up the courage to apply anyway and thankfully I got into a good school! The State University of New York (SUNY) Albany, located in upstate New York. I got accepted but didn't declared a major right away.

Shortly after, I discovered that another Nigerian girl who attended my high school was attending SUNY Albany also. We were not friends throughout high school, but once we discovered that we were attending the same school we exchanged numbers and kept in touch. We also became roommates. She was such a great roommate (the best I ever had), she was definitely God sent. We are still friends today. 

We had to attend a summer program at SUNY Albany. It was an experience, I met a lot of interesting people. It was a good introduction into the college lifestyle. We were required to take a few classes and lived with a certain number of roommates, etc. 

We returned for the first semester and we hated it. Albany, NY is a small town. And being from New York City, it was difficult for us to adjust. We were doing very well in our classes but were extremely bored. There wasn't much to do besides drink, party, smoke, and shop. We succumbed to the latter, we shopped a lot and traveled home every chance we got. 

We stood out from the crowd; it wasn't intentional, it was natural. We were different and we refused to fit in. Some people believed that we were 'stuck up', while others really liked and us and some literally stalked us (there was one girl that I had to practically hide from...lol).

We decided to do something about our discontentment. My roommate kept mentioning a school that I had no prior knowledge of...Howard University (HU). She told me that her cousin was a student there and raved about how great it was. It had many more options for majors, everyday was a fashion show, it was located in beautiful Washington, DC and it was lots of fun! I contemplated transferring to HU for some time.

By the end of our first year, we couldn't take it anymore. It was so bad, we even lost weight. I didn't need anymore convincing. We both applied to HU and got ACCEPTED! However, some friends and family nembers tried to talk me out of going because it is a private institution, which meant that tution was almost double the price of my current school. I heard them, considered it, but went ahead to HU. It turned out to be a great decision! God was definetly leading me even when I wasn't aware of it. He used my lovely roomie to lead me to his purpose for my  life.

We started Howard the next semester, along with my roommates' best friend and cousin. We were all inseparable, took the same classes, ate together, partied together, etc. 


Until next time...

You're Blessed!

-Bunmi

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