By Emily Wyrwa<\/p>\n
I\u2019m sitting in my Comm. Ave apartment, wondering where all the time went! This is my final semester at BU (and my final COM Ambassador blog post). Here are a couple of things I wish I had known when I first started at BU \u2014 and a couple of ways I\u2019ve grown as a person and communicator throughout my time in COM.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 1. Follow your interests<\/span><\/p>\n As a first-semester freshman, I remember many things that sparked my interest in COM 101. I loved the strategic aspects of advertising, I loved learning about film and entertainment, and I <\/span>loved <\/span><\/i>writing up a podcast pitch. I spent the next two years determined to love what I thought I would, only to end up producing podcasts, taking courses in advertising strategy, and aiming to work in entertainment! I wish I had realized a little sooner that those interests would guide me more than any path I had set out for myself in high school.<\/span><\/p>\n 2. You have time\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n I was so panicked about getting my math class done, and yet I\u2019m electing to take a class that gives me a math HUB requirement in my final semester of school. It\u2019s not a race to finish the hub, the degree, or the internship application. Four years is plenty of time; you have plenty of room to have fun and explore!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 3. Campus isn\u2019t so huge\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n It\u2019s funny how massive Comm. Ave. felt when I first arrived. You\u2019ll get the lay of the land quickly, but that first class schedule walk-through with a friend will serve you well. I\u2019ve come to love my neighborhood in Boston and have found all the great coffee shops and study spots (and even pizza places, coming from a Jersey girl!).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 4. Learn to meal prep a little sooner \u2014 and take care of you!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n It sounds silly, but learning how to cook (at least a few recipes) and eating well each day has made the biggest difference in my life since I got here. I wish I had known that using the dorm kitchens isn\u2019t so awkward, and making time to eat well, exercise, and take care of myself would not only help me sleep but would make me far more productive. Seriously, block out meals and workouts in your calendar if you have to!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 5. It really is about the friends you make along the way<\/span><\/p>\n Saying hi to a girl who looked familiar in my freshman-year writing seminar gave me my roommate and my family for life. Joining BU on Broadway introduced me to two of the smartest people I know, who I can\u2019t wait to take on the entertainment industry with when we graduate. Getting lunch with my editor at the Daily Free Press turned into dinner every single time we are both in New York (which, hopefully, will be all the time, very soon!). The people I\u2019ve met through COM are some of the most ambitious and inspiring in the world, and they push me to be better every day. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Emily Wyrwa I\u2019m sitting in my Comm. Ave apartment, wondering where all the time went! This is my final semester at BU (and my final COM Ambassador blog post). Here are a couple of things I wish I had known when I first started at BU \u2014 and a couple of ways I\u2019ve grown … Continue reading Emily: Reflections From a Soon-To-Be COM Alumni<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9594,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[44631],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5840"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9594"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5840"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5840\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5841,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5840\/revisions\/5841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}