And, more specifically, me winning the Fulbright. I don't mean to toot my own horn, but I was featured in an article in the Honor's Tutorial College's spring version of the alumni magazine, Ampersand. It's pretty spanky, if you ask me. Thanks to Jessie Cadle for writing it up, yo. :)
Here is the link! Check it out!
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Friday, June 17, 2011
Winning the Fulbright, Finding a House, and Coveting Bread
Hello!
Well, two years after starting the long and difficult process of applying for the Fulbright, I have won it and am officially moving to Utrecht on August 25th!
Everyone keeps asking me how I felt when I won it - honestly, a big mixture of thrilled, relieved, and terrified/sad. Well, doesn't that just cover the spectrum of feelings! When I got the letter, I woke up two of my roommates with my screaming, so obviously I was thrilled. But it's also nine months away from my family and friends, and that's going to be rough. I've decided to replace my family with bike rides and bread, which don't make me laugh quite as much, but there you go, in order to be successful, sacrifices must be made. ;)
For those of you who don't know, I am living in a beautiful Monument House with a couple who are classical musicians. I'll include a link of my room here, and maybe some pictures of the house when I get there! I have a bike (that's how everyone gets around in the Netherlands) and I'll be taking an intensive language course for the first three months of my stay, MWF, from 9-12. I'll be going into the lab in the afternoons to work on my project, which is measuring brain activation in children (boys ages 8-16) with ADHD during a reward processing task. I'm sure I'll write more about the project later. I'm nervous and very, very excited to start this trip. Please come along with me!
Well, two years after starting the long and difficult process of applying for the Fulbright, I have won it and am officially moving to Utrecht on August 25th!
Everyone keeps asking me how I felt when I won it - honestly, a big mixture of thrilled, relieved, and terrified/sad. Well, doesn't that just cover the spectrum of feelings! When I got the letter, I woke up two of my roommates with my screaming, so obviously I was thrilled. But it's also nine months away from my family and friends, and that's going to be rough. I've decided to replace my family with bike rides and bread, which don't make me laugh quite as much, but there you go, in order to be successful, sacrifices must be made. ;)
For those of you who don't know, I am living in a beautiful Monument House with a couple who are classical musicians. I'll include a link of my room here, and maybe some pictures of the house when I get there! I have a bike (that's how everyone gets around in the Netherlands) and I'll be taking an intensive language course for the first three months of my stay, MWF, from 9-12. I'll be going into the lab in the afternoons to work on my project, which is measuring brain activation in children (boys ages 8-16) with ADHD during a reward processing task. I'm sure I'll write more about the project later. I'm nervous and very, very excited to start this trip. Please come along with me!
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