#FrenchieDoesntGiveUp

[afrenchie36]

Not at my best

Hey everyone! 

Sorry if I haven’t posted anything in a while, I was busy and those past two weeks were pretty rough for me. As I have written in one of my previous posts, I have applied to the Presidential Leadership Academy which is a four year program at Penn State with only 30 students per class who have the potential to become great leaders. I submitted my application in March and was supposed to know whether I got an interview on the 24th of March. On that day, everyone received an email from PLA, except me. I emailed and called them multiple times, but no response. I only received an answer the day before the beginning of the interviews, a very professional move from the Academy, and learned that I was not offered an interview. Ouch. 

Then came Leadership Jumpstart, the first year Schreyer class I took last semester. Like many of my classmates I applied to be a TA, but did not get the position. 

Even better. The special living option in which I live, the Globe, requires 10 Globe points per semester for each resident to stay. We can earn points by hosting or attending events about global issues and culture. My roommate and I have the highest number of points out of all the residents and we even hosted a global culture quiz. However, the director of the Globe who managed to find us a spot for the spring semester told us last week that we will be on the waitlist for this special living option next semester due to the fact that we are “technically” not part of the Globe because we got in halfway through the year. This is what my roommate and I call injustice knowing how much time and work we have put in to gain points and remain in the Globe. 

Thank god I have my laboratory, it’s probably the only thing that keep me from going insane. Remember guys, sometimes you will feel down due to multiple failures, but life is all about facing those failures and use them as a motivation to do better.