Year: Class of 2011
Hometown: London, England
Major: International Studies, Entrepreneurship and Management Minor
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Every year, there seems to be a contest between my friends as to who finishes finals first and gets to leave school before the rest of us! Come the end of the fall semester everyone has the holidays on his or her mind and finals feels like a huge burden. But believe me, the feeling of walking out of your last exam is incredible.
Excited to leave Baltimore, you may be lucky enough to get a friend to drive you to the airport and then nothing like home. Unfortunately for some, the heavy snowfall this year meant that several of my friends were grounded for a weekend as the airport struggled.
You get home and see your friends and its terrific fun and you don’t really think about school besides from your friends. However, every year seemingly, the longer the break lasts the more of a yearning you develop to get back to school. For example, I am sitting at home in London right now, looking out on perpetual snowfall and I find myself wishing that I were joining my friends back at Hopkins this Friday.
This happens during both of the big breaks, but in the summer it is only towards the end August. With winter its different. This is because the spring semester, in my mind, is a lot more fun. The days get longer and warmer, Lacrosse season starts and Greek rush is always a blast. Mixed in with all of this is reuniting with friends, starting a new bundle of classes and best of all being removed from parental nagging.
Furthermore, it seems as though every winter break the desire to return is stronger. Freshmen year, one doesn’t really know what is going to happen. Sophomore year, its fun, but unfortunately you still live on campus, and finally Junior year you are off campus and ready for the action. You might have heard it before, I definitely did, but Hopkins really does get better every year. It’s sad to see seniors leave, but they are around for four more months, so bring on the spring semester!
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