Surviving School

Throughout the semester, we had the opportunity to work on a simulation called Mimic Social. The simulation put us in a marketing internship for a company called BUHI. This company sold a variety of bags and backpacks for many purposes, and are responsibility was to market them on social media. When I started the first round, it seemed so overwhelming and confusing that I decided to wait until the last minute to work on it. That wasn’t the best move, but it is what happened. I remember when I finally got around to finishing the first round, I was even more confused and thought I would for sure fail this exercise. That is, until a couple classmates poked fun at my lack of effort and doubted I would finish the assignment, let alone get a good grade. What they didn't realize, I excel when people tell me I can’t do something. So, I powered through all the simulations, on weekends after games and Sundays to catch up and ended up finishing 4th in the entire class. I must admit, it was an

Matt Wilder, your lacrosse student-athlete with my last blog of the year. Looking back on my time as a freshman, I can honestly say it was nothing like how I thought it would be. It felt like my first year at college went by in a blink of an eye. Admittedly, I didn’t feel that way at first. I had a crazy start to college and not necessarily in a fun or good way. If you recall, I had suffered a seizure and sprained my wrist during the 2 nd week of school. Because of my anger, I alienated teammates and even coaches. I was not into school and felt I had no one here to talk to or relate to me. Not wanting to give up, I worked to turn that all around. I ended my 1 st semester with a 3.6 GPA , I rebuilt my relationships with teammates and coaches and through that struggle I realized if I put in the work, I could do anything. The 2 nd semester started  so quickly that I barely remembered the 1 st semester ending. Thankfully, I got off on a better foot. I could focus on developing my relations