Perfect '10- Stephanie

It seems like the first thing that students hear from the minute they set foot on Texas A&M’s campus is “get involved.” Hopefully, it’s something that students actually want to do instead of a forceful duty, causing them to apply for as many organizations as they can find due to fear of being the one uninvolved student on campus. But from day one it’s: “come to MSC Open House,” “rush a sorority,” “join a FLO,” “find a church,” “do intramurals,” “apply for an academic club,” etc. I took this advice, and I am now experiencing, yet still completely loving, the phenomenon known to several students as “over-involvement.”
Don’t get me wrong; I love every single organization I’m a part of. I love having a busy schedule, but I just find it a little funny. I had just gotten back from a hectic weekend involving a wedding shower, formal dress shopping, nephew babysitting and a long talk about finances with my parents. Yeah, that’s basically everything you can pack into a weekend at home. So I get back to my dorm room around 3 p.m. I dig through my bag for my keys, trying not to drop my overstuffed bag of Valentine’s Day gifts and avoiding dragging my new, precious formal dress along the floor.
The list of things to do runs through my head. It was my friend’s birthday, so I had to get him a gift. A guy from my high school plays on A&M’s lacrosse team, and he scored a goal during his game on Saturday, so my friend and I decided we’d have to make him cookies. My laundry bag was overflowing, and I was running out of clothes; a trip to the laundry room was much-needed. I had two tests the next day, both of which I hadn’t started studying for due to the chaotic weekend. Aggie Wrangler lessons were at 5:30 p.m., and I had already skipped one meeting that day. I had to do all of this before going to bed at a decent time due to the fact that I had to wake up at 8 a.m. to go and see if I got an interview with another organization.
I was watching a movie on advertising for my persuasion test, flipping through my Spanish book, making runs down to the laundry room, assembling my valentine bags for my friends, figuring out what to buy for my friend’s birthday, nervous about getting an interview, making cookies in my dorm’s makeshift kitchen, attempting to two-step during my Aggie Wrangler lessons and getting my forms filled out for my sorority. What can I say? I’m a pro multi-tasker.