My Senior Project began as a “learn-as-you-go” process. Going into it, I really had no idea how I was going to be creating this guide. Would I be writing at home? On campus? Would it by a physical book? Online? Would someone be watching over me making sure I was working? There were so many things I was not sure of.
On the morning of May 9th, I went up to the Development office and was given a tour of the real “Chuck’s Corner”. I never knew any of this space existed. Chuck and I talked about my plans for the guide, and I quickly became more comfortable with this process. Finally, after my four years at Proctor, I could work at my own pace. I had a deadline, but how I got there was up to me. All of the decisions, all of the writing… it was all determined by me. I started to write. I wrote down everything I could think of that a Freshman would want to know. Once I did that, I talked to other kids and tried to write down everything they could think of. I also created online surveys so that the entire student body could answer my questions. Now, I know that 75% of students on campus have never switched advisors. Who knew?
Every day was like the next. I talked to more students, and I wrote down more. I was slowly building up information for the ultimate guide. Near the end of the week I started to create pages that looked like they would for the final product of the guide. I was very satisfied with the results, so I talked to a lady in the Development office that said she would help me get this guide on the Proctor website over these next few weeks. I still have a lot of work ahead of me, but I’m having fun doing what I want to do!
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