It was kinda hard!
But if you can believe it, I finished!
I definitely did feel at the end that I was so ready to be done, after such a hard push for what felt like a really long time.
It was a weird dichotomy. I felt kinda sad in the spring that it would all be ending. Felt like a chapter closing that in many ways I liked having open – as though there were always possibilities as long as the book was open.
I had so many great professors, and I was really gonna miss them! Plus, I loved making friends with tutors and some classmates. So, the idea of leaving was kinda sad!
But… a bunch of them were graduating. A bunch of people were already gone by the time I started summer, which made it easier.
Also, there was a lot of pressure on the summer classes. They were the big final classes for both my majors and both my minors, so just very project-full. And I was pretty beyond exhausted – which also made it easier to let go of the bittersweet ‘I don’t want to leave’ feeling.
So yeah, I did successfully finish. I did learn a lot!
Some things that stick out (that I don’t think I’ve mentioned too much yet) are:
- how to make a personal sound library and good personal sound effects
- how to use a turntable/techniques for that
- how to use the program Max
- how to do basic programming in multiple computer languages
- the basics of how to make a video game
And I increased skills in understanding ProTools and things I had some knowledge of before. But those come to mind as things basically brand new, within the last year, if not the last semester or two.
Very happy to end with Prince Charles as my last professor in undergrad. He’s a gem. I will miss him, but I’m sure I’ll still bug him sometimes.
So… yeah, I don’t know much else to say [unless anyone leaves any specific questions or anything in the comments] except… I’m done! 🙂
[…And now we’re about to start grad school!]