shantroy - leadership studies is basically the study of yourself (your personality, how you work with others, your leadership potential), leadership theories, the history of leadership (I actually studied abroad as part of this program and took "leadership through the ages" in England and studied historial British leaders), and the application of all of these things to real world leadership scenarios. My minor is actually part of a leadership program we have at my school (you have to do the minor if you're in the program, but not vice versa) so I do all kinds of stuff through the program as well such as go to speakers, do community service, attend workshops, etc etc.

Did I miss anything belladisastro?

I'm stressing about senior year starting soon, especially because I'm taking some super hard classes this semester as well as maintaining an executive position in my sorority and working 20 hrs/week. . but I'm going to have to find a way to keep fitting the gym into my schedule!! I find that having workout buddies and keeping each other accountable is really the only thing that works for me.

I'm 23 and still working on my undergrad degree. I've kept switching majors and schools for the last 5 years (as well as had a few doses of personal issues that made me drop two semesters in there), but I've finally decided to stick with one - Information Technology with a concentration in Network Engineering. I hope to finish up in 2 years. I go to Keystone College, and commute. I also pretty much have a minor's worth of courses in Computer Science.

I actually didn't gain too much weight my freshman year. Maybe 5 pounds. My classes all started late (11 AM or later) and ran until 7 or 8 at night. I worked the weekend at a fast food place, but I didn't really eat the food there too much, and while I was at school, I generally only ate something I brought or something from the Subway across the street.

Unfortunately, I did become way less active. In 11th and 12th grade, I went to a karate class two times a week for 1 1/2 hours each time, to an akido class for one hour a week, and a weapons class one hour a week. Plus I practiced at home. Once college started, there was no time for karate anymore because of my schedule. I used to blame gaining 60 pounds my sophomore year on Dr. Pepper, but now I know better. Sophomore year, I had a more normal school schedule, so I started working around 40 hours a week, became a manager at the place and got free food, so I ate it all the time. Then we got Dr. Pepper and I drank 100+ ounces a day. So yeah, being inactive + greasy fast food + lots of soda = massive weight gain.

But now I'm on the path to recovery! School is definitely less stressful than it used to be (found a college I really like), and I work in an environment that I can eat healthy with limited temptation. So yeah, I'm with you all on trying to balance weight loss with school and work and such.

I'm going into my junior year at Cornell University in upstate NY in about two weeks. I'm majoring in Computer Science with a concentration in Cognitive Science. It's a lot of work but it's interesting and I love learning.

So far I've done nothing but gain weight at school, but this year I'm planning on losing. I gained the freshman 15 along with another 5 my sophomore year, so this time I'm getting a gym membership and watching what I'm eating more carefully!

Go Buffs!

I am one online course away from completing my BS in Music Industry and Entertainment Studies with an emphasis in Music Business. I'm 26. It's been a loooong, strange trip.

I'll be starting school in January. Although it's only for 3 months because it's an intensive course in Hospitality Management (Hotels, Restaurants etc). I haven't been in school since 2001! I'm 25 now, so I think it's now or never for me. So, I'm pretty nervous about a lot of different aspects. Getting back into being a student, managing my time between school, work, exercise and I live with my boyfriend...so lots to think about!

I think it'll be fine and I don't worry too much about gaining any weight as long as I can stick to my regular eating habits- I don't tend to fall for fast food very often...I'm more of an at home snacker...lol

lunabella, that sounds really really cool. I wish they'd had something like that at my university. Maybe they did, but I just didn't look hard enough or pay enough attention. (My parents won't let me forget that I enrolled in unversity with the plans of majoring in theatre and psycology and when it came time register for classes I found out that my university didn't have a theatre program....opps! But it all worked out I loved the sociology program I ended up in) It sounds like a program I'd love to do now.

My biggest problem with school is I change my mind every 5 minutes with regard to what I want to be when I grow up. My career plan du jour is to complete my psych degreen, enroll in the Master's of counseling programming then become an educational consultant specializing in at risk youth. But by the end of day I'll want to do something different!

shadowclaw- im a 23 yr old undergrad too.....im so ready to graduate


well ive been in school forever it seems like although i did take off 2 semesters
my major is communication.....and i go to school at WTAMU

I'm 22 and I'm in my last year of pharmacy school. I did two years of undergrad and didn't gain any weight. But once I moved into my own apartment and started my pharmacy program, I haven't stopped! It's hard to focus on school and stay motivated on a diet.

Good luck to you!

Hi Ladies

I am majoring in Concurrent Education (Primary/Junior). I finished my BA in Child and Youth studies and am now completing my Bachelor of Education to teach Grades K-6. I'm looking forward to it. I am on the South Beach Diet and when I entered university I was a 6/8 from finishing the diet and now a size 14 and restarting. My ultimate goal is next Spring, instead of traditional graduation pictures, to have my portrait taken...


Good luck to you all in the coming school year!

I'm 21 and i finished my undergrad bachelor of arts last year, double majoring in psychology and German. Now I'm doing the first year of my masters in health psychology

Helloooo everyone. I just turned 19 last week and I'm going into my second year at the University of Chicago (best school in the world!!! Woo-hoo go Maroons! Hehe lots of school pride here. ) I haven't exactly picked my major yet, but I'm leaning towards English, and I'm planning to minor in Spanish. I'm really concerned about losing weight and staying OP when I go back to school (I just started my plan about 3-4 weeks ago) but I'm hoping it will be ok. I lost a little bit of weight last year even without exercising and eating 99% junk, just because I ate less frequently and my dorm was waaay far away from campus (plus the campus is pretty big) so I walked around a lot. I'm hoping that if I actually put effort into it this year, the weight will just fly off!

Hi everybody!
I'm 20 going on 21 in November. I graduated in 2005 from Highschool and since I didn't know what I wanted to do until now, I've just been working. About a year ago I finally figured out I wanted to do nursing. (Figures -- my mother and HER mum are both nurses -- had to happen lol) The only problem was I didn't take the science credits I need as prerequisites when I was in highschool so now I'm totally slowed down by doing correspondence! Ugh! My goal is to be in my first year of nursing by the fall of 2009. I know I can do it, I just forget to remind myself of that sometimes! WE CAN DO IT!!!

Hello.
Just turned 20 on the 4th (woooo). I'm a junior at The University of Texas at San Antonio, majoring in Psychology with a focus on Criminal Behavior.
Dr. Huang from Law & Order: SVU? That's pretty much what I want to do. Heh. I want to get my master's and bachelor's from UT Austin, but we'll see how that goes in a year or so.

hi im 26, ive spent the last year at a community college but im transferring in the fall. my major is accounting, ill be done in about 3.5 years...ill be 29ish and my daughter will be 8!! OMG my school has an on campus gym so i wont have the excuse oh i dont feel like driving to my gym ha and the food there is so expensive (for me)that i have to bring my own lunch. good luck everyone!

Hey guys! I'm going to be starting back to school after a long break in January as well! I'm going for my associates in nursing....

and then plan on getting my bachelors and masters so that I can be a midwife. I had NO idea until this year you have to have a masters to be a midwife, kind of crazy!

I'm so nervous about working full time and going to school (although I will be going to school part time until I actually get into nursing school). And part of the reason I'm planning on getting an associates and THEN a bachelors is so that I can get out of this **** hole I work in!