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Open in new tab Going into my junior year, and looking back on my Letter to Senior Self, I kind of laugh a little. It’s very weird reading a letter you wrote to yourself two years ago. At the time, I definitely thought that my wants for my future wouldn’t have changed that much; boy was I wrong. I have a completely different major declared and plan to do something else with it. I mentioned in my letter about the people I use to spend my time with, freshman roommates as well as high school friends. What I think is incredible to me, is that I am still very close to those people. In fact I still live with my freshman roommate and go and visit high school friends at their universities and summer homes too. I feel like this relates to the community pillar. I have aways thought of my friends and family as my community, especially coming from a military family. We never had a place to call home, but the people around you, is what defined it. Scholarship is something I’ve grown to understand and value in everyday life. We recently had a coaching change on the softball team. Our new coach emphasizes scholarship and its importance to your character. While I always knew it applied to my academic life, I have recently seen it apply to all aspects of my life. The final pillar, service, is something I have always loved doing. Last year, the softball team undertook many community service projects. One of the projects I was blessed to work at, was at a place called Morgan’s Mutts. This family takes in dogs off the streets and finds them homes. For this service project, we washed a litter of puppies that recently came in and worked with dogs on leashes and basic training. Ironically, one day my two roommates and I decided to come back again after that to just look at the dogs… and one of my roommates ended up taking one home! Despite her not being my dog, it really was special that we were able to give this dog a home and help make her life as good as it can be.