Week 16—Pre-departure
I think I’m ready to go home. I am ready to see my family and friends, and to be back in America. I do think I could potentially live in Bonn, or go to school in Germany, but as of right now, I am ready to be back home.
It’s so hard to look back on this semester. So much has happened in so little time, but at the same time it seems like January 10thwas so long ago. I am so incredibly thankful for this opportunity, and for everyone I met on this trip, and for all the lessons I have learned along the way. I’m curious as to how I will feel once I am back in Texas—will I look at Texas differently? At my friends and family differently? Will my old way of life feel strange? Will I feel any different at all?
Mostly I’m afraid that I won’t feel any different, and that I’ll look back at my time in Bonn as just a fun vacation. I hope I’ve changed—but I don’t really feel like I have much. I will say this—you h a v e to go on this trip. If you are on the fence about it, I am telling you right now, go. It is a once in a lifetime sort of opportunity, at the perfect time in your life. Dr. Wasser has really created an incredible program. There really is no reason not to go.
I decided to go because 1. I was feeling stuck in College Station. I didn’t know what I wanted out of A&M, I didn’t know what I really wanted to do with my life, and I felt like I was running in the same circle; and 2. I wanted to decide between biomedical science and biomedical engineering as my major.
I think as of right now, both of the above ‘problems’ have been solved through the trip. I have officially changed my major, and am now trying to figure out how I am going to use a Biomedical sciences degree (med school? PA school?). And I now have something to work towards, so I’m not running around in a circle like before. I’m very excited to get back and start this process. I’ll let you know in a few months how its all working out for me.
Auf Wiedersehen!!!!
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