Life is good.

Look at us, almost halfway through April! Wowzers, I'm not very good at the whole up-to-date sort of thing, sorry. But these last couple months have been quite the wild ride, accepting scholarships, college decisions, singing, Exec... and it's been so fun! I seriously have loved these past few months because everything is starting to fit into place for my future. So yay!!! I'm also seeing some of present coming to a close. Not so yay, but hey, that's life for ya. So here have been some of the big moments.

...I'm a Huntsman Scholar (well kinda)!!!

So through January and February, I focused a fair amount of my time on applying for the USU Ambassador Scholarship. Ambassadors are a leadership position and are known for going to their assigned high schools and try to recruit students to join their college or university. One of our friends in the ward who works in the business department at USU recommended I try out for the positions, and I thought it sounded like fun (and like some free $$$) so I went for it. During this time the same friend recommended I apply for a position as a Huntsman Scholar, which is the Honors Program for the  Huntsman School of Business. I was not as enthusiastic about this to begin with, but I completed the application anyways after lot's of pressuring from the parentals (tip: listen to your parents; they know best most of the time).
I got called back for interviews for both scholarships, and it was exciting! I thought the stars were really aligning for the Ambassadors, but one day I got home from school and I was received my rejection letter from the Ambassador's team. I felt pretty chapped, I'm not gonna lie. But later that night I received an email congratulating me on becoming a Huntsman Scholar! I really don't know how qualified I am to be one, but when one door closed another one opened. My plan has been to major in business (specifics not yet figured out), and the more I find out about the program the more excited I get to be a part of it.
Technically I'm just a Huntsman Scholar Candidate; you're not considered a Scholar until you get reaccepted your junior year. BUT LISTEN TO THIS. Once you get in your junior year, you get to do a half a semester abroad with the other scholars! Isn't that so cool?! Yeah, I'm pretty pumped.

...I'm a Sterling Scholar!!!

Sterling Scholars is an organization that's intention is to bring more attention to scholarship, leadership, and service in high school rather than just to athletics. I participated in the Vocal Performance category, and it was seriously whales of fun. And that is a lot of fun.

Preparing for Sterling Scholar was a LOT of work. After getting the receiving the award on the school level, I had to create a portfolio with LOTS of essays which took LOTS of time to complete. Shout-out to Aunt Laurie for being my personal editor:) After completing my portfolio I submitted it to the committee and was advance to the semi final interviews! And after that I advanced to the finals for the Wasatch Region! I'm sooo grateful for this new talent of singing I've found these past few years. It's brought so much joy to me already and I can't wait to see where it has yet to lead me.

PS: I'm third from the left if you're trying to find me in the picture:)

 

New Exec, Old Exec

On March 28th, the Mountain Crest Executive Council announced who will be taking over their positions for the 2015-16 school year. I still remember the day I was sworn in last year and given the position of Student Executive.

 

Exec has been one of the best parts of my senior year. I have such admiration for my fellow members and our advisor. They are all so great, and it will be hard to part with them come graduation. It was a bittersweet moment to be sure, but the school is in good hands next year, I'll tell ya that.

Who would have thought that a group of such different individuals would become one crazy cohesive team of leaders? Not me. But we did, and I sure do love them lots.