A Day In The [Summer] Life of Austin K

8:00 AM: Time to wake up for class! This summer is the first time since being at Hopkins that I've had a class at 9:00 AM. My high school used to start at 7:40 AM, and took 30 minutes to get to. There's just somthing about being in college that makes waking up so much harder... 

Maybe one of these days I won't need to set 4+ alarms and then hide it on the other side of the room.

8:30 AM: Just enough time to grab a bowl of cereal for breakfast! Then it's off to class.

9:00 AM: Made it to class right on time, before the instructor too! We're going over practice problems to prep for our midterm on Wednesday.

10:15 AM: Time for a 15-minute break. I decided to take notes by hand instead of on my laptop like I usually do. Helps to stay awake and not get distracted by the internet.

Hopefully I can decipher this later...

11:10 AM: Now that we've gone over the practive problem set, I'm feeling pretty good about the midterm. I'll just need to go over my notes one more time to make sure I've covered everything.

11:20 AM: Having lunch in the Brody cafe, The Daily Grind. Taking the time to check e-mails, Facebook, and catch up on school news. www.hub.jhu.edu is a great website for news covering the entire University. In just the last month, two major changes have taken place. JHU has updated its visual identity to give all its school a sense of cohesiveness and the new designs definintely have my seal of approval. http://identity.jhu.edu/
Also, after being independent for over 100 years, the Men's Lacrosse Team at Hopkins has announced that it will join the Big Ten Conference as a Lacrosse Affiiliate in 2015. Hopefully this announcement will cause a renewal in school spirit. Go Hop!

Q Level entrance to the Brody Learning Commons, where The Daily Grind is located. The frozen drinks are really good for cooling off from the summer heat.

12:15 PM: Time to get to work at Summer Programs. I start off by replying to e-mails and processing any new forms that you all have sent in. I've already answered a few phone calls too!

Ready to take your calls and any other questions you might have!

3:00 PM: After talking to many of our excited Pre-College students and their parents, I just want to point everyone to the enrolled students section on our website. The information there is up to date and being updated as more details are finalized. Click on "For Enrolled Students" under the program you are attending, either Discover Hopkins or Summer University (http://jhu.edu/summer/precollege/index.html). You can check out information about Move-In Day, and find out more about your RAs for the summer!

5:00 PM: Time to head home. I'll be back bright and early tomorrow morning!

6:00 PM: After getting settled down, I made myself some dinner and it tasted pretty good if I do say so myself.

Spaghetti with Vodka Sauce! I decided to play around with Photoshop Express on my phone for the first time. Haha maybe I'll go back to Instagram.

8:23 PM: Sitting in front of the TV and surfing the channels. Moving into my apartment this summer was the first time I got to watch TV since my parents cancelled our family's cable service back in my sophomore year of high school. There's so many shows I used to watch, now in reruns, it's making me a little bit nostalgic.

9:57 PM: I'm finally getting around to reading all those random articles on the internet that I didn't have time for before. BuzzFeed and Thought Catalog are a student's worst nightmare, every click brings new distractions.

11:30 PM: Time to go to bed, I don't have class tomorrow so I'll be heading into the office first thing in the morning. Good night!