Carolinian

Hi!
I'm Stevie! I'm from Nashville, Tennessee, but I currently find myself in Columbia, South Carolina attending the University of South Carolina. I have an older brother, Tyler. He's 21 and basically my best friend. We're super close. I lived with my mom in Tennessee. She runs her own company, and due to that spends a lot of time away from home. She travels for business, leaving me and my dog to fend for ourselves. We manage.

As the first few weeks of my time at Carolina come to a close, I find myself enjoying the experience much more than I ever thought I would. I rushed at the beginning of the month, and now I am a Kappa Kappa Gamma pledge :)

I love my roommate. We were completely randomly assigned to eachother, but things have actually worked out amazingly. She's completely chill, which is good for my laid back nature. I LOVE my hall. We spend almost every night doing something: hanging out in one kid's room, going to the movies, or just doing homework together. We've seriously become something like a family in these two short weeks.

The Carolina Creed applies to me in that I intend to do my best academically during my four years here. I'm on scholarship and I intend to keep it. My poli sci professor told me that something like 50% of first years lose their scholarships after their 2nd semester at school. I am determined to not be apart of that 50%. So I need to make sure that I study and keep my grades up, the honest way. No cheating here. Also, bigotry. It sucks. I'm gonna take a stand to it. haha
No, but seriously at USC, I'm going to try to expose myself to a lot of different culture and diversity. Coming from Brentwood, Tennessee, where everyone is bascially the same, I want to explore the people around me; I want to see what factors have affected those not hailing from the Great State of Tennessee.

Basically, I'm really excited to be here. I look forward to finding out what secrets this semester holds for me :)