Greetings for the very very last time! Oh my goodness. I have one more week left. This time next week, I will be back in good old New York, already complaining about how I miss all my UArts friends!

It has been a very hectic last few weeks….We had auditions for fall semester shows and I had 3 callbacks. It was very exciting to get callbacks since I’m only a soon-to-be sophmore! So we’ll see what happens. It was another thing that made life very insane….but it was at least an exciting thing!

The weather has finally been really nice outside, so I spent quite a bit of time doing homework at Rittenhouse Square, a gorgeous park only a few blocks away from UArts.

me making a profound point to Grace, of course!

Yeah, everything’s been slowly winding down. We had our last classes last week and we have finals all this week. Final projects and papers and everything have gradually all come together. Acting Studio and Music Skills finals on Monday, Script Analysis final on Tuesday. On Wednesday, I have my ballet presentation where I am doing “Tom, Dick, or Harry” from Kiss Me Kate with Allison, Chris, and Monica. And then my jury next Monday….And then there is just saying goodbye….Ugh….While of course we come back in the fall, no year is exactly the same as the year before. I will have new next-door neighbors, new classmates, new teachers. But it’s all an adventure.
 
Our last Music Skills class

It’s absolutely insane that this time last year I didn’t know anyone or anything about UArts. It’s been a great year. It’s had ups and downs, but I’m so happy I came to UArts. I cannot believe I’m going to be away from UArts for 3 months. This has become home to me and it’s just so sad to leave.

To all my readers, I hope I made an impact in your decision to come to UArts and that you enjoyed reading my journal. You should totally apply to do UArts journals because you get a free digital camera in addition to the good feeling of knowing that you help influence people’s decisions! To all the freshman journalists of next year, have fun! Thanks for reading!

Sincerely yours,

Serena