Seniors – College Admission at Loyola

Pomp, Circumstance, and Tassels

By | March 19, 2014

Spring semester is flying by, and seniors on campus are already buzzing about send off activities to wind down our final days at Loyola.

Today was certainly another reminder that graduation is just around the corner. Seniors were instructed to pick up their graduation gear from Damen MPR between 9:30 AM and 6:30 PM. After dishing out a good chunk of change for my cap and gown, I was happy to enjoy some free spoils. Food, snacks, and various Loyola trinkets were offered at tables all over the room. I was feeling rather unfazed by the whole thing, that is until a woman offered me congratulations as I walked out the door. Then it hit me how close I am to graduating, how Loyola has really changed me, and how much I’m going to miss my years in college.

So as my new graduation gown hangs looming in my closet, I look forward to all the fun activities to come. I can’t wait to celebrate!

Moms Weekend

By | November 11, 2013

As a senior in college you begin to cherish the time that you still have as an undergrad. My roommates and I realize that we may be living in completely separate parts of the country at this time next year. This has helped us to use our time wisely and do really fun things. One of the fun things that we decided to do this fall was have a “Moms Weekend”. So we all invited our moms out to Chicago to spend the weekend together playing games, shopping, and eating.

For most of the weekend we kept our schedules open and played everything by ear. However the one thing that we did plan was a Paint Nite. This is a two hour long event during which we arrived at a local bar (the event travels to a different bar each night), and were provided with a blank canvas, paint, brushes, and an instructor. The painting for the night was of big flower and essentially we were all expected to paint the same flower. As you can see from the picture below, we had some rebels in our group and our flowers turned out to be pretty different from each others.

It was such a fun event and the rest of the weekend followed suit. We went out to dinner, went shopping, and played a lot of games in our apartment. Sadly the weekend had to come to an end and it is once again Sunday. Surprisingly there is only two and a half weeks until Thanksgiving break, and then only once week until finals week! Time flies when you’re having fun!