By Karissa Drumm on December 7, 2008 10:26 AM
As the semester is coming to an end, I'm thinking about how I ended up here, right now, and how I'm going to get through the next few months. First of all, I remember my senior year in undergrad when I couldn't decide where to go to grad school. I was so indecisive I sat down with the head of the department here after a NSSLHA meeting and talked to him about the pros and cons of each school, including Emerson. He gave me such insight that I took for granted his attempt to be unbiased. Then, the next day when I rode the elevator with him, he said "You know, I was thinking about our conversation last night, and you should just come here!" I love the sense of community at Emerson and how the professors treat you as colleagues, friends, and mentors.
Now, four semesters of graduate school later, I have come to rely on my community again. As my graduating class begins to study for our comps exam, we have all worked together to develop a giant study guide to share with the whole class. I love how supportive we are to each other and how much the professors want to see us succeed. I have heard rumors about other CD programs being quite competitive, like students won't share notes, they don't study together, etc. This seems awfully foreign to me and I can't imagine having to go through my graduate career without the support of the community of students and professionals here.
With one more semester to go, I feel a sense of belonging. I know I will succeed in the "real world" because others know I will succeed. It's been quite an adventure, and now sitting for the comps will be something of a rite of passage on to bigger and better things, but I will always know that the family I have made at Emerson will always be here.
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