Hello fellow Terps! I'm Kelly, a freshman here at the University of Maryland. I have spent my whole life within the Washington D.C. metropolitan area in the suburbs Northern Virginia. I graduated from Paul VI Catholic High School last May, after a full life of private school education I was excited to step into the big, new college world. In my college hunt I was searching for a school with the Dietetics major, close to home, and a fantastic sports program. With my older sister a University of Maryland senior and a fierce love of Maryland basketball I found College Park to be the perfect home for me over the next four years. I am working towards a Dietetics and Family Science double major. I hope to balance my social life and studies to succeed in school but have a good time while I‘m here. My goal is to have a career in sports nutrition.
As for my writing background, the majority of my writing experience is a result of high school English classes. This heavily critiqued, literature-based writing is not what I enjoy. I do not have an issue with writing, I actually enjoy it, when I am writing about subjects I am passionate about. However, if I am writing about a “boring” subject I have trouble finding the words and think my writing sounds forced. I do not think it is fair to classify anyone as a good or bad writer because everyone’s writing styles and tastes are different. My writing style is to let the words flow freely, reread, and edit until my writing is perfect. I am a perfectionist so this process has to be repeated several times until I am happy. I hope to gain experience with many different types of writing and creative criticism to grow as a writer.
