This week the #HCSS spotlight shines on Microbiology sophomore Sarah Wolff from Newark, Texas! Wolff is an Honors College Advocate as well as an Undergraduate Recitation Leader in the College of Science.
Sarah Wolff stands outside College Hall.
MR: Tell me about your major.
SW: I first started out as a Bio major… I’ve been pre-med since my freshman year, and then I had a crisis and changed my major to Nursing for a little while. And then I went on a six month period in which I realized I really wanted to go to med school, so I changed my major to Microbiology because I didn’t like how much evolution ecology was included in the Biology major. So this semester and last semester were my first semesters as a Micro major, and it’s been wonderful. I love it very much. It’s way more interesting than normal biology to me, because it’s more molecular and cellular biology, which is what I really wanted to study. So I’m quite happy with it.
MR: What are your goals for the rest of your time as an undergraduate?
SW: To graduate on time would be great. To graduate with my Honors degree early; to maintain a 4.0.
MR: Do you have any goals for after graduation?
SW: Medical school! That’s about it.
MR: So you want to be a doctor?
SW: I do. That’s the dream.
MR: What has your experience been like in the Honors College?
SW: Very wonderful. I went to school in a really tiny class, so my graduating class was 14 people. So when I came here, it was a bit of a culture shock [because] of all the people…. My first day, in the CAB, actually, I was sitting there crying—it was a rough time, it was a lonely freshman year—and one of the Honors students…came up and introduced herself to me, and she was just the very sweetest… Everyone that I have come into contact with in the Honors College is just an incredible mentor to me, and they’ve just been so wonderful about creating a little community for all of us, and all my friends are here in the Honors College. And the staff, I adore the staff, they’re the best. Being an advocate has been so wonderful because I feel like I talk about the Honors College all the time to my friends anyway, so it was nice to be able to do that officially for the Honors College. And I do like that it has helped me distinguish my resume a little bit, because med school is the plan, so the Honors degree will help with that.
MR: Tell me about being an Advocate.
SW: It’s the best. I think the best part about it is just being with other Honors students that are also very happy with their experience as Honors students; we have formed a little crew [and] we do things together, we hang out a lot together and that’s really nice. And I enjoy going to the different events that we have and talking about the Honors College. I really like doing the Senior Academic Excellence Day where you talk to the seniors coming in and then get to reassure them that everything’s going to be okay, and just telling them about the different benefits of the Honors College. So yeah, it’s been really good, I really enjoy it a lot.