Hi! How are you today?
Yoyoyo I'm doin swell How about you?
Doing good!  A little sad that it's Monday and the weekend is over but oh well
I'm writing a poetry analysis and I stayed up till 3 last night and all I've eaten today is peach yogurt and one single pretzel thin but I'm actually feeling really good Haha how was your weekend?
Wow you live your life way more hardcore than me! What were you analyzing? Much chiller than yours it sounds like! Are you taking classes? I'm not, which probably accounts for why my weekend was much less intense
Archibald's example by Edwin Arlington Robinson haha it's pretty pessimistic Haha I'm in high school graduating in 8 days baby
So you're still living the high school life and still in class, crazy! I graduated from high school at the end of April Are you starting in the fall then?
Haha yeah it's pretty lame Woah how'd you finish so early? Nah I'm starting in summer My last day at home is may 28th
My high school just does graduation in late April for some reason, I never complained though! Oh awesome, are you super psyched? What classes are you taking? Are you sad to be moving out?
Wow where are you from? Haha yeah I'm kinda sad But I'm taking stat 105, chem 101 and foundations of the restoration I turn 18 in October so I'll still be young for a while
A tiny town in the middle of nowhere in Arkansas! Pretty far off the beaten path
I'm excited to freak people out on dates like I have been on this chat thing because of my age Haha aw man that stinks I bet you're excited for Big City Living
Oh wow you're pretty full then! What made you decide to start in Summer rather than Fall?
Unless you're super into small town living which then I applaud you
Nice, you'll have a great story to tell your kids about leaving home when you were 17 and going off to college as a minor How did that work out?
My parents are kinda tired of me lol
Ha yeah it was nice to come to Provo and not have to drive an hour and a half to get to Walmart anymore That's a good reason! Are you the youngest or the oldest or in between? I was the oldest so my parents were sad to see me go but they'll be glad to get rid of my youngest siblings I'm sure!
I started school when I was 4 cause I took a test and apparently I was a wicked smart 4 year old Haha I'm actually the oldest as well How many sibs do you have?
I totally believe that, only the best and the smartest go to BYU! Would say overall that your experiences with being younger than your classmates were interesting, funny, frustrating, or something else? Haha I guess your parents are just ready for you to leave the house then! I'm 2 of 9, but my older sister never moved out so I was the first to leave. What about you?
Haha it stank when everyone was driving and I couldn't until my junior year But it's nice because I can go on a mission and not lose as much time as everyone else But I have to wait like a year and a half to go So I'd say it's pretty neutral, with a lot of pros and cons Woah woah 9 kids holy crap Do you have an accent?
Ha yeah that's pretty annoying, I guess you're right it evens out pretty much. Where are you wanting to go for your mission? Or are you pretty open to anywhere? Yeah it's always busy at my house! We're all a year and a half apart so there's like no break for my parents until my youngest brother graduates
I don't think I'd want states, and I'd be really excited if I went to Scandinavia or Asia
No accent, I grew up just north of Denver but moved to Arkansas in high school so I graduated from there but never got the accent!
Haha I've only got two siblings and I guess they're pretty sad I'm leaving. My parents have a countdown paper chain however Oh cool yeah I moved to Arizona right before my senior yesr Year I bet you can fake the accent really well. Erg I'm the worst with accents I can only do the trashy drunk aunt that's kinda universal
Oh yeah Asia would be way cool! Do you have a history of missionary service in your family? That's too bad, are you pretty close to your siblings? I've definitely gotten closer to mine since moving out of the house, they didn't mind when I left the first time but
Lol yeah my dad went to Texas
everytime I go to visit then leave it gets a little harder and we are all a little sadder, something about how absence makes the heart grow fonder or something
Wait so you've already moved out?
That's funny! My parents were more sad than my siblings were. What do your parents have against you?
Whew this chat is so fast
No I'm terrible at accents! It's really hard to fake I guess when you know what the real thing sounds like Yeah I graduated 2 years ago! I just finished my fifth semester here.
Haha that's for sure
Sorry, I'm at a computer and it's a lot easier for me to type pretty quickly!
I don't know why I thought you were in high school as well haha I'm not sure what my parents have against me, I guess they're just excited because neither of them went to college or really got to move out before going to college *getting married First gen college for the win 
I guess because I said something about graduating in April! I did graduate the end of April in 2016.
Ah cool haha
Okay that's fair, parents want their children to have better than they did so I guess they'll be living vicariously through you or excited that you get to do what they didn't And hey that is awesome, congratulations for real!!! What are you thinking of studying?
Haha my major is physiology and developmental biology, so premed
That's insane, I'm 110% impressed for sure! What all do you want to do with that?
Well I'm thinking Baylor medical school in Texas, and right now I'm interested in oncology, anesthesiology, or opthalmology But that's probably going to change haha
That's really specific, I definitely don't have anywhere near that kind of educational specificity! What's made you go that direction?
Haha mainly my patriarchial blessing, and I knew that I wanted to do something that I knew would make people's lives better and use my life wisely How about you? What's your major?
Super interesting, I'm more impressed that you have the mind as well as the stomach for it! I could never do anything medically related Which is evident in my choice of major, which is music composition and about the farthest you can get from anything medically oriented
Haha my favorite place on Earth is a cadaver lab Haha hey I play piano Do you know what you're going to do with that major?
Yeah I would be throwing up every 3 seconds if I ever even set foot in a cadaver lab so 10/10 on being a more advanced human being than I am! Oh that's awesome! How long have you been playing? How did you get into that? Yeah I'd totally love to write film scores! There are a couple things that could get in the way of that but currently there's zero female presence in the film scoring world
Haha really my secret is just desensitize for a long time and you can handle anything That is sooooo cool you go girl
and I definitely want to change that because it's important for there to be strong female role models in all facets of society even nonessential ones like film scoring
I've taken lessons for 11 years and I teach kids now Nah film scores are so important have you ever seen castaway with Tom Hanks? No music, and it's really awkward Yeah thats why I want to be a doctor there aren't a lot of girls doing that either but it's getting better
Haha okay I believe you but I still don't think I could ever handle anything like that!
Haha it would be literally impossible for me to compose music so you're cool too haha
That's so cool!! I loved teaching piano, I left my studio in Arkansas sadly but it's so cool to see kids learn and grow and develop a love of music Not that that's ever made me want to teach music but it was fun to teach piano in high school
Yes absolutely And it's so cool to see them finally start to sight read the hard stuff and then they just take off it's so satisfying
Yeah you're right Castaway is really awkward! I just really love the fact that you can affect people emotionally with music and it's even more powerful when combined with
I'm sad to leave my kids because they can't afford anyone else so they have to quit
images on screen so I think it's important to be a good role model of responsibly using the emotional power that you can have over people Yeah we totally need more female presence in society! So way to go with going into a male-dominated profession to be the best doctor ever!
Yes totally Haha thanks I hope I'll do well Im mainly interested in it for the foreign humanitarian stuff
Yes it's so cool to see the click or the lightbulb moment or whatever when they realize music is a thing and they can understand it and communicate with it Oh that is so sad, piano doesn't have to be so expensive...
I know it makes me really sad
Way awesome, what all would you be interested in with that?
Doctors without borders Because I only really need like 100,000 a year to be more than comfortable and anesthesiologists make like 600 and that's just too much
So awesome!!!! You can definitely do a lot of good with that
That's the plan haha
Yeah I'm not going to even be making any money ever, I've just resigned myself to that. I'll just have to go with the "marry rich" plan
That's why I want to go to Baylor is because its freakishly cheap like 17 thousand a year so I can pay off debt in just a few years Haha Id probably either want to marry someone super artsy and who doesn't make a ton of money Or another doctor But like no in-between haha
Interesting, I had no idea it was so cheap, but yeah you can totally pay that off pretty quickly especially once you start making the big bucks Ha yeah out of necessity I have to marry someone who isn't artsy and has a guaranteed job
Yep haha it's subsidized by the state, not just some sketch school
Maybe someone artsy would balance out the doctor work? But also I know a couple who are both opera singers and they are married and the moral of that story is that opposites don't always attract! Ah makes sense, you totally have your life in order and you're only in high school, way to go!
Oooorr you could win like 8 academy awards an YOULL be makin the benjamins Haha yeah I'm really into music and dance so I think it would be cool to have someone there to make me less robotic when doctor stuff is frustrating
Uh yeah we will go with that!
And having different timelines for careers would be really nice when I go to med school and I'm super busy Haha my dad had a dream that I married someone 8 years older than me and I wouldn't care
Yeah that's true, it's nice to have someone to balance you out. I'm dating a marketing management guy and it's helpful because he's definitely the more grounded one but I keep things interesting so it balances out
That's so cool
And yes that's a good plan, marrying another med school student would be really hard I bet! Haha don't listen to people who tell you that age doesn't matter because it totally does...8 years is a lot!
Yeah we could study and he'd understand cases haha Yeah but I guess if I'm 28 and in med school it doesn't matter thst much haha My parents are 6 years apart so they don't see a problem with it But still. Like 8 years older is 25 right now. Ew
Haha yeah I guess that could work I can see why people think there wouldn't be a problem with it but like you said 8 years older than you is 25, that is ridiculously old! As compared to you.
Haha yeah yokes Yikes
Yeah for real! My parents are 7 years and I think that's why they never wanted me to date older guys. I guess the older you get age is really just a number but I still wouldn't recommend, it's just way to weird, especially as a teenager and/or a minor Watch out for the RM guys when you get here!
Haha yes im thinking of making myself look like really ugly for a year before I go on my mission so I don't have any attachments when I leave haha If not that, I'll just try REALLY hard to stay single
Haha yeah that's pretty smart, just tell everyone that you're going on a mission or that your papers are already in and you are 100% not interested in a relationship Or if a guy asks you out just ask him for mission advice and mission stories and recommendations on how to get the most out of scripture study every morning, stuff like that
Haha good tip thanks Haha yeah be REALLY obvious about it I have a friend who went to byui and she got proposed to on a first date
Exactly, make him think you're there for tips on how to be the best missionary ever Oh my goodnes That's ridiculous And yet so appropriate for BYU-I, where stuff like that happens all the time
Haha I thought it was so funny He was all like "I feel a really strong connection with you" And when he dropped her off for the night he went in for a kiss and she was like nah and then he was like well I understand but will you marry me?
Man that's like the worst and most awkward thing to ever happen! The poor guy just really wanted to get married
Haha yeah... So sad haha he had such high expectations
I'm sure your friend is awesome but when that happens it's just creepy more than anything
It's just so awkward for her too because she's got to crush all those dreams
Yeah right? He's pretty inconsiderate of her and the situation he put her in My friend from home was good friends with a guy who got baptized, she totally thought of him as a brother but he kind of liked her and after he got his patriarchal blessing he told my friend that he had though of her when it talked about him marrying a righteous daughter of God and he thought they were going to get married and she got so mad at him she didn't talk to him for like 8 months Guys
Ugh that's the worst Yeah I had this guy confess his love for me the summer after sophomore year and I was like ??? I'm 15 like we can't even do anything! And I don't even want to date someone lik E that! Arg it was awful And what sucks is that he left the church last year and I blame myself for that
????? That makes no sense? Like love isn't just something that shows up you can't "fall in love" with someone you have to work at it Oh no don't blame yourself, it's totally not your job to make sure that he stays in the church by keeping him interested in a member of the church
I know right? And we were good friends for a while and I guess he thought it made sense to tell me something like that I eventually just cut him off though because I wasn't interested and his life just kind of went downhill But his whole family was inactive and really strongly against the church Sorry to do this kind of emotional unpacking I haven't talked with anyone about this sorry
I think people just mix it up, like you can totally love lots of people in different ways but not necessarily romantically, so maybe he did love you as a friend but got it mix ed up and thought he loved you romantically, I don't know Oh no it's okay, that's pretty rough but it's totally not your fault for sure, like you said there were lots of factors in his life that contributed to it I bet And it kind of seems like even if you had reciprocated his interest there was too much going on in his life to keep him strong in the gospel
Yeah that makes sense. Hey thanks that helps a lot Ok my phone is about to die so if I'm unresponsive you'll know that I didn't just suddenly die or something
Something like that, what do I know though? Haha okay good to know!
So what kind of classes are you taking right now?
Just music classes! Music theory and orchestration and counterpoint and form an analysis and composition, nothing major but a ton of music all the time. All I do is music.
Haha that sounds amazing Pun intended
I also took Pearl of Great Price last semester, I totally recommend if you have an extra two hours to take a class! It was super interesting and I learned a lot of stuff about the Pearl of Great Price that I wouldn't have known any other way Haha nice one Also I don't recommend taking Eternal Families until you're engaged or married, if you're looking for more religion advice
Haha ok so are those classes just institute or do you have to take that on top of your religion class? I was wondering about this earlier
You actually don't *have* to take any classes besides the four cornerstone classes, but there are tons of religion classes offered through BYU that you can take as a normal class with a professor and notes and tests and grades and stuff. PoGP was good and I liked Living Prophets too, it's super cool because you get to learn about spiritual stuff in an academic environment. Mission prep is another class that a lot of freshmen take because they're prepping for a mission, and you get college credit for it
Yeah I was thinking of just taking one like every semester because I love to learn about that kind of stuff and there's always a purpose to it
But you can also take institute classes that meet once a week through your stake as well if you want
Oh cool I'll keep that in mind if my schedule is maxed out or something
Yeah for sure, the religion classes are great! 18 is the most they'll let you take without getting special permission but generally 13-14 is a little better
Haha yeah my idea of maxed out is that range I'm not crazy haha
Haha that's good! I totally thought I could handle 18 right out of high school so I took 9 credits in the summer (=18 fall/winter) and totally died so I don't recommend You're clearly smarter than I was in high school!
Haha yikes that sounds insane Yeah I'm taking 2  3 credit hour classes and a religion class
Yeah I was much more motivated back then! Cool cool, I totally believe you're going to kill it and do great!
Thanks! I guess I have to to get where I want to go ok I've got to drive home now But this was a great chat and I hope youre wildly successful in your career You're super cool good luck