Top 10

 1. Small campus, easily walkable

2. Woodlands Mall

3. Great Boba tea options

4. Lego Store

5. Lots of out door activities

6. Able to live by myself 

7. A lot of the same stores/restaurants as home

8. More international food options

9. Learned about Tex-Mex culture (is a mix but as has a lot of their own words which is different from Spanish)

10. Huntsville is a small area that is mainly a college town

Myself

Through this experience I learned that I content living by myself which was something that I had been worried about previously. I am still more of an in door person. I feel like I met my goals while away on exchange. I met a couple of new people while staying on campus which was fun. I was able to complete my courses and make good grades in both. My main concern when doing the exchange was getting good grades because that will count toward my course load and effect my graduation. The impact to my academic goals is that I will be able to graduate as planned in December while relieving some stress for the fall semester. Personal goals is that I am more comfortable being away from South Carolina so that I feel that I will not be as confined in my choices for further academic and career goals. 

Bucket list reflection

 Since passing through Texas before I have always wanted to come back so this is something that I can cross off of that list. I also did not think that I would have the opportunity to have a roommate in college simply because my family lived in the area and I wanted to save money in college. I am so lucky that I got an amazing roommate for the time that I have been away from home. She is the best, I love hanging out with her and just talking about our families and getting to know one another. She is also the only person who was not at all phased when I asked if she wants to go get food at 12 am. My favorite memory is going to the mall with her, each time we went we would also go the Boba tea stand and the Lego store. Thanks to her I can also cross off building a Lego set from list, I always thought that it would be hard but they come with instructions (I never knew that). I would definitely like to come back but probably not in the summer since it is too hot to really do anything outside, but spring time would be nice.