Jordan Lillegard

A Time for Giving Thanks

Hey everyone! It’s that time of year again…Thanksgiving! The one holiday where we all stop and take time to look at everything and everyone we are thankful for. I have plenty to be grateful for, and this semester more so than any other has helped me to realize just...

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What Really Matters

I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving! Mine was great this year. I obviously had plenty to eat, and this year especially I felt overwhelmed by a sense of thankfulness that was unsurpassed by any previous Thanksgiving. A big part of that can be credited to the year...

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Goodbye Summer

Summer is coming to an end! My first day of class is Tuesday, so I would like to share with you how I spent my summer vacation this year. First of all, just before last semester ended I scored a job at In-N-Out Burger (the best burger place in the world). I was pretty...

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But mom…I don't want to do my homework yet!

Hey everyone, I’m sorry for the delay between posts. I have been bombarded by never-ending essays, which brings me to what I am going to talk about today, time management! Time management is crucial in all schooling, especially college. In high school I didn’t ever...

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From my Dorm at USC

Please enjoy my first video blog, talking about the college admission process, the new year and new classes, and showing what a typical college dorm/residence hall looks like. Check it out here.

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Thoughts to transfer? It's normal.

I'm back at USC for my second semester! To be honest, I had some thoughts about transferring during my first semester. But I think it's a normal feeling for many college freshmen. CSO's Matt Rubinoff and Cara Martin visited me on campus and we shot this video blog...

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Staying the Course

I am sorry I haven’t been able to post for quite a while. I have been very busy with classwork and then finals. However, finals are finally DONE! I am so happy to have finished my first semester of college. It went so quickly, and now I have seven more semesters to...

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6 Weeks Into My New Life

Well here I am, about six week into college, and it is great! This whole experience has been mostly what I expected. During the past year I couldn’t stop thinking about college, about the dorm life, living out on my own, having a typically shorter day of classes as...

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New Kid on SCampus

To explain the title, at USC they put and "SC" in front of everything they possibly can, such as SCatalogue and SCampus. I think it's a little funny, but so far, my college experience has been great! I moved into my dorm here at USC on Wednesday, August 18, and the...

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