ESSC Club Meeting

            Today I went to an Exercises and Sport Sciences club meeting that was held on campus in the Mini-Dome. I joined this club because I am majoring in Exercise Science in hope of becoming a personal trainer for both Olympic athletes and extremely obese people. So, when I got the email saying there was a meeting, I made sure to put it in my planner.

            Let me tell you, I got so lost trying to find the meeting room for this club. The not-so-mini Mini-Dome is single building covers five acres’ worth of land. The first obstacle I faced was that I couldn’t find a door with a handle on the outside to even get into the building. The meeting was later in the evening, so the doors that did have handles were locked, as classes were over. I wandered around the entire building in the dark until, by chance of luck, I found an open door. My next challenge was getting to the room. The labyrinth of hallways that look exactly the same made me so disoriented. Eventually, after wandering, I found another life form that I could ask for help. They told me to go across the field and upstairs. The Mini-Dome previously was where our football team played, but because of fire hazards, they were relocated. So, now the track and cross country teams, along with other sports, use the soft rubbery field as a place to practice. I found the field, was able to find stairs, and finally got to the room.

             There was a group of probably about 15 other kids there. As we talked, I learned that all the kids ranged from age group and concentration, but all of them wanted to do something with Exercise Science. The leaders of the club had convinced some people to come talk to us. There were a couple of physical therapy students, an occupational therapy student, and an actual physical therapist that were there to answer questions and discuss their journey they took to get where they were. They were all very helpful overall. They all gave us advice for applying to graduate schools and gave extremely helpful tips about the interview process that you have to have to get into the majority of schools. They discussed why they chose what they chose to do, which was insightful, and they also were very supportive and told us that although it is hard, if you stick with school and the workload, the benefits of going through it are worth the stress and money. The physical therapist even gave us his card and said that if we needed an internship to call him, and he could help set something up for us, which all of us were very thankful and gracious for that.

            I really enjoyed my time spent at the ESSC club. I must say, having the opportunity to listen and ask those people questions was well worth the fear and panic of getting lost. The club meets every month, so I am hoping that our next meeting will be as insightful and this one was!