Week 1 Project: My MCBS Story

Before I started the MCBS program, I was initially enrolled at Michigan State University for pharmacy. Because I was too far away from someone that was very important to me, it did not work out. I then transferred into the pharmacy program at Eastern Michigan University. I had always wanted to do something creative like writing, but I decided that it wasn't practical for me when I started college. I really had no idea what I wanted to go to school for, so I took something I used for a project in school, that pays very well, and decided I would try to go for that.

Very soon into the program at Eastern I realized that it was not for me, not even a little bit. It made me realize how much my creativity was really important to me. Because of that I stopped taking major related classes and worked on general classes only. I split my time between work and school, trying to figure out what I was going to do.

Because of work, and that I no longer wanted to be in the pharmacy program, I went searching for something more. I had decided by that time I wanted to do something creative, although I wasn't sure what. I finally found Full Sail after a lot of searching and researching. I looked into a lot of majors but I found that Media Communications fit me best for the plans I had. The online class and curriculum was the best thing for me to work full time, and still go to college. Although I still don't have my plans settled, the MCBS program is putting me, finally, on the path I want to take. The scheduling and lay out of the classes are hard to get used to first, but I am taking this challenge and hope to do the best I can!

**Stacy Williams Ng's story, helped shape this in multiple ways. She talked a lot about how we make deeper connections with people by the stories we tell. Speaking to people as if they were your friend you haven't seen in a long time, even if they aren't, will get people to connect with you and feel how real and raw your story is. She also touched on how different informal and formal communication is, and sometimes you can't have the best of both. I tried adding to my story in a way, so that people could connect with me (both formal enough to be appropriate but informal enough to connect), and hopefully understand how I got to where I am today.