Term 1 Daily Schedule

By: Tyler Cuddeback '14

It’s 12:15AM Sunday…well, I guess it’s really Monday at this point. Monday… great. Monday means a lot of things. Monday means it’s time to go back to class and back to Army Physical Training. But, this Monday in particular marks the last week of classes for the Term. This means enough Term Papers and studying to drive a person to drink. Let’s start with the most normal part of my day. Army PT has to be my least favorite part of my college experience. I have to wake up every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 5:45AM just to roll out of bed, throw my PT uniform on and get to the Emerson Hall no later than 06:00.

I mean, I could always think of worse ways to wake up in the morning, but just the fact that I probably won’t get to sleep before 1AM and then waking up 4 hours later is taking some getting used to. Now, before anyone that is potentially looking to go to Elmira College looks at this and freaks out thinking every student has to do this, take a deep breath. I’m part of a club on campus called Army Reserve Officer Training Corp, or Army ROTC. It’s a completely optional club that only 20 to 25 out of 1000 students participate in. What’s the reward for joining this club? If you do all for years of ROTC classes and training, you will graduate and e guaranteed a job in either the US Army, National Guard or Army Reserves.

There are a lot of reasons why my schedule is nothing like the average college students. Most EC students are just contemplating bed now, but probably won’t fall asleep for another hour or more. Then they won’t make up until at least 7, probably 8 or even 10 AM. So, let me describe how my day will go for a full 24 hours

• 12:00AM – start working on blog
• 1:00AM – finish blog and play a round of call of duty to unwind
• 1:30AM – Drink some water and go to bed
• 5:45AM – Wake up to several different alarms so that I don’t miss another PT session
• 6:00AM – Start PT
• 7:00AM to 7:30AM – Finish PT
• 7:45AM –Shower, dress, eat, grab books and run to Chinese class
• 8:00AM- Chinese class
• 9:00AM – Finish Class
• 9:01AM – Go work out with my girlfriend. (two PT sessions for a cadet isn’t uncommon)
• 10:00AM – Walk girlfriend to work, grab snack from the Campus Center to eat while studying
• 11:30AM – Freshman CORE Class
• 12:30PM – Get out of class and go to lunch

I’m only half way through my day and I have already worked out twice and gone to two classes…Someone save me, please!

• 1:00PM – Sleep if I can, otherwise do work on my Term Papers
• 2:25PM – Microeconomics Class
• 3:25PM – RUN OUT OF MICRO AS FAST AS POSSIBLE, and check my mail on the way back to my dorm
• 3:45PM – Watch TV or Play a Video game to unwind. Sleep again if possible.
• 5:30PM – Dinner with my girlfriend.
• 6:00PM to 7:00PM – Call whatever family member called me most in the past week
• 7:15PM – Use my Textbook and interactive DVD to learn the dialogue for this week’s Chinese classes
• 8:00PM – Grab a snack, clean up the room a bit, then hang with a friend or two.
• 9:00PM – Look up prices for Ski Mountains in driving distance for a snowboarding trip with some buddies this weekend.
• 10:00PM – Finish whatever paper I’ve been procrastinating on the past day or so, or start one that’s due soon
• 12:00AM – Take out my uniform for ROTC the next day and be happy I don’t have to do PT

So that’s my life in a nutshell. But, then again… Monday’s suck.