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By Alli Geiger
Last year, I decided to switch my major. Before now, I was a Political Science major and did not have a clear idea of what I wanted to do. For the McConnell Center, I needed to either major or minor in Political Science. It just made sense to make it my major at the time, but I started to think more about what I wanted to do after college, and when I did that, Political Science did not make sense for me. I knew I belonged in the museum or nonprofit industry but from a writing perspective. I decided to switch to an English major and follow the Public and Professional Writing track. This has helped me reconnect more with writing. This switch has pushed me to get out of my comfort zone and work with publications. On February 10th, my opinion piece was published in the Courier Journal. This experience was a real tangible milestone for me and my writing career. I had spent so long wondering if writing was just a pipedream for me. This gives me the courage to keep moving forward in progress and that my work isn’t for nothing. I know I still have a very far way to go until I am where I want to be in terms of writing. But with these little milestones, I know I am heading in the direction I want to go. I have learned a lot about myself in this process and that writing is not all about perfection or awards; it is about persistence and rediscovering the passion.
Alli Geiger is a McConnell Scholar in the class of 2026. She is studying English, Arabic, and political science.