Aggie Ring-ness

I'm sure that blogs this Thursday were inundated with Aggie Ring posts, so here is another.

Coming into A&M my freshman year, I knew that the most important thing I could receive, according to tradition, wouldn't be my diploma, it'd be my ring. I remembered sitting in Fish Camp and being puzzled as steps to receiving an Aggie Ring were outlined. I remember thinking, uhhh, shouldn't it be the other way around? Isn't a diploma much more important?

Sure it is, but I like to think of the Aggie Ring as a nice reward for our suffering from major cases of senioritis (like me). Seeing the ring on your finger kind of puts everything in perspective. It's hard to believe that I have 95 hours under my belt, and by next summer I'll be an official college graduate. The past three years kind of came back as I slipped the ring on. Being a scared little freshman the first week, overwhelmed by my introductory engineering courses, getting my ring never seemed like a reality.

The pamphlet that came with my ring said that the five stars represent phases of development in the Aggie student signify mind or intellect, body, spiritual attainment, emotional poise, and integrity of character. Thinking about my growth in the past three years, I've developed in all five of these categories. Getting my ring is just the beginning of the chapter in my life as a girl moving into the real world.