Kelsey Herb

You must stand for something

or you'll fall for anything -- anonymous

A bit about me:

I prefer water to almost everywhere I've been on land. I'd rather invest my time in a good book than a good movie, but I'd rather watch a good movie than a great tv show. Don't ask me why. I'm proud of my individuality, and I'm also proud of the fact that sometimes I find comfort in blending in with the crowd. I hold my head high as I proclaim myself a member of nerd-dom. I want to help change the world, and if I were in a beauty pageant, my answer would, in fact, be "World Peace," even though I believe it's an impossibility. I love to sleep, but I'd rather stay up all night playing board games. My family is the most important thing in my life, and I can say with 100% honesty that I can't think of anything I love more than the sarcastic banter that runs rampant in my family. And I am trying to live my life by the words of Helen Keller, "I will not just live my life. I will not just spend my life. I will invest my life."

What a life...

As a junior at Willamette University in Salem, OR, I plan to graduate with a B.A. in Psychology. I am fascinated by the mind and the way it works, both on a mechanistic level and on a perceptual level. When I first came to college, I was certain that I would be a doctor, a psychiatrist to be exact. I love children and I wanted to be a child psychiatrist. It only took me a year and a half to realize that wasn't the path for me. 8-) I love psychology, and am totally willing to make a career out of pyshcological research and consulting. However, I have come to understand that I have no desire to take on a career as a counselor. So, I have decided to take a stab at industrial/organizational psychology.

I have been interested in business management and PR since I was a sophomore in high school. I imagine that this is because I enjoy planning, and I am very meticulous. A teacher once gave me a class award for being "Conscientious to the T." I still interpret this as calling me "anal," but what's the point in splitting hairs? The point is that I have a knack for and love organization (even though you couldn't tell from looking at my room), and I take great joy in the creative process that goes along with planning and coordinating events and other endeavors. For a while, I thought this meant I should go to business school. Now I see that it means I should combine my two loves: business and psychology!!

That being said, I also love computers. I am confused and intrigued by them at the same time, and I always have been. I think this goes right along with my fascination with the mind. After all, the brain is a computer, and the basis for the microcomputer whose screen you're probably reading this on. I cannot wait to take a class on computer architecture and design. I get giddy just thinking about figuring out how a computer works at the most basic level (I mean really, isn't it amazing that all of this is based off a series of ones and zeroes???). I know it sounds silly, but I never denied my nerd-dom, and I never will.