Life In My Eyes

I am one of those people who choose to make the most out of every situation and opportunity. My name is Saurin Gandhi and this is my first post of what will become a part of my life starting as a freshman at UCI. A little bit about me; I grew up in Carson, California the first 10 years of my life and lived the last 8 years in Placentia, California. I'm Asian Indian and I have one older brother who attends the University of Southern California. I was in the symphony orchestra for 7 years. I have been vegetarian my entire life and am EXTREMELY fond of sports. For fun, I bowl, play volleyball, and play football. I grew up swimming, playing basketball, playing baseball, and playing soccer. I played racquetball and was on a national team for India, but ended up not participating because of injury. I played basketball, tennis, and ran cross country in high school. I quit basketball early after I got onto the Varsity Squad, to pursue my #1 ranking in tennis and our 6th place in state competition for cross country. I'm 5'8.5" and i weigh about 150 pounds, after gaining 7 pounds of hopefully muscle since the summer of last year. The friends I have made at Irvine have been the sole reason why I am staying here rather than switching to another University as I had forcefully gone to Irvine rather than San Diego by the persuasion of my parents (closer to home). I hope to experience the best things in college and I hope to pursue my goal of becoming a specialist in the medical field. I love to meet new people and make friends that will connect with me throughout the years. School's a pain, but a necessity, and I wish to do the best here so that I can have a better future.