Nearly every day, the Decathlon team could be found having study meets while sprawled out in the coaches’ rooms. With less time to study than most because of band, I experimented with various study methods until I found the most efficient one for me. While college is certainly a different beast to tame, I believe that the study habits I developed in Decathlon will give me an advantage over whatever workload college throws at me. However, Decathlon required much more than just brain power. We also had to give rehearsed and impromptu speeches and go through an interview process. I stuttered through my first year, worried that I was too awkward or saying something out of place. Overtime, I uncovered a degree of charisma and confidence I never knew I had outside of music. The study skills and charisma I developed while in Decathlon will certainly make the transition to college much easier than