Dear Mr. Campbell, My name is Mary Catherine Perryman, Im a sophomore and I was born and raised in Winston-Salem, NC.

Im 18, soon to be 1 on September ! th. I wanted to e"perien#e the $#ity-li%e& to 'et away %rom my small town and Charlotte 'a(e me the per%e#t opport)nity be#a)se it also o%%ers an ama*in' b)siness pro'ram. Im plannin' on ma+orin' in ,)siness Mar-etin' and possibly minorin' in another s)b+e#t, Im still de#idin'. .ope%)lly this year I will be able to parti#ipate in an internship to 'et a %eel o% the +ob that I plan to ma+or in. /ast year I 'ot to room with one o% my best %riends Cady, %rom my hi'h s#hool and this year is already way di%%erent li(in' with random people. I de%initely 'ot l)#-y this year be#a)se ea#h o% the roommates that I was pla#ed with are all e"tremely ni#e. When Im not in #lass at 0NCC, in my %ree time I li-e to 'et in(ol(ed in interm)ral sports s)#h as #o-re# bas-etball and (olleyball and 'o to some o% the bas-etball, so##er, and this year %ootball. Im e"#ited that I 'et to be in(ol(ed in %ootball bein' here %or the year. I #ant wait to tail'ate and 'o to all the 'ames with my %riends in the ama*in' %ootball stadi)m. 1his year I ha(e also de#ided to try #l)b so##er and try to stay physi#ally a#ti(e. I also babysit %or %amilies in So)th Charlotte and Da(idson. ,abysittin' is witho)t a do)bt one o% the best easy payin' +obs there is a(ailable. I ha(e always lo(ed to #are %or #hildren and when the opport)nity arose %or me to -eep #hildren in Charlotte it #o)ldnt ha(e been more per%e#t. I went to hi'h s#hool at /ed%ord where I played bas-etball, so##er, and ran #ross-#o)ntry. Some o% my other interests o)tside o% s#hool in#l)de shoppin', whi#h I do too m)#h, hi-in' in the mo)ntains, tra(elin', and 'oin' to the bea#h. I% I #o)ld #han'e one thin', I wo)ld de%initely tra(el more. St)dyin' abroad has always so)nded interestin' to me and when I was loo-in' o(er the di%%erent #olle'es aro)nd the world 2)stralia was one o% the options. 2)stralia is a pla#e that I m)st 'o to be%ore I die. Colle'e sports ha(e always been my %a(orite, I /345 0NC, whether it is bas-etball or %ootball. 6eadin' #an either be interestin' or d)ll to me dependin' on the boo- Im readin'. I(e been readin' the 78 Shades o% 9rey series re#ently. I m)st say they are di%%erent and are not li-e any boo- that I ha(e e(er read. /i(in' in a small town 'a(e my parents and 'randparents the opport)nity to raise a 'arden and also ha(e many di%%erent %arm animals. My parents names are 6obbie and :elly and I also ha(e an older sister 5mily who is !1. ;eah, we tend to not 'et alon' when we are to'ether %or a lon' period o% time. I ha(e < do's that I miss dearly, their names are Callie, ,ella, and 5(a. Do's are by %ar my %a(orite and i% I #o)ld ma-e a #areer o)t o% sa(in' their li(es, that wo)ld be the absol)te per%e#t +ob. Cady and I ha(e dis#)ssed abo)t openin' )p an animal shelter in the %)t)re a%ter #olle'e. I #ant wait to see how this 5n'lish #lass t)rns o)t and learn new thin's abo)t readin' and writin'.

2%ter the %irst day its by %ar the most interestin' #lass I(e e(er been in. I en+oyed readin' yo)r letter and 'ettin' to -now yo), I hope this letter helps to learn more abo)t me= Sin#erely, Mary Catherine .ere are some pi#t)res>