{"id":47964,"date":"2025-04-29T08:14:09","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T12:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.knightcrier.org\/?p=47964"},"modified":"2025-04-29T08:14:09","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T12:14:09","slug":"knights-next-quest-laynie-drolet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.knightcrier.org\/student-life\/2025\/04\/29\/knights-next-quest-laynie-drolet\/","title":{"rendered":"Knights Next Quest: Laynie Drolet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">What schools did you apply to?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I applied to UMD, UMich, Penn State, UConn, UDel, JMU, and Pitt.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c7c700;\">Where did you commit to, and why?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I committed to Maryland (UMD) because I especially loved the viola teacher and the music education department. Each time I met with Dr. Kramp and the rest of the faculty, I could envision myself attending UMD more and more. I also love the atmosphere that a Big 10 like Maryland provides while also maintaining rigorous academics and high levels of achievement.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>What are your career\/academic aspirations?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>I intend on studying music education with a focus on instrumental music at UMD. After graduation, I hope to find a job as a music teacher and have the opportunity to inspire the younger generations to love music just as much as I do.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c7c700;\"><strong>What are you most excited about next year?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m most excited to meet a lot of new people and experience school in a new setting. I\u2019m also super excited for football games (go Terps!) and to ghetto play and sing in UMD\u2019s music ensembles!<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">What is your favorite North Penn memory?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My favorite North Penn memory has been performing in the spring musical each year. Every show that I\u2019ve been in since 7th grade has had such a lasting impact on me and I have made so many amazing friendships along the way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What schools did you apply to? I applied to UMD, UMich, Penn State, UConn, UDel, JMU, and Pitt. Where did you commit to, and why? I committed to Maryland (UMD) because I especially loved the viola teacher and the music education department. Each time I met with Dr. Kramp and the rest of the faculty,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":47965,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,11],"tags":[],"staff_name":[1432],"class_list":["post-47964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-student-life","category-top-stories","staff_name-cate-trapani"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.knightcrier.org\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.knightcrier.org\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.knightcrier.org\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.knightcrier.org\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.knightcrier.org\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47964"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.knightcrier.org\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47964\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47966,"href":"https:\/\/www.knightcrier.org\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47964\/revisions\/47966"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.knightcrier.org\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.knightcrier.org\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.knightcrier.org\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.knightcrier.org\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47964"},{"taxonomy":"staff_name","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.knightcrier.org\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/staff_name?post=47964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}