Half way through my second year of college, I realized that I could graduate not only a semester early, as planned, but an entire year early. While how I accomplished that is a story on its own for another time, I quickly began to realize that I needed more external experiences and connections. I had a planned internship at my university that summer, to build a rain garden, and had already lined up a part time summer job at a retail store. In an attempt to gain more experience in my remaining spare time, I applied for a few volunteering positions, one with Maine Audubon doing outreach on the beaches…