Howdy. I’m now officially a college freshman, having just gone through the big official orientation process and all, and I have to say I am in love. Having only spent two days at the University (isn’t it odd how I referred to it as both a college and a university?), I can still say safely they were two of the top 50 days of my life. Let’s begin:
Everybody here is so nice. Perhaps the fact that I live in the Southeast augments this fact, but everyone is so much more mature, intelligent, and friendly. I must have talked with 30 different people, and not one of them did I dislike.
Everyone’s more attractive
Dorm life. Now, a lot of people like to rag on dorms, and say “but they’re so small!” I must be one of the lucky few, because I’ve always dreamed of living in a dorm or an apartment. I love being with people, and I actually like small places. My dorm is governed by a student assembly, and hence we are nearly entirely free of all University rules. Slip 'n slides and repelling abound.
I spent my night of orientation with my future dorm-mates. They all share the same interestests as me, and are all have a wit to choke a horse. One guy sat around reading the Code of Hammurabi out of his textbook, and we had a jolly time with that. I spent an hour on the communal Linux computer (YAY), and went back into the common room. The first thing I was greeted by was “Welcome to college, would you like some rum?” They introduced me to many firsts that night.
Based on your name, are you by any chance in Knoxville? (or are you at that other school with orange as one of its colors? Or does it have nothing to do with your school at all?)
I know there have been lots of orientation groups going through the library lately when I’ve been working. They’re so cute, all eager for college ;). I just want to get out of this town.
College is fun, and it can be a lot of work too. Don’t neglect either one and you can have a great experience!
I’ll be starting college at the end of August (Orientation is the 27th… yay!) but I won’t get to share in dorm life. I don’t think I’d like it much, and anyway I like where I live now
Nah, I was just teasing you. I’m merely frustrated with the town I’m in and the possibility of even more school this fall. I think it’s great that you’re excited about school and that orientation was fantastic.
Really…I hope school is as great as orientation was!
Ah, me old alma mater! Got my master’s in Geography there back in 1998, drank many a beer at the Chukker (RIP, any bar standing there with the same name is NOT the Chukker. The Chukker is dead and gone. I was there the night it died,) and still love the town. Good for you, Fiona. Are you an Alabama girl?
Hell, I might go back to UA next year when I go back for my PhD.
Just went back to college myself. Been taking part-time classes all summer but those end this Thursday and I start full time in August. I can’t wait :).
Can’t wait to go back to school either–after the summer I’ve been having, it’ll be very relaxing.
You probably don’t need me to tell you this, but MEET PEOPLE! A couple of my friends only associated with the 2 or 3 people they knew from high school, never made the effort to meet anyone new, and they sat in their room every single night whining about how everyone is just so unfriendly to them. Meet people!
There was a thread a long while back (over two years, I think) about what kind of stuff you might need for college/dorm life, but would never think to bring. I did a search but couldn’t find it. If you’re interested in something like that, perhaps you could start a thread like that of your own.
There will be more advice forthcoming as soon as I think of it.
I want to love college, but I don’t get to leave to start it until Aug. 24. I am, however, periodically (and literally) bouncing up and down in excitement.
And, uh, that might kill the thing about college students being more mature… :smack:
We’re supposed to be mature? Why didn’t I get this memo? It says nothing of this in the letters I’ve recieved! Where did you hear this NinjaChick? It can’t be true. It has to be an urban legend.
I just finished my freshman year in the spring and at the last moment decided to stay for summer session and get a few credits out of the way. It is great! I was thinking everyone was going to be leaving town but a lot of people stuck around and I met a lot of new people because its always friday (nobody has to worry about 7 or 8 hours of class the next day). Lots of good times, I’m doing it again next summer. Think about summer courses, they’ll lighten your class load later on and (at least at this college) the summer atmosphere is way better than the rest of the year.
Spent my last high school years in Vestavia, a suburb 10 minutes south of Birmingham.
Oh, definately. I’m doing two summer courses right now at a local university (math and english). The plan for me is to become fluent in German and French while I’m at the university, and I’ll be studying abroad in Germany my junior year. I’ll definately need summer courses to free up that much time.
