Sunday morning I woke up at 5:30 am, got dressed and ready, woke up my parents, and set off to Maryland for Accepted Students Day. Although I was anxious, I slept most of the way in the car. When we arrived at the college and I was a little disappointed.
The college was alittle smaller than I remembered. I knew where every building was and walking from one side of the campus to the other took only a matter a minutes. (Maybe I walk too fast.) I decided to optomistic, because there must be something here that remained the same.
I was shown the dorm rooms; they look the same as all the rest. One building's rooms looked a little bigger. I was shown the cafeteria; the food tasted great. The book store was the same; I bought a sweatshirt. I walked through a tunnel underneath the highway to get to the gym. Everything was in order. Just as I left it, but something felt like it was missing.
Right, my friends. None of my friends are attending this school. I felt all alone. The last time I was there, I had my friends with me. We had a lot of fun and it brought back a lot of memories.
The school itself is small. They had 3,000 applications and only accepted 440, but not all 440 are going there. I guess I should feel privilleged. I looked around at all the other kids attending the program and they all had their friends there. I feel like it's going to be a little cliquey. Everyone seems nice, but I'm still unsure if I want to go. I come from a small school, so maybe the transition will be nice. I think I'd be overwhelmed by a huge school with 16,000 students. But is this too small? I'm confused. On one hand, I want to go there, but on the other hand I'm very unsure if I'll fit in.
"Welcome To Your New Home"
By pkubik08 - Posted on April 7th, 2008
Tagged: choosing colleges
• College
• College Affordability
• college life
• dream school
• private colleges



I think it would be great to go to school without any friends! Although the basic idea of college is to grow academically, you grow socially so much too. I think that you'll be able to make new friends, and find people who make y ou an even better person while you are their, without having friends, you have no one to hold you back, because you will be forced to make new friends.
I felt like that, too, right before I went away to school. Don't worry! You'll meet lots of people and make tons of new friends, you can't help but make new friends while living in a dorm. Everything will be fine - you'll see!
Just remember that everyone there on the first day will be in the same boat with you. They may have a couple of friends coming with them, but they won't be together all the time. Just try everything the school has to offer. You'll find your niche.
http://www.progressiveu.org/blog/ediblewoman