freshmen- having a good time yet? :/

alamode
Thu, 26 Aug 2010 18:05:41 +0000

i remember feeling pretty out of place/hesitant about my first few weeks. it takes a lot of getting used to and settling in. i didn’t meet very many people during o-week, and i found my close friends to become people from my hall that i lived with the whole year, people in my major (i have a really small major) who i spent studio time with 24/7, and a few people i met through people i already knew, etc. friendships take time, they aren’t going to happen right away. i think one thing that threw me off as a freshman was how everyone was so excited about o-week and all the upperclassman kept talking about how amazing and awesome it is, yet last year i just felt mostly overwhelmed and awkward trying to go to collegetown parties and not really knowing anyone. then, this year i came back a few days early and had the greatest time during o-week…and i realized it’s only fun when you actually know people and are meeting up with all your old friends and seeing familiar faces everywhere that it all becomes fun. otherwise you just feel out of it.