out of state students?

betterdays
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 16:03:48 +0000

This is a question that’s brought up every year, and fleagle pretty much hit the nail on the head. In almost all cases, being from out of state is a non-issue to most people. Depending on where you’re from there may be some adjustment issues (grits served every morning at breakfast, mustard based barbecue sauce, classes cancelled for the threat of snow, girls wearing pearls and t shirts), but you get used to those things quickly, and a lot of students even end up loving some of them. The snow days, for example, are really nice. I don’t think you’ll have any issue with people not accepting you because you’re from the north unless you treat them as inferior for being from the South.