<p>je<em>ne</em>sais_quoi: I was at a meeting earlier this summer for my writing internship. As we were all leaving someone asked where I was heading to college. I said Smith and he hadn’t heard of it (it’s the Midwest, what can you do). All of a sudden I heard a shriek from the other side of a room and two ladies came running over to me. Apparently, they both attended Smith in the seventies and couldn’t believe someone from the area was going nowadays. They had to close down an local alum group because none of the girls from the area were interested in a women’s college. We ended up talking for another hour and a half (even though it was already nearly midnight!) and they couldn’t stop saying how much I was going to love it and telling me places I had to check out right away. The other day one came by the office to give me a “good luck” flower pen she made. It was really cute. 
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<p>On a more general note, everyone (mostly) has their housing assignments and we’re all signed up for pre-o groups! I can’t believe I’ll be making the eighteen hour drive in 22 days. I’m just worried about balancing workload with extra-curriculars and social time once I’m signed up for classes.</p>