<p>Oh my gosh it was the BEST! I loved it and the people there, they were all SO nice and I can’t wait to see them all again!</p>
<p>At first I felt like a little fish in the ocean because I didn’t know anyone there and everyone was like, dead quiet. But then people who were friends because they came from the same schools showed up and started talking to each other, and I was like, “Damn this sucks!” But you really start to get into the groove of getting to know people after awhile-- If I could do SPOP over again, I would introduce myself to everyone and try to get to know as many people as I could, so I recommend you really try to put yourself out there. The greatest thing was that nobody judged you for anything, and really, like, everyone was automatically “cool” no matter what they looked like or said. </p>
<p>I actually got a decent amount of sleep, but gave up my dorm’s nighttime activity. It didn’t really seem like I missed all that much since everyone was so tired during the activity anyway. There were a few inside jokes that I missed, but really it wasn’t like super detrimental, and I felt really good the next day since I wasn’t exhausted. The food was much better than expected, and I definitely hit the all-you-can-eat ice cream bar! 
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<p>Also, there was enough time for some girls to shower-- if anyone was wondering about that. The staffers at SPOP are the BEST btw, like seriously, get to know them! They make it twice- no, thrice as fun as it would’ve been otherwise. The talent show they put on is actually really funny and I was so impressed!</p>
<p>As for the workshops… yeah I definitely skipped out on both of those haha, maybe that’s why I had so much free time…</p>
<p>If you’re in the Honors program, you’ll get counseling 1-on-1 no matter what your major is. It really doesn’t make all that much of a difference though-- I got there late since I had to go to an oral interview for my Japanese placement, so I just started clicking around based on what someone sitting next to me told me to do, signed up for some random classes that fit into my GE requirements and had a nice arrangement time-wise. The advisor came over and said my schedule looked great. I still have no idea what I did, but hey! All’s well that ends well. </p>
<p>Random tidbits that I would’ve wanted to know before SPOP?</p>
<p>They let us put our luggage down. Like, nobody would tell me that we wouldn’t have to haul our stuff around all day. (I mean, obviously we wouldn’t, but I didn’t want to risk it, y’know?) Some people brought SO much luggage, so really, don’t be afraid of being “that one person with a TON of luggage”. Me and another girl brought sooo little because we didn’t want to look like we’d mistaken SPOP for move-in day. But really, you can bring anything you need. And I’d recommend bringing your own pillow. I didn’t use the ones they provided since I brought my own linens, but the ones they provided looked pretty wimpy hahaha!</p>
<p>This isn’t too important, and you guys might know this already from housing tours, but there’s no wifi in the dorms! I wanted to check my e-mail in my room and… yeah nothing.</p>
<p>The third floor (if you end up living on the third floor of your dorm) is HOT I heard. I was on the second floor and it wasn’t so bad, we just kept the windows open the entire day from the minute we walked in until check-out time. </p>
<p>I left SPOP at around 5:40~ish because my dorm had a last minute activity (my favorite activity of the entire orientation) but people starting leaving at around 5:00~ish so it depends on your dorm really.</p>
<p>That’s all I can think of, hope it wasn’t a tl;dr!</p>
<p>And also: SHADOWFAM!!!</p>