Summer days, summer nights are gone…
Aug 26th, 2008 by Eli
…I know a place where there’s still somethin’ goin’ on.
-Dylan
So, summer’s over for me. I’m back at Goucher, prepping for the upcoming freshman move-in. Orientation Committee is working hard to put together the last few things for this Thursday. There’s a surprising number of people here already. I knew about some of the people coming early, and there’s the Early Immersion programs, but I thought it would amount to 100 or 200 people coming early. Turns out it’s more like 500, which is 1/3 of the school. I have no idea if that’s typical or not.
I’m glad to be back on campus. I enjoyed going home and visiting my friends, but I really missed Goucher people, and I’m excited to be back. Can’t wait to see the class of 2012 all together. It’s going to be a blast.
I wish I had one solid piece of advice to give everyone, but the fact is, everyone has their own challenges coming into college. Some people will have trouble with homesickness, but others will be glad to be out of the house. Some will have to deal with having to deal with basic things like food and laundry on their own, if they’ve never had to do that themselves before. Others already have those skills. Some people will deal with being in a new social scene well, others will have trouble overcoming their own shyness. Everyone has their own challenges. Yes, that’s right, you’re all unique and beautiful snowflakes. Or something. I guess.
Anyway, I can’t wait everyone comes together. I won’t give away any of the secrets of what’s going to happen at orientation, but for those of you who were at summer orientation, I can tell you that there will be more ice-breakers on the Pearlstone lawn. I *love* those things. It’s great because everyone makes friends during them. I know that’s cheesy, but it’s true, and not for the reason you think.
9/10 of the students are always totally into it and are willing to be goofy and have a good time. The other 1/10 aren’t, and would rather make fun of the games than play them. But those people make friends too. All the lame, boring, cynical people find each other and make jokes about how silly the whole thing is, and they bond over it. Funny how that works, huh?
Freshmen and transfer students: I’ll see you Thursday.
-Eli