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FIRST IMPRESSIONS
by
Catherine Connelly
Sophomore, University of Delaware
The first weekend I went out, I played the standard freshman role of walking around campus with just about everyone on my floor, following people who had vaguely heard through friends of friends of friends where the parties were. It was exciting, thinking how I was at college, going out, meeting people who could potentially become good friends of mine. The most exciting thing was knowing that I didn't have to explain to my parents where I was going, who with, or what time I’d be home!
Saturday night I found myself slowly being pushed to the outskirts of the room by people waiting on the endless line for the keg. The people with whom I had come were playing a drinking game of sorts in which I wasn’t interested and no one else at the party seemed to even notice my existence. I suddenly felt as though I was surrounded by people with whom I didn’t have much in common. Fighting back tears, I ran home convinced I would never feel at home at school.
Soon after that first shaky experience, I started to love being at college. During the first couple of weeks at a school, it's very easy to obtain a warped sense of what your school is like. Judging from my first time out, I would have thought that I would hate being here, but I found out that there's so much more out there than frat parties and anonymous drunkenness—there are a million activities, and there are people who are interested in meeting you and hearing what you have to say.
Don’t become jaded or disillusioned by your school too fast. Give it a fair chance.
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