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I recently returned from freshman orientation and it was quite a shock. Going from a class of 117 to one of 8,100+ students is kind of shocking. Being around all these people that I am probably never going to see again yet am going to be attending college with was really odd.
I guess this is what real schools feel like.
I didn't really make any friends, just introduced myself to the guy sitting next to me and joked about The Office. I also didnt go to the freshman-exclusive activities like Yell Practice, mainly because I saw no real point in it and ditching it to get some real food seemed like a better idea.
I'm also all signed up for classes. I'm tempted to feel bad about doing the minimum 12 hours but, why should i? I need to make the transition into college as smooth as possible and being overwhelmed with work wouldn't help that.
In some cool news, I am taking a yoga class :D
Something that I really enjoyed about the "real school"aspect is that I have the freedom to be picky with whom I talk to. Being in a small high school made communication almost forced since there wasn't much to pick from. Not saying that I don't love the people I met, because I do, but I felt so good knowing that if I chose not to hang out with someone (for whatever reason) there were more than 30,000 other people to go and meet. Somewhere in that pool I am sure to find peeps. There were students sitting next to me at dinner, some throwing food at each other (isn't graduating from elementary school a college requirement??), some flirting in lala land, and some being quiet loners. I honestly didn't feel comfortable, even as I forced small talk. It took me some time to realize that I didn't HAVE to sit with these people and so I stood up, grabbed my empty tray (the food was grody), put it away, and walked out.
It felt oddly great.
Anyways, even if I have to spend sometime alone, I love the ability to chose.
In other news, the packing process has commenced, we already filled up one suitcase and housing assignments get mailed out on Monday.