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So back to Trinity.
We got there around 8:30 AM (after getting lost in Hartford, of course), checked in and had the whole welcoming speech thing. The Occapella (sp?) group "The Accidentals" sang... they were really good. Then the president spoke, yada yada yada.
I got to sit in on an English class ("Intro to Lit & Psychology"). Their English building is this cute little old house.. and the room we were in had all these big windows and long wooden tables and was really nice. There were only nine people in the class and they were mainly freshman and sophomores. It would have been really interesting but I hadn't read the book they were discussing (Frankenstein) so I had noo clue what they were talking about and got a little bored. But the professor was really intense and so was the discussion and I got something of an idea of what a college English class is like, so that was good.
Not a very good pic.. but you can sorta see part of the English building on the right:
Then my mom and I went on (another) tour. We'd gone on one over the summer but wanted to again so we could check out the campus some more. It was suchhh a nice day out. The dorm they showed us was sorta crappy... I guess they rate all the dorms on campus and it was considered a "C+". So there are some worse than that and some that are better. Oh well.. college is about having to make due with little bullshit like that, right?
Then we meandered our way down to the Book Store and I got a bumper sticker for Kel and a t-shirt for me. During lunch they had a representative from each department at the tables so my mom and I were able to talk with one of the Psychology professors a little bit. She was reeeeally nice and down to earth but also wicked smart. She went to Tufts and majored in Neuro-science and then did some other stuff with Psych. She told us about one of the freshman seminars she's teaching and I'm thinking of maybe taking it because I already know I like her.. I'm not sure though, since there are like thirty others to choose from.
Then there was a student panel thing where all the accepted students got to ask current students questions and stuff.. A lot of it was information I already know but there was some new stuff too.
Oh boyyyyyyyy... it's such a crazy combination of being insanely N-E-R-V-O-U-S and insanely excited. I guess my biggest concern is that I have this awesome new job at the barn that I reeally don't want to have to quit. And I still have to ride/take care of my own horse. And keep up with classes. And adjust to college. And have a social life. I'm just so scared I'm not going to be able to balance it all out and of those things will end up suffering as it always does. Ahhhh.
Also.... people there are really smart. Like throughout the day people would ask eachother where they'd all been accepted - there was definitely a range of them, but lots of people had gotten into places like Tufts, Bowdoin, Connecticut College, Colorado College, Smith College, etc etc.. all really good schools with wicked smart people. So I guess that was a little intimidating. I'm pretty sure I'll be fine in terms of English but I'm pretty weak in Math and am nervous I'll be one of the "dumber" students so to speak in that field. I guess I just need to work really hard though and it will work out. I can probably try finding a math course that's a little more abstract, too.. maybe?
Oh well, there's too much to think about so I think I'm just going to stop worrying. Mainly I'm just soo excited because going there today convinced me that I really DO like it and want to go there and wasn't suffering from insanity when I applied ED. :P Move-in day is going to be here before I know it...
So many other things to ramble on about but I need sleep...
We got there around 8:30 AM (after getting lost in Hartford, of course), checked in and had the whole welcoming speech thing. The Occapella (sp?) group "The Accidentals" sang... they were really good. Then the president spoke, yada yada yada.
I got to sit in on an English class ("Intro to Lit & Psychology"). Their English building is this cute little old house.. and the room we were in had all these big windows and long wooden tables and was really nice. There were only nine people in the class and they were mainly freshman and sophomores. It would have been really interesting but I hadn't read the book they were discussing (Frankenstein) so I had noo clue what they were talking about and got a little bored. But the professor was really intense and so was the discussion and I got something of an idea of what a college English class is like, so that was good.
Not a very good pic.. but you can sorta see part of the English building on the right:
Then my mom and I went on (another) tour. We'd gone on one over the summer but wanted to again so we could check out the campus some more. It was suchhh a nice day out. The dorm they showed us was sorta crappy... I guess they rate all the dorms on campus and it was considered a "C+". So there are some worse than that and some that are better. Oh well.. college is about having to make due with little bullshit like that, right?
Then we meandered our way down to the Book Store and I got a bumper sticker for Kel and a t-shirt for me. During lunch they had a representative from each department at the tables so my mom and I were able to talk with one of the Psychology professors a little bit. She was reeeeally nice and down to earth but also wicked smart. She went to Tufts and majored in Neuro-science and then did some other stuff with Psych. She told us about one of the freshman seminars she's teaching and I'm thinking of maybe taking it because I already know I like her.. I'm not sure though, since there are like thirty others to choose from.
Then there was a student panel thing where all the accepted students got to ask current students questions and stuff.. A lot of it was information I already know but there was some new stuff too.
Oh boyyyyyyyy... it's such a crazy combination of being insanely N-E-R-V-O-U-S and insanely excited. I guess my biggest concern is that I have this awesome new job at the barn that I reeally don't want to have to quit. And I still have to ride/take care of my own horse. And keep up with classes. And adjust to college. And have a social life. I'm just so scared I'm not going to be able to balance it all out and of those things will end up suffering as it always does. Ahhhh.
Also.... people there are really smart. Like throughout the day people would ask eachother where they'd all been accepted - there was definitely a range of them, but lots of people had gotten into places like Tufts, Bowdoin, Connecticut College, Colorado College, Smith College, etc etc.. all really good schools with wicked smart people. So I guess that was a little intimidating. I'm pretty sure I'll be fine in terms of English but I'm pretty weak in Math and am nervous I'll be one of the "dumber" students so to speak in that field. I guess I just need to work really hard though and it will work out. I can probably try finding a math course that's a little more abstract, too.. maybe?
Oh well, there's too much to think about so I think I'm just going to stop worrying. Mainly I'm just soo excited because going there today convinced me that I really DO like it and want to go there and wasn't suffering from insanity when I applied ED. :P Move-in day is going to be here before I know it...
So many other things to ramble on about but I need sleep...