retention rates have very real and personal meaning- who knew?
It feels like half my friends are leaving.
Chloe's leaving because this school doesn't have her major. She doesn't really want to leave any more, she says, but she's past the point of no return. She doesn't even want to make new friends at her new school, but rather wants to fly back here once a month.
Devin may or may not be failing out. And even if he isn't, he's probably going to leave eventually anyway because this school has a pretty limited music program.
Eliana is moving to Colorado. She's not even a close friend any more- which she chose in a way when she decided she couldn't be friends with chloe and devin because they weren't dependable and kept talking about leaving after we got back from hitching. First off, you can't just un-friend people. I thought I understood her reasoning at first, but now I'm feeling less and less like she was ever really my friend. And here she's the one who convinced me to stay (though this was before I knew the whole story)and she said she loved it here and was going to stay all four years, maybe even five if she had to. What the fuck?
Quin is sick of "the pack" as we call ourselves, and wants to branch out and meet "more interesting people" because he isn't really good friends with most of his friends, and feels like we really only all hang out because we feel obligated to. He's staying at this school, just not with our group. What happened to everything we said at thanksgiving about this being our Wilson family?
Julia may be transferring elsewhere.
Then there are other various people I am not such good friends with who are leaving. Like every other person it seems.
As far as close friends go, that leaves Ona, Meg, Harper, Leah, Anna, and I guess Nick. I guess that isn't quite half, but it sure as hell feels like it. God, next semester is going to be different.
Only five days left in this one.
This school has a horrible retention rate, partly because it really isn't for everyone, partly because it has some issues, and partly because a lot of the people who go here weren't really sure that they wanted to go to college in the first place. Looking at the retention numbers when applying to schools, it doesn't really mean much- but once you get here, those numbers become friends, people you love and don't want to have to say goodbye to.
Chloe's leaving because this school doesn't have her major. She doesn't really want to leave any more, she says, but she's past the point of no return. She doesn't even want to make new friends at her new school, but rather wants to fly back here once a month.
Devin may or may not be failing out. And even if he isn't, he's probably going to leave eventually anyway because this school has a pretty limited music program.
Eliana is moving to Colorado. She's not even a close friend any more- which she chose in a way when she decided she couldn't be friends with chloe and devin because they weren't dependable and kept talking about leaving after we got back from hitching. First off, you can't just un-friend people. I thought I understood her reasoning at first, but now I'm feeling less and less like she was ever really my friend. And here she's the one who convinced me to stay (though this was before I knew the whole story)and she said she loved it here and was going to stay all four years, maybe even five if she had to. What the fuck?
Quin is sick of "the pack" as we call ourselves, and wants to branch out and meet "more interesting people" because he isn't really good friends with most of his friends, and feels like we really only all hang out because we feel obligated to. He's staying at this school, just not with our group. What happened to everything we said at thanksgiving about this being our Wilson family?
Julia may be transferring elsewhere.
Then there are other various people I am not such good friends with who are leaving. Like every other person it seems.
As far as close friends go, that leaves Ona, Meg, Harper, Leah, Anna, and I guess Nick. I guess that isn't quite half, but it sure as hell feels like it. God, next semester is going to be different.
Only five days left in this one.
This school has a horrible retention rate, partly because it really isn't for everyone, partly because it has some issues, and partly because a lot of the people who go here weren't really sure that they wanted to go to college in the first place. Looking at the retention numbers when applying to schools, it doesn't really mean much- but once you get here, those numbers become friends, people you love and don't want to have to say goodbye to.