I can’t believe it has been a whole year since I was preparing to head to New Student Orientation (NSO week is one of the best weeks of your undergraduate life!) Last Sunday, the Bucks County Penn Alumni Club had a welcome picnic for the future freshmen (Class of 2011). The kids that showed up were really great and they all had a ton of questions. It is weird to think that a year ago college was such a huge unknown and now I am a veritable authority (sophmore does translate to mean a wise fool, so perhaps I don't know as much as I think)! Everyone always has the same questions. Number one is always, “Is it hard”….to which I always respond, not if you go to class and keep up with your reading! Other than that, we discussed living situations, the dining halls (one of the perks of being a sophomore is not having to be on the meal plan, so I guess you know where I stand on the issue), class selection and social life. Penn social life is a strange thing. Sunday through Thursday, we are most definitely a studious Ivy League, but Thursday night through the rest of the weekend, Penn kids really know how to let down. It is great looking forward to a reasonably stress-free weekend when you are having a particularly work-heavy week (I’m hoping I will not have too many this semester!)
On a side note, I am a huge loser and am actually looking forward to my classes. I ordered my textbooks for my Poli Sci classes (tip to all future freshmen: order your textbooks off of Amazon.com, you’ll save a ton), as they are posted on the Penn bookstore website, and they came today—I will neither confirm nor deny that I have opened them and looked through them already…
Other than that, I have been taking it pretty easy since my internship and class ended. I forgot how nice doing nothing can be. My brother and I are currently arguing over the remote for the TV…the one plus about going back to school will be regaining sole ownership of my remote and not being forced to watch Wedding Crashers for the millionth time (it wasn’t even that funny the first time).
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Hmmm....not so sure about the "fool," but quite sure about the "wise" part. I think that you're really going to enjoy sophmore year...I sure did!
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