While today is the first day, my one class is already cancelled and my internship doesn’t even start until next week (eeek!!). So, I finally have a little time to blog (and something to blog about). It feels like just yesterday I pulled in to New York with my car full of dorm supplies, ready to tackle my freshman year. Now that I have moved into my room, ready to tackle my junior year, I still have some of the same excitement that I felt during Welcome Week.
Every semester brings a new chance, new changes, and new friends. It’s so much fun to see everyone from last year, and still be making new friends 2 years into my college career. I have met some amazing people here (as I talk about all the time) and I’m still meeting amazing people. I have so many opportunities here that I wouldn’t have had at another school- being so close to New York City, getting amazing internships (more on that later), being a part of some incredible organizations, and becoming close with all the amazing people I’ve met since I arrived at orientation.
Sometimes I think about what it would be like if I had attended a different school, or even picked a different major, but then I think about all the things that never would have happened. I never would have been able to intern in NYC, I never would have danced on Broadway, I never would have gone to Korea, I never would have joined Zeta Phi Eta, and I would have totally different friends that I maybe wouldn’t have loved as much as my friends at Hofstra (let’s be real I could never love anyone more than my crazy friends here).
For all the freshman starting college- DO NOT FREAK OUT. You will love it, even if you’re homesick or stressed or overwhelmed or just plain confused. You will meet amazing people and make amazing memories.
I’m still freaking out a little that so many of my friends are graduating, and I only have one semester left with them since I will be in Amsterdam next spring. This is going to be a wild, busy, exciting, and totally fun semester, and I cannot wait to get started.
