college searching.

When I went to visited Lafayette College, I was astonished by the beautiful landscape of the campus. Upon arrival, I saw the exquisitely constructed buildings, that all were within walking distance of one another. As I was greeted by the students of the college, they were all glowing and seemed very happy; not one of them seemed dissatisfied. I like seeing the students at the campus because then I am able to get a better feel for the kinds of students that it attracts, which says a lot about the school. At Lafayette, there were many students that were studying in the library in each of their own study rooms. As I was looking in the aisles of books in the library, I was exculpated by one of the librarians, since she thought I was "snooping around".

After I saw the library, I went to one of the building that had freshman girls' dorms. The dorms seemed pretty jejune to me, just like the ones that were in movies. My student guide showed me her room which was covered in posters and pictures of her friends, and it had two bunkbeds for her and her roommate. A dorm room is definitely not the location of my personal "Mecca", but I know that I am going to have to deal with living far away from home. It does not bother me that I am not in my own house, but it does bother me that I will be living with a complete stranger. What if I have a malevolent roommate that steals all of my personal belongings?! Even if that does happen to me, I am going to have to be resilient and learn to adapt to my new environment. If I have a crazy roommate, so what? I'll just never be able to sleep because I will be so paranoid, but it is completely fine.

I am a very ingenuous person, so I am hoping to not have a roommate that is really wild and crazy. I just want to be able to dorm with someone that is somewhat normal...is that so hard to ask for? I just hope that this person, whoever it turns out to be, will not harass my and put bugs in my pillowcase. But, besides that, I am so excited to embark on a journey of self-discovery once I go away to college!