It’s my first Friday back from college. I’m waiting impatiently for my friend to arrive from Denver, a high school senior who’s visiting campus for the weekend. He’s participating in a scholarship competition all day tomorrow, one I competed for a year ago. I’ll be showing him a bit of campus and dorm life, welcoming him to the city, and perhaps finally sealing the transition from College Applicant to College Student.
I’ve been thinking about that a lot lately, the notion that I’m not new here anymore. The start of winter quarter brings a fresh batch of transfer students who are newer than I, brings the clubs I’ve been involved in to full force, brings me to a position of contributing to the school and making it my own rather than trying to find my own fit in it. I am not a peg searching for her hole in this school. I am this school.
Intimidating, no doubt.
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