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December 21, 2005

Hello Bridget, I got your comment and I have answers!

QUESTION:
hey kelly, my name is bridget. i went to the campus tour back in november and you spoke at the meeting along with some other student ambassadors, and i remember you saying that you had a blog. so i decided to check it out and see what it was like, since now i know for sure i will be coming to albright next year! :-) anyways, i wanted to ask you how you like albright and living in the dorms. also, i was wondering if theres an intermural basketball team there because i love playing it, but im not the greatest at it, so i dont know if i'd tryout for the team. i am kinda tall tho, so that seems to work in my favor occasionally when getting rebounds and stuff. and how is it during the winter time on campus? it probably snows a lot. well, thanks for putting up with the questions. maybe i'll see you next year around campus!

First of all- CONGRATULATIONS on your acceptance to Albright! I bet it is a huge lift off your shoulders! Getting accepted into college and deciding on a place is probably in the top ten best feelings of relief, ever. Alright as for how I like Albright, I absolutely love it! It is a small college and it is a community. I love the atmosphere! The people are great, especially the professors. The professors are willing to work with you in and out of the classroom, which I think is key. You're paying all this money to get an education you might as well get as much out of it as you can.

I am a big fan of the dorms. I love living in them! This is rather ironic coming from me, since dorm life was what I was most nervous about when going to college. Now, it is my favorite part (after my classes of course :-) ) Seriously though, the dorms are pretty nice compared to dorms at other colleges I saw. Freshman year (last year) I lived in Crowell-so I'm definitely partial to that dorm over Walton , the two freshman experience dorms. I liked living in Crowell so much because it is made up of all freshman. In the first couple weeks it is really easy to meet people. Everyone is new, no one knows anyone, you're all from all over the place, and you're all nervous about that same things! The PE's (Peer Educaters) and the RA (Resident Advisors) do an excellent job of getting everyone mingling and socializing with each other. As for the whole roommate thing, Albright assigns you a roommate based on a roommate evaluation sheet you fill out (you'll probably get that in the spring). You have a 2 week grace period where you and your roommate have to work out your differences and then after that if you do not get along you can request a roommate change. I was super nervous about this and I am still living with my roommate. We got/get along wonderfully! So it does work out-I wouldn't worry about it too much..seriously.

YES! We definitely do have intramural basketball! We have it in the fall and in the spring. It is co-ed and girls do play. I highly recommend you play if you love basketball! People really get into it, it's A LOT of fun!

Winter time on campus is cold haha. We get snow, but I don't think we get that much. I'm from Connecticut and so I'm used to getting a lot of the fluffy white stuff. Classes are rarely cancelled! A lot of the professors live right off campus and so they can trudge to class just like the students. That is the downside to the wintertime. An upside is a lot of people go sledding! Students are quite inventive with their sled options. Stealing trays from the cafe, since no one uses them anyway, is a popular move as well as using garbage bags and the plastic bins you buy at walmart where you put clothes and shoes etc. Or you can splurge and actually buy a sled. Sledding on campus is soooo much fun!

I hope I was thorough enough. Let me know if I can answer anything else! I'm sure I will definitely be seeing you on campus next fall! Have a very happy holiday!

God Bless!

Posted by kellyc at 10:40 AM | Comments (2)

December 14, 2005

Almost to the finish line

I haven't updated since the Thanksgiving catastrophe! I'm sorry everyone! Things have been unbelievably hectic! I have had so much work due these past couple weeks. It is finals week this week and I have 2 more exams to go. I just finished my 5 page 1,261 word spanish essay on a novel we had to read that was a splendid time. It beats having a written final, but it was tedious work. I have my Great Ages final tomorrow (thurs) and my Psychology final (Friday) to go. Then I'm home free! Everyone else is going home this Friday, but we (the bball team) have to stay until Tuesday the 20th. Then after that I'm home till the 29th which is awesome! Then I'm back here for bball and interim. Interim is 3 weeks in January where students have the option to come back here and take a class. The classes are rather unique and fun. I'm taking my IDS credit one, Educational Theater. I'm pretty excited about it because I think i want to use Theater for educational purposes. I'll keep you updated. Interim is the best time at Albright College because no one is really here so you can do what you want for the most part. The classes are generally fun-and it's only one class- so it's a piece of cake.

Well a couple entries ago I promised pictures from the Leann Rimes concert...well I picked up those pictures at cvs last night and only 4 came out. NOT ONE of the concert! NOT A SINGLE ONE. So unfortunately I have nothing to put up. I'm so disappointed.

Alright well I have to get back to studying and find out where I'm going to live for the weekend until tues because we get kicked out of the dorms Sat. morning-how much does that stink? Oh well.

God Bless you all and I have a little something for you to read:

Always remember those who serve. In the days when an ice cream sundae cost much less, a 10 year old boy entered a hotel coffee shop and sat at a table. A waitress put a glass of water in front of him. "How much is an ice cream sundae?" "Fifty cents," replied the waitress. The little boy pulled his hand out of his pocket and studied a number of coins in it. "How much is a dish of plain ice cream?" he inquired. Some people were now waiting for a table and the waitress was a bit impatient. "Thirty-five cents," she said brusquely. The little boy again counted the coins. "I'll have the plain ice cream," he said. The waitress brought the ice cream, put the bill on the table and walked away. The boy finished the ice cream, paid the cashier and departed. When the waitress came back, she began wiping down the table and then swallowed hard at what she saw. There, placed neatly beside the empty dish, were two nickels and five pennies - her tip.

Posted by kellyc at 2:40 PM | Comments (0)