Last Friday I took the day off of school so that I could go on an overnight visit to Hanover College. Most people wrinkle their brows when I tell them I'm considering Hanover.
"Where's that?" they ask. "It's up in Indiana, right across the river," I reply. I know what they are about to say next. Something along the lines of
"Indiana? That's so boring!" Yeah, well.
Anyway, so I took the day off to visit and as soon as I arrive on campus, I've been assigned to shadow a student during a chemistry class. We arrive at the class and I sit for an hour, trying my best to understand the equations that are put up on the board. My escort told me that usually visitors would be falling asleep by that point.
After that class I was escorted to another class that was called "Great Works," where students review Great American Works. I walked in on a class reviewing Wuthering Heights and I payed lots of attention because I knew we would be reading that book at some point in class as well.
I went to eat lunch with some volleyball girls and realized tthat while eating, I would probably have to join a sorority. I haven't the slightest idea, really, what a sorority does, but I'm pretty sure it has something to do with community service and other things like that (?). I may have to join a sorority because 45% of the student body is greek, and all of the volleyball players (except 2) are as well. But I digress.
I didn't realize how many meetings I would have. The amount of questions I had to come up with on the spot after having the volleyball coach, a chemistry professer, and my admissions counselor ask me if I "had any questions," was unreal. I was exhausted by the end of the day.
Despite this setback, my experience at Hanover was wonderful. I suppose if I could have been less shy and more social, my experience would have been even better. But I don't regret how I acted, and I even made new friends. I may even go back in the fall.
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