California

My apologies for not blogging in almost two weeks...I was busy at orientation in California, and then I was busy re-orienting myself in Chicago haha.

Orientation in California was exhausting. They packed so much into two days. To be honest, I was a bit disappointed, which worries me. I was disappointed not with the staff, not with the campus, not with my classes. I was disappointed with the students. I had heard rumors that the students at my university could be a bit shallow, but I didn't think much of it...until I started to think otherwise at orientation. There were plenty of just gorgeous skinny white girls. Now, I'm not saying that there's anything wrong with gorgeous skinny white girls - there was more to it. The second day at lunch, when we were set loose to sit wherever and with whoever we wanted, I looked around, and I thought...cliques. There were tables of gorgeous white people sitting with other gorgeous white people. Then there were pretty diverse and mixed tables. It bothers me to think that I'll feel like I'm in high school again, where groups are based on looks and not interests, where we don't delve deeper than skin deep in establishing connections with people, where we never learn about cultures different than our own.

Many of my friends have assured me that orientation is just a tiny slice, and probably not entirely accurate, of what my experience in college will be. After all, it was only maybe 1/7 of the freshman class. And it was only two days. Hopefully they'll be right.

Take care,
Amy