I just want to start by saying that my college experience so far has been good over. I enjoy most of my classes and my work has been manageable. However, my opinions on PSU have definitely changed throughout my time here.

When I first came to PSU I had no clue what to expect. Obviously you hear stories from your parents and others about college. Even with these stories, I was still kind of nervous and wasn’t sure what the future would hold.

Now that were about a month into classes, there are some things that I really enjoy about the school and some things I would change.

One thing that I love about this school is the student body. Everyone here is super nice. Whoever you pass people will always say hi to you. Connecticut, where I’m from, I’ve had a much different experience. It’s a little more unusual for someone to randomly say hi to you. In New Hampshire there seems to be a great deal of hospitality. This really makes the college experience much better. Everywhere you go you always feel welcome, and everyone treats you as a friend even if you have never met them before.

The one thing that I have a complaint about is that we are not allowed to be in dorms where you don’t live. I understand that this is a step that the school is making to help avoid the spread of COVID 19. What I feel the school should do is give people something that indicates that they tested negative. The school gives us wristbands to confirm that we have been tested. I think they should do the same for everyone who tests negative. This way people are able to go into other dorms with their friends. This is the only complaint I have so far, and this will become worse once it starts to snow. Soon there will be changes in weather that makes it so we can’t go outside as often. We will be restricted more to our own dorms and will see people in other dorms less often.

Overall, my college experience has been very good despite my complaint. I feel that our school is doing a good job dealing with COVID, and our numbers show it.

Feel fee to leave a comment about your college experiences so far in the comments below.

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