The tennis coach is amazing. There are a lot of places I could have gone to college where I would have had to schedule my labs around practice, or I would have had to make tough decisions between tennis and school work. My first year here, I had a really good student fellow, so that got me interested. It was fun to get here early and be with the freshmen-you know, help them choose their classes, hold study breaks and parties. Just recently I was teaching them all how to pre-register online and reminding them to do it.
People change a lot during the first semester.
I had a couple of really homesick people in the beginning, and now they're doing great. By October break, everyone gets settled. A Personally, I always want to do everything. Everyone is surprised that I'm doing sports and field work and independent research and student fellow work, but I don't think it's hard to do that here. This is a place where academics definitely come first, and the academics are rigorous, but if you are willing to work, you can do all the other stuff, too.