Move in day was less stressful than I thought it would be. I met my roommates, Steph and Whitney, for the first time and they were both so nice and so excited to be here. We arranged our room easily enough, thanks to my sister. She lived in Ray her freshman year, so she helped us out with the setup. The room is actually pretty spacious, and it's nice that we each have our own closet and set of drawers! I spent the day with my parents and visitn with my sister in her apartment in Davis. It's definitely going to be nice having Kim here to help me out and give me the scoop on how things work. Later that night, my roommates and I went to an ice cream social and bingo in the Slavin Center which was a cool way to see people and perhaps win some prizes. Unfortunately, we did not win a thing! And we were really holding out for Catch Phrase...

The next day was the freshman trip to Newport. I had a lot of fun meeting up with a friend from home, and I spent a lot of time with my roommates and their friends. The shopping was great, the weather was beautiful, and there was so much to see. It’s been exciting meeting so many new people, but I have to admit that I’ve been doing double takes thinking I’ve seen someone from home! Overall, it was a great day.

And then came the first day of classes. My first class of college was Introductory Sociology at 8:30 in the morning. I had breakfast with my friend Laura (also a freshman) and our friend from home Melissa (a sophomore). I was so paranoid about not being able to find my room that I didn’t even think to write it down. I called my roommate while she was getting ready to read the room off my desk calendar. So much for a good start, right? But Melissa led me to my room and all was well. I didn’t know a single person in the class, so I sat next to the first person I saw. We introduced ourselves and had a nice chat about where we were from and our majors and things like that. And that's how I met Rich from Long Island. The great thing about being a freshman in college is that everyone is new and everyone wants to meet everyone else. I also found out that the girl sitting next to me, Tracy, also from Long Island, is in 3 out of 4 of my classes, so I'm really excited about that! The three of us ended up being in a group for the class, so that worked out well!

I then had Calculus and Analytical Geometry II, also known as math 132, at 11:30. We started doing problems on the board and I realized I had no recollection of my AP BC Calculus class. By the end of the day I had remembered some things, and it got better when I realized there was an amazing reference page in the back of the book. We'll have to see where this goes...

Last of the day was my Honors Development of Western Civilization (also known as DWC or just Civ) Seminar. That was scheduled for 2:30 to 4:20, but it got out around 3:45. Not much to do the first day, I guess. It was sort of an orientation, with just meeting everyone, and then we had a writing workshop. I had no idea what to expect, but it turned out that I loved my professors. Well, my one professor and two fathers. That’s one thing about PC; you’ll be taught by Dominican Friars. It’s kind of a strange thing, coming from a public school, but they are such great people that it really doesn’t matter. I'm actually really excited to have this class. It will definitely be like nothing I've experienced, especially coming from a public school!

Sorry for such a long blog! Details on my other classes in my next one. I hope you’ve learned a lot so far and if you have any questions, feel free to ask!