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...couple met during their first week at Harvard in 1994 at a get-together for Mormon first-year students at Herrell...
...Tell my first-year self about this, and she wouldn't have believed you. I had never pegged myself as the type. With a combined family income not much larger than Harvard's annual charge for room, board and tuition, I had a hard enough time battling feelings of inferiority in the general Harvard population, let alone one of its more exclusive subgroups...
...discovered, for example, that one of my 21-year old high school friends and her boyfriend had been shopping for a wedding ring, while all my other friends who stayed in the area for college had been in the loop about this for a few weeks now. In the same way, "home" will be visiting you far less often too. I have roommates whose parents come up every year at move-in and move-out, while my own parents will have visited Harvard only twice over my four years here: first-year orientation week and senior graduation...
...tendency you may have as a first-year to cling to old things as a comfort when you feel homesick. During your first year at college, you would most likely seek comfort in relying on old things and old friends. Being so far away from them will force you to learn to explore things you haven't tried before. Instead of calling on old friends when you miss home, you will instead learn to be supported by the company of new ones at Harvard to get you through your freshman year. New friends will invite you to their homes...
...First-Year Student: 1. What you will be in September. 2. Gender-neutral term for "freshman." Synonym: yardling...