AHHH I'm so excited to be coming to Smith next year! I just want to keep talking about it! Could I ask what some of your favorite things about Smith are? :D
I’m so excited that you’re coming, too! And of course you can ask me, I love talking about how great Smith is! This short list here is not in any particular order, but here are some of my favorite things:
1. My house. I live in Cushing, which I absolutely love. It’s one of the houses that makes up East Quad, and we have a great house community. We celebrate house birthdays monthly with cake that our wonderful housekeeper Linda buys for us, our house mascot is the bunny, and our house is always beautifully decorated through the efforts of Linda (we really love Linda) and other Cushingites.
2. The professors. My Chem professor recognizes and greets me by name from a lecture of one hundred students. My Greek professor buys our class pizza and other food items weekly. My liberal arts advisor gives me great advice about life at Smith (in case you couldn’t guess) and encourages me greatly with even the few meetings that we’ve had as advisor/advisee.
3. The Botanic Garden. I work in the Botanic Garden, which is a privilege and honestly the source of a lot of joy in my life (especially seeing as I don’t have to work in the dining hall like other first years). The entire campus is a botanic garden, and our conservatory/greenhouses are absolutely gorgeous. While this winter has been mild, the tropical room is blissfully warm and great to study/relax in. We also have a coffee tree, which makes me very happy as a coffee-drinker.
I could go on. I really could. It took a lot of effort to stop here!