Dear Albright,
It’s actually kind of funny. When I pictured my life two years after graduating high school I didn’t picture it at Albright College. Two years ago, at the time of graduation, I was committed to a school down in Virginia. I couldn’t have loved anything more than the thought of going to that college. However, things changed after graduation. I withdrew my deposit from that school; I no longer felt that that was the college for me. So what was a graduated high school senior to do? I had no college to go to and two months to figure it out. I checked out some of the other schools I had been accepted to, but it was too late to commit. I refused to go to community college. I took it upon myself to look up rolling admission schools on the Internet and Albright was on of the first colleges that popped up near New Jersey. I applied during the first week of August, was accepted and visited the following week and moved in the week after that.
To be completely honest, I was miserable there for the first week. I wished I had gone somewhere else. However, things changed after POPS weekend. I started a routine and making friends. I started a life there, a home. I loved how independent I was starting to become. I loved the atmosphere of Albright and how it felt so much like a home to me. Now looking back I’m happy I made the choices I did after graduation. The only thing I would change if I could go back would be choosing Albright from the beginning.
So this is a thank you letter, to Albright. No matter how I ended up here, I did and I’m happier than I have ever been. Albright has given me so much already and I’ve only been there for two years. Thank you for giving me everything I was missing in my life: my friends. Having people I can count on no matter what time of day or what they are doing they will be by my side until the end. Whether its down the hall or ten steps over to another building, they’re always there. My roommate:a girl I really couldn’t imagine my life without. It would be way more boring without her and my college experience truly wouldn’t be the same. My teammates: never have I ever met a team more dedicated then these people. They are all inspiring in so many different ways and I’m proud that I could be a part of a team with every single one of them. My sorority: even though I recently just met them all, I love everything about this bond of sisterhood. The Campus Center, a place that has been like a second dorm to me. It gives you the chance to hang out with friends and meet new people, but you can also sit there and do homework or just observe.
The Albright community as a whole. I love the sense of home that the Adirondack chairs give off. Everywhere you go there's a cluster of them. Implying the community feel tot he college. I love that I can walk from point A to point B and see someone that I know. The sense of community and love we all have for each other is impeccable, whether we know each other or not. I couldn’t be any happier that I chose this school. I often wonder how my life would be if I didn’t chose Albright. If I didn’t meet the people I have met. If I wouldn’t have received the education that I have. Would I be given the same opportunities somewhere else? The answer to that is no. Honestly, as much as I complain about school on a daily bases, I couldn’t picture myself anywhere else. I have managed to create a home in a place that I came into knowing absolutely nobody. Albright is my home away from home. I am grateful for everything that it has given me halfway through my college career and I’m excited to see what it has in store for my last two years of education. I cant wait to make more memories with the people that I love, ones I can call not only friends but family: my little Albright family.
Thank you Albright College, for supplying me not only a good education, but experiences and friends to last a lifetime, to share the best four years of your life with!
Sincerely,
A Fellow Albrightian
