After visiting the town that I grew up in for an extended fall break, I got a chance to reflect quite a bit. I heard multiple stories about people that I had graduated with being extremely unhappy at the schools they chose, and deciding to leave after the first semester/first year. This made me very sad in a way, because I am disappointed they cannot feel the feelings that I do about my school. I realize that maybe eventually they will find the perfect fit for them, but it made me grateful for what I have experienced over the past few months.
I have come to love the school I chose last year. It has become my home. I love the people I have come to know and have made my family here. Being away feels strange to me, my dorm room has become "my room" and I say "going home" when I mean back to my dorm. I have found myself through my time here. I have learned to be an adult, to do things for myself. I am forever grateful to have the experience that I am having here, it is the most wonderful thing to feel at home somewhere that I had never even visited before last year.
The feeling I get when I come onto campus makes me sure that I made the right decision. For the first time, I can say I love going to school. My classes are real world and I am actually passionate about everything that I am learning. The campus is accepting and small enough so that you see the same faces over and over. It makes being away from my actual home that much easier. Hopefully those who didn't have a similar experience find something that resembles what I have found at UNH.