Let's get something straight — women's colleges are not anti-man or feminist paradises. They are colleges full of women (and more).

Last Saturday morning started early for me and wouldn't end until just after 11 p.m. It was move-in day at Meredith College.

When my mom drove her car into the crowded drive of a university that had seemed so quiet days before I was filled with many thoughts. Chiefly, please get away from my car and stop screaming. However, this is a part of the day. If you aren't excited after the Welcome Angel smiles and staff help you find your way, you will be.

My new room was quiet, dust still settled, and the world outside was a stark contrast to the sanctuary inside. I had gotten there hours before my roommate and my entire hall seemed untouched by the gleeful cheers and moving rush displayed on the ground floor.

Part of me wanted to feel nervous, part of me wanted to feel sad, but I couldn't feel either. I was at peace. It was the first day of the rest of my life that Saturday morning, and I felt right at home.

Later I would meet my roommate, a young woman I knew I'd befriend for the rest of my days. We joked, laughed until we cried and shared the struggle of disappointing food. Despite the heavy footsteps from above, the constant hammering of nails, and the cacophony of voices seeping through the walls, we found our place among the chaos.

It wasn't until I spoke to a fellow transfer student's husband that I was snapped back to reality.

I offhandedly made a joke about how the Honor Code Ceremony evoked images of cult-like pledges. Candles, recitations and visits to the president's house in the woods do weave this image together, to which this student's husband took his own spin on.

This man told me how we'd probably be burning a male figure effigy and forcing all men off campus. He'd already said he felt unrepresented during the president's speech when she didn't articulate his identity as a man and husband. This man seemed to go on, but I'd turned off my ears.

Women's colleges are not and have never been man-hating pits of feminist anger. They are and always will be colleges filled with women.

Not only does assuming women's college students hate men stereotype feminists, but it assumes everyone on the campuses of said schools are feminists.

False.

Some girls are attending Meredith College because of its history of Baptist faith and the on-campus chapel. Others came because of the superb academics. Another group may have come because it's a legacy in their family. But why does that matter?

Meredith is a beautiful college full of women as diverse as the City of Raleigh. Meredith has feminists, Democrats, Republicans, LGBT students, straight students, Christians, atheists, Muslims, Jewish students; women of all shapes, colors, sizes and identities. That's the beauty of going to a school like Meredith.

So to all the men and boys out there who squint at women's colleges and laugh at their attendees, get over it. It's a college, it's accredited and it's the place hundreds of bright minds call home.