First snowfall of many to come this year..

There's just something about Northwestern that I can say "I belong here." Maybe that's what everyone says once they get acclimated to college, maybe not. I know, I complain a lot about college being busy and hard, and it is, but Northwestern somehow fits me.

The fact that it's a good school, but not Harvard, Princeton, or Yale (etc,etc) brings down the academic a notch to give it a real life vibe, where the students are really just normal people, not your "smarter than thou" kids (at least not the majority), at the same time, many people are smarter than you think. 

Is the campus how I imagined it? Yes and no. I didn't imagine I'd be walking  up and down Sheridan Rd (pictured above) for half of my day, but at the same time, Sheridan Rd brings the students together. It's not your UCLA-picturesque school, but it's not Rutgers either, where the campus is really just buildings next to bus stops. 

There's some walking (enough to get you complaining), but not enough to force you to take buses. There's a nearby downtown, and a nearby city.

I guess my real answer is no, it's not exactly how I envisioned college campus. The college campus in my mind is more like...my memory of Berkeley. Which is not the actual Berkeley campus, of course, because my 4th grade memory does not serve me well.

But even though it's not how I envisioned it, I don't mind. College campus beauty is nice...but after staying over Thanksgiving break, I realize that's its definitely not the landscaping that makes a campus alive...

Classes? I don't really like college classes in general; I feel like people learn better in a high school classroom environment. Straight-up lectures and exams don't beat the style of highschool teaching, but I suppose lectures are more efficient in getting more material across, quicker. (But it's unbelievable to me how I used to wake up at 6:40 and take 7 classes.)

Food? Is delicious. Although I've never had a problem with dining hall food anywhere I've been (Rutgers, UD, Hofstra, Etown, UCLA...), and there are people who are getting tired of the food, so I don't know. 

NEVERTHELESS, I miss home--Delaware. Words cannot express how excited I am to be done with finals, and on the airplane home. Numbers can though--on a scale of 1-10, where 10 is most excited and 1 is least...my excitement level is 9001.

Good night.