I was born in Ann Arbor. I grew up in Ann Arbor. There has
never been a point in my life where I haven’t lived in this town. I thought for
so long that I would want to escape it for that very reason, but when it came
down to it, I knew I could never picture myself going to college anywhere else.
Having so many connections to the school did leave me with
quite a few expectations going in. I had only very recently watched my cousin
go through her undergraduate years here and thought that I wanted to have the
same experience she had.
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Senior year: me and one of my best friends from high school |
However, once I got here I realized that I truly knew so
little about this town, this school, the students, and the people in it…or
myself, for that matter.
I was worried going in that I would cling to my old friends
from high school, but living on campus and taking classes in the summer helped
me to get away from that. Now I have a bunch of new best friends and I still
see my old ones too.
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One of my NEW best friends |
I’ve realized now that the beauty of this place and its size
is that you can be any person you want. College is the most selfish time of
your life.
I’ve discovered new locations in Ann Arbor that I never
would have crossed into during my high school years, but now frequent with my
friends. When people from out of town ask me what places I would recommend they
visit, I am at a loss for words because I am actually discovering this town
just as much as they are.

Four years is a long time to spend at a place. I have no
idea how much I will change in the next month and I wonder what I will be like
by the end of my freshman year.