Coming into Macalester, I was really excited to have the chance to live with a roommate. I'm an only child, so I was excited to get to know someone and share a space with them.
In my experience with my roommate, my first year, a survey was sent out to us as students. And from that, you know, I was paired up with my roommate. And, you know, just from some simple questions like that, we ended up being a pretty good fit for each other.
When you first get to Macalester as a first-year, it can be a little bit overwhelming, you know, just the acclamation to living in a city away from family, it's, it can be a little bit tough, but there are ways that you can get involved in the community, just through curiosity, in reaching out to the right people in the school makes opportunities available to you.
There's really nothing like living in a building with all of your friends at the same time, leaving your room, and knowing that everyone is just like a couple of doors down whenever you need something, being able to meet up to do homework in the lounge. Yeah, it's really fun.
There's a lot of different events. If you like sporting events, a lot of games at the beginning of the year. Floor meetings happen in the first couple of weeks. So get to meet everyone on your floor, say hi to each other.
When I first got matched with my roommate, and we were talking over text a little bit before coming to Mac. I asked her if I could have the bed by the window because I come from somewhere that's not snowy, and she comes from St. Paul. So I was really excited to be able to look out the window and see the snow and she said, "Yes, of course!"
Just know that you'll have an incredible support system. Macalester really does everything that they can to make sure that you're going to have a great experience.
