As a first year when you come, you actually will be mostly in dorms that are just for first year. So it actually helps with like making bonds with other people. You live with another roommate. Most rooms have two people. Some rooms have three people or one person, depending on how you want to be accommodated and what you're looking for. As an international student, I only brought two suitcases, which means that when I got here, I had to make my room very homey and ask for help to make it happen. So I got to know people, and one of the things that we bonded over was, let's find decorations for our rooms. Let's try to make it as home as we can. I am a residential assistant right now. I'm a sophomore. And I mean, one of the things that inspired me was because I really liked how our arrays were last year. I think residential assistants get to do really fun stuff on campus. We get funded to actually have activities for the students. On top of the movie nights, sometimes we actually have craft making activities, or we can actually go get tea or eat food outside together. For me, the nicest thing about residential life at Macalster are the specialty houses. So for example, in your first year, you probably end up in a first year dorm, which is nice because everyone's living the same experience as freshmen. But then on your second year, you could apply to different things like the veggie co-op, for example, if you're vegetarian, you can be part of a vegetarian community, and cook meals every day and bond over food. Or if you want to dive into a language, you could go to one of the language houses and it's a perfect opportunity for you to merge in that culture before for example, you study abroad, or before you decide if that's what you want to major in, or just to be better at that language and learn from others and have a sense of belonging.