There have prospective students running amuck around Davidson all weekend, and I couldn't post on friday because I was busy hosting and entertaining a lovely student from baltimore. It seems like only yesterday I was a wide-eyed "prospie" roaming the then-fairytale-like world that was Davidson. Dear high school seniors, I know what you're thinking. With a full slate of classes, too many extracurriculars/sports to keep track of, and a growing case of senioritis, you stay focused on the light at the end of the tunnel. Because college...college is the promise land, and everything's gonna be ok.
Here's the real story. Get ready to work, struggle and really learn how to learn, why to learn, and how to revel in the beauty of everything we can and can't know. Expect to meet people who will challenge your ways of thinking, people who are exactly like you, people you might never understand, and learn from them all. People you will laugh with, cry with, argue with, and throw paint on. Get to make plans and to change them. To face frustration, confusion, and the depth of your own imagination. To dance, make mistakes, and be awake at hours you wish you weren't. Get ready to work hard, very hard, and understand yourself in ways you never did before. Get ready to become part of a community of learners, achievers and friends that will look out for you when you didn't even realize you needed it. Get ready to incessantly ask questions and reach beyond your experience.
Because it isn't about SAT scores or prom dates. It's about who you are in the world. And even within this small brick NC haven, I think that together we're getting there.
Because it isn't about SAT scores or prom dates. It's about who you are in the world. And even within this small brick NC haven, I think that together we're getting there.
This is not your happily ever after.
It's only the beginning.
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