Sunday, October 10, 2010
colleges
Since being home on fall break I visited a friend at a local Nashville college. I visited was Lipscomb University. Although Lipscomb is located about five minutes down the road from my house, I had never actually been on campus. I met a friend who is a student there and parked in the only parking lot on campus. I was shocked when it took less than five minutes to walk from the parking lot to her dorm. The first thing she said to me when we got to her room was "You remember where you parked? My farthest class is closer than that lot." I was shocked to find out that to make it to her farthest class she only has to leave her room give minutes before it starts. The other things that shocked me about Lipscomb life was their "visiting policy" if you can even call it that. Boys are only allowed in girls room on their open door nights which are once every two weeks. When a boy is in a girl's room they must have the door completely open and everyone's feet have to be on the ground. These were very shocking to the 1 a.m. weekday curfews we have at UT and the 20 minute trek across campus we get to experience every day. As shocking as it seems this made me love UT more. I went to a very small high school and while listening to her explain her college experience and their rules it made me feel like I was back in the hallways at my old high school and I hated that feeling. College is suppose to be a time to branch out and become part of a new community and I don't think I could have done that with such a small student body and such tight rules. My visit really made me love the community at UT that I am apart of. What are some of your favorite and least favorite things about UT?
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Hey Grace. Yeah, i have started to appreciate UT more and more as i have been talking to my friends at different colleges also. I love the freedom and how we have so many things convenient on campus. For example, we have a little grocery store in Presidential. That makes my life so much easier. I know that my boyfriend goes to a college where there is NOTHING on campus at all, so i LOVE that about UT! The one thing that gets to me is parking. It's ridiculous here at UT. It's a nightmare and disaster. That's my feelings! : )
ReplyDeleteI find the rule about everyones feet having to be on the floor during their short open door nights quite funny. I feel that having these rules does not force the students to act differently but just to do what they want to do that may violate some random rule off campus. It also encourages students to want to live off campus which I feel can not help students like their school. I absolutely love UT and although I used to worry before school started I didn't consider other colleges enough I have grown confident that I have made a good choice and grow even more confident with each passing day.
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