hi everyone!! thank you for the email luan, im glad there's people out there that decided to take the initiative to bring us together before we're all thrown in headfirst come august (it cant be THAT tough, CAN IT??)
so, if i may take a moment to introduce myself
my name is jess, i'm from manchester, pa, and havent moved anywhere else since i was brought home from york hospital on december 26, 1981. isnt that sad??
anyway, im sorry i cant help anybody out with the whole apartment thing, ive determined that since it takes me, on average, 37 minutes to get my car from my garage to the parking garage at hershey, ill hopefully be good with commuting, at least for the next year.
i feel awfully guilty about my smoothly paved path into penn state now that i've read about the plights of the waitlisters out there! i graduated with a bs in biology from york college this spring, and somehow i was lucky enough to get into penn state without too many roadblocks. i was in the early assurance program that penn state has in conjunction with several local colleges, and i made it through thank god! ive read all the postings of this thread, and im happy to be in the company of such awesomely cool people for the next 4 years
since i too am a local (sup ajwillie?!), i can reassure you that the winters here are not that bad, and that even though hershey may seem small, there is stuff to see and do in harrisburg and other local areas (if youre willing to search/get creative a little bit
). i also know a couple of students that graduated a year before me from york college and were 1st years at penn state this year, so as i get the lowdown from them, ill be sure to pass it on. so far, what they told me is this: make sure to go on plenty of vacations (or maybe one damn nice one!!) this summer, and take time to really enjoy life. dont worry about school at all (though thats hard to do with all those forms and other things we have to get in to the school!!). they said that its not nearly as difficult as what you might think, and one even said that she took every weekend off from studying, and she did great.
i better quit while im ahead, since im notorious for writing long, boring novels on the internet. im looking forward to hearing more from all of you!!! penn state rocks!!!!!!!!