Full Circle

Before I came to Vassar in the fall of 2010, I found myself panicking about one of the age-old traditions: Serenading.

Of what I had read, it sounded high embarrassing. In short, during serenading, the Freshmen from each dorm “serenade” all of the Seniors with a pop song, lyrically edited so as to best praise the Seniors. I had a terrible voice. I had lots of qualms about performing for a Senior class that I did not know. Furthermore, how would the other Freshmen in my dorm respond to the event? Was this, essentially, hazing? Had I skipped out on Greek Life only to enter an Animal House-esque PUBLIC HUMILIATION?

The answer is, no.

Serenading was the greatest day of my young Freshmen life. See delighted Freshmen and her two Lathrop pals below, as evidence.

Yesterday, the college cycle came full circle, and I experienced Serenading from the Senior perspective. As the Freshman babies sang their hearts out and performed epic dance routines, I felt a bittersweet sense of nostalgia. It’s fabulous for them, they have three years until they have to be on the other side, but for me- it’s a little too real.

So instead of recognizing that I, unfortunately, have reached my ultimate year at Vassar- I pretended I was a Freshmen again, and danced with my old Lathrop dorm pals, sang along to Miley Cyrus and had a good ol’ (wrecking) ball of a time.