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Last semester I was remote and after lots of contemplating, in February I decided that I was going to come to campus for the first time ever a month into the spring semester. Having enjoyed my remote semester in London so much made this decision extra difficult to make. It was a decision that would officially end my chapter (for now) of my life in London and I didn\u2019t feel quite ready to do so.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a data-postid=\"fsg_post_2073\" data-imgid=\"2074\" href=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/international-services\/files\/2021\/05\/IMG_0628.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2074\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/international-services\/files\/2021\/05\/IMG_0628-169x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/international-services\/files\/2021\/05\/IMG_0628-169x300.png 169w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/international-services\/files\/2021\/05\/IMG_0628-576x1024.png 576w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/international-services\/files\/2021\/05\/IMG_0628.png 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/a><a data-postid=\"fsg_post_2073\" data-imgid=\"2075\" href=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/international-services\/files\/2021\/05\/4ea8bfe7-89df-426e-ad02-a15d385132da.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2075\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/international-services\/files\/2021\/05\/4ea8bfe7-89df-426e-ad02-a15d385132da-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/international-services\/files\/2021\/05\/4ea8bfe7-89df-426e-ad02-a15d385132da-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/international-services\/files\/2021\/05\/4ea8bfe7-89df-426e-ad02-a15d385132da-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/international-services\/files\/2021\/05\/4ea8bfe7-89df-426e-ad02-a15d385132da.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Until my last week, I didn\u2019t really think about what was coming. However, during my last week at home, despite being crazily busy with packing and saying my goodbyes, I was constantly preoccupied with doubts about leaving. I even considered cancelling my flight two days prior to it. Yet, I had a gut feeling about being remote in the fall and I had a gut feeling about being on campus in the spring. Following these intuitions made this crazy, COVID-19 freshman year better than anything I could have hoped for.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a data-postid=\"fsg_post_2073\" data-imgid=\"2076\" href=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/international-services\/files\/2021\/05\/IMG_1391.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2076\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/international-services\/files\/2021\/05\/IMG_1391-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/international-services\/files\/2021\/05\/IMG_1391-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/international-services\/files\/2021\/05\/IMG_1391-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><a data-postid=\"fsg_post_2073\" data-imgid=\"2077\" href=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/international-services\/files\/2021\/05\/luzie1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2077\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/international-services\/files\/2021\/05\/luzie1-169x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/international-services\/files\/2021\/05\/luzie1-169x300.jpeg 169w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/international-services\/files\/2021\/05\/luzie1-576x1024.jpeg 576w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/international-services\/files\/2021\/05\/luzie1.jpeg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">My first two weeks at Vassar are what I am especially referring to when I call my experience unique. I moved onto campus in mid-March. It was almost a sort of alienating feeling. Here I was with no knowledge of how things work on campus or where things were located whilst everyone else was going about their normal settled-in lives here. It was definitely overwhelming.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I remember asking one of my friends if she felt this way in the fall semester and she responded that she didn\u2019t because a quarter of the student body was going through the same thing. That\u2019s the charm of being a freshman in a normal year. It\u2019s a collective effort at the beginning of the fall semester to make this new place your homes. Although I will never know exactly what this feels like, I managed to quickly settle into Vassar thanks to my lovely friends and the OIS community. I am now happy to call Vassar one of the many places of belonging I am lucky to have.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a data-postid=\"fsg_post_2073\" data-imgid=\"2080\" href=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/international-services\/files\/2021\/05\/IMG_5647_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2080\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/international-services\/files\/2021\/05\/IMG_5647_1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/international-services\/files\/2021\/05\/IMG_5647_1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/international-services\/files\/2021\/05\/IMG_5647_1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/international-services\/files\/2021\/05\/IMG_5647_1-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a data-postid=\"fsg_post_2073\" data-imgid=\"2081\" href=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/international-services\/files\/2021\/05\/IMG_5791_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2081\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/international-services\/files\/2021\/05\/IMG_5791_1-247x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"247\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/international-services\/files\/2021\/05\/IMG_5791_1-247x300.jpg 247w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/international-services\/files\/2021\/05\/IMG_5791_1-768x934.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/international-services\/files\/2021\/05\/IMG_5791_1-842x1024.jpg 842w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 247px) 100vw, 247px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My journey to and at Vassar has definitely been one that I\u2019d call unique. 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