Friday, October 29, 2010

Meet Me in Santa Fe

Days 90-91: Monday, October 4, 2010 - Tuesday, October 5, 2010

St. John's College in Santa Fe, NM

I shall now attempt to be brief; this should prove interesting.


My thoughts on St. John's College in Santa Fe? I loved it. Really, truly, honestly adored it. Boom.

My Zimbabwean tour guide was funny, sweet, and articulate. She showed me around the (significantly larger) campus and then led me to my first class, a sophomore music class. And with that my time on campus officially began!

All the students I met were intellectual, curious, confident, and determined (except many of the freshmen of course). These were people with whom I wanted to meet and talk and become friends, and in many cases, did. The tutors were extremely intelligent, hopelessly kind, and quite unorthodox (and by that I mean crazy). The faculty were funky, friendly, and fashionable. The guy in charge of skiing and rock-climbing had bright green fingernails with flowers painted on them. A for effort.

Everything went smoothly and I am definitely applying to St. John's this fall. So regardless of how the college admissions process treats me, at least I know that I could be perfectly happy in Santa Fe. Because shouldn't you love every college you apply to?

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