If you’re having a difficult time getting used to life at SVC, you’re not alone.
Moving somewhere new is never easy. Whether it is your first time out of the house or you’ve been on your own for years, adjusting to life on campus takes time. The writers at The Looking Glass (TLG) may have found their place within the Southern Vermont College (SVC) community, but it wasn’t always that way.
For the remainder of the semester, TLG writers and contributors will share stories of first year struggles and their process of overcoming them.
If you have a story about adjusting to college life that you’d like to share, email me at [email protected].
Kicking off the series, sophomore Bridget Cain reflects on an ongoing battle with the hill.
“My first year at SVC wasn’t the most eventful, but it was still pretty memorable. One of the things I will always remember is how many times I have fallen on the hill that most people use to walk down from the mansion. I am convinced that this hill has it out for me. I have fallen on it a total of three times, so far, and gotten stuck once. You’ll understand soon.
The first time I fell was during my spring semester as the winter was coming to an end. The snow had started to melt, but the bipolar weather and high foot traffic created a dangerously compacted muddy-ice path. I was trying to send a Snapchat of my friend while I was walking down and slipped on the ice. I hit the ground hard but was laughing the whole time—partially because I was trying not to cry.
The other two times were exactly the same. The ice had melted and we entered what my roommate, a Vermonter, calls “mud season.” We were walking down the hill, and I was trying my best to tread carefully, but it was no use. My foot met an especially muddy patch, and I slid forward into a perfect split.
Both times I was left with my jeans practically covered in mud. The time I got stuck was after one of the first sizable snowstorms. My roommate and I tried to walk towards the little bridge near the MAC parking lot. We attempted to follow someone else’s tracks but failed miserably and fell through the snow. When we finally climbed out, we were covered in snow from our waist down.
The moral of the story: don’t underestimate the hill.”
Check in next week to read about Cheyenne Darcy Amaya’s first year experience!