First-year experience in five words

As the whole, the first-year class is incredibly diverse -- the 3,685 students included in it hail from 45 states and more than 70 countries, and represent a unique assortment of interests, talents, hobbies, and accomplishments. Each new 'Hool followed her own path to this school and will continue to do so in their time here. We asked several first-year students to describe the first half of their semester in six words or less. This is what they had to say: