Hey everyone!!

Hi!  I’m Elise.  I’ve never really blogged before, so I was kind of nervous when I got an email asking me to blog about my life for a year.  I was even more nervous when I got an email from wordpress.com that greeted me with “Howdy!”  But W&L admissions people are pretty cool, so I’m going to trust them on this one.  :)

I live in Lexington, not far from the W&L campus.  Apparently, this makes me a “townie”.    It feels a little strange to talk about leaving for college when home will still be ten minutes away.  When I first started applying to colleges, I didn’t take W&L that seriously because I wanted to get much further away from home.  But then I realized W&L has a lot of things for me that other schools don’t–besides the threat of my parents lurking around campus.  Because W&L is a Division III school, I have the chance to play on the tennis team, which would be impossible for me at a big school like UVA or Duke.  And since it is a liberal arts school, I can explore a lot of different subjects like literature or physics without committing to an engineering school or a purely liberal arts program.  Last but not least, I received a scholarship, so college suddenly became very affordable.  I’m really excited about going to W&L; it’s a great school and Lexington really is a beautiful place that I love very much.  Plus, I already know where the best restaurants and coffee shops are!!  Uh, I guess that’s all for now…later, everyone!

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