Meet and Greet

Meet and Greet

My school put on an informal “Meet and Greet” for the incoming students a few weeks ago.  It should have been called “Panicked and Bug Eyed”.  All the incoming students, myself included, had the deer in headlights look about them (us).   We had the opportunity to meet some of the professors and mingle with current students.  It was very helpful to meet some of the professors, and to talk with current students.  They also fed us pizza! Delicious.  I had more questions then I realized and started spouting them off to many of the students.  “What’s the most overwhelming thing about this program? How is your commute? What do the uniforms look like? Are breaks really a break? What has been your favorite part?  Any advice?”  We all had to introduce ourselves and give a 30 second background of where we got our first degree, what it was in and where we currently live (in hopes of finding a carpool buddy).  I was amazed at the diversity of our cohort.  We have people who are world travelers, have multiple degrees and are all of various ages.  We all seemed to have similar feelings and can’t wait for the program to finally begin!

The current students, who all looked well, not starved, or exhausted and overall happy and healthy (I took a quick mental note of this!) had a common theme…this program is doable!  They also told us, “it’s hard, a LOT of work, but we will all do well.”   They also said how fast this year has gone.  I hope they are right!  I look forward to being a current student at the “Panicked and Bug Eyed” ahem, I mean “Meet and Greet” next April.