Spring Break recap

Most people use spring break to get away from college, but I just visited another college! I spent my past week at Colorado College visiting my old friends. I transferred from CC last year after freshman year. I loved my friends,  I enjoyed the beautiful sunny mountainous campus, and I liked the fun summer-camp vibe throughout campus. However, I am not paying thousands of dollars to just have fun and party with my friends, and I felt like the school didn't offer me what I needed academically and career-wise. I also felt like the campus was a bit of an extension of high school. The school was small enough (2,000 kids) that there were defined friend groups and it could at times feel cliquey. The student body was also largely white, upper class, liberal, and obsessed with skiing. I was pretty bored of it after a year, so I transferred. I was excited to see my friends when I decided to visit campus for spring break, but I also felt pretty nervous. I was nervous that I would realize that I made the wrong decision to transfer, or that I would end up regretting being at Northeastern. Northeastern is a great school but I definitely have had a hard time socially compared to CC. Upon my arrival to campus, I pretty quickly felt glad that I transferred. Things seemed pretty much the same and I still felt like the school was too much of a small bubble. I had a great time catching up with my friends and going on adventures, but by the end of the week I felt grateful that I found a school like Northeastern. I definitely appreciate the city and all it has to offer. The biggest thing I took out of my trip was definitely confidence. I made a lot of friends within my one week visit, and it made me realize that I have nothing to lose making friends at Northeastern. CC is filled with very likeminded people who are very similar to me, so it is easy to make friends there. But I have found it hard being an off campus transfer in such a huge school. It is difficult to have to sift through so many people, and I so I havent been putting myself out there as much. Meeting so many awesome people at CC who I wish I met last year made me realize that I only have a little bit of time in college and I should take advantage of all the people I have yet to meet at NEU. I ended up leaving with more confidence in my ability to make new friends, and feeling satisfied with my decision to transfer.