Hello! I’m a current student at Appalachian State and I can give you some insight from a new student prospective. I’ve lived here on campus for going on four months now and I’ve yet to come across a single day where I haven’t had something to do. Whether it’s on campus or off, Boone does an amazing job at keeping activities going and making sure that we always have something to look forward to. Besides that, the opportunities to do things in the town, like hiking, are endless and you’ll never run out of them. I’ve fallen in love with this school and the area, so I’m a little biased here, but I think that what everyone says about how “boring” Boone can be is incorrect. The only downsides are the steepness of the campus if you’re not used to hilly terrain- a lot of us had a hard time adjusting to it, LOL.