<p>Ok, I am absolutely freaking out!! I am a transfer at Moho from a community college and I am absolutely scared coming to Moho. I am suddenly in a panick that I am going to fail and that since I am going to be around AMAZING women, my failure will be even greater. My dad says "Simply do what you are doing. Those women there did not come from the sky", but I do not feel this way.
From your experience, what do you think is the most important thing to do in order to succeed at Moho? What do you advise us?</p>
<p>well, for one, you must be pretty amazing too if you got in. you should not forget that every student has her strengths and weaknesses. I am sure you are very good at some things too and not so good at others. there is no particular way "to succeed" at mhc. my personal advice is to follow your passion and see where that takes you. and one more thing, once you get on campus, you will see that we are more or less a family, not a wild competitive place.</p>
<p>Diplomat, I just asked my daughter and her response was:
The most important thing that you can do to survive at Mount Holyoke is to find something you truly enjoy so that when you are feeling overwhelmed with academics you can go and meet people and do something that you know you can do.
I didn't know that moho women were so intimidating
i'm not that intimidating...am I?</p>
<p>...and she isn't!</p>
<p>You'll be fine!!!</p>
<p>I'm heading into my third year at MHC and definitely had all the same worries when I started out. The women here are very accepting of who you are and I feel like it's a really great supportive and comfortable environment. Just remember that everyone else is as nervous as you. Orientation is an amazing time to get to know a small peer group before being thrown into the whole MHC community. The orientation leaders are there to answer all your questions as soon as you arrive and help make the transition easy.
As far as the women in the classroom, I agree that I'm sometimes intimidated by how bright some of my classmates are, but most if not all of them express themselves in a way that doesn't put others down. As I said, it's a very supportive classroom environment. The professors are really wonderful and want students to get excited about learning and succeed and are definitely very available to talk to if you have concerns about this stuff too.
Hope this allays some of your fears.
Can't wait to see you on campus this fall!</p>