<p>I'm new to this site, so first I just want to say hi everyone! </p>
<p>So anyway, I will be entering Smith this fall as a sophomore. I was wondering if there are other transfer Smithies around. Where are you coming from? What courses are you interested in taking in the fall? Where do you hope to live? (I'm bummed that housing assignments don't get mailed until mid-July lol.) I'm just hoping to get to know some students who, like me, will be new to Smith but not new to college. Thanks for any responses! </p>
<p>Hi Marily
I am going to be a junior transfer in the fall. I am coming from a cc in chicago and I am interested in doing a double major in both Neuroscience and Biochem. I hope to live somewhere in lower elm, upper elm or center campus...Northrop or Lamont on Lower Elm, Duckett on Upper Elm and Cutter/ Ziskind on Center Campus.</p>
<p>Lower Elm is my first choice as well. I really like pretty much all of the houses in the area. Did you do your housing form online? I did and I never got a confirmation after I sent it, so I'm thinking I should probably do it again.</p>
<p>It just said that my housing form has been submitted. It didn't say much else. hmmmm...maybe I should have paid more attention. I did mine while procrastinating during finals week so I wasn't paying too much attention :)</p>
<p>I unfortunately have not had the experience of staying on campus and I've only visited twice, once for a tour and once for my interview. For me, there was just this great vibe on the campus. As soon as I arrived I knew it was where I wanted to be.</p>
<p>Lol...me too! But staying on campus overnight kinda helped me go through the normal motions of smith. I was able to see what students do during the weekend as I was there from Thursday to Saturday. I was also able to go to more classes and speak with professors and current students...besides admissions counsellors who even though they are great are trying to pretty much sell smith. It was a wonderful experience...:)</p>
<p>When we drive east to NH, we often take Rt 9 and stop in your town. Theres a great, and expensive :( shoe store there my wife loves. </p>
<p>I'm only a parent, but I can assure you by the end of the 3rd day you wont even remember you're a transfer b/c so many Smithies will already have become your friends.</p>
<p>Hi Smithie and Proud! How did you like your first year at Smith, and any advice for us newcomers?]]</p>
<p>Buy good shoes! You'll need rain boots, mid-weight fall shoes, sandals, regular shoes, and snow boots for the NE weather! Also, hopefully your HONS will tell you what your convocation theme is before you get to school so you can start looking for something to wear!</p>
<p>LOL I love that you offered footwear advice! I'm from Mass so I'm well aware of our ever-changing weather, but that's great advice for non-New Englanders who might be unprepared.</p>
<p>So S&P, what's your major and where are you living next year?</p>
<p>Smithie, you forgot to mention slippers for the dining room, shower shoes, work-out shoes and dancin' shoes. Yeah, the bottom of my closet is completely full of shoes.</p>
<p>I'm a new non-traditional student from St. Paul transferring in as a junior. My major is Women's Studies with a concentration in environ. studies/int'l relations. I have no idea if I'll be living in an apartment or one of the houses, which, grrr, I hate leaving things like finding a storage unit for my furniture until the last minute! But if I live in a house I requested some houses on Lower Elm - and not Cutter/Z. :) I want the pretty, and those dorms remind me of a hospital. I'm hoping Randy Shannon is of the very generous, non-passive-aggressive folk. ;)</p>
<p>Hey - anyone know if Ada's have a convocation theme?</p>
<p>Shovel, if you're an ADA and requested Lower Elm but specified not Cutter/Z, then you'll probably end up in Northrop or one of the apartments. Cutter/Z, Northrop and 150 Elm are the only houses (other than the apartments) that have singles reserved for ADA students. Randy Shannon seems like a really nice guy, but he only has so many single rooms to work with. They singles in the other houses have almost all been assigned to returning upper-classwoman already.</p>
<p>You can get the email address of the ADA co-presidents from Erika and they can tell you what the convocation theme is. I don't remember who they are next year. If you live in a house, they will have a also have a theme and you can choose to go with either your house or with the ADAs. Our house went swimming in the moonlight and swinging into the river on a rope swing after convocation. It was a great time!</p>
<p>"I'm a Gov major (Mid East focused) and a proud resident of CUTTER HOUSE!!! Embrace the Cube!!!!"</p>
<p>Hee, I meant no disrespect to Cutter/Z. Just half of the reason I am thinking of living on campus is the opportunity to live in a fantastically old and beautiful house. Any place where "old" architecture predates the 1950s is very exciting, indeed.</p>
<p>I agree about the old houses. They have so much history, not to mention aesthetic value. Oh and just to chime in on the majors talk, I'm a sociology major. I'll probably end up double-majoring but I'm not 100% decided yet.</p>
<p>For those who have any sort of Romantic sensibility, the old Green St. houses are wonderful (and Chapin!). I remember the call from D when she sitting by the window of her Victorian house, built in 1878, reading and looking out into a driving snowstorm...very Dickensian. She loved the moment.</p>