Congrats, @preppieasker101!! Maybe @Sudsie can answer some of your questions 
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All the best and good luck!!
@preppieasker101 Iāll try to answer what I canāD2 just graduated, transferred in Junior year. Are you male or female?
Where do you come from?
Iāve only seen one dorm but it was fine. D2 hasnāt been in the sophomore dorms. Generally the rooms are doubles and there is a common bathroom on the hall. There will be prefects (older studentsālike RAās in college) and a dorm parent living on your hall. The dorm parent may come with a family and/or pets! The campus is beautiful!
On the weekends there are various events but also people just hang out or go into town or whatever. There are some closed weekends, like before finals, which are for studying. My sense is students mix work and fun most weekends.The only mandatory activity on weekends is Quaker Meeting for Worship on Sundays.
D2 said the food is ok but not amazing. Thereās always salad bar if you donāt like a particular entree. You can always get junk food at Bettyās Place, the snack bar.
If you take 6 courses you get one free period, none if 7.
You have dorm prefects who are seniors as mentors, and peer group leaders in Essentials of a Friends Community, which is a peer group. There will probably be one or more for new Sophomores.
Sports have developmental teams as well as JV/Varsityāeveryone is expected to participate.
And yes, it is a wonderful and welcoming community!
Please let me know if you have more questions and Iāll pass them along to D2!
Oopsājust read your first postāfemale and living in Africaāthere are quite a few international students at GS. One of D2ās roommates was from Turkey. Again, happy to answer more questions.