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What It’s Like Living in the Dorms As Told by New Girl

This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at F and M chapter.

What It’s Like Living in the Dorms As Told by New Girl

That first week you move in and you try to get to know everyone.

You try to seem really chill when you meet your hallmates.

But instead it comes across like this:

Yeah.

You eventually find people to connect with you’re both like:

Then you meet that super cute guy on the hall.

But, alas, it rarely ever works out. Dormcest is not a great idea in hindsight.

One day, you go into the bathroom, minding your own business, and there is a barely clothed guy in there. So you leave.

And when you tell your roommate, her response is:

Once you recover from that ordeal, you have a run-in with the one person on your hall you cannot stand.

Whenever something absolutely insane happens on the hall, your response is a mix of:

And:

But for the most part, you all get along well, and it’s always a fun time (and some hallmates are definitely crazier than others)

 

I attend Franklin & Marshall College and am the campus correspondent of the Her Campus chapter here. I also play flute with the Pep Band and Symphonic Wind Ensemble. I am an editor for the Patsy Post, am involved with F&M Unleashed, a member of Mu Upsilon Sigma, and a Brother of Phi Sigma Pi, a co-ed honors fraternity.
Along with being the Her Campus Franklin and Marshall Campus Correspondent, I am also the editor-in-chief of Epilogue, F&M's literary Magazine, Staff Writer for The College Reporter, F&M's student newspaper, and a very active member of Phi Sigma Pi National Honor Fraternity. When not hard at work, you can find me writing, reading, geeking out over Disney movies with my friends, or doing art projects.