“Guys, we got into a Mod party!”, the group text read and my entire freshman friend group laughed from our scattered positions at the party. When we were freshmen, the Mods were a place of magic. A dark, crowded, hot room filled wall to wall with sweaty upperclassmen and other freshmen we didn’t know: what could be better than a Mod party as a freshman? Every weekend for the first few weeks of school, we would jump on the Newton bus, take it to Lower campus, and then aimlessly wander the Mods looking for “that party” that looked “fun” and would let us in. We were so young and naïve. How little we knew about what a real weekend social life was.
Well now it’s about that time. It’s senior year housing, and suddenly I find myself in that position of wanting to host one of those wonderful parties that I attended as a freshman. Maybe it’s simply just a long time dream, maybe I wish to share my freshman experience of the Mods with those incoming in the Class of 2020 (seriously… that just sounds wrong!). Despite my wishing and praying for a Mod and countless conversations with other groups of 6 in the hunt for a Mod, I have to say it because I have finally have come to accept it: it’s okay if you don’t get a Mod.
Sorry to break it to you, Class of 2016, but the chances of you getting a Mod are not exactly in your favor. Despite that, the chances that another group of your friends will get a Mod are pretty high. Wherever you are living senior year, you will definitely know people in the Mods and will have a positive experience. As hard as it is to consider when it is such a stressful time of housing, there are more places to live and to go to on weekends than the Mods. Your senior year will be amazing, whether you are lucky enough to get a Mod or are placed in another dorm such as Iggy, Ruby, or Edmonds. You will have a great senior year, and I have the upmost faith that your housing placement will not change that.
Don’t let housing get the best of you. Let’s be honest; it’s a ridiculous process and should never be the reason for a good friend group falling apart. True and good friends will last, even despite all the craziness that is housing. Just remember to take this experience, like all ups and downs in life, with a grain of salt and also with the understanding that housing is simply just a process. It’s okay if you don’t get a Mod. It’s not the end of the world.
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