For a while now, I have been trying to battle the idea that I’m not as happy here at SUNY Oswego as I could be just because I feel as if I’m not in the right residence hall. As it happened, I, for some reason, made a lot of friends who live in Johnson. Well, I do know why that is, but it wouldn’t really be necessary or productive to this blog entry to explain.
I live in Oneida Hall, which, of course, is basically all the way on the other side of campus, opposite of Johnson, so needless to say, walking over to Johnson to see my friends is a long walk. It’s a walk that I don’t mind, however, as long as the weather is nice, but the weather isn’t always going to be nice. I already find myself incredibly cold some nights on my way back to Oneida, and that’s only going to get worse.
It would seem like the most sensible option would be to cut down on how frequently I visit them when the winter hits, and it starts getting cold and snowy, but that really isn’t an option to be honest. My friends here are my world, and it isn’t my fault that they just happen to live in Johnson. Another sensible option might be to simply try to make more friends in Oneida, but I don’t see that as an option either. I just don’t feel like I belong in Oneida. I have one person in Oneida that I feel really close to, and that’s it, which is opposed to the seven that I can think of who live in Johnson. I am therefore proposing to move into Johnson for the second semester, or if I can’t get into Johnson, which would be preferable, then at least Riggs, which is located right next door to Johnson.
When I’m in Johnson with my friends, I feel like I belong there, and it feels like home to me. I simply don’t feel that way in Oneida. I have filled out a wait list form and have my fingers crossed, praying that this is going to happen. Like I said, I see myself feeling a lot happier as well as more emotionally and physically comfortable here at SUNY Oswego, so I’m really hoping that my request is accepted!
HOw come you didn’t get into Johnson hall? I want to live at Johnson Hall too because it is a freshman dorm. DId you get your deposits in early or were they late?? I heard the earlier you get them in the better chance you have to live at Johnson. Did you request Johnson when you sent in the dorm fees?
I made my deposit early actually. I didn’t get into Johnson for one good reason. I didn’t ask for it on my request, and that was because I didn’t know the difference since I unfortunately didn’t have the opportunity of visiting the school before I decided that it was where I wanted to go. I didn’t know where the residence halls were in relation to where my classes would be, which leads me to a point that I didn’t mention in my blog entry. I get easily sick in the winter, and at Johnson I’d be closer to my classes. Plus, I had no way of knowing who I’d make friends with or where they’d be either. Now I feel like I don’t belong where I am.