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I am so excited to be at this school. I want to thank you for making Ithaca College feel so homey and welcoming. Especially as a freshman, I miss my home a lot, but I know that Ithaca was the right choice for me. It was very nice meeting you, and hopefully I will be able to talk to you again.
These words were never actually spoken. Finding herself with a few minutes at the end of a freshman class in our physical therapy program, Professor Barb Belyea asked her students to imagine themselves in an elevator with me. What would they want to say in the few moments we would have together? Her students dug into the impromptu assignment with gusto, and Professor Belyea was kind enough to send me the results.
My experience at Ithaca has been amazing so far. I fell in love the first time I visited and still get that feeling now. Something about college pulls out this optimistic side of me that is not the same when I am at home. The professors of my classes want us to succeed and are a...