Residential Life Sets The Tone For Ones College Experience

As the year comes to an end so will many students experience in the residence halls. Residential life sets the tone for ones college experience and with four different places to live means four different experiences to have had this year. Name: Mollie Merino Hometown: Denver, Colorado Residence Hall: Cate Center Major: International Studies Merino shared her experiences in the dorms with 16 other girls in one bathroom saying, â€Å"we became really close right off the bat†. â€Å"For me the experience of living in Cate has been really positive, just because it’s given me the opportunity to meet so many people. Which coming from out of state was a really unique and cool opportunity†. At the start of the year Merinos biggest fear was she would hate it and not doing well here. â€Å"My biggest fear was that I wasn’t going to be able to cut it out here. That I wasn’t going to be liked, that I wasn’t going to have friends, and that I wasn’t going to do well†, she said. 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