 Living in a dorm, depending on who you are and how many siblings you came from, you really have kind of a brief adjustment period just sharing a hall with 30 other girls, living in the same bathroom, sharing two showers with 20 other people. So it can be a little intimidating and uncomfortable at first, but I think once you kind of make those bonds with your roommates and your hallmates, it becomes rather fun. I think it's fantastic that someone to go get a meal with or someone to help you with homework is just right down the hall or next to you or even in your room. All the halls have lounges that have video games and they have ping-pong tables and foosball tables and you can just hang out there with your friends and de-stress, work off, kind of get a break from homework, things like that. We also have a really beautiful campus and so sometimes I like to go for a walk, do homework outside just to kind of relax. Living in the residence hall is, I think, my favorite part of the NCSSM experience. You're living with 34 other people who are going through the exact same thing you are, but they bring an entirely different experience. And so you learn just as much from your dorm mates and hallmates as you do from your teachers. The people in your hall are going to become like family to you.