 One of the reasons why I came to UVM was because I've been I heard about the friendliness of people here I've made a lot of friends. People here are very open-minded and they accept everyone for who they are. There's like a bunch of meetings and social gatherings and that's made just for you as a freshman to meet new people and yeah, you're you're never alone That's for sure. I'd say UVM's culture is very unique Everyone is very passionate about what they're doing. I feel like everyone I've met here is here because they want to be and what they're studying. They're really interested in Yeah, it's definitely easy to get involved and I think everyone should get involved because it's so easy I have to go and show you show up and then just take it from there I think it's super easy to get involved with clubs and you know sports I mean here, you know, you have competitive sports if you are really into Competitive sports and you can do that or if you are just someone who wants to have fun and meet new people Just for you know social experience and you can play intramural sports I've been to both hockey games and basketball games and it's really cool to see how many people meet like shows up and supports the Support the the school. One of the things I really enjoy to do in a campus is to go to the pottery studio We have been kind of like flock faculty or advisor to tell us how to both clays by hand also biofield being on the ski team is I Think it's great. You get a group of people that you really you really enjoy Being together with because you have the same interests. I love to go snowboarding I love skydiving And then just hanging out with friends and going downtown I recently joined the cynic which is the UVM school newspaper as a photojournalist So for the past five weeks, I've been given Phototopic for the week and have gone out borrowed their camera and Taken photos for that and it's been great. You meet a lot of cool people and It's also just a great way to be in touch with what's going on in the school Resident halls are basically a home away from home for me And personally, you know, it's a place where I go and just wind down from a from a really long day of classes and Assignments and all that and it's a place where you go and relax and hang out with your friends And just do things that you feel comfortable on our floor where I live We're all pretty close and our doors are always open and you just be like, oh you want to go downtown or just We just blink like that Get together and do stuff My best dining hall would be the Redstone or the Simpson unlimited dining hall They have a lot of options. You know, they are very inclusive I just became a vegetarian about four months ago and Redstone is very accommodating The food is really good and there, you know at the vegan section You have like great great, you know rice and beans and curry and vegetables and all different options I feel very safe on campus and in Bellington I've never had any issues and there's always people around people you can contact it's Pretty easy to walk basically everywhere In the spring in the summer It's awesome to have a bike just to be able to go on adventures on the weekends and also getting to class with a bike You can get there really quickly as well as that there's buses going all the time and as far as downtown Bellington There's buses during the week every 15 minutes or so. So it's an easy walk downtown But in the winter, it's very easy to catch a bus Bellington for me it was love at first sight. So it's just It was just wonderful. It was like Wonderland right before Christmas They decorate the whole street and you can walk down in the lights are all over you and in my free time I always like to hang out with friends. We sometimes Grab food in downtown or a new mall, which is like another super mall on the other way of downtown I love downtown Bellington. It's a great place to go on the weekend It's always filled with people and dogs, which I really like when you're living on campus having Families looking around downtown and just the waterfront is magnificent You know, I like going for a run downtown and just sitting at the bench in them at the waterfront and just like looking at sunset It's just gorgeous. It's just you know, it's peaceful, especially after Some stressful exams. That's how I you know, I let everything out and it's just amazing Everyone's so friendly and happy and it's just the whole environment is uplifting