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Mom, I'm on campus and it's huge! I got lost twice. I found a map, but it was upside down. My first lecture was at nine, in the Science Building. I went to the wrong room.

It was Professor Ali talking about stars and black holes. I'm majoring in English, not space! But I sat down and listened for an hour. It was amazing. Then I found my seminar. My tutor is called Dr. Evans, and she wears purple sneakers.

Don't laugh, Mom. I'm not changing my major. Well, maybe a little. But I'm going back to the black holes next week. Is that okay? Love you. Send cookies.

Dad, stop carrying that box. I enrolled online last month. I'm a freshman, not a baby. We're in the dorm, Building B, room 214. The semester starts on Monday.

This is my room. It's small, but the window has a view of the parking lot and the trash cans. Oh, hello! I'm Kerem. You're my neighbor? Pablo? Nice to meet you. Dad, this is Pablo. He has a snake. It's in a box. Don't open the box.

Dad, why are you looking at my bed? You're not staying here. No, you can't. Mom is waiting in the car. Yes, I'll eat vegetables. Yes, I'll call every Sunday. Dad? Dad, let go.

Selin, did you hear? I got accepted to Ohio State! I never thought I'd get into a good college. But the tuition is thirty thousand dollars a year. Thirty thousand! I'll have to take out a student loan.

My cousin says don't worry. You only pay it back when you have a job. But I also looked for a scholarship. Most of them want top grades. Then I found one for left-handed students. I'm left-handed!

I filled out the form this morning. They asked me to write a sentence with my left hand, to prove it. So I did. It took an hour, and my writing looked like spider legs. But I think I'll get it. Wish me luck!

Mia, come in. Look, I'm learning Spanish! On Mondays I go to a night class at the community center, and on Thursdays I do an online course. I'm sixty-eight, you know.

I never finished college. I decided to drop out at nineteen. I said, 'I'll take a gap year and go back.' That was 1975. My gap year lasted forty years. My wife says it was the longest gap year in history.

Now my teacher says I speak like a Mexican grandmother. 'Hola, mi amor, eat something!' I think it's a compliment. Would you like a cup of coffee? Or, how do you say, un café?

Welcome to our campus tour! My name is Lily, and I'm an undergraduate in my senior year. Please stay together, and please watch your sandwiches. We have a very clever squirrel.

This is the library. It's open until midnight. Next semester I'm doing study abroad in Spain, so I'll learn Spanish and eat a lot of tapas. Yes, sir, you have a question? Is there a cheap place to eat? Of course. It's right here.

After that, I want to do a master's degree. Oh no! Sir, your sandwich! The squirrel has it! Stop! Well, that's the campus. No, please don't try to catch him. He's faster than our soccer team.