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Do you feel like you changed a lot?

Shehtaz

I definitely have. When I came to Lafayette i was timid and overwhelmed, trying to mask how terrified I was of college by affecting an air of indifference. That changed. I was knocked off my pedestal when I realized that being an overachieving Asian in high school wasn't going to set me apart anymore. I was stunned by how juniors wouldn't scoff at the first-years in their classes, or how dining hall dynamics weren't dictated by the "popular" cliques. I learned leadership skills through channels I never anticipated. I learned social cues from people who I felt were so much more adept than I was. And I grew into my own person, mostly through trial and error but through an entirely rewarding process.