St. Olaf College is a dynamic and vibrant residential community. Write a letter to your roommate, who doesn't yet know you, telling him or her why you chose St. Olaf and what you are most looking forward to in college. Thanks for any advice!
Dear roommate,
Hello! Um! Yah! Yah!
My name is Chaoli Sun and I come from China. I can't wait to see you in the school! I'm sure you think the school is amazing just as I do, because there are many fascinating things waiting for us. And for me, one of the most attractive school features will be St. Olaf's environmental stewardship, especially the part of waste and wasting.
I've changed keyboard into necklace, I've changed pop-can into birdseed container, I've changed juice bottle into corbeil... always having environmental awareness, I don't let any tiny thing around me go in vain; because I know even the worthless thing has its value, which is just temporarily unnoticed. St. Olaf's emphasis on environmental sustainability deeply attracts me. And I want to contribute my creative ideas to make environmental restoration more than just recycling.
Here's the way I changed a waste keyboard: I separated keys "L", "O", "V", "E" from the keyboard and arranged them vertically on a platform; then I put "Y" to the left of "O" and "U" to the right of "O"; finally I fixed all of them with glue and attached a chain on the top--- a perfect "LOVE YOU" pectoral cross was made! So I not only reduced plastic waste but also made a refined jewelery which captured plenty of my friends' hearts. Later I collected waste keyboards and produced lots of copies and sold them for money, and then I donated the money to charity. You'll have one when we meet. I'm sure you will definitely love it!
I wish I could make a contribution to the Waste Management, Inc., and give a fire-new definition to the Rice County Recycling Center. I wish my life in St. Olaf College would be not just improving collecting rates and reducing waste but digging out all the trashes' potential value as much as possible, making every bit of them reused fully and entirely. I want to reform more than just paper, food, electronic, toxic, and water waste--- but also plastic, nylon, metal waste... --- those trashes difficult to dispose of.
Another thing in St. Olaf College that I'm strongly looking forward to is St. Olaf's passionate involving in music. It has been 3 years since my presiding at piano in a 13-piano-ensemble at Changzhou city-pageant in front of an audience of 3000 people. How I wish to join St. Olaf's music ensembles to regain my enthusiasm and heat in music! And I also love to contribute the Chinese and Asian elements of music to St. Olaf's melodies and songs. If you are a instrumental music fan too, I'll be happy to play for you every day!
Anyway, I believe that St. Olaf will be a fantastic choice for you and me! See you school!
Um! Yah! Yah!
Sincerely
Chaoli Sun
(Postscript: "Um! Yah! Yah!" is St. Olaf's shool fight song)
And for me, one of the most attractive school features will be St. Olaf's environmental stewardship, especially the part of waste management.
I've changed a keyboard into a necklace, I've changed a pop-can into a birdseed container, I've changed a juice bottle into corbel... always having environmental awareness, I don't let any tiny thing around me go to waste ; because I know even the worthless thing has its value, which is just temporarily unnoticed.
Another thing in St. Olaf College that I'm strongly looking forward to is St. Olaf's passionate involvment in music.
How I wish to join St. Olaf's music ensembles to regain my enthusiasm and passion for music!
Hope this helps!
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