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"Hey everyone! I&amp;#039;m Samantha, and I am a freshman at Grinnell College in Iowa. I know what you&amp;#039;re thinking. Iowhere?  But the thing is, going to school in the middle of nowhere has its perks. Grinnell College is a small, selective liberal arts school, and every student is there for the school, period. When you choose to go to Grinnell, you have to accept that you won&amp;#039;t be spending weekends partying at clubs in the city or shopping at major malls; it&amp;#039;s just you, the school and the people. I love movie night with the girls! We watched Valentine&amp;#039;s Day and gushed over all the celebs. (I&amp;#039;m second from the right.) I chose to come to Grinnell with my boyfriend, Jon, of almost three years. After months of agonizing talks about whether to stay together, we came to a decision. We would apply to the schools we truly loved, and if there was overlap, great! We each applied to over 15 schools, but we both fell in love with Grinnell, and getting to stay together was an awesome bonus. I know that staying together in college won&amp;#039;t be easy. We&amp;#039;re both incredibly busy, and, to make matters worse, Grinnell has much more of a hookup culture than a dating culture. Also, everyone says having a boyfriend in college will make it harder to meet people and make friends. I disagree. Being in love doesn&amp;#039;t mean spending every second with each other; it can mean that when you do spend time together, you have an incredible connection. If you haven&amp;#039;t noticed already, I&amp;#039;m passionate about the power of relationships. I&amp;#039;m not just talking about dating. You have a relationship with everyone you know: your parents, your friends, your teachers, and even your future roommates. In high school, I wrote a relationship column for the local paper, and I was the go-to girl among my friends when it came to relationships. I&amp;#039;m fascinated by all kinds of relationships, and I&amp;#039;ll be studying them in college both in class (I love psychology!) and in the dorms (from cute couples to sketchy hookups, I&amp;#039;m in the know). Someday, I hope to be a relationship columnist for a magazine! Feel free to contact me anytime if you have questions about relationships in college or anything else! I can&amp;#039;t wait to share my experiences with you all. I&amp;#039;m super-friendly and very open-minded, so don&amp;#039;t be shy. Ask me anything! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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