This weekend the newest group of Texas Tech Red Raiders moved into their dorms! They stuffed 30 or so well packed plastic tubs into a room that can't even handle storing the 30 or so unpacked plastic tubs. They shuddered at the thought of their clothes fitting into the tiny excuse for a closet. And pulled out their bed on the first night to realize they would spend the next year sleeping face-to-face with a new roommate.
We have all been here, and we all came out saying the same thing: Freshmen year was the best year ever!
Here at T.C. Ellis we hold Texas Tech near to our hearts, and keep the girls of Tech there too! Seeing rush candidates come through, hurrying around for the perfect pref night outfit is something we look forward too every year. And stocking our store with red and black, helping our Tech girls look great decked in school spirit for that first kick off of the season puts a smile on our face.
And while all of this sounds amazing and fun, we understand how scary it can be to start this new time in your life. And that is why the TCE girls have compiled this list of tips for your Tech experience:
1) HAVE THE BEST FOUR YEARS
Or five, for those of you already preparing for that super senior status! These years go by so fast. You wake up one day holding a cap and gown wondering where the time went. Remember to take it all in, and take no experience for granted. Remember getting dressed up for a night out with your roommates, and remember that first boy you spotted across the room of a party. Understand that those lame group projects are friendships in the making, and lean on your classmates in the good and bad times. Beg your parents for that study abroad trip like you begged them for that pony as a child, and always spend your last few dollars on that Red Box movie night. These memories stay with you forever, make them worth recalling.
2) DREAM NO LITTLE DREAMS
This is something you will hear many, many times over the next few years, and it is something you shouldn't overlook. Texas Tech is made of people "dreaming no little dreams," and you are now one of them. The next four years will be filled with 8 am classes and making the near impossible run from any other building to the Spanish building. But you will also learn that Tech is full of the most amazing professors and staff. They want you to succeed and they will stop at nothing to see it happen. No matter your reason for coming to Tech, you will leave it all the same. This is the place we love, and a place that loves us right back.
3) WELCOME HOME
New Red Raiders, welcome home! No, we will never be the house you grew up in, we don't do your laundry or cook you great meals (though the Chick-Fil-A in the SUB rocks). But we are your home. This is the time you will grow and learn. The place you will look back on for all nighters and new friendships, for coffee dates and lasting loves. At your first big girl job you will spend time day dreaming of Broadway and lazy Sundays with your roommates. And that is the thing with Texas Tech, it will be here. You can always come back home.
We hope you all a safe and fantastic first year. We welcome you with open arms and can't wait to see what wonderful things are coming for you all! And on days when you need a little relief, or the perfect outfit for that special occasion, come to T.C. Ellis. We love to see your shining faces!
Always with love, TCE
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