Social Media Changes First Day of College Experience

Writing for ‘The Choice’ blog in The New York Times, Caren Osten Gerszberg contrasts her experience of meeting her college roommate and the first day of college 25 years ago with her daughter Nicole’s ’15 current path toward Wesleyan. Where Osten Gerszberg had a single phone conversation with her roommate to-be, Nicole has met dozens of her future classmates through Facebook groups and corresponded through texting and other methods. She’s also met other new friends from the Class of 2015 at WesFest.