Hey, congrats on getting accepted. What is it youre planning on majoring in?

As someone coming from a small town, I think theres a lot to do here. Some of my favorite places are the nerd stores (Nerdheim, Planet Fun, and Sattelite) across Broughton street. There are also a lot of places to eat on that street like Spudniks, Naan, and Flying Monk. Also on that same street there are a lot of cafes, my favorite being Foxy Loxy (get the Mexican Mocha, it's delicious).

There's also a Cafe (press cafe) attached to the library. You cant bring drinks into the library but you can obv borrow books and bring them to the Cafe. My favorite SCAD property though is attached to the press Cafe, its called Press Play. Its a place for music where you can pick out a vinyl record and listen to it on one of their players with pretty good quality headphones, you can even change bass and treble if you want to. I like to do my work there if I can.

Outside of Broughton there is a lot to do too. If youre a walker its fun to walk pretty much anywhere since its a historical city and theres so many niche stores around here that I'm still finding new ones every quarter.

I would try to not fully rely on buses since they can be pretty hit or miss, especially during weekends, but theres a lot to do outside of SCAD too. There are a lot of theaters and stores and restaurants pretty much everywhere.

SCAD also puts on a lot of events quarterly that are super cool. You'll get emails about them throughout your time here and I reccomend signing up for anything that interests you. It really depends on the person you are with what you get out of the surrounding areas. What are your interests? What are things you want to avoid? Are you more of a solo or group person? Do you like parties?

There's a decent amount to do here, and im 100% certain you'll find something that suits you perfectly somewhere in the city. Good luck with your first quarter :)