Rylee Bosch has only been in Moscow two weeks, but she said she already loves it.
“I love the school,” Bosch said. “I can see myself walking here like every day to go to campus, classes and stuff.”
Bosch is a first-year student who is studying business administration. She said she’s hoping to go into human resources and really likes the idea of working with paperwork behind the scenes.
She said she decided to come to UI because she loved the well-structured business program, and for the music program as well. Bosch saw Grace Kelly perform at the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival two years ago and talked to her later that night at Gambino’s. She said the experience really drew her in. With her family living in Boise, Bosch also doesn’t need a plane ticket to get home, which she said was important to her.
Bosch has plenty on her plate with university organizations. She is a new member of Kappa Delta Sorority and is a part of the Vandal Marching Band. She said she also wants to look into intramural sports, jazz band and St. Augustine’s Catholic Church. The biggest goals Bosch has are to make close friends and to learn more about the profession she wants to pursue.
As far as the stress and work coming up this year, Bosch said she’ll have to get used to it.
“It’ll be a lot different,” Bosch said. “I know I’ll have some hard times getting through, but that’s everyone’s freshman year and you’re just trying to adapt to a lot of things.”
Some of her favorite activities are biking, working out, hiking and watching movies with friends and family. She enjoys comedies and documentaries, but is wary of the horror genre.
“Some of them are OK, but some are a little like, ‘You can just keep that to yourself,’” Bosch said.
She said Greek Recruitment was intense, but being invited to join Kappa Delta made her happy.
She said her parents plan to come to every home football game to watch her in the band, and she’s excited about the opportunity being in the band may give her to explore Moscow. She said she hasn’t done any exploring yet, but she likes how small and close-knit the community is.
“It’s been pretty great,” Bosch said. “People have been like really, really nice. But it’s still hard to adjust to a lot of new things. But I’ll get better.”
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