... a lot more fun than I expected, which is saying a lot, because I expected to have a blast! ...      ... I expected the intellectual experience to outweigh the social experience, but they measure up evenly ...      ... it wasn't just "work work work" ... it was stressed that to be a normal person you have to have fun ...      ... much more fun than I had thought, and less strict ...      ... I did not expect the necessity of all-nighters ...      ... by far exceeded my expectations … by how much? Infinitely. ...

A game of human knot

Frisbee time in Socorro.

... I never expected to work so hard, and the immense amount of freedom we have here also surprised me ...      ... I did not expect such a strong sense of community with the other participants ... or such sleep deprivation ...           ... I thought it would be closer to the nearest town ... ... it's more intensive than I had expected ...      ... I was expecting the material to work up to calculus level, not start there! ...           ... I expected to be intimidated by the others. This wasn't the case. We were all able to help each other ...