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Castle Girl Problems

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This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Emerson chapter.

When I signed up for the Kasteel Well program, I thought I knew how the whole program worked: you live in a 13th century Dutch castle with a moat and you leave every weekend to go travel.  While that statement explains a lot, it doesn’t explain everything. There are some smaller regulations of the Castle that took me by surprise after I signed up. 

  • Most of the rooms are triples with lofted beds. Reminds me of freshman year. 
  • Meals are at set times everyday: breakfast is 8:30-9:30, lunch is 11:30-12:30, and dinner is 6-7.  
  • Our orientation is mandatory. 
  • There is a strict class attendance policy. You can only miss each class once before and after mid terms, You have to fill out a permission slip to cut class. 
  • Ever leave your Internet browser up when you’re not at your computer? You can’t do that here.
  • Stick to shipping emergency with Fed Ex or the USPS. The Castle won’t accept your UPS package. 
  • Printing is free. 
  • There is a statue of Jesus that marks the end of the Castle “campus”.
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Lorena Mora is a student at Emerson College currently pursuing a degree in visual & media arts. Other interests include social media, passion tea lemonade, blogging, baby animals, spending the day at IKEA, baking cupcakes, and traveling the East Coast. An avid blogger, lorena has written for such publications as Em magazine, Her campus.com, Cliche Magazine and on her own movie-review blog, The Aftertaste. Lorena currently serves as President and Editor In Chief of the Her Campus Emerson branch.