You ' re mom is sort ' ve right but you ' ll be fine . As a junior i ' ve noticed the people like that are mostly in the business college . I ' m friends with both sides of the spectra but there ' s still a lot of ignorance here i ' d assume just like everywhere else but at the same time there are a lot of progressive good people that are not hard to find . <| sep |> Mice are a part of life in any big city . If someone says they have a house that doesn ' t have any mouse presence they just haven ' t seen it yet . Practical things you can do keep food in plastic or metal containers , try to keep food crumbs and mess to an absolute minimum , don ' t keep anything on counters or where it can easily be accessed borrow a cat or ask catowning friends to borrow their cat ' s bed or toys , anything that might have a strong cat scent wipe counters and floors with lemon or peppermint oils use expanding foam to fill any holes in skirting boards or floors , no matter how small .