It's almost time for area college students to head back to school.

Thursday, Saint Mary's College freshmen did some heavy lifting moving into the dorms, with some help from friends and family, of course.

Students say it wasn't as bad as they anticipated.

"I thought it was going to be more hectic than it is.  It's actually been easy-going.  We're on the second floor, so I saw people lifting futons and stuff up to the fifth floor, but we had it pretty nice," said Kaitlyn Rabach, a freshman at Saint Mary's.

Upper classmen will move in this weekend, and classes start Monday.