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My One Month College Experience 

           By: New A. Student

This is my first couple of weeks in college and I’m finding out that it isn’t bad so far. It’s actually pretty awesome. I’ve been here for about 2 weeks and I honestly thought I would miss home like crazy and cry my eyes out every day, but I don’t. I guess I’m too busy learning, having fun, and experiencing new things.

I’m taking about 15 hours this semester (5 classes) and the course work is pretty easy. You just have to keep up with everything because it’s so easy to fall behind. Most of my teachers seem relaxed and caring. Sometimes I feel as if I’m back in high school because the course work isn’t intense, or so it seems. My peer mentor (who picked out most of my classes) says that I’ve got a really good deal on my classes.

It’s Labor Day weekend and I finally went back home.  The whole time I was home, I wished I was back in my dorm. My parents and I have a pretty open relationship, not that it wasn’t like that before, but now I can say things more freely because they don’t have control over what I do. I thought they were going to be upset with me for attending parties on school nights, but surprisingly, they weren’t.

Of course I went to a football game this past weekend and I stayed for the entire game and after party!  I’m still feeling a bit groggy; some friends and I camped out for seven hours the next day to get tickets to see the Kanye West concert during the Thanksgiving break. There were about 2,000 students waiting outside all night as well. I pretty much whined about everything (the humidity, food, lack of sleep, bugs) but luckily my friends stuck it out with me. We even brought a couch and propped it up on the sidewalk while everyone else had to sit on the hard concrete. This concert better worth me standing in line!

The big day is here! I’m really excited and nervous. It’s time for me to go back to school. This week has been mad crazy. I somehow managed to conquer all my fun plans in one week. Between all the partying, a little working, packing, and going to the stores about 20 million times, I also managed to survive with 3 or 4 hours of sleep; this can’t be good!

I finally finished some of the projects I’ve been working on so everything is all set for me to journey back to my college. I stayed up until 1 a.m. last night packing, and I’m not even done yet. The procrastinator in me decided to do some laundry this morning, so I’m just waiting on that as well!  I have about 6 big boxes, 2 little ones, and a big suitcase full of clothes. I wonder if it’s all going to fit in my dad’s truck. Guess I’ll find out later this afternoon.

College tuition alone is steep, but having to buy all the extra stuff like food, clothes, school supplies, toiletries, a new computer, etc. can really add up. On a side note, I had never bought toilet paper so I had no idea how expensive it was!  So for any of you out there who plan on going to a big university next year, it’s never too early to start saving.

All this moving away again has got me pretty choked up. I’ve lived here in this town for most of my life; this is all that I’ve known. I finally get to the point where everything in my life seems perfect and now I’m having second thoughts. Life hands me a wild card and mixes me up emotionally.  Luckily, I won’t be alone in this experience. One of my good friends is living in the dorm next to mine. So now I won’t have to walk 2 miles in the heat just to visit a familiar face.