The first few days of college we’re quite challenging. Coming to a enormous school like The Ohio State University is a big adjustment from a high school of just over 1,200. Now I am surrounded by 50,000 college students yearning for a degree to illustrate not only formal schooling, but true education as well. Besides getting lost trying to find out where 209 W. 18th Ave. is located so I can go to my first survey class meeting, my first week of classes were quite interesting. I realized a lot of things in only about 6 days of being at Ohio State. Some of the things I have grown to accept are I don’t speak as much Spanish as I thought, I’m not going to be driving my car for a while :,,(, and all the other freshmen are in the same position as me. After becoming slowly but surely acclimated to the university, I know I will be able to get past all the anxiety or concerns of leaving home for Ohio State. I feel I’m beginning to have a personal relationship with Ohio State and me and the school are becoming better acquainted day by day.

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My first day at Ohio State was welcomed by students from the Bell Resource Center for Black Males. I arrived on September 13, for an early arrival program for incoming black male freshmen. The program was created to help with the transition to Ohio State and to provide us with as much information as possible and resources that will help us in all aspects of our college experience. We attended interesting workshops in the historic Frank W. Hale Jr. Black Cultural Center about study abroad, the MSLC, study habits, and time management just to name a few. I personally made a lot of good friends from the program and felt a lot more confident about the start of my freshman year here at The Ohio State University. There were so many resources and help right here on campus that I could utilize to my advantage. Speaking of which, I still need to go to the Younkin Success Center to start on a résumé. All in all, the entire program was as fun as it was informative. We ended our early arrival experience with a tailgate party watching the Buckeyes smash Washington 33-14!

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