Walking through the door of my room I wasn’t sure what would behold me. I had never seen the room before and I wasn’t sure what it would be like. I stood in the doorway taking it all in and wondering who was lying on the bed near the wall. I thought to myself, this man is much to old to be my roommate. He quickly sat up and said that he was the electrician called in to fix the outlet that my new roommate had shorted out. Phew I thought, as he went about his work, I did know what this “college” experience would bring me, but I hadn’t expected that.

This was my very first moment in college. I had no idea what was going on or who I would meet. Now I am 3 years wiser and a whole lot stronger. I have made many friends and many acquaintances and acquired the knowledge to know the difference. My first year in college was a blur of class, clubs, friends and fun. I did an immense amount of work (more than I was expecting) and had an amazing amount of fun.

Making friends was one of things that I thought would be hard in college, but as I quickly found out, everyone who was there was in the same situation as I was. They had just been placed into college and knew no one except the advisors who had been talking to them for two days. It was interesting to see the friendships that came about. People grouping together like you would never have seen in high school.

I loved my first year in college and I learned a lot from that experience. I hope that everyone can have as good of an experience as I did, but there are always ups and downs in life, so you have to roll with the punches.