My Experience In College

When I moved into my dorm, I didn’t know what to expect in college. It was something my parents expected me to attend. For most of life, I was a sheltered boy who stayed home all the time. I didn’t hang out with friends until my last year of high school. After I come home from school, I would either finish homework or watch Youtube videos. It wasn’t until the first few days of college until I realized the amount of freedom I received. College allowed me to do what I’ve wanted to do since I was a kid. It has already taught me more than the last 18 years of my life. I’ve experienced and learned more about myself and the world around me in just the first semester and it started with my classes. When I entered my first college class, I felt slightly nervous. When I sat down in my Oral Communications class at 8:00 AM, I was thinking “How did I get here. I did this?” and “Did I lock the door when I left?”. I also thought “Will I be able to keep up?” and “What did I get myself into”. I remember feeling the same way about high school transitioning from middle school, but later I felt more comfortable about being in high school and the same happened in college too. Oral Communications helped with me through

I confess that I grew more spiritually than academically. Although academically I have been average, college really gave me more freedom than before. I was able to experience, absorb, and grow as a person than before I started college. I learned how to skateboard, I enjoyed my first concert, and I tried poke fish salad for the first time! This experience really exposed me to much that I was missing in my life before and I am grateful that this occurred to me. If I never lived in my dorm, I would never get to experience the sheer joy of being able to explore anywhere I wanted to go. As of now, I still have plenty of activities to experience and more nostalgia to