Personal Narrative: My Life After High School

Many might think they know what college will be like once graduated high school, but you really don't know until you've experienced a few days or a few weeks of it for yourself. Graduating high school was a wonderful Experience. Filled me and everyone around me with joy, but I was ready to take the next step; College. After experiencing my first two weeks as the freshman at the University of Iowa, I'm going to tell you how different it really is from high school, the things I've had to modify, and all the things I've learned. High school flew by, and I wasn't necessarily mad about that. I had always been ready to graduate and start my new journey as a college kid. There were times in high school when I had to study hard because a subject or topic didn't come too easy to me, and then there were times when I didn't study, simply because I didn't need to. Getting to college, the stress level had already sky rocketed even before classes started (That's just how I am). I looked around and realized, I really was on my own from this point on. My high school was very a small school in a very small town. Jumping from small town Adel to a big University was the biggest change. Having to navigate where I was

I couldn't carry over all the same habits I had in high School if I wanted to succeed here at the University. Studying felt like more of a choice in high school. I can feel the obligation here to study consistently, and more efficient. Everyone wants to succeed and pass all their classes in college. But in order to do, so you have to be focused and determined enough to wanna study for hours on end and do outside work to get ahead. I’ve always been a pretty organized person. Since arriving at the University I have felt more flustered and scattered, showing me how much more organized I need to get in order to stay on top of