final reflection

Once I read the first line of this week's prompt, it all hit me. I realized that I have been a college student for five weeks. Before coming here I did not expect college to be like this. I thought that I was going to become best friends with my roommates, I thought that would be up all night every night doing large amounts of tedious homework, I thought that I wouldn't make friends, and I thought that attending summer school was the biggest mistake I was ever going to make. I was completely wrong about every single one of these things. I was put in a triple room for summer and my two roommates were people that I would never talk to if I didn’t have to. One is an extreme party girl and the other a foreigner with an attitude. I had it out with each of them at least once but by week five they weren’t so bad. By signing up to take College Algebra and English in six weeks, I thought that I was signing my death certificate. How I managed to attain good grades in both of these classes with their quick pace is besides me. Luckily my math class was a review of what I had been learning all throughout middle and high school, so I didn’t have to do that much studying for it. Also, in my English class, all we really did was write. Now, I don’t enjoy writing, but all of our assignments had to do with talking about ourselves, so it wasn't too hard to fill 6+ pages. Who doesn’t want to talk about themselves? Once I figured out a method for writing, this class turned out to be easy peasy. I have never been good at talking to people and making friends so I was expecting to be that loser that sat in Suwannee by herself. Instead, once I walked on campus, I found that FSU houses the friendliest people that I have ever met. I was also blessed in meeting Olivia who is in both of my classes with me. We would study together, walk to class together, and even go out and enjoy the Tallahassee nightlife together. The biggest misconception I had was that I was making a mistake by attending summer school, but I wouldn’t trade it for the world. I will be entering my freshman year with a good GPA, I will already know a handful of people, I will know my way around campus, and I know what to expect as an 18 year old entering a new city with responsibilities. :)