College?

Its been almost 4 weeks since I stepped foot on campus as a full fledged college student. My expectations were high.

From  the wild crazy scenes college is portrayed in movies,to the stories I heard from friends- my vision of college life was from a fantasy. I imagined I would make hundreds of friends right away, my classes would all be amazing and interesting, and I could juggle a great social life with school. 

I was totally wrong.

College is not what it seemed as portrayed on glossy magazine covers, happy smiling kids, their backpacks in tow after a few days on campus. My belief was that this picture perfect world was instant. That everything I expected and wanted out of college would be handed to me- great friends, fun parties, good grades, etc. Slowly, as I am feeling my way into college, I am realizing that in order to make these picture prefect dreams become a reality I have to work at it.

I have to work at meeting new people, try to engage in conversation, be outgoing, go beyond my comfort zone. I must learn to balance my workload with my social life. 

I believe it is important for incoming freshmen (cough I mean first years...) to understand that their expectations of college can't become a reality unless they work to make it one.

I am excited to see how my view on college changes as the weeks pass. Will I soon achieve my goal of a happy, smiling, backpack in tow college girl on a glossy magazine?