So you’re curious what a random person online has to say about their first few weeks of college. Great! Honored to be the post you read. Whether you are a college grad, current student, rising student, or decided college wasn’t for you, welcome. Here is my story.
It’s 2am and your first week into college. You’re in your dorm room, which smells like a mix of ramen and desperation. You’re wondering how you will find the perfect friends, but most importantly you’re wondering how you went from being an A student to….failing the syllabus quiz.
You are overwhelmed with freedom, which ultimately becomes your downfall. You don’t technically need to go to class because teachers rarely take attendance. Your laundry starts to pile up because you are too lazy to walk to the closest laundry machine–or they are all being used! Your only meal today was a granola bar from orientation week. Oh and most wonderfully, no one teaches you how to actually study–you eventually get the hang of it but man does it suck.
You probably miss home, but not in a very movie-style dramatic way. You just miss your dog and home-cooked meals. You miss familiarity. You miss sitting at your favorite spot during lunch. You definitely miss your shower, which does not require shower shoes! Oh and you definitely miss NOT having to introduce yourself 30 times a day and saying what you are majoring in–even though that will probably change.
Socially, you are overwhelmed. Making friends is like dating. There might as well be an app to make friends–wait, I think there is one…! Anyways, that’s not the point. You overthink every “wanna get lunch?” and every unanswered text message sent. You always smile through the awkward ice breakers while secretly telling yourself that you hope someone, ANYONE, clicks with you.
And yet–somehow–it all works out.
Somewhere in the depths of hell, you find yourself. You find that one study spot. You discover what food is actually edible at the dining hall. You bond with someone over how terrible your professor is or how useless your advisor can be. You learn how to manage time and to study. You start to live that “college life” everyone wants to have.
Or you don’t and this is totally unrelated to your life but you read along because you appreciate a good story!
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