College is a higher education. This is for sure, and I've definitely learned a lot during my first semester at Boston University. Many of those lessons came outside of the classroom. Boston is considered the biggest college town in America. It is a place for education. This is true and sometimes the city will smack you upside the head to teach you a thing or two.

Things I've learned:

1. How to cross the street

1a. When and where

2. How not to judge people

3.How to navigate the T

4. Train tracks are really hard to walk across in the rain/ snow

5. To wear walking shoes... everywhere

6. To expand my definition of walking distance from a few blocks to a few miles

7. Some professors won't like you no matter how hard you try

8. Grade deflation is a real thing

9. Being part of a team/club/activity gives you instant friends

10. Hats are great for days when you haven't showered

11. Or for bad hair days in general

12. Studying is something that actually has to be done

13. Living in a dorm isn't as exciting as you think it would be

14. How to sleep through drunk people coming home

15. The Allston crawl isn't fun

16. But it is fun to watch from your window

17. How to make it from east campus to west campus in under 10 minutes

18. Living next to a river generates a lot of wind

19.Wind makes everything 10x colder and 10x worse

20. Dunkin Donuts coffee is weaker than Starbucks coffee

21. But it's also cheaper so you'll buy it anyway

22. Dead weeks are only good in theory

23. 8ams suck even if you are a morning person

24. 8ams in another language suck even more

25. To appreciate real food

26. Colorado isn't the only place that has bipolar weather

As I reflect on this last semester, I know that I have learned much. Most of the things that will stick with me came from outside the classroom. As one semester ends and another begins, I think everyone is excited... and scared to see what life will teach us next.