You may not think it now, but college definitely will change you. If it is for the good or the bad, that is entirely up to you. For me, just being in college for a month has already started to shape me into a better person. I used to be unsure about doing things and had a hard time in general just trying to make friends, but now I've grown a bit more confident, and I have started to talk to more people who I would consider friends.

Also, I have learned how to take better notes in class whereas before I was just jotting down everything a teacher wrote, and not really paying any attention. I've become even more academically focused, and I have managed to join organizations where I can learn more leadership skills and communication skills to have a better chance to succeed. However, with all of the new changes, some of the things I do still have a hold on my life.

I still procrastinate a good majority of the time, and I even sometimes forget to do the occasional assignment. I also manage to overthink situations, and I tend to get in these extremely lonely moods where I feel sort of outcast-ed. Because of these habits, it makes things hard at times, but I'm learning to deal with these sorts of things and also how to condition myself into doing things instead of procrastinating on them. College is slowly changing me into the person I want to become as an adult growing up, I am forever thankful for that too.

It is showing me that It is okay to feel scared, and also that It is okay to not understand because there are people to help and ways to fix the problems that arise. College has let me meet so many really awesome people, and really just enjoy school and make all of the emotional stress worthwhile. The groups that I have managed to be in are also what I would say are my biggest motivators to make me want to succeed. I have joined mostly leadership groups as I have said, but Odyssey is really the only non-leadership group I am in.

It has helped me push through writer's block, and Like the other two groups allowed me to come together with a handful of people who enjoy the same things. A word of advice I would give for anyone coming into college would be that you should be prepared to learn things about yourself, reflect on a vast majority of your memories, make new memories, and learn.

Learn how to have reasonable fun, not disappear after classes, and get involved with organizations, groups, committees, a Fraternity/Sorority, or really any activity on campus. I have been told many times that time waits for no one, and since it is true, make the most of what time you have because it could be over at any minute at any time.