In all honesty, I thought leaving for college was going to be hard for me. Leaving my parents and my friends seemed like the hardest thing to do when I started my senior year of high school. But now look it! No tear has been shed because of my leaving and no anxiety attacks either! I was very proud of myself when I said goodbye to my parents and sister. In fact, all of us were smiling! We were all happy that I got to where I wanted to be in life. I never thought I would make it this far in my successes…but here I am, eighteen years old knowing (kind of) what I want to do in life, how I want to live my life and I am the happiest I have ever been.

The one part of college that I was most afraid of was having a roommate, but that quickly faded away once we were all moved in and ready to start classes. We hung out in our dorm all the time, met some awesome friends, and most of all became very close in this first week of rooming together. I never had a roommate so maybe that’s why I was so nervous but I had an awesome first experience and I cannot wait for the rest of the school year!

My classes were the least of my worries. Why? Because I knew I was interested in everything that I signed up for. So far my hardest class is Public Speaking, since I am not a very good public speaker but I have an awesome professor and I know he and my classmates will help me succeed in getting my A for the semester. Since I have a strong idea of what I want to do even though I signed up as an undeclared student, I took the classes that went with what I want to do in life and so far I know I made the right decision. Who knew?! I was so confused my senior year of high school. All my life, I wanted to be a forensic psychologist and now I want to be a writer! When I changed my mind, you knew that I was freaking out but now I know what I want to do. However, I do not want to jump the gun and declare myself a writing major since my mind can quickly change like it just did before. However this is the route I am taking and I can say that I am very happy about it.

Now do not even get my started on friends! It only took my a few days to make friends and though being with them for only a week and a half they are pretty darn cool! I never met awesome girls like they are! We are only starting to get to know each other and we already have our backs! How awesome is that? They say I probably will not have the same friends throughout college, but I know that these group of girls will be my friends for a very long time.

So thank you professors, advisors, friends, classmates, and of course, family for making me feel like I can do this when I thought I didn’t. Now that I have experienced it, I know I can do it and I am the happiest I have ever been.