From A Freshman Leaving Her Freshman Year
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From A Freshman Leaving Her Freshman Year

It's all about moving on and growing older.

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From A Freshman Leaving Her Freshman Year
Marissa Chappell

Coming into college is defiantly a scary thought, you never really think the day is going to come, and then BAM, you’ve graduated high school. Summer flies by and in the last few weeks you start saying your goodbyes and it suddenly hits you that you are really leaving everything behind. You’re moving on and starting fresh.

Sure it's a scary thought, making new friends and leaving old friends, separating from family and your comfort zones. If your anything like me, leaving for college was one of the hardest challenges I ever faced. How was I suppose to make new friends? What if I get sick? My parents are miles away. What if I don't get along with my roommate? Is it really as hard as everyone says? There are just so many questions that there is no way of answering until you go through the process.

I am now a month away from leaving my freshman year and it couldn’t be more bittersweet. My college has truly become my second home. I have lived away from home only 9 months out of my 19 years of life and if there were one place I feel safe and loved it would be at The College of Charleston. I have made lifelong friends here, obtained more knowledge than I did in all four years of high school, and grown into a new and improved version of myself.

Coming into college is always a chilling thought. Thinking about living in the dorms. Like ew… having to share a bathroom. Getting little-to-no privacy at all. Living in a little cubical with another person. Not feeling safe or protected. But all of that is just little things. You learn to love living in the dorms.

From my experience, living in the dorm was one of the most amazing parts of being in college. My dorm is where I have made bonds with some of my best friends. My friends that will be at my wedding and that will also be there for me. At first, I thought it would be annoying having kids running around at all hours of the

Schoolwork is just as stressful as everyone says but completely worth it in the end. College forces you to actually retain the information they are teaching you.

Your freshman year you will learn more about yourself than you ever thought you would. Aside from what career path you want to take, you will discover your strengths and your weaknesses. You will learn what is important to you versus what

So its safe to say leaving my freshman year in the past will be a challenge but just another step to growing up.

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