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Am I Ready For College?

Are you truly ready to be in college?

Heavenly Cruz
Jun 19, 2017
Rosemont, PA
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College.

The one thing teenagers think they're ready for.

What does college mean for a teenager?Independence. Freedom. The ability to make their dream jobs comes true. Parties,etc., etc.

I'm pretty sure even people in college are probably not ready for college.

Now that I have graduated high school very recently I realize that these past four years in high school were stressful, hard, humorous, exciting. The memories that I have with my best friends and the rest of our group mean the world to me. And I would not exchange them for the world.

The people within my group of friends will never be replaced. I will miss them dearly!

BUT I know my future years in college will be irreplaceable as well.

I get to have fresh start at my 4 year college by not knowing anybody. Learn better study habits, finally being able to keep and write in a planner. Have fun, because I don't have any parents around to tell me otherwise but know the consequences of something dangerous and illegal.

This next chapter of my life will shape my future professional self. I do know that I have to work hard every day and study and try not to miss class because college is so much more different than high school.

I'm an adult now, so professors; students; staff; and lastly the government will treat me like one. Being an adult is overrated but it has its perks.

Now I haven't started college yet but don't think because I'm saying all this awesome stuff doesn't mean I'm not scared.

I'm terrified because now this means that I have to get a job, start paying bills if I live on my own, have to cook my own food, do my own laundry, other things that my parents helped me with.

Don't get me wrong, your parents will always be there for you but there comes a time and a place where you have to start fending for yourself and doing things on your own no matter how much your mom still wants to do things for you.

So am I truly ready for college?

I don't know. I feel like I am but I might not be. Other people might feel like they're not but they are.

I guess I'll wait and see.


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