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The First Week of College In Retrospect

A little look back on the beginning of it all

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The First Week of College In Retrospect
Christine Weeks

How would I describe the first week of college? It’s this crazy but beautiful mess of meeting countless new people, jumping into new and challenging classes, clueless meandering our way around campus with google maps in hand, the sleepless nights and of course the parties. No matter what your first week of college has looked like, or is beginning to look like, I’m sure you have shared in at least one of these classic marks of the first days of many in college.

So what has there to be learned in these past few days I ask myself in retrospect as I look back on my new change of pace in life? The following list describes all lessons, experiences and emotions of the first week of school:

  1. There is no such thing as a sleep schedule. One day it’s 9 pm the next day it’s 4 am.
  2. Peanut butter becomes your best friend.
  3. Shower shoes also become your best friend.(Unless you're a blessed individual with a shower in your room.)
  4. You discover a new meaning behind the word "rally."
  5. You will read the syllabus 100 times over just to make sure your reading the right thing for the right day.
  6. Get creative in the dining hall, otherwise you will be tired of the food in seconds.
  7. Buddy System!
  8. You will have more free time than ever before, even though it feels like it flies by like seconds.
  9. The library is your intended study space but slowly just becomes another home to hangout with friends.
  10. Your swipe card is your new key to anything and everything in life.
  11. You are finally treated like an adult, and therefore are expected to act and think like one.
  12. You will be living with and slowly meeting some of your best friends for the next four years whether we know it or not.

There you have it, the first week of college looking back. Hope everyone is having the time of their lives and creating there own little list of lessons and experiences along the way!

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