So far my time at JU has been a complete learning experience for me. Some of the experiences that I have had here so far, I had in high school so I really didn’t get anything new from it. The biggest experience that I have had is my educational freedom, no teachers screaming at you to be in class. I learned that were big men and women now, were not going to be treated like babies anymore. I also learned that your parents are no longer responsible for your actions, if you really screw up one night it’s consequences are all on you and nobody else. Unfortunately I had to find that out the hard way.
All together my expectations of college have for the most part been met. I mean most incoming freshman guys come to college expecting partying, lots of drinking, and the curfew less nights with sorority girls. So those expectations were easily met multiple times and it took me until now to truly understand that no college student can succeed in college coming with just those expectations. So by coming to JU I have learned to expect more from myself then anything else.
Since experiencing college for almost a half a semester now, I can honestly say at times I really miss high scho
While being at college I have experienced the responsibility issue a lot. I realized that all of the stupid things that I do fall back on nobody but me, no longer are mommy and daddy there to get me out of trouble. For example a few weeks back my roommate and I shot a soccer ball at an exit sign and shattered it into hundreds of pieces. We both got written up and had to pay for the damages and there was nothing our parents could have done to save us.
Throughout all of my experiences and expectations of college so far I guess I have learned a lot. Although I still have much experiences ahead, I feel that I have finally got my mind focused on the right things so hopefully my future experiences will be a lot less turbulent then this semester has been so far. Even though I came to college expecting the wrong things, I wouldn’t trade in my experiences at college so far for the world.
College represents a lot of the things that I want and don’t want out of life. Things that I want out of my college experience are to truly find myself, find lifelong friends, get a degree, and to have a good time. The things that I don’t want out of college are my bad habits from the beginning of this year to stick with me throughout my col
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