New Challenges Await

I have always looked forward to going to college for these reasons, a new found freedom, independence, chance to start over, and many more. However, with the reasons of being excited about college, there are also new challenges of college. One it's hard to be away from my family and friends back home. My sister is close by, as she attends Texas State, so it makes moving to college a little bit easier. I don't get homesick as much because I can drive and hang out with my sister. It's still hard transitioning though; you have to do things you normally aren’t used to doing because your mom did it. For me the new thing is doing my own laundry, you have to work in time to do laundry. That's another big problem Time Management. You wake up during the week to go to the classes you have scheduled that day, whether it’s two or three, and then if you’re in athletics you have practice after classes. Most athletics have a set time for study hall to, so you can work on home work and other stuff there. Whatever you don't finish in study hall you have to do on your own, so responsibility plays a big role now too. If you aren’t really responsible in high school just know that is not going to fly in college. If you have bad study habits you better break them, and if you wait to the last minute to do stuff you better change that too. College is a whole new world; there are a ton of fun things to do in college, not necessarily going to parties’ twenty-four/seven. But exploring different areas of education, and exploring your new surroundings. Take a day during your weekend to just drive around and get acclimated to your new home. You will be living here for four years so better acclimate quickly. Because when you get sick, mom and dad aren’t here to take care of you, you have to take care of yourself. College really is a cool experience and I don’t want to alarm anyone, just be warned that after high school, college is tremendously different.