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What College Has Taught Me

I haven't been in college that long but I have learned so much.

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My freshman year only has a few months left and I can tell you that I have learned a lot. I've learned a lot from school. I've learned about myself. I have learned about whom I should associate with and whom I really need to steer clear of. I have learned that some people, no matter how much you love them, just can't be trusted. Living with people you have never lived with before, and making new friends changes you. And I know that sounds like a bad thing, but it really isn't. It is all just a part of growing up.

1. College is hard, but you will figure it out.

If anyone tells you it isn't, they are lying. Things are so much different and it is hard to learn to balance it all. Once you realize that skipping class is not okay you will do great! Class is so important and if you miss it you miss so much and it is very hard to catch up. So only miss it if you really need it. And sometimes even if you feel bad, you still should go.

2. You will learn who you are.

When you are entering college, you are your high school self, which is totally okay but with how much life changes it is almost impossible to be the same exact person. You do a lot of growing up freshman year. When you start college a lot of things change. And it really sucks. Relationships end- whether it is a friendship or a romantic relationship. It sometimes seems as if your whole world is going to end. Sometimes your whole world has to end so that you can find a better one. What is meant to be will be. Life changes but it will get so much better in the end.

3. You become a lot more thankful for your parents.

I never realized how much I relied on my parents until I got to college. It sucks so much having to pay for your own things. I never realized how much things cost and how much I really didn't need the things anyways. But it is a good lesson to learn.

4. Friends come and go.

In college, you make a lot of friends fast and it is hard to know how they will really act until you have known them a few months. And I promise you not everyone will be the same a few months in. I learned even if you did meet them the first week of school it is okay to drop them. If they are not who you want to associate with then don't.

5. Don't let anyone change your morals.

With opinions coming at you left and right, you really start to question everything you have always believed. But if people are making you do that, they are NOT who you want to associate with. You need to be with people that support who you are and will support you even if you do something that goes back on what you believe.

6. DO NOT change for a relationship.

For me, if you are dating someone in college it is because you can potentially see yourself with them for the rest of your life. If you don't want to spend the rest of your life being someone you are not, don't settle. You were made to be a perfect you and if someone doesn't like you and all your flaws and quirks they are not the one.

I am only a freshman and I have learned this much. I can't wait to continue on this crazy journey we call life with all the people that love and care about me.


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