My Life In College

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My College Experience Have you ever been away from home for four or five months doing everything by yourself? My name is Maria Fernanda Aragon, I am twenty-one years old. I am a first semester sophomore student in Ave Maria University. Now that I am done with my freshman year, I can say that I learned a lot of things that made me grow up as a person last year. College is very different from high-school in many aspects. Students might think that going away from home can be an easy thing, but it’s not. In fact, teen-agers usually think that is a “cool” thing to be away from your parents and “be free”. I used to think that way; I thought that going away from home was going to be an easy thing as many people think. I learned a big lesson on my freshman year, to be responsible. Responsibility is very important if you want to experience a good college experience. My first day at the University was very interesting; I elected my classes and I had the opportunity to make my own schedule. This was new for me since in high-school I used to receive the classes that were planned for the academic year. When I was in high-school, my mom used to wake me up at 6 in the morning; I hated it, but according to my new schedule, my first class was at 10 o’clock! This was “awesome” for me; I couldn’t believe that I didn’t have to wake up so early in the morning anymore. I also had only two classes each day. Is college can be any better? That was the first thing that came to my mind the first day of class. My first week of school I made a lot of friends, I am a very outgoing person and I didn’t have any trouble meeting new people. I was fascinated with the idea of college; I didn’t miss anything from high-school except my friends. I also joined the Female’s soccer team which seemed pretty interesting. I liked all my classes specially the art class, and so far I was delighted

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