What is college?

What is college?  To me, college is an opportunity for a better life, a step closer to following one’s dreams. Going to college can accomplish many things for someone. You will obviously gain knowledge, learn responsibility, learn to take care of yourself and manage your time wisely. Which is something not necessarily taught in high schools. Being a college student also means you must commit to your classes. You must make time to do your work, as well as make time for friends and family so you don’t go insane from all of your academic responsibilities. For me, presently, I believe that attending college was something I needed to do, not only to get a higher education, not only to get a better job in the future, but to grow up. The experience of being in college will definitely be an exciting one, between the late night cram sessions for midterms and finals to learning all this new information in a new atmosphere. Like most students, I have set goals for myself for my first semester in college. I plan to work hard to pass all of my classes, to retain all the information I can, to make new friends and become a better person and student because of it. While I am excited to be in college now, I am also a little worried that it may become overwhelming. I am worried that I won’t be able to handle it or that I will become so stressed out that I won’t even be able to function. I know with the support of my friends and family, though, I will be able to handle it. So far, the impressions I’ve gotten from my classes are all very good. The only class I truly am worried about is anthropology, and that’s because I never knew and still don’t really know what that is. I’m hoping it won’t be too bad. All I or anyone else can ever do is try their best, and I believe that as long as you try your best, you can never go wrong. At any rate, I think college will be a fun and great, as well as sobering experience. It will definitely make the most immature person grow up. I think my time at SCSU will be exactly what I need in my life, not only for the future but for the present as well.