College Stereotypes

College is the best four years of your life, they say. As I entered my freshman year of college, it was filled with a variety of emotions and uncertainty. Moving 6 hours away from my hometown, in a completely unknown environment, and not knowing a single sole was the hardest thing i’ve ever gone through. The first weeks of college was a culture shock to say the least. I was exposed to so much more then I thought I would. Thee first few weeks I couldn’t believe how sheltered I was back in my small town. Not knowing anyone, I felt the need to participate in things that were against my morals. I thought that the only way to make friends here was to do go along with want everyone else was doing. For fear that I would be labeled as the girl who has never done this or that. I faced an all time low, doing things that I never would have done before college, just to simply “fit in”. After my mid terms, was a huge wake up …show more content…
Through this experience I realized that if I do not like what I am getting out of life, then its time for a change.. Ole miss has the stereotype of being a enormous “party school”, but that does not mean that one has to part take in this. I often times found myself putting a social life before my academics. Spending 30,000 a year on a college education, there is not excuse for me not to be taking my academics seriously. College being a breeze is an understatement. I had to work harder then I ever had in my life and my grades are still not where I want them. As I think about the first few weeks of this semester I am ashamed of myself for not taking school seriously. I strive to be a pharmacist one day and I am not going to get there by going out overnight. Not only is my grades my first priority but, receiving a high GPA is essential in order to get in to pharmacy school. I never realized the effect that a social life could have on your grades if you do not know how to balance them