Personal Narrative: My Freshman Experience

The Freshman Experience
As my first semester abruptly comes to a screeching halt, I am blown away in disbelief. Walking across the stage and graduating high school less than six months ago, I just don’t understand how time could have gone by as fast as it has. I had no idea what I was going to do with my life after high school, let alone, how to be a college student. I was lucky enough to know where I was going to school but was really confused on what to do when I actually made it to my dream school. My first semester at Troy University taught me just as many lessons as I learned in all of my years as a high school student from working hard, investing in yourself, and truly cherishing these upcoming years at Troy University.
My first semester was a year of firsts, from living in a new area, new home, and experiencing my first week of finals. There were moments that I felt on top of the world such as making almost perfect grades on tests or meeting some of the most extraordinary people. Not every moment was perfect though, some experiences were really unfortunate such as doing poorly on my first paper in college or watching my bank account dwindle down. Though the events were not the best, I learned to cherish them because it taught me a lesson that I refused to repeat. Thus far, college has put an emphasis on myself investment. There are a select handful of students that attend school for very little amount of money while the majority of students have to spend their own money and face the dreaded debt that is …show more content…
Being involved around the university is vital to be successful, not only as a student but as a future professional. If I could take anything from this first semester, as I reflect, when you get involved in school and stay busy, you tend to do great things and achieve more than you might have previously