Example Of Narrative Essay About College Life

The sky was a gorgeous blue, golden sun shining down, thousands of new faces walking around smiling. “Honestly, you don’t need this much stuff.” My mom dragged another bag into my new dorm. “Let’s just hope none of it is mine.” My dad joked. The mood was light because I was finally moving into the University of Vermont. No one expected this a couple months ago, but now dreams were becoming a reality. Evan and I put piles of my clothes away while my parents continued to drag more bags into the room. “I can’t wait to take your bed.” My brother told me. “Although there is a good chance you will get kicked out before I can take it.” My parents looked at each other with discomfort despite the happiness of the day. I never planned on spending four more years in Burlington. Hell, I didn’t even want to stay in New England. But here I am, enrolled in an …show more content…
I had the greatest season of my life. I captained the team to a state championship and scored the winning goal in the championship game. This drove me further into a pit of poor academic performance. I began spending more time with friends and out of the house than time on school. Cutting classes became something not only I, but the school was used to. Despite my poor choices in school, colleges began to reach out to me about playing soccer due to my outstanding season.
At this point, my whole view on college changed. I had already created a list of schools I wanted to attend, but I began to look into others due to my new interest in continuing my soccer career. “Christian, you really need to consider what is most important in your future.” My mother would chirp. “Soccer is great but you can’t really earn a degree in soccer.” She was more right than I will ever know. But I was naïve and ignored her warnings. I decided that I wanted to play soccer and two of the schools who wanted me happened to be UVM and Saint Michael’s college, two home town