Personal Narrative: My College Experience At Hawaii Pacific University

When I began my college experience at Hawaii Pacific University, I was a sheltered young girl who had never ventured out far enough to be alone. Moving to Hawaii, a state where I did not know anyone, was a move beyond my dependency to my family. My first year, I resided in the dorms. Making friends was the easy part. My day to day life was left up to me, no one to dictate what I should be doing or how I should be doing it. Following my successful first year, I decided it was time to move out into the world, be on my own. When I first imagined moving on my own, I was excited. Following this excitement, reality kicked in, followed by the fear of having to grow up. I had already told my parents I was ready and fully capable of being independent. Like any person with common sense, I created a budget and began apartment hunting. After successfully landing a place, I moved into my own miniature apartment. In hindsight, I could have saved myself quite a lot of time and patience had I been realistic. I was not thinking practically about what types of apartments I could get within my budget. I wanted to live in a nice, newly renovated place downtown. Every time I kept …show more content…
I grew up learning about business management, house listings, and overall property management. Over the course of two months of seeking an apartment, I came across more than one scam. The first scam I came across, I almost fell for it. As I was filling out the application, I had a gut feeling that something was off, and yet, I almost ignored myself. I went so far as to fill out and sign the contract agreement. Before I sent it in, along with the deposit, my subconscious won over and I decided to send the listing to one of my family members. Upon examination, the listing was an obvious scam. I was so eager that I nearly jumped the gun and fell for an obviously fake listing of a brand new, fully modern, furnished place, that was well below my