Reflection On The Transition From High School To Idaho State University

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The transition from high school to college, Idaho State University, was a much greater experience than I was expecting. Changing environments from a small town, Mackay Idaho, with only five hundred people to a city with thousands of people was a completely different adventure. The transition was a huge experience for me because of the change in the environment, people, and school. I had much more experiences to see and do.
When I arrived at Pocatello the environment changed completely from when I left my home town and arrived at college. Coming from a small town with only one store to get groceries, and school supplies, to a city where there are multiple stores to get supplies for school, groceries, and even medical supplies was a difference
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So I pushed my cart back onto the elevator and we went up one more floor to my new room. My new room was all the way down the hall by the stairs. When I arrived at my door I was filled with excitement to meet my new roommate. When I opened my door I saw half the room filled with my new roommates belongings, but my roommate was not in the room. After moving all of my belongings into my room I walked around Tuner Hall to see how to get to places. The living environment was very different because I never had to share bathroom with a floor of girls, or share a room with some stranger that I would soon get to know.
I was worried about finding my classes, and buying my books. I was worried I would sleep in and miss or be late for my courses on my first day of college. My friend, Kilynn Hainline, helped me find my classes and told me not to worry about anything. would be meeting lots of new people. Was worried about meeting new people because I am very shy and quiet. I only had six students in my High school graduating class, and now I would be getting to know hundreds of students a day. My fist day was horrible. I drank rotten milk, got lost trying to find the Physical Science building, and went into the wrong math class and realized that I was in the wrong class minutes before the class

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