High school to College

   College is different than High school and everyone knows this. From the first day of high school when your teacher tells you that it is time to get serious, because college is not to far away. Some people like myself don't listen and wait till the last minute to change their study habits. In college their is no time for you to make mistakes because college is the time where you sow everyone what you are made of. The first day of high school can not compare to the first day in college. In high school you pretty much know who is going to be in your classroom, but in college you walk in to a class filled with fresh faces and you realize you are not in Kansas anymore.
   First, there's move in day where you see a bunch of people moving in and it's overwhelming knowing that you are doing the same thing and that all the people you bare seeing are now your class mates and that we are now apart of the bulldog community. Then you meet your peer mentor, I wish I had one of these in high school, and they instantly help you feel more comfortable in your new surroundings. We sat in a group and played ice breakers and little by little you start to let loose. In high school I never felt as alone as I have felt at TLU. This is probably because at my high school I pretty much knew everyone since elementary school and I ran Cross Country so I had a second family at my school. It has been a wake up call to me because I have realized that I am not as out going as I would like to think I am.In high school people would tell me that I was such a people person and that I was so easy to talk to, but so far in college I do not feel like myself. I don't speak up in class and I've only made a few new friends. I didn't think it would be so hard for me to be myself in college, but I guess I just have to make the best out of my situation.
   In college you can be anyone you want to be and no one knows how you were in high school. It's easier for some than others to adapt to the college life and make a boatload of friends. I guess some people transition from high scjool to college like it is no big deal, but for people like me, it takes time to go from somewhere you are compltely at  to somewhere you feel like you don't belong.