How Long is College Life Anyway?
4 years, you might say. Does it really feel so? Freshmen are still unpacking. Seniors are already packed to go. So what does that leave, 2 years? It might feel like even less.
Freshman year, you’re unpacking. You’re not quite a college student yet – your ‘immature’ high school past haunts you. Upperclassmen laugh at your stupid questions and get annoyed with your positive (which to them = naive) attitude. You meet new friends, try out new classes, maybe feel utterly confused at times. No worries, the ‘real’ college life will begin soon, you will be an upperclassman too.
Sophomore year. Ok, we’re getting into the nitty gritty of it all. Classes pick up the pace, pressure to find what ‘you’re destined to do’ comes from all directions. “Surely, I must know what I want by NOW!” Unlike what you thought in high school, you most probably still have no idea what the hell you’re supposed to do with your life. Hmm, maybe you were naive in high school after all. It’s okay though, college life, the one talked about so much in movies, has just begun, there is still time to finally grow up.
Junior Year? Ha. I don’t know, haven’t gotten there yet. But I have a feeling it will go by just as fast as Freshman/Sophomore year went. And Senior year… everyone knows Seniors are pseudo-alumns. It’s as if you can see them with one foot out of the door into the future, just as Freshman had one foot stuck in high school.
This makes for a new topic to write about. What DID happen in the last two years? What do I want to remember? What do I wish I didn’t remember? Did I spend these two years effectively? It WAS half of college. Half of this supposed college life everyone loves to talk about. College roommates, college flings, college boyfriends, college experimentation, you name it. Did I do it all? Should I do a few more things in the two years I have left so I don’t feel jipped afterwards?
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