My Freshman Year is almost over

By Aditi Shrivastava

Is college anything like it is in the movies? we all have this same question when we pass our grade 12^th, but let me tell you the truth, no it’s not. It’s not that horrible too, in my case it is somewhere in the middle. I tried so many new things that made my first year a year to remember. firstly, talking about the roommates, for girls it’s a huge deal, honestly, there are some girls out there who are not even satisfied with their roomies but I am exceptional in that case because my roommate has now became my sister too, and now waking up with her leg on my stomach is the “ new normal” for me. After completing the big task of “finding a roommate” another task was to channel my inner extrovert, making friends on the first day of college is not easy as it seems in the movies.

My first year also brought many new people into my life. As a freshman, it was scary for me to go out of my comfort zone and meet new people, I did experience that phase of college when we all face problems in interacting with people and making new friends but as it is said good things take time as do did this too now I am blessed with such an incredible friend circle. Being a hostler, initially, I thought It would be fun and amazing as now I am an independent adult, and there will be no one to stop me or put restrictions however little did I know with independence some responsibilities will be going to be a burden on my head.

At home, we all are the most pampered princesses of our parents but here it’s different, from cleaning my dirty room to washing my clothes, from serving my food to managing my money I have learned a lot here. Attending classes alone or going to get dinner alone strengthened me as a person. It taught me that doing things alone is good for you although it may feel awful. It taught me a lot about myself that I wouldn’t have discovered otherwise. Being a science student and shifting from a science background to arts was not easy for me as now I have to think out of the box but with some incredible friends and teachers and because of their encouragement, I have gained a newfound confidence that I was not aware of that I had. Although apart from all the fun we had here we all miss home-cooked food, fights with siblings, and home.

Anyways I am half done with my first year of university and I am half done with all the laughter, crying, praying, eating, and yes all the assignments with all this! Haha.