Reflecting on the Semester

Last night was the last horrah night for my floor friends before finals- we were all just hanging out, attempting to get motivated to study, and decided that it would be an awesome idea to bake some cinnamon rolls and wait until tomorrow to worry about it. It was a celebration of sorts, and lead to a really intense and honest conversation about our college lives so far.

Susanna, Emily, Jessica and I all came into CU for varying reasons- Susanna and I partially because there was nowhere else to turn after not being admitted at different schools, Emily didn't get in at her dream school but found CU amazing, and Jessica came as an out-of-state kid to escape her native Houston and experience the mountains.

Reminising, Susanna mentioned how she had just been really angry at the beginning of the year about even having to go to school in state, and after working incredibly hard through the IB program at our high school she was left high and dry (like nearly half of the IB class) to come to CU, which for many kids had been a backup school. As the semester wore on though, things improved immensly- after all, college is college, and it's really hard not to have a little fun. :) Now she's really built a community at Colorado because she still got involved, even though she wasn't super psyched about the school- and she's much happier than she expected. :)

Emily came in going for a serious college experience and wanted the whole nine yards- football, dorm living, and bleeding black and gold. The semester went really fast for her too, and her enthusiasm for being here was evident in how many people she has gotten to know over the course of just a few months.

As for me- school is great. I'm bad at adjusting, and going to college was not a happy thought in my book because I had such great friends in high school. Watching everyone go off and create new lives, be in pictures with people I'd never seen before, was almost hurtful at first. I couldn't figure out why I just wasn't getting the same amount of joy out of being at CU that they were from being at different schools- in our hometown even! I managed to force myself into meeting people- I moved out of a single room and in with a roommate (which was the best choice I could have made) and tried to start talking to the people in my classes. Overall the semester has gone well, and now that I know how things work around campus next semester should be amazing!

Emily, Jessica, Me (right to left) [My Room]