Go to college

“Upon telling the teacher I was sad to miss his songwriting class, he immediately offered to sign a waiver to let me into it. I was ecstatic. That is until I attended the first class and realized that everyone else was a senior or junior. Not only that, everyone was talented as heck. I sat quietly, only opening my mouth when it was my turn to present a song to the class. I had a gigantic crush on an older boy (even though we’d never spoken to each other) and felt horribly embarrassed to say anything aloud at all.”

“Looking back, the first two weeks of my first semester of college were some of the most important weeks of my life so far. I quickly became friends with my suitemate, Olivia. We enjoyed spending all of our time together, but we were also worried. When we looked around, everyone seemed to have already formed full friend groups. Our group was just me and her. Within a week, that changed. Olivia and I each attended a handful of orientation events for our specific programs and there made several more friends.”

“I feel as though I am walking an uncharted path, as none of my family has ever gone to college before. I felt alone. I had no guidance as to how to do anything college-related. But I was determined, and though I faced many challenges with registering for classes, financial aid, housing, etc. I did it, and I am now at the college that little me had dreamed of.”