My freshman year was mixed. Had a great time meeting lots of new people, experiencing live without parents for the first time, and of course joining Chi Omega, but other aspects were not so great. I had the roommate from HELL!!!! Literally. She was evil. We had zilch in common..I swear the housing staff never even read our living preferences survey we filled out when applying. So anyways, my roomie was the biggest stoner I have ever met...she got high 24/7 and would go to class drunk all the time as well. She was a VERY loud drunk...you could hear her from like 10 mins away before she even entered the hall, so it made it really hard to sleep/study. And I think I only saw her crack open a textbook like 2 times the entire year! She never had class before 2pm so she would stay up all night and sleep in really late while my schedule of classes was the opposite...early morning and done by 3. Oh and of course she was anti-greek so she had many wonderful things to say about sororities and fraternities.
But, I have tons of great memories from my first year and for the most part had a great time. This first year of college helped me to grow a lot as a person and I feel that I changed in many ways since HS. I have become a lot more outgoing and have tried/experienced many wonderful new things this past year. (EX: I saw snow for the first time and attempted to go snowboarding; went to my first concert EVER, etc). I learned many important things about life, love, myself, getting along with others, the "real world," etc.
~"Don't Cry because it's over, Smile because it happened."