Let me get you started on univ life -- it's everything your seniors have warned you. EVERYTHING.
University life is hard, especially when you have to go through a whole year of it remotely. I'm not lying if I'll be saying that I've have a whole year of 'this should've been the best year in uni if it wasn't for the fucking government' -- actually most of us in uni had a whole year of that clownery.
Imagine going through lab exercises without actually conducting things in a laboratory -- random bullshit indeed! Imagine just hearing stories about the freshmen life from your seniors and not living that actual life. Imagine not being able to break down with your friends properly after you all had a deadly exam. Imagine all the small wins, the assemblies, everything!
Going back to my introduction, college is everything your seniors told you about -- all the failures, the fun, the flavors, and the flunked tests. Even as a sophomore, yes, I've been through them and boy it was hell of a ride!
For the last three semesters and one midyear term, I've been on situations I thought I would never have -- carrying the burden for a groupwork, drinking while finishing an essay, being nominated as an organization head, traveling alone, drinking my nth cup of coffee, asking a professor to extend their compassion, all of those crazy stuff!
As someone who once saw herself at the top of her class, I never imagined having a grade lower than 2.0 -- well I haven't had that grade yet, to be honest (coz I've had worse haha). I never thought that this student who graduated with High Honors in her alma mater would settle for a 3.0 in college! The same girl who got to represent a small school in her town is the same girl who cried over a departmental exam in Chemistry.
My point being? College makes you realize that you're more than who you think you are.
Never have I realized my potential and my weakness if it wasn't for my antics and my failures. I might still live with this delusion of grandeur I once had if I didn't enter UP. Maybe I'm still that head-high bossy bitch if I didn't accept the slot -- or I may be someone worse.
Life isn't really easy -- and my experiences in college (as of writing) had proved such to me. I am more than privileged to enter such university and experience the abovementioned. I hope someone, or anyone who's reading at the moment would find themselves realizing that it's the experiences that makes you feel that you're in your tertiary education. Remotely conducted or not, there are still memorable bits and stories we can share.
College is more than getting that degree -- it's getting things other than that degree.
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Things to Remember Before Entering College
Non-FictionA prerequisite before venturing the world as a college student. May contain life lessons which reflect the author's misadventures during her Senior Year.
