Someone told me that college isn’t about academics; it’s about getting through the red tape. Unfortunately, that red tape isn’t only the red tape that’s preventing your financial aid from coming through or finding some way to submit the paper a day late. It’s about understanding everyone around you. Your family, the friends you’ve had for years, the friends you’ll make now, and even that special someone. College isn’t about being smart and making sure your GPA stays above a 2.7 in order to keep the scholarship. It’s about getting to know everyone around you for the first time. It’s about realizing your power and the things that are important to you–not the things you were told to be important. It’s about being able to filter all the information you’re given and making decision on the things you will and will not let effect you. It’s about making the right choices and dealing with the outcomes when you’ve made the wrong ones. It’s about realizing that everyone around you is changing and you’re no exception… even if it doesn’t feel that way. It’s about finding out what you really like the things you just can’t tolerate. It’s about discovering the things you need and the things you just can’t compromise.
College is really finding yourself.
College is where I realized there are always regrets.
College is hard.
