When coming into college, I had many different expectations of how my experience was going to be. I expected that the classes were going to be difficult and hard to understand. I expected that the workload that I would have after class was going to be hours long. Before college started, my brother told me that every one hour of class was going to be about three hours of work per class. Within my college classes, I expected that my professors were not going to care, and that they would just show up to class, teach class, and leave. In movies, this is shown, and so my mind just went straight to the fact that that was how college, and my professors were going to be. Outside of my college classes, I expected that I would not have lots of free time to do what I wanted because I would be swamped with homework. I also expected the pressure of college was going to be hard and was going to stress me out.
To my surprise, college has been nothing like that. Classes have not been as hard as I thought they were going to be. In high school, the teachers always worried about us and told us that we were going to have to study very hard in order to do well in any of our classes. Although I have had to study for my classes, I do not feel that I study as much as my previous teachers told me I would have to. The workload has not been hard, maybe because I try to get my work done in the week before it is due, but at one point I sat in my first-year seminar class, and asked myself if I was doing enough work for my classes. Along with classes going well, the professors are so nice, always there to answer any questions that I have, and always willing to check over my work. After my classes are done, I always make sure to make time for myself every single night. I always plan out my week on Sunday’s, and in that planning, I make sure to leave out at least 2 hours of time that are just for me, and for clearing my mind. Clearing my mind is a very important thing for me because I occasionally feel the pressure of college. The pressure can sometimes be what I expected; however, I have been able to ease my stress by doing specific things like going for walks and hanging out with friends. Although I am doing well in my classes, I still feel pressured because I had to pay for college, so I have to make sure that I am doing well so that I spend my money well, and that it is worth it in the long run.
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