This ain't kansas anymore
Hey guys, wow I haven't updated in a while. So here it goes...my first real college update. It continues to get better each day here, at first I was so jealous of everyone because they were like "college is everything I thought it would be and more" "it's SOO fun" yadda ya and I would be miserable. I was holding onto life back home: high school, friends, family, apartment. I missed having a group of close girl friends, I missed going to a small school where we could chill in the cafeteria all day and pass out on couches in the homeroom, I missed my own bedroom, my daily routine of life, all of that. And college is SOO different, but it's a good different, and soon it'll be all right.
There are SOO many people at Penn: nurses, engineers, business people, and liberal arts people. JAPS, jocks, suburbanites, socialites, emo kids, punks, skaters, surfers, preps, everything. It was all so overwhelming, but after sifting through the people I meet each day, I realize who I'm compatible with and who I'm not. But it's great meeting people from all different places, it's so refreshing after Brearley. I can have different groups of friends here, and I have yet to make a close clique but whatever. I love my roommate, she's like my best friend. It's overwhelming, but I'm getting used to it, crazy amounts of people here. But I think I might join a sorority, teehee.
SCHOOL WORK: oh GOSH, i thought college was supposed to be easy after Brearley, boy was I wrong. I did ok in high school...i'm doing horribly here, I really want those high school grades back, i need to study more. And note to self, no more history classes...i SUCK at history, yet I'm taking 3 history of science and sociolgy courses. It's hard....wow
I still need to explore Philly more, and become more active, I realized I take a long time adjusting, longer than others. I loved life back home even though I was sick of it, I missed my boyfriend who I thought was so cute and perfect and sweet and everything I wanted, I missed my girls who I did everything with and told everything to, I missed my high school where everyone basically knew each other and where I was a senior with a lotta power over the school, I missed my parents spoiling me. But now that's all gone and it's time to start anew, and yeah it's basically then end of first semester, but I'm finally ready. I shouldn't cling to the past so much.
So here's to learning from past mistakes so maybe this time I'll be thoroughly happy with everything in my life.
xoxo
Val
There are SOO many people at Penn: nurses, engineers, business people, and liberal arts people. JAPS, jocks, suburbanites, socialites, emo kids, punks, skaters, surfers, preps, everything. It was all so overwhelming, but after sifting through the people I meet each day, I realize who I'm compatible with and who I'm not. But it's great meeting people from all different places, it's so refreshing after Brearley. I can have different groups of friends here, and I have yet to make a close clique but whatever. I love my roommate, she's like my best friend. It's overwhelming, but I'm getting used to it, crazy amounts of people here. But I think I might join a sorority, teehee.
SCHOOL WORK: oh GOSH, i thought college was supposed to be easy after Brearley, boy was I wrong. I did ok in high school...i'm doing horribly here, I really want those high school grades back, i need to study more. And note to self, no more history classes...i SUCK at history, yet I'm taking 3 history of science and sociolgy courses. It's hard....wow
I still need to explore Philly more, and become more active, I realized I take a long time adjusting, longer than others. I loved life back home even though I was sick of it, I missed my boyfriend who I thought was so cute and perfect and sweet and everything I wanted, I missed my girls who I did everything with and told everything to, I missed my high school where everyone basically knew each other and where I was a senior with a lotta power over the school, I missed my parents spoiling me. But now that's all gone and it's time to start anew, and yeah it's basically then end of first semester, but I'm finally ready. I shouldn't cling to the past so much.
So here's to learning from past mistakes so maybe this time I'll be thoroughly happy with everything in my life.
xoxo
Val