Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Adjusting to transfer life.. how hard it really is
When you are transferring from another college and you have two years under your belt, you figure you are ready for this big step. You do not realize how much harder it is at a four year. There are chores you have to do that you might not be used to doing because your parents used to do them for you. When I say this I mean doing your laundry, and getting you things you need from the store. Even how much you'll miss your parents' cooking, and especially the leisure of having convenient parking and not having to walk 2 miles to get to your car when you need to go somewhere. All of these things hit me hard after my boyfriend and parents left me here. It stunk, I was and still am overwhelmed with all of this work. One of the hardest things was not really knowing anyone because the only people I knew liked to go out and party. Which I am not really into that much. It was so lonely for a while until I started meeting people on my floor. Without my suite mate I really do not think I would have made it through the first week. I live with an RA, yeah a lot of you think that sucks, but it doesn't. She's down to earth and really supportive. It seems like homework never ends, like the black hole. For the last two weeks the only reason I have wanted to go home is because it is so stressful with the workload and I miss everyone like crazy. It is hard being thrown into a new place and adjusting so quickly like most professors expect you to do. I would say besides going through the agony of breaking my leg, this is the second hardest thing in my life to adjust to.
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I am also a transfer student, and it is hard to adjust. I would say it’s probably harder coming in as a transfer then a freshman. At least when you come in with all the other freshman you know everyone is new and isn’t really sure who everyone is and what to do, but as a transfer you come in with other people who have already been around for two years. I myself am living off campus with a couple friends, however in the long run probably wasn’t the smartest idea. I get along fine with them but I’m not really making to many friends because I go to class then go back to the apartment, not really getting the chance to socialize with different people a lot. And that doesn’t even consider the fact that there is so much work to do all the time!
Well i had also just recently transfered in too, and im a little older than the typical college students on campus. But when i was a freshman back in 1999 at siena college, i had to room with an RA. Of course i thought this would stink but when i realized that my friends and i kind of had a free pass if we got caught doing anything we should have been doing, then it wasnt as bad as i though
I totally agree about being a new transfer student......... its really not the easiest thing in the world when you have counted on your parents for so long.....
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