I am a freshman who has the same goals with other students. For example, I hope I can get a high GPA because it is important for every college students. And I also hope I can find a good job after graduation. I am here because I like business, and I also want to be a successful businessman in the future. Moreover, I also think I am a student who is not a very fluent person. I, for instance,  need more time to read books which are required. I also need pay more attention during the class because I do not want to miss some important details or questions.

  How to talk and share opinions in my class, how to make more friends who are not Chinese, and how to graduate in four years are my top three concerns. First of all, how to talk and share opinions in class is the top one concern. I am a very shy person. This personality make me scared when I talk in class. For example, when teachers ask questions, I am even afraid to make an eye contact. So I am trying to change it, but it is still one of my top concerns now. Second of all, how to make more friends who are not Chinese is another concern. I think every ESL student like to make friends who are from same country and speak the same language, so do I. I,for instance, knew every classmate who speak Chinese in my class. However, I really did not talk much to other classmates who do not speak Chinese. I realize that it is important to make more foreign friends here because the majority of students are English speakers. Finally, how to graduate in four years is the last concern. Like some other students, I also got this concern. Imagine, what if students can not graduate in four years? It means we need to pay more money to school and  more time for graduation. At last, I wish these concerns would no longer bother me while  the time is fleeting.

  I can say that the college experience is totally different from my high school experience in several ways. Because I graduated from high school in China, the school type and the teaching style are all different, so this is the reason why I said it is totally different. First, students in China are not supposed to give presentations in class. However, give presentations is a very common thing here for each student. Second, if the students who are in Chinese high schools can graduate is based on the points which they get on their finnal exam but credits. On the other hand, schools here are use credits to count if the students can graduate. So the credit systems is new for me now. Third, there is no clubs in my high school. I think this point is the most different thing from my high school, and I think I will join one of them in our college so that I can learn more American cultures.

  I think the first year of my College journey will change me such as my personality and attitude of studying. Also, I think I will be more enjoyable in our big college family.