Wow! The teachers in high school were right. College is definitely much more of challenge than those easy 8am to 3pm high school days. So much more responsibility, so little time. The fact that this is being written at 12:30 in the morning is just a little insight into my life as a college student. Waking up at 5:30am preparing for an hour and a half commute every morning is not something I would call enjoyable. Classes from 8am-3:45pm, another hour and a half going home, and then a five hour shift at work. You’ve just spend an average day in my shoes. Although I sound like someone full of complaints, I do still enjoy my life to the fullest. After all this is college, and there is no other time or experience that I will get that will compare to the college life. So why not make an attempt to try and do things that I know I’ll never do following graduation and the beginning of a career. Get to know people I would never imagine being friends with, traveling abroad for a semester, living in an NYC apartment on my own. These are all things that make college so special, in addition to making advancements to your education and furthering your knowledge. Nevertheless, there are some hidden truths behind these university doors. When we’re young we are full of all the false notions that college is all about partying, hanging out, and having fun. Truth is, college is a time to get serious and put all your efforts into doing well and finding your path in life. However, coming from an era that most of us freshman are from, it’s quite hard to be so optimistic. We come from a place where war is like second hand nature, where the economy is always in some form of “crisis”, and a world in which we fully know and unfortunately accept that many of us will be unemployed. Yet, for some reason we are now all freshman, all in the same place, same city, same school, same uncertainty of what life has to hold. I believe it’s safe to assume that all of us desire a successful future. And making strides such as going to college will only help us achieve nothing but success.