My First Semester at OSU

My first semester here at OSU was a challenge. My schedule was pretty difficult as it was filled with 8ams and classes that would end after 5 pm. I had difficult classes, like precalculus and chemistry, but the workload in all of my classes was very manageable. It was challenging at first to learn how I can properly balance school, work, studying, and my social life, but once I finally figured out what worked best for me, I was able to be very successful. This first semester made me realize how different high school is in comparison to college. I was very fearful of not fitting in as well as not being able to handle my schedule however I found out during this semester that everyone is friendly and it’s really easy to make friends once I pushed myself to put myself out there and balancing my schedule took some time to figure out but everything was very manageable. I felt like I was pretty involved in the Humanities Scholars group – I loved attending the activities provided and the class is a nice break from my other classes. I hope to be much more involved next semester in Humanities Scholars – I would like to attend more events and start making new friends within our group. I went on the Chicago trip with the Arts and Humanities Scholars groups and it was so much fun! I hope to do more activities like that, that expanded my interests and allowed me to explore different cultures and activities that I would not normally do.