My first week at Ohio State has been exciting, but also overwhelming. The new opportunities and new people are all very liberating; however, they are also intimidating. Because I’m not sure of my passions or career path, finding clubs and involvement opportunities can be confusing. One of the things I am most excited for is finding those passions and future goals. Not having the same schedule every day, unlike high school, is refreshing, but also confusing when I try to keep track of homework and assignments. As exciting and as new as college is, there are also aspects that I am nervous about this upcoming year. Balancing social life and academic responsibilities, I feel will be a struggle at first. With all the events happening at OSU every day, I know I will want to take part in them, but this past week I have been starting my assignments later than I have liked because of different social and welcome events. I want to work on knowing when I should study and when I can participate in those events. Another hurdle at OSU is putting myself out there and meeting new people. I feel like I am somewhat an introvert, so I have been consciously embracing the opportunities to meet new people. I participated in the OWL program, which I am grateful led me to meet some people in Baker East before official move in day. Joining people in the study rooms on my floor was intimidating early on, but as the week has gone by, it has been such a good way to get to know everyone on my floor. I feel more confident in my community here earlier than I thought I would. Being apart of Humanities Scholars also eases my mind about meeting people. Since there were all these welcome events this week, I met even more people, and everyone has been very nice and friendly. It comforts me knowing I have this consistent community at OSU. Being a student here still feels very surreal, but at the same time, OSU feels like home.
