To be honest, I had no idea what to expect when I first came to OSU. I had never even been away from home, alone, for more than a weekend. I was scared to be away from home, scared to be on my own, and scared to start this next part of my life. The Arts Scholars program was a way to make new friends, and this helped greatly when I had no idea who anyone was in my dorm, save for the three people I meet with during orientation. With the weekly seminar, I saw friends and made connections, and I was no longer worried about being on my own, or losing any friends.
I came to OSU with my best friend from high school, and because we were in two different dorms with two very different schedules, I was dreading the day when we’d grow apart, and not see each other ever again. But we’ve worked out times to meet and hang out, and have grown closer in this semester of new life, instead of growing apart.
I had worries about balancing work and eating correctly, and I was extremely concerned about gaining the Freshman Fifteen. At this point, I’m eating what I want, because I’m embracing different kinds of healthy food, and I exercise daily. So that worry vanished within a month or two. I came in undecided to OSU, which caused me a lot of stress on picking a major because I had no idea what I wanted to do. But, within a couple of months, I was set on Architecture, and decided to declare for a subject that I clearly could see myself working in.
Within this first semester, I have gone from hating being here and wanting to go home, to loving it here, but still wanting to go home to my family. It is near the holidays, after all. OSU is my second home, and I am so very glad to have chosen to come here for my college experience.