1A What is College?

Society tells us that after we graduate high school, the next step for us is college, that if we don’t go to college we will not be successful in what it is that we hope to accomplish with our lives. To some college is just a place that you go to for four years to earn a degree in a field of study that you choose to work in for the rest of your lives, but college is so much more than that. Yes, it is important to do well in the classes that you are taking so future employers see that you are serious about your work, but it is also a place to explore who you are as an individual. College is a place where someone can finally be themselves and not have to worry about someone telling them that they’re wrong, instead at a place like Southern, they except you with open arms.

                For me, I see college as a place to meet new people that you otherwise wouldn’t meet in high school of only about 1200 students. At Southern I can introduce myself a hundred times over and it will never be to the same person and in some ways its nerve wracking to be in a place where only a handful of people know your name, instead of the whole school. I was never that involved with the clubs at my school, but here they have wide variety of clubs and made a promise to myself that I would join at least one or two of them and become more social and meet people that share the same interests as me, people that I otherwise would never have the chance to get to know.  When it comes to academics, I have never been the best writer, but here at Southern they have the writing center, and that is a service that I plan on taking full advantage of and can become better at making my ideas more cohesive and clear. My goal for when I graduate from Southern in four years is to have my resume reflect who I am as a person and show my future employer that I was not only serious about my school work, but that I was also involved in my school and they can see that what I did at Southern would make me an asset for their company.

After making it through my first couple of days at Southern, that this school is everything I was told about at orientation and more. College is more than just another stepping stone towards the future, it’s a place where people discover themselves, meet lifelong friends, and create memories that will last them a lifetime. College is a different experience for everyone, its whatever you decide to make it.