Tomorrow is the start of...

[pomtzu]

Congratulations. You're entering a whole new and exciting world, which may seem rather strange and foreign and even a bit scary at first, but I'm certain you'll soon adapt to this new way of life. And as for advice - stay focused, don't get discouraged (and you will at times), and work hard with your ultimate goal always in mind. When my granddaughter started college in north Jersey 2 years ago she absolutely hated it - the area in general in spite of the beautiful campus, the people, the way of life, and after a couple of months was ready to transfer to a school back home in Delaware. But she stuck with it because she was in a great program (5 years for her Masters), made a lot of friends, stayed away from sororities, joined a couple of social clubs (an Outdoor club and another that does volunteer work), and she found herself actually liking it. She starts her junior year on Sept 4th, and has kept a 4.0 GPA, is in several honor societies, has been appointed as a teaching assistant - among other things. She can't wait to get back this year to an apartment 1 block off the beach that she will share with 3 of her girlfriends - no dorms anymore - and to friends that she hasn't seen much of since May. I can't wait to see what she will accomplish this year. She's a psychology major and biology minor.

So I wish all the best to you. Your college years will be as successful as you choose to make them.

[happylabs]

Congrats! Go for it! An hour drive is not bad at all. It is an adjustment but you will get used to it. I never went away to college but both of my kids have graduated, one just this past May. They are both glad they did it.

Have fun! I think you will do great!

[sallyandsnowx]

Thanks everyone! Today was my first day of classes. I can already tell its going to be hard work. I had stable management lab and lecture as well as college algebra. Stable management... I absolutely love everything about it! The barn is really nice, there's a total of 25 horses including stallions, mares, yearlings and foals. We are mostly going to work with the yearlings. All the horses are absolutely gorgeous. Our job as the equine science majors is to care for the barn and the horses. Our professor set us in groups of 12 and each group has two weeks to complete all jobs that are needed. It should be really fun, just like owning your own stable. As for college algebra, our teacher is a nut. I feel really bad saying it, but he is a horrible teacher. He'll write the problem on the board, while facing the board he'll explain it quickly, then erase it and start a new problem. Tutoring center here I come!

Other than stable management class, today was not my day at all. My first class was at 8 at the barn. Not only is it about a 20 minute walk, but it down poured. My umbrella broke half way there so I ended up soaked. I got to class found all my books wet, and my phone drenched. My phone is now sitting in dry rice to hopefully cure the water damage. My biology professor decided he wanted to switch all the textbooks we are using this semester so now the two that I bought prior I now do not need and I wasted a good couple hundred on them. Now I need to buy three new ones that'll cost me a decent amount of money too. How could this get any worse you may ask? WELL, I go to dinner, they swipe my card and my card is now broken. So I have to go to security to fix it.

UGH. Hopefully tomorrow will be better.

[Karen]

I am sure tomorrow will be better. Ask the school bookstore what their return policy is, you may be able to get some of the money refunded on the one you do not need after all!