My name is Viraj Gandhi, and I am currently undeclared (obviously since I was able to join U/U Zot Blog), but I am planning to change my major to Business Information Management, or BIM for short. I was born in India but I moved to America ten years ago. Some of my hobbies included EDMs, TV shows, (The Office is a great one), and movies. With that, I was excited to start college.
I stood in my dorm room, imagining what people call “college life”. I had hopes and dreams about what I want to achieve, what skills I need to build. However, I also kept an open mind, looking for opportunities to grow myself in any way I can. This was me in week zero, lots of time, nothing much to do. Week one and two flew really fast.
Academically everything was going fine, or so I thought. The first couple of lectures of my classes left me confused. I asked questions, but it left me even more confused. Not a great start to classes, but I decided to give myself some time. The transition from high school to college academically is difficult but I wasn’t discouraged. Instead, I gave myself time to adjust because I know everything will work out. Aside from class, homework is interesting too. Normally I get homework every day, but there are classes where there is no homework, or it’s once a week. Because of this change, I found myself with more time to do more.
Throughout my two weeks, I was able to find a good group of friends,, but I have to say my roommate is a great person. One of the great quality is his friendly personality. For example, during weekends, both my roomie and I stay up around 3 am watching our own movies. Or if we need to go out at 3 am to enjoy fresh air at Crescent bay park, or get a snack at In-n-Out at 12 am, he is ready. Of course, we don’t go out late at night every weekend, but the rare moments that make you appreciate your friendship. Of there were lows with my social life. For example, I applied to a business fraternity and attended every rush event, asked a lot of questions, talked to the brothers, but I woke up finding a letter of rejection. What got me upset was not the rejection, because I got a lot of it during high school, but it was knowing I worked really hard. I put my heart into it, skipped going to other interest clubs’ (not lectures) events but I wasn’t successful. But because of the rejection, I was able to see my flaws. Looking back at this event, I realized that college, and even life, will not give you everything you want, but it will give you things worth remembering, whether good or bad.
I realized I wrote a lot of deep things for my introduction, but I am a reflective person. Every little thing that happens to me, I reflect on it, because I am constantly seeking to improve myself and create a college experience I don’t want to forget.