This week is the tenth week of my college life, and there is only one weekend and the final week left in my quarter. During these ten weeks, I lived a relatively abundant life and adapted to life in college. In the following part, I will briefly introduce my feelings and what I think is useful for freshmen.
Ten weeks ago, I had no idea what college was like. Have a problem to ask elder sister, but afraid of causing trouble to others. As an international student, I was quite different from my local friends. Not only in language, but also in living habits and cultural differences, I was very nervous. I always worry about what others think of me or do things that are impolite to others, so I only limit myself to getting to know Chinese people socially. But thanks to some Chinese friends in my writing and reading classes, I gradually got used to living here.
In retrospect, I think my worries were quite legitimate. Most people take some time to get used to a new environment when they first move into it. It is not a very difficult thing, but we need to take the initiative to learn and accept the new life. I now wish I had been more proactive and met more friends instead of worrying about what others thought of me. In addition, I sometimes ignore some emails or notifications due to language problems. Thus, I think we should remind each other with our friends to avoid some unnecessary trouble (such as course-dropping and choosing). As students, we continue our learning career in university. Learning is of course important and should not be taken lightly, but university is also the epitome of society, an important dividing line for us to transition from youth to adulthood, and the best “internship” before we enter society. Therefore, in addition to continuing our academic life, we should also learn to balance the relationship between study and life and pay attention to time management. After I came to university, I no longer had teachers or parents around to supervise my study and care about my life. Therefore, one of the problems I faced at the very beginning was that I could not arrange my time properly. I’ve come to find that organizing a schedule or task list is a very effective way to do it.
I hope that new students reading this blog can learn a little bit about college life so that they are able to be better prepared for college life. Thank you very much for reading and wish you a happy life and every success you desire!
My name is Jiajie Chen, you can call me Lucy, I’m from Qingdao, China and I live in campus now. I still do not have a major yet, but I’m intending to major in psychology.