My life was incredibly boring before college. I felt
sometimes as if I wasn’t actually living, like I was just going through the motions.
I was the model student and daughter. I went to school, never skipped class,
always did my homework, participated in a gazillion extracurricular, and rarely
partied. I was the quintessential nice, good girl. I felt like I had been boxed
in though, and like my friends didn’t even know me that well. Something inside
of me desired to break out of the box I had been put in. That was why I thought
that summer term at Michigan was the perfect opportunity to do so.
It was probably the most exciting time of my life. Every day was filled with a new, crazy and exciting story to laugh over. I also met
some really great friends and learned to accept people I never would have
looked at before. My roommate who I thought was a crazy hippie at first, turned
out to be one of the most interesting and wonderful people I have ever met. I
also had far too much fun, making up for my lack of it in high school.
However, summer ends and just like my tan everything seemed
to fade away. Some of my friends I have remained close to, others I rarely
speak to. The problem with a big campus is that you can easily disappear if you
want to. People change and in order to remain close you have to make an effort.
I’m starting to become more involved in the Alice Lloyd community, which I was
hesitant to do at first because I was so desperate to prevent change and keep
my friend group intact.
The novelty of partying wears off after a while. I’m slightly
burnt out and ready for a break. I didn’t get a summer vacation, a final
goodbye before I went off to school like most kids.
However, I am starting to feel as if I am rediscovering
Michigan again. This is a beautiful thing. You can be anyone you want at this
campus and reinvent yourself a million times. I have to remind myself that just
because I’ve been here for a couple months longer than most freshmen, I
actually don’t know everything.
I certainly have changed since coming here, but I continue
to learn new things about myself and life everyday.
Things change and people do too, but the memories you make
always remain.
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