I am a junior in High School in approximately a years time I'll be going off to college. Some questions I ask myself as I read up about college and scholarships are:
1) Am I really ready for this new level?
2) I want to go to college so badly but am I gonna really like it?
3) Are the classes going to be to difficult?
4) Will I understand half of the things they teach?
5) I'm not stupid now, but will the work be so hard that I'm consider stupid?
6) I'm a Christian now will I lose focus of my faith if Igo away for college?
7) How easily am I going to make friends?
8) Will I even have friends?
9) If I live in a dorm is my roommate going to be some crazy person I hardly talk to?
10) After college will I still want to get my masters?
11) Some people meet there soulmate in college will I meet my soulmate in college?
12) My college experience be a boring, dull one?
13) Is it true that the transition from high school to college is a difficult one, will I be able to cope with the transition?
14) If I go away will I want to come back home after a week, maybe two?
15) I stay home for college will I still have a good college experience?
16) Is staying in a dorm a better college experience?
17) Will I even like college?
18) Will my professors be mean?
19) Will they speak English fluently or will they have a foreign accent?
20) Will I pass all my classes?
21) How long will the papers I have to write be?
22) Will I be able to keep up with all of them?
The list of questions go on and on and on... Am I the only one with these question??? HELP!
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A lot of your questions seem to come from fear of branching out.
Yes, you might have teachers you won't be able to understand.
Yes, you'll have friends. Unless, that is, you DECIDE to be a loner.
Yes, you might have a crazy roommate, but college is full of different people. After a while you might learn to appreciate their eccentricities.
It's a new part of life. You either rise to the occasion, or you fall behind. Even though I don't know you, I don't think you're giving yourself enough credit. Thinking about going off to college freaks me out sometimes too, but you have to go into it with good thoughts. Try not to get so nervous. Go on a lot of college visits too. It'll help you really decide where is right for you & lower the chance that you'll be homesick & whatnot.
Thanks. That was really helpful. Yea, most of my fears are branching out because I haven't really been outside of my hometown for a too long period of time without my parents.
I definitely don't decide to be a loner, but I take awhile to meet friends because I have a shy personailty. I don't want anyone to think I'm stuck up either just because I don't socialize as much as others.
Yea I realized I'm not giving myself enough credit, and I'm most definitely going to rise to the occasion. I just have to get over my fears. I still have plenty of time left to do so anyways.
If you focus on what you want and how you'll get there everything will end uup okay. Just be positive about your future.
Many of your questions will be answered by your progress. If you are a good student then your good habits will find their way into college with you and you shall have no problem. On the other hand, if you are a lazy student that shows no effort you will probably find college more difficult. Either way you must believe in yourself and then you will succeed mentally which is the first step to succeeding overall.
My advice is just to relax, keep an open mind, and don't judge others. As one of the other posters said, you do seem afraid of branching out. Your roommate probably will be different, you'll have professors with accents, and you'll change your views about everything. College is about change.
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