Transition From Home To Residence

They say that the years you spend at college are the greatest years of your life. Are they really? We move away from our homes, our families, friends, high school sweethearts; we move away from all that is familiar to us. How are we expected to adjust when everything changes? We arrive at college, not a soul we know in sight, some of us heart broken and terrified of failure. We are thrown into a pool feet first without even testing the water, and there is no turning back. I never once thought that moving away from home would be difficult for me because I have always been very independent. Although, I have had a few set backs and have found the transition from home to residence quite challenging. When I left Burlington at the end of summer, my whole world was flipped upside down. Even though I am still spinning, my stomach is beginning to settle. I may still be afraid to fail, but I have already let myself fall. I have fallen in love with my room mates. This may make me sound weak, but I feel that they are the ones that have kept me going. I have them to thank for making it through this transition. It has been a very bumpy road so far but I believe that they are the answer. All over campus you will come across ‘ways to survive residence!’ They all say the same things: sleep, eat right, don’t drink too much, study, etc. All of these things are helpful, but they are not going to get you out of bed each morning. They aren’t going to hold you when you can’t lift yourself off of the floor. So much has changed in my life since I arrived here and I feel that I wouldn’t be holding up as well as I am now if I didn’t have such great room mates. I believe that friendship and support are key elements of making it through the transition from home to residence. I would like to thank my room mates for making me smile, when I never thought I would.