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A Farewell to First Semester of Freshman Year

Her Campus Placeholder Avatar Blake Acquarulo
Her Campus Placeholder Avatar Caitlin Mann
This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at BC chapter.

Dear First Semester of Freshman Year,

Where did the time go?  It feels like only yesterday I was packing up my entire room, driving 150 miles away from my family, and moving into my new home for the academic year.  During my first day of classes, I felt shy, nervous, and pretty awkward.  I hid a map behind my daily planner as I tried to navigate the large campus, accidentally burned a bagel during the morning breakfast rush, and managed to jump on the wrong bus to head back to my dorm.  Talk about a transition.

Remember how hard it was for me at first?  Remember how I saw my parents every two weeks for the first two months of college?  Then remember how I stopped needing them after that.  Yup, I was pretty proud of myself too.  Remember how I struggled in my classes?  How I would study hours and hours on exams only to be a below average student?  Remember how I stepped it up, reprioritized my studies, and raised my grades all-around?  I did that.

There were so many ups, first semester, that we shared: my first “A” on an exam, making the club lacrosse team, finally navigating all my classes without a map, and meeting the most amazing girls on my floor who are now practically my sisters.  There, of course, have also been some downs: struggling academically, considering transferring, disagreements with friends, and even the poor and disappointing performance by our football team this season.  But those never stopped me; I got through it all, first semester.

I can’t believe we’re already halfway through, freshman year.  High school graduation feels so recent and the summer feels like it was yesterday.  Time has flown by, it seems, but boy am I enjoying the ride!  Freshman year has been all that I hoped and dreamed about and college truly is a great experience.  I’m already learning and discovering things that I’ve never known about myself.  It’s like I’m being reintroduced to myself again every day.  That’s all thanks to you, first semester.

So, adios to a great first semester and here’s to the future spring semester.  There are new classes to take, new opportunities to discover, new friends to meet, and new memories to form.  I can’t wait to get out there and top the greatness that was you, first semester of my freshman year.

Sincerely,

Blake

P.S. That time, this fall, when I slipped down a flight of stairs, in front of just about everybody… did that really have to happen, first semester?  Please work with me here.  After all, I am only a freshman.

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Blake is a senior at Boston College and is pursuing Biology and Pre-Med, as well as the perfect slice of pizza. She is so excited to be a co-Campus Correspondent along with Emily this year! As well as being a writer for Her Campus BC, she is also a member of the Girls Club Lacrosse team, the Public Health Club, and is a physics tutor on campus.
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Caitlin is currently a student at Boston College studying English and Pre-Law.  At BC, she is a member of the Boston College Irish Dance Club, on the Honors Program Student Executive Board's Community Service Committee, and interns and writes for the fashion and culture blog Rusted Revolution.  She has been wriring for Her Campus BC since Jaunary 2011 and is serving as BC's Campus Correspondent for the 2012-2013 school year.  Outside of school, she is a competitive Irish dancer, and has been dancing for 18 years. During her high school career, she completed an engineering project at Case Western Reserve University that made her one of 40 Intel Science Talent Search Finalists in 2009.   In addition to all of this, Caitlin loves reading, yoga, running, shopping, spending time with friends and family, and traveling.