College Admissions Essay: The Best Four Years Of College Life

If you’ve ever attended a public high school, you’re often told that high school is the best four years of your lives. I was relentlessly told this through my years as a young teen. However, the same jingle rings when the time for college comes around. I’m not quite sure which to believe, but so far, college has been much more entertaining than high school ever was. This past month has opened my eyes, extended my world view, and set the foundation for the rest of my college career. From my peers, I’ve discovered that I have an “out-going” personality, which I never considered of myself. I’ve also learned that my time management skills, while sufficient, could still use some improvement. It seems like I just don’t have enough time in the day. It’s also been difficult to maintain a social life outside of school, but I still manage to get by. I’ve found a schedule that works for me and my friends, and from there I’ve developed a solid schedule that really works. Hopefully, my schedule keeps me going, at least until I must make a new one next semester. I know to expect that my classes will gradually get more difficult, but for now, I’m excited to take more classes and learn everything I can.
Everyone was excited for me to “officially be an adult” and “start my own adventure.” However, I find this quite false. I’m only eighteen, which is still just a teenager, and must have parents to sign for lots. Also, for all my financial aid, I still depend on my parents and other adults who get to decide what I can and cannot do. I expected to be a lot freer, and now I feel like I got put from one small box, into a slightly bigger one. It seems that I won’t be accepted as an “actual” adult until I’m out of college, on my own, with a paying job. Hurrah for another four