Frivolous Freshman Era

By: Brooke Biolo
Posted In: News

I walk into a room of strangers. I am accompanied by two more strangers, both of whom I’m learning to like and just getting to know. Although this may sound a little like a kidnapping, it is not — it’s my freshman year of college.

My experience at Salve thus far has truly been a random string of events. Not to say that I haven’t had fun — believe me it has been a pleasure. I’m definitely always on my toes though. Juggling vigorous courses while trying to learn everything about a whole new lifestyle AND make friends became really tedious and exhausting at times. There were definitely days where I wanted nothing more than to rest my head in my own humble abode miles and miles away.

Looking back now, I can already see that I have made some great friends and don’t regret a second of my “wasted” time. I find that every one of my days has been a new adventure, a new experience and a new opportunity to learn and grow and in my eyes I have taken full advantage of what has been offered to me.

It’s hard to be a freshman mainly because everyone truly is, a stranger in my eyes. Most of the people I call my friends to this point I have known my whole life. But now there is a whole new batch of prospective “friends” and all we have in common is the college we decided to go to. It is a struggle to weed out the people to find ones that I can tolerate, let alone find people with enough admirable traits in to trust them and deem them a friend.

Another huge concern freshman face is adjusting to being literally parent-free! I’ve seen many cases of abuses in the newfound freedom over the course of my first semester. In my case, it was more the homesickness that panged me. I missed all the familiar sights and faces and just knowing more. But as my knowledge of Newport and Salve grew, things looked up quickly.

I can now say that I have survived the astronomical transition that is being a freshman in college. Though I am still a freshman, the majority of my out of class transition has come to a halt, and although my life is still full of random events, I am extremely content.