Katy at UBC

I can hardly believe that there is only a week left of school – it seems like I was starting classes yesterday! I guess that studying makes time go more quickly than you think, but at the time it seems like time is standing still.

This year, I think I’ve learned a couple things that I should continue to do, and some things that  I know I should try to improve on in the future. Overall, I’ve made friends, experienced a different type of community and life in University than in high school, and tried to scrape by with a passable average.

Looking back, I know now that I definitely made the right choice by coming to UBC. At first, I was a little apprehensive because I knew I would be getting a different experience than most of my friends. While they would be going off away to school leaving behind family and friends, I decided to stay and live here. I’ll admit that going into classes and not seeing anyone that I recognized was a little daunting, but the fact that no one knew me also made it a little easier. If an old friend from high school had been in my classes with me, I know that I would have stuck to them like glue, and made little effort to get to know new people (what can I say, I’m shy.) This way, I was forced to get to know others in my classes.

Fingers crossed, I’ll be able to survive final exams.

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