Sydney Finelli blogs about her new life at college

In my first five weeks of being in college, I have seen and experienced many differences from high school. I haven't really thought of one to be harder than the other, just extremely different. Being at a huge university like this one has shown me what it's like to do a lot of things alone. The first week not knowing anyone pushed me out into the real world for the first time. Getting to and from and finding my way around by myself has really showed me a true difference from high school. I grew up in a school district with one high school where everyone knows everyone, and here, I knew absolutely no one and still made out okay. Therefore, independence has been such a large part in distinguishing the differences between college and high school, and it's been the part I have enjoyed the most. Some things I don't care for that much is the dorms and the food in the dorms. I miss coming home from high school and being able to make myself anything I wanted to eat and then later served a home cooked meal. Simple things like showering and sleeping have become such a process, which when I was in high school living at home would never be an issue. Sleep deprivation has been a big negative factor about college. My roommate wakes up much earlier than me and always wakes me up, I miss sleeping alone and not being affected by someone else's noisy actions. Overall, high school and college are two very different worlds and way of lives. I find myself liking college a lot more though, I find the classes easier and life in general much more fun and less stressed.