Coming into the University of Tulsa, I thought it would be a piece of cake. In high school, I was on a magnet transfer. This transfer made me take accelerated classes that were a year sometimes even two above my grade level.
By the time I finished all of my core curriculum in high school I was going into my junior year! I had the option of graduating early but instead I started to take concurrent/dual enrollment classes at Tulsa Community College. These classes allowed me to take basic first and second year college courses while still in high school. These were quite easy compared to my first thought about taking college classes in high school.
Fast forward to graduation, I had already been accepted to TU and was excited to start in the fall of 2019. The first day of school rolls around and I was nervous because I had just completed freshman orientation week. During that week I met many people who were so qualified to be a TU and I started to feel less and less confident. I did not feel like myself. I started to become very anxious and nervous about meeting some of my professors/advisors, taking exams, and worried about managing my time well enough to do well in school.
Thankfully I made some friends during orientation week that noticed I started to seclude myself from everyone and they had a sit-down conversation with me to address their concerns. The very next day I made appointments to speak with every professor in that week as well as my academic advisors. My grades started improving and so did my confidence in school again! One of the biggest assets you can have in college especially being away from home is having a good support system and your friends will be that support system like they were for me.