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"  Wow! It&amp;#039;s hard to believe how quickly my freshman year of college went by. I just got home for the summer, and I&amp;#039;m already looking back on the year and missing my friends and college like CRAZY! I feel like I had a fairly typical freshman year. I briefly dated the first guy I met, who turned out to be fairly dumb, very annoying, and completely not right for me. I made wonderful new friends who care for me and for whom I deeply care. I had some all-nighters where I divvied my time between Nick at Nite, studying, energy drinks, and Facebook. I went to some frat parties, some house parties, some school parties, some good parties, and some awful parties. I got a lot of A&amp;#039;s, and I even got an F. I fell head over heels in love and became best friends with the man of my dreams. I realized that the college workload is tough, but that I am tougher. I learned how much my family means to me, and how much my family members have both helped me in the past and present and how much they have contributed to the making of the strong young woman that I have become. Pitt gave me a more open mind about other cultures and a much greater understanding of those who are different from me (not to mention at least a dozen free t-shirts!). At college I learned how to be pretty much self-sufficient, doing laundry and shopping for myself, managing my own time, and motivating myself. Being thrust into this atmosphere was terrifying \u2013 and exactly what I needed to grow up. I can honestly say now \u2013 something I couldn&amp;#039;t say at the beginning of the year \u2013 that I am no longer a kid, but a young woman. And now I&amp;#039;m at home for the next four months. I&amp;#039;ve got a job interview this week, plans for a new hairstyle, and the comforts of being at home. I&amp;#039;ve also got a new understanding of myself and my strength \u2013 previously untapped \u2013 that will keep me confident in all that I do from now on. This past year has honestly been one of the \u2013 if not the - best and most satisfying of my life. I wouldn&amp;#039;t trade my college experience thus far for anything. All this and more will be yours, soon! Brittany "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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