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" The second I drove on to campus, I got butterflies in my stomach. Even though I had been there before, it was so different being there as an actual college student! I had so many questions! Like, &amp;quot;Would I fit in with all the college kids or would I be the &amp;#039;little freshman&amp;#039; again?&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Would I have to struggle to get through my classes?&amp;quot;, and &amp;quot;Would I meet new friends with the same interests as me?&amp;quot; But the biggest question I had was, &amp;quot;Will I get my books in time?&amp;quot; You see, my Biology class got cancelled last minute because of low enrollment numbers. (Go figure, right?) This meant that I had to send ALL my books back and order new ones with only 2 days until classes started. I knew I would get homework in those first few days and I definitely didn&amp;#039;t want to make a bad impression, especially since I try my best to be a good student. (I guess this is the bad part about Community College..) I was right, and I did get an assignment on the first day. I felt totally embarrassed trying to explain to my teacher in front of the whole class what happened. (*Note To Self: Don&amp;#039;t assume that your schedule is set in stone, be prepared to send things back in case something does happen - like a low enrollment number!) On a happier note - It turns out I have a few old friends in my classes and I&amp;#039;ve also made some new ones! A good part about going to a school close to home, like Black Hawk, is that you get a chance to see many of your friends from high school. The downside is that this tends to keep people in their high school shell. College is a new part of life and it&amp;#039;s a time to make new friends and experience new things! Staying close with your high school friends is O.K., but try and bring your new friends into the group, too! It adds some new flair to the old friendships. :) I spent most of the first week of school exploring the parts of campus that I hadn&amp;#039;t seen before (there aren&amp;#039;t THAT many). Everywhere I need or want to be is within walking distance (less than 5 minutes to be exact) which not only gives me plenty of homework  time, but I really don&amp;#039;t have to worry about being late either! (I spent 99% of my free time on Facebook and Seventeen, not homework...) There are plenty of cool things about a small community college that maybe a larger university doesn&amp;#039;t focus on as much, or maybe doesn&amp;#039;t even have! For instance, Black Hawk focuses on agriculture and animal sciences. Therefore, they have a lot of open land and a huge horse barn (complete with riding arena)! They also have a large garden and the parking lots are small enough that you never have to worry about losing your car! You can cross the entire campus in less than 5 minutes and there is almost NO possibility that you would get lost.  Since the number of students is so small, you get lots of extra help with picking and choosing classes as well as getting class recommendations, finding out if the credits transfer and even what homework the teachers give! I loved the fact that when I needed an extra class as a filler between anatomy and chemistry, my advisor really related to me and knew my personality, so she recommended an art class where the teacher gave almost no homework at all. I was like, &amp;quot;Perfect!&amp;quot;, I love art AND I love no homework! Now that&amp;#039;s cool. I really enjoyed the first week of classes and the freedom wasn&amp;#039;t too bad either! Not getting my books in time was very stressful, but I&amp;#039;ll be ready for that next time! Even though Black Hawk is in the middle of nowhere, Kewanee is only a few minutes away, so I get to enjoy my 2 hour break between classes tanning or at Walmart. You can&amp;#039;t do that stuff in high school! Even though I&amp;#039;m kind of jealous that I don&amp;#039;t get to live in a dorm, I remind myself constantly that living at home is not only more economical in these times, but I don&amp;#039;t have to pay for my lunch if I don&amp;#039;t want to and I get to sleep in my own bed every night. What&amp;#039;s better than that! (Nothing.) So overall, I give my first week an A+ and I can&amp;#039;t wait to see how the rest of the year goes! :) "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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