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"The month before college, I insisted I wasn&amp;#039;t going. Growing up in a small town made me despise changes. Why should I leave home? Everything I needed was right there. I had a a small, close-knit community at home and New York City was only a 20 minute train ride away. Before college, I couldn&amp;#039;t recall the last time I had to make new friends. I had been in a school district with my graduating class since kindergarten. I knew my best friends years before I could read. The greatest (and sometimes worst) thing about living in a small community is that everyone knows everything about each other. Regardless, it allowed for close friendships and connected. I feared it would be hard to get to know the people I met in college as well as my friends from home. I also hated the idea of having two separate lives. While my plan to pack my entire town into my car up to school didn&amp;#039;t pan out, everything else did. I was both shocked and relieved to have met so many amazing people my first day at college. Somewhere along my senior year and my nervous car ride to school, I had forgotten that all the freshman were in the same position. I wasn&amp;#039;t doing this on my own. We all were on our own for the first time \u2014 both nervous and excited for the independence that was about to come. Those first two weeks of school, I learned more about myself then ever before. I was more outgoing and friendly than I could&amp;#039;ve guessed. Going with the flow and being patient made adapting to college life easy. I learned that challenging myself made me a more mature and independent person. Now, I find myself constantly eager for more changes. Tell me, do you fear or embrace change? What is your comfort zone? How have you adapted to major changes? xoxo, Michelle Toglia Web Intern "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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