Not Like The Movies

College is not what people think it is. In movies it's shown as one BIG party. Lots of hot people, drinking and parties.

My experience in college has been somewhat like a party but nothing like college in movies.

When I first moved into my dorm I expected my roommate to be my best friend and go everywhere with me. That is not the case, my roommate and I talk, but we don't go everywhere together. Honestly sometimes it can even be awkward when we are left in the same room together.

My first night at the dorm I met the other girls that I share a suite with. They looked like the typical preppy girls, mean girls if I may.

Turns out that they weren't as bad as I had originally thought they were. That night we went to a tye dye party. We were given a T-shirt and we could go dip our shirts in big buckets of dye. There was music blasting and people dancing in the bright colorful lights. "This is college" I thought. This is going to be so much fun. The dance was a lot of fun, but that was only for a little while.

As days went on the girls and I met new people and had a lot of laughs.

But when school actually started everything started to change for me.

I was left alone and completely ignored by my roommates, I found myself alone in my room eighty percent of the time. But then I realized that it was my fault.

A very close person to me told me i had to "go out and make friends". he was right. You can't just hide out in your rooom and expect people to become your friend. You have to get out and do things you don't want to do whether it's hanging out with annoying boys or seeing a stupid movie. That is how you make friends. Don't be fake, but spend time with people.

I began to live my life in college by doing things that I usually would not do. One night I went with a huge group of people to the sheep tunnels. These tunnels were made to safely get sheep across the freeway. It is apparently the thing to do in Cedar City. We went around 11pm in two car loads of people. When we got there the tunnels were flooded due the the rain we had the day before. I trudged through the water in this pitch black underground tunnel with ten other people. I would have never done anything like this where I used to live, and turns out, I had so much fun!

I also got delivered to someone's room. Some guys down the hall from me had ordered a bass guitar and the box it came in was huge. They were shoving people inside this box, taping it up and delivering it to random people's rooms. I got in the box and was carried down the hall and into someone's room. Just as they were about to open the box I popped out and the girl fell over screaming. It was the funniest thing.

My time in college has been significantly better since I decided to just live and do things that I normally would not do. Don't sit in your room and do nothing. Go out and have fun!!