Today is summer orientation. We're gonna be first-years next year and we'll be going to
UVA officially. I was really nervous this morning. I was pretty frantic, but then I got here and it was
really chill and everyone is so nice. For the rest of day we're just walking around (campus) getting
to know where all the buildings are. Everyone's really, like, excited and happy and that makes me
excited and happy. I'm really looking forward to establishing myself -- you know, the freedom of being
away from home. Having freedom. Freedom that comes with college. The freedom from being away
from my parents, but also definitely the academics. That's the biggest thing is I have no idea what
I'm doing with classes right now. I plan to do pre-med and business, but subject to change.
We do have registration tomorrow and I know that's kind of going to be a nightmare. The schedule
seems to be like free and stuff like that. Like, I looked at my schedule and I'm like, why do I only
have like one class on Monday? I guess that's just the way it goes. I'm not too sure what I
want to major in yet, but that's the nice thing about a first-year student, is the whole point
of it is just to feel it out and see what you're interested in. I'm looking forward to, like, having
great professors and, like, being able to just meet new people. All the extracurricular
activities and the clubs. I'm pretty excited for club tennis, I was talking to, like, someone about
it, and it seems really fun. We got football, we got basketball, we got swimming, we got track and field,
we got everything. Like, what does this school not have? I'm kind of nervous about living in a dorm
and, like, being away from, like, my family for so long, but I think the staff and, like, everyone that
I've met so far is really helpful, so I think I'll have a lot of support. Just adjusting to living at UVA,
living by yourself, a new, a whole new world. I was really nervous about how to make friends and I
think that's changing after today. I think part of like why I came here is because I found that there
is multiple paths to finding your passion and it's something unimaginable, I can't wait. The whole
point of, like, just adolescence in general is just, like, go on and, like, do the next step of your life
and become independent and all that stuff. As time goes on it'll get easier and i'll you know find my
place here and it'll be great. I'm very excited to be here -- even more so after coming here today.