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.