My first semester in college made me realize that college was not what I expected it to be, I had been over ambitious and decided to do 18 credits for the semester. I thought college was going to be easy and that was what was made out to me in the first week of school. It was only later that I realized that college was a lot of work and that I could not afford to slack off. I also thought that my first semester in the residence halls would be easy since I would have many friends and also a lot of freedom. I thought that college was going to be great with no one to monitor your actions and you would have complete control of doing what you want.Although this was not the way it was, it was difficult and awkward having a roommate for the first time in my life. I had to get used to the fact that I clean my room up since my roommate would not do it and I also did not have the privacy I needed. The first few weeks were disappointing as all my hopes of how college was going to be were put down. Luckily as the semester progressed things got better and I know like the way college is.