I feel like I should start with an introduction. My name is Maribel, I’m 18. I’m from Los Angeles, California, well more like I was born there. I live in Springfield, Oregon just across the bridge from campus. Wow. Not that interesting like maybe most others who come from another place of the country, out of the country, or even some place in Oregon that isn’t Springfield or Eugene. I stuck close to home, although I had plans on leaving home to go to school just for the mere idea of being some where different for a change. But in all honesty I know its my first week and all but I actually like being here at UO because its just so different then what I thought it would be like. I expected it to be some what recognizable, but not at all. My expectations of college are so different then what I expected it to be like. My expectations came widely from movies and tv shows. Like most other student expectations. I know I probably shouldn’t have had these expectations because I always heard college is nothing like you see in movies or media, but there was a small part of me that hoped it would. I don’t think I have really had a chance to see what college life actually is like in a span of a week. Other than the fact that there is a lot of homework, the thing I dreaded the most. I sort of expected ok we are freshman they might take it nice in slow just for the first week. No they don’t, it got me to thinking well duh most of my classes have upper classmates and college is what is preparing us for life later on, our careers obviously its not going to be nice and easy. I have joined a club of clubs. Well at least I did apply for different clubs on Friday night at the flock party. Honestly don’t know of half of the things I signed up for the only one that I do know of is Mecha. They had their first meeting and it was just a bunch of introductions. I mainly want to know where or what other clubs are out there. The biggest difference from now to two weeks ago is that my days are really busy. I have so much to do with classes, homework, and work that by the end of the night I’m exhausted. I’m excited to see what is to come in the next week or so.