I did 2 years of community college then transferred to the big state school, University of Maryland College park. I graduated a semester late because they only took some of my credits from the CC. I had to take summer and winter classes to catch up and I was working part time at Bank of America. The sucky thing was the job was 40 minutes from school which limited my class selection because I had to be able to get on the road early enough to be on time. I mainly had the job to pay for my partying and my black trans am. I had a ton of friends in college and I thought I was king shit. I had a great time overall, I still did pretty well despite being out a lot after I turned 21. I wrecked the trans am in my senior year driving to work (not my fault, axel came out bc the mechanic was an imbecile). I was unharmed thanks to the airbags, and I quit the job to focus on school after that. It was for the best. If you can go through college without having to have a job, that helps a lot. But it was nice to have money, this was the mid 2000s, I got lots of my TG16 games for cheap on ebay back then for nothing with that money I made at my job.
If you have friends, and a direction, college is great. Just plan for what you will do after. I wanted to go to law school but I did bad on the LSAT. When I did not get into the law school that I wanted (found out on graduation night) I felt like I wasted the last four years getting a Bachelor of Arts since a Bachelor of Science would have made it easier to do something else. Luckily, I live in the DC area and there were plenty of government contract jobs and I landed one a few months after college. That led to a better contract job with another agency which led to me getting a real federal job and now I am in management after less than 10 years. It's all about opportunities and what you make of them.
For now enjoy it and do the best you can. Also that second language class will be a huge boost for you so stick with it. And chemistry is a fantastic major. Good luck to you!
If you have friends, and a direction, college is great. Just plan for what you will do after. I wanted to go to law school but I did bad on the LSAT. When I did not get into the law school that I wanted (found out on graduation night) I felt like I wasted the last four years getting a Bachelor of Arts since a Bachelor of Science would have made it easier to do something else. Luckily, I live in the DC area and there were plenty of government contract jobs and I landed one a few months after college. That led to a better contract job with another agency which led to me getting a real federal job and now I am in management after less than 10 years. It's all about opportunities and what you make of them.
For now enjoy it and do the best you can. Also that second language class will be a huge boost for you so stick with it. And chemistry is a fantastic major. Good luck to you!
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