Freshman Blues

As a new student transferring into UNCC from J Sargent Reynolds Community College I was not mentally prepared for the experience I would have when I reached Charlotte. From the last few weeks of the my high school career until I started here I worked full time. I took chemistry and calculus after work to try to keep up with the demanding curriculum requirements of the engineering program, but there was never any assigned work and to be completely honest I skipped quite a few of those classes. Now I find myself in Charlotte without an adviser and with very little help offered by the school. I am still not used to having to think about due assignments as is apparent by the lateness of this blog and trying to get into classes has been nearly impossible. I know there are people here who have been away from it longer than I have but it is quite tricky coming in halfway through the year in a city, in a new state, at a new school, and not knowing a single person previous to my arrival here. I am excited about my future, but so far the start has been very shaky.