{"id":5666,"date":"2024-04-23T10:02:23","date_gmt":"2024-04-23T14:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/?p=5666"},"modified":"2024-04-23T10:02:23","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T14:02:23","slug":"kelly-t-the-many-mistakes-you-make-in-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/2024\/04\/23\/kelly-t-the-many-mistakes-you-make-in-college\/","title":{"rendered":"Kelly T: The Many \u201cMistakes\u201d You Make in College"},"content":{"rendered":"

I know it sounds hard, and it is hard indeed. But it is possible. People said that I was an introvert before coming to college. Looking back on my college experience so far, I truly changed. I gradually started to realize that one of the biggest advantages of being in such a big school is that you meet tons of people every single day. I always felt embarrassed back in high school since there were only 30 people in the entire grade, and if I made some mistakes, everyone would remember it for a really long time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

College is unlike that. If you are not making mistakes, that means you are not growing. I still remember the first time I awkwardly raised my hands in a hundred-people lecture and gave a wrong answer; the first time requesting for an office hour with a professor (it still feels surreal thinking about that now); the first attempt to talk to a random person in a social event, etc. Looking back, I feel like everything happened for a reason. Knowing that making \u201cmistakes\u201d or having seemingly awkward moments in college is inevitable – is a sign that you are growing. It was because of that random talk to professors that I got my first on-campus internship; it was because of that random \u2018hello\u2019 to a random girl on my floor that I knew my best friend.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Knowing that no one really remembers your mistakes, sometimes those are things that people do every day. Do what makes you happy and feel right; if it doesn\u2019t seem like the right path, change to another one; if not, keep changing. College is about learning about yourself, if you never do something new, that\u2019s not learning.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

If you are shy in high school, don\u2019t worry! Sometimes, it\u2019s always the quiet person who brings the room a lot of fun. Don\u2019t force yourself to change, but challenge yourself to be a bit \u201cdifferent\u201d every day! You will thank yourself when you graduate college!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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