<p>Or was anyone not wanting to go back to college after winter break? </p>
<p>I guess this is mostly geared towards first-years but any input is welcomed.</p>
<p>I like college, and I am excited for spring semester. I have a schedule with only classes that I’ve selected, and anxious in finding out how interested I will get. I never had the thought of not returning back to school for spring semester, not returning would cut off my independence experience, traveling, and just my growth as a whole. Although I like it at home I would eventually become miserable of being out of school entirely.</p>
<p>I’m a junior, but I have always had some issues with Spring semester dread, which have turned out to be justified in my case. I’m on my third school because I had miserable spring semesters at both of my previous schools, after somewhat sub-par first semesters (though academically I did well). </p>
<p>This year I’m at a school where I had a great first semester, but nonetheless I am still nervous about going back. I am very close to my family and it is always hard to leave them, even though I know that my boyfriend and numerous great friends are at school. I’m also worried because I have taken on some new opportunities in the spring which will keep me very busy. I’m worried that I will be overwhelmed, or that I will stop liking my school and want to transfer again. At this point, despite all of the transferring and major changing, I am still on course to graduate with my new major and I really can’t afford going off course again. I guess my anxiety mostly comes from the fact that I am essentially stuck, so I am worried that I will be miserable because I still have three semesters at this school to go, even though nothing about my experience so far suggests that I will be.</p>
<p>Thanks for posting this thread. This has been on my mind a lot lately and I appreciate a place to vent it. :)</p>
<p>Well, I have no qualms with returning to college itself, but I detest schoolwork no matter what level, so I never like returning to school. </p>
<p>I mean, I just feel kinda ‘meh’ about the whole thing. Like I always have. The prospect of school has never excited me.</p>
<p>I wanted to come back to campus, I just didn’t want classes to start.</p>
<p>I’m excited to make Deans List again, college is a lot easier than I had anticipated.</p>
<p>Not excited at all. I made the mistake of moving 4400 miles away from my family and hate it. Transferring to a cc there after this next semester.</p>
<p>i’m excited. i’ll get to sleep in a bed the first time in 16 months.</p>
<p>@ hyperJulie: I am going to transfer after this semester, well most likely. I think that as for you, my lack of excitement comes from maybe being at the wrong place? I mean I like it sometimes but other times I realize that my major isn’t offered and that is a big problem.</p>
<p>I’m excited about the new classes and seeing my friends again but I’ve gotten so lazy over break I really don’t want to do any work lol</p>
<p>SO EXCITED OH MY GOD YOU HAVE NO IDEA.</p>
<p>I go back tomorrow 
so excited to party with all my friends!</p>
<p>I’ve been back for over a week, but I was psyched to go back from the very start! This semester has been soooooo much better than last semester so far.</p>
<p>Albeit the schoolwork sucks. Never excited for that.</p>
<p>“@ hyperJulie: I am going to transfer after this semester, well most likely. I think that as for you, my lack of excitement comes from maybe being at the wrong place? I mean I like it sometimes but other times I realize that my major isn’t offered and that is a big problem.”</p>
<p>That makes sense in my head, though for me, I actually didn’t have any intention of transferring when I started my second semester. Both times I transferred, I did so far past the normal application deadlines, because by the end of the semester it occurred to me that I wasn’t in the right major and I didn’t like my school. At one point in my freshman year I had this huge epiphany second semester when I called my mom and told her, “I think I need to switch my major.” The funny part of it was that she wasn’t in the slightest surprised and talked me through my options immediately. Yay mom.</p>
<p>But I do think that my apprehension had to do with the fact that I could sense something wasn’t quite right, even if I hadn’t put my finger on it yet. I really hadn’t really put down roots in college and it didn’t feel like home to me. </p>
<p>I think for you, just to take a guess, it might be something to do with the fact that in your position as someone who is transferring, you don’t feel connected to your campus and probably aren’t very rooted there. Does that sound right? I mean, I am a psychology major now but I’ve only been at it for a semester. :-P</p>
<p>oh yes definitely. a lot of kids at my school are excited to go back, but i can’t say i’m one of them. i am not ready to do work or go to class, plus i’m really going to miss my family & friends. my school is only about 2 hours away and i usually go home once a month, so i don’t know why i’m feeling this way. i’ve thought about transferring, but i feel like if i transfer, i’ll miss living away from home. (double edged sword, i guess.) i also think i need to find a new major, but i feel limited with my school currently.
i’m glad other people are dreading second semester too, i cannot wait for freshman year to be over with. good luck with all of your semesters! :)</p>
<p>I’m excited right now, but talk to me again after I’ve gotten all the syllabi for this semester!</p>
<p>Sometimes I’m excited for the beginning of the semester just because a new semester=a fresh start. Now matter how much I struggled last semester or how my grades ended up, I have a chance to turn that around and have a great new semester :)</p>
<p>Not excited because of all the work. Excited to see friends again though. Need to take more risks second semester and have a different approach so nervous about that.</p>
<p>Second semester is here and it is going way better than planned. </p>
<p>I still think about transferring but at least I THINK I chose the right classes this time around.</p>
<p>Definitely not excited. I’m from the west coast but go to school on the east coast, and coming back was not fun for me. Went from fantastic weather to snow-covered everything. I knew I wanted to transfer starting last semester though, so I came in knowing that this was a semester I’d have to get through, even though I had absolutely no desire to come back other than to see my friends</p>