<p>Hi this us going to be my freshmen year in college and I am not sure if I'm supposed to be feeling this nervous. There are days where all I think about is how weird it will be in college by myself and I get so nervous I could almost cry. I went to my orientation recently and I was so overwhelmed I actually cried. I am not sure if it was just the total amount of information I was given or seeing my parents that bothered me. I have a pretty stressful class load with a lot of power house classes like calculus and I am not completely sure how I'm going to handle all that and band while being away from home. My mom has also given the option for community college because we haven't payed for anything and she doesn't want me to be feeling like this. If anyone could tell me if they felt like this and if they went through it please let me know. I don't want to go to college to feel miserable if it's all about new experiences.</p>
<p>Drop everything except one or two activities to give yourself time to adjust. You can still go to other events, but only make one or two things your prime commitment. Why are you taking such a heavy course load?</p>
<p>It’ll be okay. 
Try not to worry too much, it <em>is</em> normal!</p>
<p>As smorgasbord said, you might want to drop most of your activities, and then add them back on as you adjust and feel more comfortable with your workload. Definitely consider going to the community college if you feel you’ll need an adjustment period, but remember that we all have to go out on our own sometime! One very important thing to remember with your courseload: take careful note of drop dates!! I’ve dropped a class almost every single semester (I max out, and determine which class isn’t worth the stress), and it’s saved me a lot of unnecessary stress. Plus, if you figure it out soon enough, you might get a full/partial refund for the course fee. No one will care if you take an extra year (unless it’ll cause you financial hardship, in which case a CC might be a good idea, to start!). :)</p>
<p>Just talk to a bunch of people you know, see if you can talk to students at your college to get a feel for things in advance, and talk to us on here! A lot of us are on here because we want others to succeed and enjoy their college experience, like we have. :)</p>
<p>It does seem overwhelming when you look at it all at once. But in reality, you’ll be taking it one step at a time. Moving in, you’ll just focus on unpacking and meeting roommates. You’ll do some exploring. Just focus day-by-day and soon you’ll fall into the swing of things and won’t want to return home.</p>
<p>I was extremely nervous my freshmen year. My college was only 2 hours away from home, but I was there without a vehicle, and in a dorm room which was smaller than my bedroom at home and I realized I would be LIVING there for months. I was scared I would be lost, I missed my home at first, I didn’t know anyone there, the homework load was more than in high school, and the difficulty of some of the subjects like math was greater than I expected… but eventually I got into the swing of things, and now when I come home (I’ll be starting my third year this upcoming semester), I CAN’T WAIT to go back.
If you feel as though you have a heavy workload you should really rethink whether you should be in all of those classes/activities, especially your first year. If you want to still see if you can, at least set aside some time each day for homework/study. Go to the library or a quite place away from computers and such so you aren’t tempted to be on the internet and slacking…</p>