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Midterm Essay: My College Experience

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Midterm Essay Ever since the day I got accepted into the University of Wisconsin- Eau Claire I’ve been so anxious and ready to move out so I could finally have freedom to whatever I want whenever I want to. College has been a lot different though than I would’ve expected it. I didn’t think I’d get homesick at all and I thought that I would have a ton of friends right away, and boy was I wrong. The first weekend here I felt like I meet so many new people, it was so exciting but since I meet so many people I forgot everyone’s names and never really meet back up with them. Once classes began it was even harder to meet new friends since I had to be so focused in my classes. As weeks went on I became more and more homesick and missed all my friends

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