My Experiences at Gainesville State College

This year, I am dual-enrolled at Gainesville State College. At some point during the summer, I nearly had a panic attack when I realized I was going to be starting college. It was going to be totally different than any education experience I had ever had. 

My first day, I was SO nervous. I had driven down there with my mom for the first time with traffic and was running late. I didn't even turn off the car. I just pulled over, jumped out, and ran, with as much dignity as I could muster, to class.

Heading to my class in the Martha Nesbitt Academic Building

Once in my first class, I realized the class was small and about half of the students were full-grown adults with kids. Now that, was weird. Another strange thing was when we were done with getting to know each other and going over the syllabus, the teacher let us go, 20 minutes early. I had no clue what I was supposed to do until my next class. I took my time, wandered around, and ended up sitting in the floor in the hall outside the classroom. 

My next class was mostly freshmen and about twice as large as my first. Come to find out, there was another student who was dual-enrolled. This professor was so energetic and, quite frankly, loud, it took some getting used to. 

My first College 100!

In both classes, there were a few things that took getting used to. For one, the short classes. Each class was only 50 minutes. That's shorter than my high school classes.There was also the fact that we didn't meet everyday. At first, I thought, 'I'll have plenty have time to do my homework.' I quickly realized this was not the case and only with serious time management would I be able to do all my work and do it well.

Overall, I have enjoyed my time at Gainesville State and I look forward to next semester.