Why College Might Actually Be The Best 4 Years Of Your Life

Sep 25, 2015

I was searching for some insight from various blog posts as to why they believe that college can be considered the best years of their lives and, to my dismay, I found only a few of them for the reason that they are outnumbered by topics that clearly say, “College was NOT the best years of my life”.

Having found these articles, I quickly began second-guessing myself for contradicting from their beliefs. I started to think they might be right. Then, I figured that even though there is a large portion of the society that disagrees with my viewpoint, I will still stand by this notion because it is the truth for me; College has been some of the most glorious years of my life and here are four reasons why:

1. This is where you learn to stop taking things lightly.

In high school, most of us were comfortable enough not to take matters too seriously. We let things slide easily; low grades, school activities, etc.

College, on the other hand, doesn’t offer this comfort on a silver platter. You want to pass your course subject? You gotta work hard for it! Need to submit projects on time? Start doing them as soon as you can!

You’re in the midst of shaping your future, you can’t just sit back and watch. In college, you have to learn to make things happen for you and you can’t really do that half-heartedly.

2. It’s where you learn to become organized and responsible.

High school days: with a shrug of our shoulder, we strut about the hallways knowing fully that we’re going into battle unarmed. Sure, we did our homework diligently, but we sure as hell didn’t do reading assignments like our teachers asked us to, owing to the fact that we know they’ll just discuss it in class the next day, so why read ahead in the first place, right?

I can’t stress it enough how wrong we are in thinking this way once we move on to college. I tried doing that same thing in the first semester and let’s just say that I rapidly discovered this huge mistake. So, I eventually mastered the skill of studying vigorously even before the lecture itself, ‘cause trust me, nothing’s going to be spoon-fed to you any more.

3. This is the time for you to grasp onto the idea that people will come and go.

You and your high school friends will be going your separate ways and sadly, you will face the reality that during this transition stage, you might see differences that would entail a falling out between you and your ‘besties’. But that’s okay, ‘cause attending a new school also means that you’ll come across a new set of people that could gather you another group of friends that you’ll click with rather well and, most of the time, this friendship lasts (if you let it).

4. Failures will be harder to accept this time around.

This is especially true if you’re exerting what appears to be your unparalleled efforts. But alas, in failure comes great teachings. You just gotta keep pushing yourself ‘cause, believe it or not, you have far greater abilities in you that you might not have discovered yet.

I know we all experience college in various ways. However, I’m positive that even though you swore the four years you spent in it will never belong to the finest days, you will never forget the knowledge you gained. And I’m not just talking about the educational side, I’m referring to the better understanding of life that you will get along the way.

So, college might not have made it to your “most significant” list of events, but are you certain that it didn’t even make the cut to be considered some of the most memorable ones?