Originally written for byFaith Magazine. Monse Santiago serves as Campus Staff for Reformed University Fellowship at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
College freshman, you are about to step onto a bustling campus. Your heart will be tugged in different directions as excitement and anxiety rush through your veins. You will have new subjects to learn, events to attend, and friends to meet. You’ll even feel the pressure without and within to make sure you don’t miss out on the social and academic opportunities available. The new experiences can lead to sensory overload. I know. I’ve been there.
The college years are one of the biggest transitions in your life. As you formally leave home, this season of life will shape the way you think about the world and life’s great questions. Moreover, the transition will put your existing principles, values, and character to the test. College often reveals you as much as it changes you. No longer under the watchful eye of your parents, you are about to find out who you really are, for better and for worse.