College always seemed like such a far distance away. It always seemed like such a daunting thought that I would one day go off to university and leave everything I knew behind. As summer ended, and it was time for me to move into my new dorm, I knew a part of my life was over. As I sit down and write this, it still scares me that I am a university student. I still feel as though I should return to the loud hallways of BCIS, finishing off assignments and studying for final exams. I chose to do the full DP diploma, which meant I had to take TOK, write an EE, and take all my final exams. I chose to take this route because I felt it would help prepare me for the workload in university. I can gladly say that after experiencing the DP, I am fully prepared for the workload Parsons gives me. For my foundation year, I have four different final projects, one of which is to write a 10-page research paper. Something I know how to do and am not afraid to do because of the extended essay. Unfortunately, I don’t have as much time to work on it as I did with my extended essay, but writing such a huge paper isn’t foreign to me anymore.

　　For my foundation year at Parsons, a lot of my assignments are art bases, which is something I really enjoy. I constantly have deadlines that I have to meet each week, but I am able to handle the rush because I feel as though I had the same amount of work constantly due in the final years of DP. I actually prefer the work I do here since nearly all my assignments are art based, as opposed to the different subjects I had to tackle in high school that I wasn’t so interested in, like English or math. My classes are also quite small, with only around 20 people in each. It is not like a typical university where there are 250 students in one lecture. The classes are much like the classes back in high school where I get to know my professor and my professor is able to help me create my best work.

　　Taking the full DP program also helped me a lot with my course choices in university. With the grades I received for my final exams, I was able to earn transfer credits for different courses. I was able to earn a total of 18 credits from my final exams, which made my life easier in university. Because of that, I am able to take less courses in the future and concentrate more on my course work. It also gives me an advantage with registering for classes earlier than everyone else because I have a certain amount of credits already. However, this is just my personal experience at university.

　　Moving to New York has been a big change. Before arriving, many people told me how much fun I would have here and that I would have the time of my life in such a famous city. Although I love it, no one has really talked about how much of a toll this change would have on my life. Everyone deals with change differently, but I found adjusting to my new life much more difficult than I expected. One thing I wish someone prepared me better for was how significant this change would be. Overall however, I am really enjoying university life and I feel as though BCIS has thoroughly prepared me for university.

　　大學(xué)似乎看起來總是離我們很遙遠(yuǎn)。但我知道總有一天我會(huì)去上大學(xué)，把我所熟知的一切都拋在腦后，這聽起來有些讓人害怕，因?yàn)橐鎸?duì)新的事物。隨著夏天的結(jié)束，是時(shí)候我要搬進(jìn)新的宿舍了，同時(shí)和過去的一部分生活說再見。當(dāng)我坐下來開始寫這篇文章的時(shí)候，我清醒地意識(shí)到我已經(jīng)是一名大學(xué)生了，這樣的新身份讓我覺得有些小畏懼。我依稀感覺又“穿越“回了BCIS忙碌，熱鬧的校園，去完成我的作業(yè)和期末考試。我選擇了進(jìn)修D(zhuǎn)P全科課程，這意味著我將必須參加TOK課程，寫EE(論文)，以及通過所有的期末考試。我選擇走這樣的路是因?yàn)槲矣X得它可以在申請(qǐng)大學(xué)上幫助我，做好準(zhǔn)備。在經(jīng)歷了DP之后，對(duì)于帕森設(shè)計(jì)學(xué)院的學(xué)習(xí)任務(wù)，我已經(jīng)做好了充分的準(zhǔn)備，這一點(diǎn)讓我十分開心。在大學(xué)預(yù)科階段，我有四個(gè)不同的項(xiàng)目要在期末完成，其中一個(gè)是寫一篇10頁的研究論文。我知道該如何去完成，也不懼怕它的長度要求。但是，像之前的一篇長篇論文一樣，我沒有那么的時(shí)間可以用來寫這篇10頁長的研究論文，雖然長度對(duì)于我來說已經(jīng)不是什么難事。

　　在帕森設(shè)計(jì)學(xué)院讀預(yù)科的時(shí)候，我的很多作業(yè)都是和藝術(shù)課程相關(guān)，這讓我非常開心。每周我都會(huì)有“最后期限”來完成不同的任務(wù)，但是我都能夠處理好這些事情，這多虧了在樂成DP課程兩年的學(xué)習(xí)經(jīng)歷，因?yàn)檫@兩段時(shí)期的工作量是一樣的。其實(shí)，我更愿意完成帕森設(shè)計(jì)學(xué)院的學(xué)習(xí)任務(wù)，因?yàn)槎际呛退囆g(shù)，也就是我鐘愛的領(lǐng)域相關(guān)的，而高中時(shí)期需要完成的是不同科目，那時(shí)的我對(duì)英語和數(shù)學(xué)不太感興趣。在帕森，我的課程班型都是小班，每班大約只有20人，這和大家印象中典型大學(xué)里250人學(xué)生大班課程是大相徑庭的。我的這些課程和高中的課程相似，我可以及時(shí)地和教授溝通，他/她也可以幫助我創(chuàng)造出更好的作品。

　　DP課程的學(xué)習(xí)在我選擇大學(xué)專業(yè)時(shí)起了很大的作用。根據(jù)期末考試成績，我可以累計(jì)學(xué)分, 用來“兌換”大學(xué)不同課程的學(xué)分。實(shí)際上，在期末考試中我一共獲得18學(xué)分，這讓我在大學(xué)的學(xué)術(shù)生活輕松了很多。也正是如此，在之后我可以少修幾門課程，把更多的時(shí)間和精力放在我的專業(yè)課程中。同時(shí)，這些學(xué)分也讓我先于其他同學(xué)進(jìn)行選課，但這也僅僅是我個(gè)人的經(jīng)驗(yàn)，不知道是否適用于所有人。

　　搬去紐約對(duì)于我來說是個(gè)非常大的挑戰(zhàn)。在到達(dá)之前，許多人告訴我這座“世界之城”將會(huì)帶給我很多樂趣，我將會(huì)十分享受在其中。我很喜歡這里，但是沒有人真正告訴過我這座城市將會(huì)給我的生活帶來多大的影響。面對(duì)這樣的變化每個(gè)人都有不同的應(yīng)對(duì)方式，但是對(duì)于我來說適應(yīng)新生活比我想象的要困難得多。當(dāng)然，要是能有人提前告訴我，這個(gè)“變化的面積”有多大那就再好不過了 。整體來說，我很享受現(xiàn)在的大學(xué)時(shí)光，我覺得BCIS學(xué)習(xí)生涯已為我的大學(xué)生活早早地鋪平了道路。