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I voted for starting new relationships as my biggest college challenge. As an only child in both my family and my neighborhood and coming from a small high school, being comfortable amongst my peers is a relatively new experience for me. I had just settled into a strong group of friends back home towards the end of my junior year... just in time to begin college applications and shop for my graduation dress. My biggest anxiety over the summer was what would happen with my friends from home and finding new friends in college. As many freshman have experienced, this semester I have been in and out of friends/groups of friends and some friendships from home have faded without the everyday contact. This is all, however, is just part of college life. I am simply looking at my experiences as discovering my friends. While this faster-paced social environment is a lot for me to take in, I think it's healthy and I look forward to seeing how my life here as an Owl unfolds.