My experience so far in OAU

In the middle of a tight schedule, a thought pops up in my head about what to write and i just decided to write on my experience as it has been for the past eight to nine months on OAU campus. My experience as i tell it could be totally different from what another with the same experiences will say. It's just a matter of interpretations of events.
To start with, i had never had any pre university experience before i came to school, i had not lived far from my family and not so long away from them. My whole life was centered around home,church and the Relief Club. I didn't really know how the outside world worked. I knew it wasn't all rossy as some expect but it has come out to be much more complex than i earlier thought.
During this short while on the campus i have experienced things that i know i wouldn't have gotten if i was at home or elsewhere. I have met different personalities ,seen diverse attitudes and thought patterns and become acquinted with great people who will be greater tomorrow. I have been subjected to pressures that i have desired to be put into since 3 years ago when i finished secondary school. I remember back then how i used to write Jamb to the point of almost getting frustrated with myself,life and God. My classmates were getting admitted and moving higher in their academics but it wasn't so for me. Sometimes i even cried and went into intense sessions of thinking. But all that is part of the past now because the present does not look a bit like that period.
Lectures,tests and exam. That's the cycle of things here. You can avoid going for the first but you dare not miss the second and third for they determine your g.p.a(grade point average). I have noticed, g.p is the highest source of motivation amongst students. Though there is fellowship to attend most students will still prefer to focus on building their g.p to attending to any religious activity. Even boyfriend/girlfriend relationships suffer during exams.
Living with my roommates is another issue on its own. I have had good and bad times with these great guys. I have learnt lessons from them that i might not have learnt reading a thousand books on people relations. I have learnt the value of sharing and love with them,patience and trust also. They are people that have contributed one way or another to my being the kind of person that i am now. They have been my family since my admission on campus. I thank God for the opportunity to know them.
Freedom is another thing i have acquired each time i left home and made for school. Freedom to do and be anything i want to when i need to. Sounds great? Yeah,that's how i feel each time i enter the school gates. I have tried using that freedom constructively to the best of my knowledge but there are times that i abuse it,with time. Unnecessary chatting and joking,excessive movie watching among other trivial things have been what i have been doing rubbishing my freedom and wasting time. Though i read books(academic and inspirational),attend classes and special programmes, i have still not been using the best of my freedom and time on the campus.
So,y'all that are aspiring to get into school,this just a glimpse into what school life is about and for everyone else,hope you enjoyed my write up. Till some other time again, am out!