Almost all of us go through adjustment periods when we arrive at Harvard. I can understand now that this is totally normal. Despite my struggles, I made it through first semester. More important, it actually did get easier. Struggling in those first few weeks made me wonder if I would be better off locked up in the basement of Cabot Library. There were times I really tried. Work is important and some of it actually gets done at Cabot. But Cabot couldn't give me the best memories I had of my first year, the people I met and the times we had together.
Benjamin M. Grossman
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