By Adarsh Senthilnathan – Staff Reporter 

Recent Jonathan Law graduates are handling the start of their freshman year at college with ease due to the amazing experience they had at Law and the level of teaching they received from Law’s amazing teachers. 

Most Jonathan Law graduates are prepared for the rigorous course load that will be put on them because of the AP classes offered at Law. 

Nick Hanna, a freshman at the University of Michigan, is excited for what the future holds for him in Michigan. 

“The course load isn’t as bad as you’d expect but it really varies by class,” Hanna said. “For example, my computer science class keeps me up at night but the only time I think about my astronomy class is when I’m in lecture.” 

Hanna said that the course load is manageable with time-management skills, which are key to success. 

Many recent Law graduates are attending the University of Connecticut and they really love everything that they are doing there, academically and socially. 

Dan Wasserman, a UConn freshman, is studying business and is excited to become a businessman when he graduates college.

“I’m studying business at UConn,” said Wasserman. “The business classes I took at Law helped me gain basic knowledge of business, improved my ability to plan and organize, and overall taught me to think like a businessman.” 

Many students have also joined the numerous clubs and activities offered at their colleges. 

Andrew Ancheta, a freshman at UConn, has broadened his sphere of experiences by joining clubs. 

“At UConn, the only club that I joined, for now, is the Video Game Club,” Ancheta said. “In terms of how it has changed me, I believe that it helped me to become more social and interactive, especially with people close to or like me.” 

Throughout high school, Ancheta was very shy and nervous while meeting new classmates, teachers, etc. 

Ancheta said that although he is still shy and nervous, he would say that the friends he made in the video game club helped him break out of his shell even more, to become more comfortable and confident in who he is and who he wants to be.

Many of Law’s recent graduates are also playing sports at their current universities.

For example, Ethan Saley, last year’s captain of the Law football team, is playing football at Southern Connecticut State University. 

Saley said that SCSU football is very different from high school football. 

“College football is a lot different from high school ball because everything is taken very seriously, since I’ve been here I have learned that the game is a lot more mental than I thought,” said Saley. “What I mean by this is that there are so many things that you have to have going on in your head so you know the right moves to make and what to do before and during the play. 

Additionally, Saley said that college football is way more time consuming. He is at football for a total of 7-8 hours of the day in college compared to high school, where he was only there for 3-4 hours at most. 

On top of this, he said that the coaches there are a lot more strict in the rules that they have on and off the field. Saley said that if someone disobeys these rules, they could have some serious consequences.

Another recent Law graduate, Ronan O’Reilly, interested in history is attending the University of Southern Maine. 

O’Reilly likes to explore and take unique classes and the classes he took at Law have tremendously influenced his college experience. 

“My favorite thing at USM is probably the ability to take different and unique classes like Viking Age Iceland as well as living in a new place with new experiences,” O’Reilly said. “Law helped influence my college experience with classes like AP European History and AP U.S. History that helped prepare me for college type work.”

The college atmosphere is also very different than the atmosphere at Law because there are so many more people.  

Hanna who has attended parties and football games at the University of Michigan gives a description of the college atmosphere. 

“Well the parties and football games at Umich are bonkers,” said Hanna. It’s pretty common to see like 200 students at the tailgates before the games and the streets of Ann Arbor turn maize on game day.”

When in college, students have many opportunities to participate in adventurous and extreme activities. 

For example, Wasserman has recently had the opportunity to go parachuting with the Connecticut Parachutists. 

“I went skydiving for the feeling of excitement and thrill and I knew this was a once in a lifetime opportunity,” Wasserman said. “This was one of the most fun experiences I’ve ever had and the view was amazing.”