Arrived for my first semester of college nearly two weeks ago now. I received the school's most prestigious academic scholarship and am so proud and grateful, but now that I'm here I'm feeling more pressure than ever.

I feel like I need to try every activity, join every club, go to every seminar, even ones I'm not interested in, because I'm supposed to be the "exemplar student" that got this amazing award. I'm having a hard time saying no to things I don't want to do because I feel like I have this obligation to do EVERYTHING.

Same with my GPA - I need a 3.5 to keep my scholarship, and it's freaking me out. I got a B on my first assignment in one class (which I know isn't a big deal! A single B is absolutely fine!), but the fear of losing this scholarship made me break down crying over a simple homework assignment.

Any tips for dealing with this pressure? I'm also dealing with the typical homesickness and the struggle to meet people, and it's becoming really overwhelming, really quickly.