And you must be very aware that so much of what you see on social media is fake/curated to project the very thing you say here.
Please give this thread a read. There are many others who feel as you do. There is a great student film linked in the thread that you might relate to. I certainly wouldn’t make any assumptions right now based on the first semester. What you say here reminds me of things my kid said in her first semester at an LAC. By the time she finished her masters at a notoriously rigorous university, she felt that had been easy and that her undergrad experience was more rigorous. Best of luck wherever you go.