ERRONEOUS PENETRATION OF CLASS C AIRSPACE.

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AS I WAS CLBING OUT OF SCH I FIRST TRIED TO CONTACT NEW YORK FSS. THEY WERE NOT RESPONDING; AND WHEN THEY FINALLY DID; I COULD NOT UNDERSTAND THEM AND I NEVER HEARD THAT MY FLT PLAN WAS ACTIVATED. I KEPT CALLING THEM BACK TO CONFIRM THE ACTIVATION OF MY FLT PLAN. WHEN; AT LAST THEY DID SAY THAT I WAS ACTIVATED; I THEN REALIZED THAT I HAD CLBED TO AN ALT OF 2150 FT MSL; WHERE I WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE STAYED BELOW 2000 FT MSL TO CLR ALB'S CLASS C AIRSPACE. AS SOON AS I REALIZED; I DSNDED DOWN TO 1800 FT MSL AND RESUMED MY NAV AND MY COURSE UNDERNEATH ALB'S AIRSPACE. AT THE POINT THAT I HAD REACHED THIS ALT; I HAD ALREADY BEEN RELEASED BY SCH TWR AND I WAS SPEAKING WITH THE FSS; TRYING TO ACTIVATE MY FLT PLAN. I FLY OUT OF (LOCALLY) AN UNCTLED ARPT; AND THIS WAS MY FIRST SOLO TRIP TO A CLASS C/D ARPT. I WAS EXTREMELY NERVOUS ABOUT TALKING TO ATC AT THESE ARPTS; BUT WAS REASSURED FROM MY TRIP TO SCH. ON THE WAY OUT; I WAS SO STRESSED BY NOT BEING SPOKEN TO BY THE FSS; I LOST TRACK OF WHERE I WAS ON MY ASCENT. I REALIZE THIS WAS A VIOLATION OF AIRSPACE; HOWEVER; I DID LEARN FROM THIS AND WILL STAY VERY CLR OF RESTR AIRSPACE IN THE FUTURE.