1. One bad experience does not define your overall experience.

Although it may feel as if there's nowhere to fit in, or you've had the worst time with a psycho roommate, one bad semester doesn't mean the rest can't be good. There's no point in going to college if you aren't open minded with what you have, and you shouldn't let one semester change the way you look at your school. Don't we all deserve second chances?

2. Don't compare yourself to other people.

When you go on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, you notice all your high school friends having fun and start to feel discouraged. But at the end of the day, college is different for everybody, no matter who they were in high school. Some people take time to adjust and find the people that make them happy, while some can find their best friends for life on move-in day. There's nothing to compare your college life to because everybody's college experience is completely unique. There's no way as to how college SHOULD be, except of course to get good grades and make yourself ready to adult in the near future (scary).

3. There could be things you haven't seen yet, and definitely people you haven't met before.

You can't expect that in a matter of a few short months, you'll be able to see everything about your school. Yes, you've lived there for months, but there are hundreds of clubs you haven't joined, games you haven't seen, plays you haven't been to, people you haven't met, that could change just about everything. Give it another chance, just for the things you haven't gotten to see.

4. Make the spring semester a chance to reinvent yourself.

Take advantage of the second chance and start doing the things that make you happy. Go out of your way to find the things that you love, and really search for what you want at your school. And if you don't find it, then it's a great way to reassure that the school isn't right for you. But if you start to get happier, don't give up!