Every incoming college freshman spends their year before college worrying about college. Do I have everything I need? Will I like my professors? Will I make it? Is my roommate going to kill me in my sleep? All of these questions plague freshman minds before welcome week but there’s a few other things that are just as important. So before you head off to move in day, here’s some things you should make sure to do.

1. Spend More Time With Family

Mom and Dad may be overbearing and your younger siblings are probably annoying as all hell but I gurantee you’re going to miss them. Make dinner together. Take your siblings to see a movie. You’ll value this time a lot when you’re away at school.

2. Work

Sure, you could get a job on campus but most freshman are unlikely to until at least their second semester. Get a summer job and save up so you can go to school and not have to worry so much about your bank account.

3. See Friends Going to Different Schools

Sure, you promise you’ll catch up come Thanksgiving break but then it rolls around and you find yourself not really wanting to meet up with anyone. Instead, take summer time to see and cherish the friends who are going out of state or even thirty minutes away from your college.

4. Clean House

Don’t just clean your room and decide what not to bring with you but clean out all the negativity in your life. Cut out toxic friends. End that on again off again relationship. Make yourself as worry free as possible because when you get to college you’ll have worries to replace them.

5. Relax

Many incoming freshman spend their summer worrying about what college will hold for them. Don’t. This is your last summer as a kid. Use it. Be a kid. Have some fun. Don’t stress about college until you actually get there.