1. Your Roommates Are Either Your Best Friends Or Not
Once you meet your roomies for the first time, you will figure out all of the ins and outs of their lifestyle and how it is going to mush together with yours. It is such an exciting moment for all of you! Unless it's not. I am fortunate enough to have the best roommates a girl could ask for, but not everybody gets that lucky.
2. First Impressions Are Key
Once you get settled into your new home for the year and you have wiped the tears away from your eyes from the high family emotions, you are going to want to go out and meet people. Whether it be your next door neighbors or the entire floor, first impressions are always key. My best advice, just be yourself. That is how you get out of the high school cliche "clique" life and into a mature environment. Making friends in college is so different from high school, so be friendly and have a great time with everyone.
3. The Distance It Will Take You To Walk From Your Apartment/Dorm To Campus
Something you will find out real quick is the distance it is going to take you to walk to campus. Because let's just be real, paying for a parking pass is just extra cash that no college student wants to give up. If walking is not your thing though, get a bus schedule.
p.s. Get a bus schedule.
4. Everyone Comes From Different Backgrounds
College is such a diverse community of people and it is the best! You get to meet people from all over the world. People from big cities, the ones from small towns in the middle of nowhere (that's me). The types of culture that you get to experience in college is such a lucky thing, considering you do not even need to leave the comfort of your campus.
5. You Have A Million Papers To Turn In By The Next Day
Before you can move into your building, you must check-in and get all of the information needed for that specific room. That requires filling out a ton of papers regarding security deposit, damages, regulations, etc. But the catch is that you have to turn almost most of them in by what seems to be the next day.
6. Everyone Is Going To Want Your Snapchat (So Have A Snapchat)
Of course you are going to exchange social media with your roommates, but you are also going to do that with everyone you meet. Social media is big everywhere, but snapchat is real big in college. Everyone wants to know what is happening on campus and what is going on with everyone they meet.
7. You Are Going To Have A Great Time In College
If move-in day is any recollection of what your year is going to be like, it will be great. You are not the only student starting at a new place so do not hold back. Put yourself out there, meet new people each day, and have fun.
