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36 College Tips From A Second Semester Freshman

Invest in a planner and actually use it.

Sarah Clinton

Dec 28, 2018

Ball State University

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36 College Tips From A Second Semester Freshman

Sarah Clinton

After having a semester of college under my belt now, I have asked around for tips that second-semester freshmen have found helpful in their time here.

I sent my floor's group chat a form to fill out with the best tips they could give to any incoming freshman next year and these were the responses:

1. Check RateMyProfessor religiously.

2. Use your planner and use it correctly.

3. Actually go to class.

4. Be prepared to not be friends with everyone around you.

5. You will want some alone time, and that is completely normal.

6. You don't need to be with your roommate 24/7.

7. Invest in the college student Spotify and Hulu deal.

8. Get a planner and calendar, and write out all important due dates from each syllabus.

9. Leave your door open to meet new people.

10. Speak up in classes, it makes lectures more rich and easier to understand.

11. Do NOT pre-order books, wait for the syllabus.

12. Don't procrastinate, assignments in college are not like the ones in high school.

13. Buy air fresheners.

14. Take advantage of the gym.

15. Be more open to talking to people in the first few weeks of school.

16. Join clubs and activities.

17. Bring as many pairs of leggings as possible.

18. Don't buy napkins and silverware, those are available across campus.

19. Bring more hangers than clothes.

20. Be yourself, 100% of the time.

21. Don't wait until dead week/finals to get your shit together.

22. Don't overextend yourself.

23. Learn how to manage your time well. School, social life, and jobs are hard to balance.

24. Be social.

25. Be confident.

26. Pay attention in class and take notes that actually matter.

27. Take care of yourself, physically and mentally.

28. Learn how to do laundry before summer is over.

29. Sort your laptop files. Make each class easy to find and you wont have lost assignments you want to reference later.

30. Use Box.com to be able to save your Microsoft Word documents and print them anywhere.

31. Carry around a reusable water bottle, it will make life so much easier.

32. Check your school email, all the time.

33. Start studying now.

34. College is high school on steroids. The same drama, different people.

35. Don't spend your money on stupid stuff. Did you really need to go out to eat 4 days in a row? THE ANSWER IS NO. Did I do this? YES

36. Cry. But pick yourself up after you're done.

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36 College Tips From A Second Semester Freshman

Invest in a planner and actually use it.

1. Check RateMyProfessor religiously.

2. Use your planner and use it correctly.

3. Actually go to class.

4. Be prepared to not be friends with everyone around you.

5. You will want some alone time, and that is completely normal.

6. You don't need to be with your roommate 24/7.

7. Invest in the college student Spotify and Hulu deal.

8. Get a planner and calendar, and write out all important due dates from each syllabus.

9. Leave your door open to meet new people.

10. Speak up in classes, it makes lectures more rich and easier to understand.

11. Do NOT pre-order books, wait for the syllabus.

12. Don't procrastinate, assignments in college are not like the ones in high school.

13. Buy air fresheners.

14. Take advantage of the gym.

15. Be more open to talking to people in the first few weeks of school.

16. Join clubs and activities.

17. Bring as many pairs of leggings as possible.

18. Don't buy napkins and silverware, those are available across campus.

19. Bring more hangers than clothes.

20. Be yourself, 100% of the time.

21. Don't wait until dead week/finals to get your shit together.

22. Don't overextend yourself.

23. Learn how to manage your time well. School, social life, and jobs are hard to balance.

24. Be social.

25. Be confident.

26. Pay attention in class and take notes that actually matter.

27. Take care of yourself, physically and mentally.

28. Learn how to do laundry before summer is over.

29. Sort your laptop files. Make each class easy to find and you wont have lost assignments you want to reference later.

30. Use Box.com to be able to save your Microsoft Word documents and print them anywhere.

31. Carry around a reusable water bottle, it will make life so much easier.

32. Check your school email, all the time.

33. Start studying now.

34. College is high school on steroids. The same drama, different people.

35. Don't spend your money on stupid stuff. Did you really need to go out to eat 4 days in a row? THE ANSWER IS NO. Did I do this? YES

36. Cry. But pick yourself up after you're done.

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1. “Don’t get too close, it’s dark inside. It's where my demons hide.”

2. “Tonight, we are young.”

3. “Cuz I may be bad, but I’m perfectly good at it.”

4. “Tell me how they got that pretty little face on that pretty little frame.”

5. “I can’t wait to fall in love with you, you can’t wait to fall in love with me.”

6. “Sweatpants, hair tied, chillin with no makeup on.”

7. “Why you so obsessed with me?”

8. “We ain’t ever getting older.”

9. “I didn’t know that I was starving until I tasted you.”

10. “Didn’t they tell you I’m a savage?"

11. “I’m gonna make you miss me.”

12. "Cheers to the freakin weekend.”

13. “Love’s a game. Wanna play?”

14. “You don’t know about me, but I bet you want to.”

15. “Let’s set each other’s lonely nights, Be each other’s paradise.”

16. “Trippin’ on skies, sippin’ waterfalls."

17. “Wish we could turn back time, to the good old days.”

18. “But you will remember me for centuries.”

19. “Something about you makes me feel like a dangerous woman."

20. “Don’t act like it’s a bad thing to fall in love with me.”

21. “Darling, I’m a nightmare dressed like a daydream.”

22. “Find me where the wild things are.”

23. “I’m high on lovin’ you.”

24. “If you’re gonna be somebody’s heartbreak, somebody’s mistake, if you’re gonna be somebody’s first time, somebody’s last time, be mine.”

25. “Don’t be afraid to take the road less traveled on.”

Everything Bruce says in his classic rock songs.

1. "Talk about a dream Try to make it real You wake up in the night With a fear so real Spend your life waiting For a moment that just don't come Well don't waste your time waiting." (Badlands)

2. "It's a town full of losers/ I'm pulling out of here to win" (Thunder Road)

3. "You've got to learn to live with what you can't rise above" (Tunnel of Love)

4. "I got something in my heart/ I been waitin' to give/ I got a life I wanna start/ One I been waitin' to live" (Leah)

5. “God have mercy on the man/ Who doubts what he’s sure of” (Brilliant Disguise)

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1. "Talk about a dream
Try to make it real
You wake up in the night
With a fear so real
Spend your life waiting
For a moment that just don't come
Well don't waste your time waiting." (Badlands)