I'm sure everyone remembers orientation and the amount of times the orientation leaders drilled into your head that you're going to want to get involved on campus. And I'm sure everyone went into their first semester of college expecting it to be super easy. And now I'm sure most of us sit in our rooms after a long day, watching Netflix on our own wishing we had gotten more involved. At least that's how I've been feeling.

In a lot of my spare time, I find myself finishing up Odyssey articles, watching Netflix or chillin' in my room with my roommate, complaining about how bored we are. All I have to say about my first year of college so far is that I regret not getting as involved as I should have. So, here's my list of freshman regrets.

1. Not trying out for a sports team

Throughout high school, volleyball meant the world to me. I started out knowing nothing my freshman year, trying out and not expecting to fall in love, just have it as a hobby. But, I fell in love with the sport and at the end of my junior year, I was elected captain for my senior year. I regret so much not attempting to make the team here at BSU. If anything gets through to you reading this, definitely at least try out for your favorite sport.

2. Not expanding my friend group first semester

For some reason, I expected to get friends by just walking around campus or even by walking around Woodward Hall. I'm not the kind of person to start a conversation with a stranger so I was expecting someone else to. This isn't the case at all. Second semester began, and I found so many more friends because I was outgoing; I initiated conversation. So please, make sure you aren't an awkward freshman like I was first semester. Get out there and make some friends!

3. Not attending more campus events

Like I said before, orientation leaders drilled getting involved into our innocent soon-to-be freshmen skulls, and none of us really cared to listen. We were all too focused on actually spending a night at a college, getting to know everyone and trying to make friends for move-in day. But, I can speak for myself, and probably many other freshman, that I should've really gone to more events on campus. Sports games, dances, bingo nights? Who wouldn't want to have a little fun. And why not try and get a free t-shirt? BSU is known to hand free things out constantly so get involved!

4. Not studying more

You may think that having your friends over in your room every night for a movie is a good idea, until you realize halfway through the movie that you have a quiz tomorrow morning that you forgot to study for. Make sure you balance your school work with your social life. I made the mistake of constantly pushing off my work to get to know my friends more. Instead of always watching movies, have a study night with them instead. That way it assures you're all getting your work done and can still hang out with each other.

5. Going into college with a significant other

For me, this was my biggest freshman regret, especially because I should've known it wasn't going to work out. I'm not the type of person who doesn't have faith in things, but college relationships are tough. Unless you have been with this person for a while now, there are going to be a lot of trust issues and lack of communication, especially if your significant other doesn't go to college with you. Prepare for tears, disappointment and heartbreak.

6. Being scared to open up to myself

I feel like every girl goes through a time where they are too nervous to open up about their own selves. For me, I couldn't find words to describe who I was as a person. I didn't convince myself that it was OK and normal to seek help with talking about your feelings until second semester. I had known there was a counseling center on campus, free to all students, during first semester but didn't have the courage to take advantage of it. Now, as a second semester freshman, I realize that it's normal, and I need to open up and admit things to myself once in a while.

7. Getting way too addicted to Netflix

Every so often you find yourself so involved in a specific series. For me, "One Tree Hill," "Prison Break" and "Cupcake Wars" were my go-to's. Each show had a different mood, and depending how I was that day determined which show I'd be watching. Netflix is a dangerous thing to have so be careful with getting too attached to your favorite television heart-throbs.

8. Going home too often

There will be times where you're so stressed out and just want to go home. Trust me, as a freshman trying to figure out how I was going to manage all of this, I went home way too much. It seems that every weekend first semester, I wound up back at my house, bored out of my mind. I never gave weekends a chance at BSU until second semester, and now I can't stand going home

9. Abusing my dining dollars

So here at BSU there's such things as dining dollars and meal swipes. Meal swipes last you all semester and qualify as an all-you-can-eat kind of thing. But dining dollars on the other hand are extremely dangerous. They allow you to buy whatever kind of meal you want from pasta to burgers to pizza and to the salad bar. It's hard to not abuse the dollars because they're key to much better options.

10. Enrolling in classes because they sound "cool"

If the class isn't going to benefit your major and if the professor already seems like a hardo on the first day of classes, drop it. Take it from me. I'm an accounting major with a minor in criminal justice, and I enrolled in a psychology class first semester. My teacher was awful, but it sounded "cool" to me so I kept it. I ended up doing pretty poorly and didn't drop it. It effected my GPA ,and now I know when I should and shouldn't keep a class.

11. Staying up far too late

This is definitely my biggest freshman regret. I still til this day find myself up until 2 A.M. sometimes. Why you ask? Because my friends and I have a movie night almost every single night and don't play the movie until midnight. And why not until midnight? Who knows. Just don't follow in these footsteps, please

The list goes on and on. If I could give any incoming freshmen any piece of advice it would be to not be afraid to be yourself and to get out there and make the most out of the first few months of college. Pick the right path to go down and choose friends who will have your back through anything. Don't go through first semester scared of opening up to people; make sure your voice is heard. But, the most important piece of advice I can give to you is to enjoy it because my first year of college is already almost over.