You've taken all of the required tests, sent in application after application, and now you have finally decided on a school: Idaho State University! That was the easy part. Now for the really hard part...making the most of your college experience! Family, friends, coworkers, pretty much anyone you can think of will be giving you advice on what to expect. Most namely, gaining weight and spending excessive amounts of money on books. If you ask me, the one thing you need to count on is getting involved around your newfound home at your chosen school.
I was one of those students who had no idea what to do or how to be involved around campus besides go to class, work on homework and eat. It was not until I was offered to become a floor representative for my residence hall with the Resident Hall Association that I finally was able to understand what it meant to get involved. That position alone opened so many doors for me, and I knew from the very first meeting I attended that becoming involved around campus was crucial to a memorable college experience!
But let's back up for a few moments and analyze what does it mean to 'get involved?' Surely you have heard that phrase before, right? Getting involved is not as hard as you may think–in fact, if you have chosen to live on campus, you are already involved! At Idaho State University, anyone who is a resident on campus is automatically apart of RHA, or Residence Hall Association. Really, all there is to it is showing up to general meetings and talking with the other members. However, if you have opted to live off campus, fear not! There are still countless ways for you to still become involved around campus.
At Idaho State University, there are countless clubs, organizations and campus-wide events to attend that will help you become an active student around campus. There is Bingo, Greek life, intramural sports–you name it, ISU has it! You are destined to find your niche on campus and, even more importantly, you will begin to make life-long friendships.
Because I chose to to go out of my comfort zone and become more involved, I have developed so many friendships and opened so many opportunities for myself. That is why anytime I am asked by a coworker, a friend or someone on the street for my biggest piece of college advice, I will always, without a doubt, tell them to get involved around campus in anyway they can. Not for one second do I regret going to that first general RHA meeting, because that night is the night my college experience began. Not the first night I moved into my dorm, but the night of that first general meeting. Why? Because that was my first night as an involved ISU student.
