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Lesser Known Advice For College Freshmen

I just finished my freshman year of college, so I am going to take this opportunity to share some advice that you may not hear at your everyday college fair or guidance session.

CarlyTimberman

May 29, 2019

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If you recently got out of high school and are stressing over college, don't worry! I have a lot of tips for you, and hopefully, they're ones you haven't heard of yet. Obviously, everyone's experience will vary, and what may be good advice for one major may not be good for another.

1. Undeclared? Unashamed.

Speaking of majors, my first piece of advice is that it's okay not to know what to do with your life. A lot of people try to help new students find out a major, but I've hardly ever seen anyone give out reassurances that it's truly okay to have no idea. Sign up for a wild variety of classes and see which one you like the best. Talk to your professors, talk to your friends, talk to your roommate (if you're living on campus and have one).

There is no shame in being undeclared, especially during your first semester!

2. Grades aren't everything!

Focus on learning rather than excelling. Obviously, everyone wants to pass, but in my honest opinion? It's much better to learn a lot and have a good time and end up with a C, than it is to get an A in a class you didn't learn a lot in. Most employers don't look for a 4.0, so as long as you do aim for at least slightly above average, you should be fine.

Don't slack, but don't focus more on your grades than your actual experience.

3. Quality, not quantity when it comes to friends!

Remember that you don't need a huge group of friends, nor do you need to be best friends with your roommate. Obviously, it's nice to get along with the person you live with and to have at least a couple of companions, but you don't need a huge group.

It's just as fine to focus on only yourself, as long as you're not completely isolated.

4. Learn how to budget!

Finally, learn how to save your money. You actually probably DO hear this one, but you may not get advice on HOW to do so. Get a job if possible. Don't blow your money on food every weekend (check out the free food that your campus surely must have). Don't buy textbooks until you know that you really truly need them, and then try to look around for rented books or free PDFs.

It's easy to get overwhelmed with the freedom you have in college, but don't run yourself into debt!

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Cool Off with These 8 Beers!

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Summer is hot and humid, and it's almost like summer was made specifically to drink the refreshing, cold, crisp wonderful, delicious, nutritious nectar of the gods. Which is none other than beer; wonderful cold beer. With summer playing peek-a-boo around the corner while we finish up this semester, it's time to discuss the only important part of summer. And if you haven't already guessed, it's beer. There are few things I take more seriously than my beer, in order are: sports... and beer. Here are my favorite summer brews:

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Lesser Known Advice For College Freshmen

I just finished my freshman year of college, so I am going to take this opportunity to share some advice that you may not hear at your everyday college fair or guidance session.

1. Undeclared? Unashamed.

2. Grades aren't everything!

3. Quality, not quantity when it comes to friends!

4. Learn how to budget!

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Appreciation for some of life's most discredited pleasures.

1. Sun showers

2. Smiles

3. Tight hugs

4. Discovering new foods you like.

5. Laying in bed after a long day.

6. And being completely relaxed

7. "This reminded me of you"

8. Breakfast foods

9. Over-sized clothes

10. Contagious laughs

11. Car rides with that one person

12. Random (I miss you/ I love you) texts

13. The city at night

14. Surprises

15. Blanket cocoons

16. Good hair days

17. Really good coffee

18. Days where you're in a good mood naturally and for no particular reason

19. Conquering a fear

20. When they give you a lot of guac at Chipotle

21. Being so comfortable with someone that you can literally talk about anything

22. Home-cooked meals

23. Tattoo stories

24. Leaves changing color in fall

25. Butterflies in your stomach

26. Peanut butter & jelly sandwiches

27. When you can't stop laughing

Cool Off with These 8 Beers!

Coors Light Summer Brew:

Leinenkugel Summer Shandy

Leinenkugel Sunset Wheat

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Sam Adams Summer Ale

Hell or High Watermelon

Blue Moon Summer Honey

LandShark Lager

Corona

75 degrees and sunny, plus, no humidity. I mean do I really need to say more?

Perfect Weather

You'll get an effortless tan

You can exercise with a view

You don't have to worry about bug bites

In n Out all day, every day

We have outdoor concerts

We live where people vacation

Because let's be honest, we all use lyrics.

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.”

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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)