There are going to be so many opportunities for you in college. A lot of them will be so beneficial to you and your future. However, some may be too much power for you. This is the thing about college: nobody is going to know who you are (unless maybe you go to college in the same town you grew up in). Upon acceptance, you are given the opportunity to become whoever it is you want to be. I urge you to be yourself.
Don’t trouble yourself over whether or not people like you. Don’t trouble yourself over how you dress. Walk with purpose and bring the sunshine with you, and that is what will attract the best people. I’ve learned that the more I focus on being true to myself, the more I attract people with a similar mind set. Generally, those people remain my close friends. Do you really want to make room in your life for people who don’t care about who you truly are?
Don’t load up on makeup for class because if you meet a guy, and you really like him, he may be very confused by you when you oversleep and have to show up with a fresh face that suddenly isn’t really his type. Don’t let yourself go, but don’t let your physical appearance determine the kind of day you are going to have. You don’t have to be cocky, but be confident. Laugh at whatever it is that brings light to your day. Be weird; be an honest, happy little weirdo. The world is so large and your destiny is predetermined by the universe. Don’t fight it, just go through your day and do what it takes for you to rest easy at night knowing that you did everything you could with your 24 hours.
