As the second week of school commences and the excitement of welcome week slowly dies down, students everywhere realize that it’s time to get serious about their college classes. Now that syllabus week is over and the teachers are actually caring about what time you arrive to class, the second week slump becomes very real. Here are three ways to survive the second week of school.
1. Get involved.
Now that Welcome Week and all the fun on-campus events are over, it is time to actually look around and become involved in something you are interested in. Whether that is a club or Greek life, there are so many ways to become involved that it is hard to be bored. Even if clubs aren’t your thing, people in college have so many diverse interests that there is bound to be something that interests you.
2. Don’t lock yourself in your dorm room.
I know it seems easy. You come back from a full day of classes and you have a few hours to kill before dinner. While it seems enticing to lock yourself in your room and binge watch Netflix, don’t do it. At least don’t lock yourself in your room. Open your door and try to get to know the people in your dorm because those people are what make college so interesting. I guarantee that you will probably meet someone that is more entertaining than Netflix.
3. Do your homework.
Sadly college is not like high school. You cannot get away with forgetting to do your homework and hoping that the teacher will excuse you. You will get a zero. And your GPA will drop. The best way to avoid this? Do your homework! Drag yourself out of your bed, walk over to the library, and force yourself to not only do your homework but study as well. Because the biggest problem about the second week slump is the awful realization that grades do matter and you are not here just to have a fun time.
Overall, the second week of school can really suck. Your classes aren’t new and exciting, there are no more welcome events with free food, and you actually have to care about your classes. But the second week is also the time when you find your place on-campus. You start to fall into a routine and pretty soon living on campus and going to class feels completely normal. You find a good core group of friends that you hang out with and pretty soon that second week of school turns into the third month of school and you're getting ready to go home for Thanksgiving break. Right now it can feel like the second and third week of school are dragging on extremely slowly but pretty soon you won't realize how fast it goes by.
