<p>Here are a few helpful hints:</p>
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<li><p>Remember that even if the adjustment to college is difficult, it's just an adjustment which will end. You may meet great people right away or it may take a while. You may think your roommate is awful at first and then decide to live together next year. How it is is not how it will be.</p></li>
<li><p>Don't let your work get out of hand. College class time doesn't take up much of your life so it's tempting to let the reading pile up. You will pay the price when they test because they'll expect you to know the reading. Go to class and identify sources of help. One of your friends may have a really great TA for that class, someone who can explain the stuff the professor glides over. Don't just take what comes as though that's all you deserve. You do not want to head into exams with hundreds of pages to read and no time to review.</p></li>
<li><p>Find something to join. UR has a ridiculous number of clubs. Thing about clubs is they want people to join; they aren't exclusive. They are looking for people who want to do what they do. Seriously. Try some stuff. </p></li>
<li><p>Eat rationally. Really. It's easy to load up on crap. Don't. </p></li>
<li><p>Don't let your sleep schedule turn upside down. You will know kids who seem to sleep away the day. It's better to not be that person. </p></li>
<li><p>Do something athletic. If you don't want to play some sport - in a club or on a team - then go to the gym. It's a health club at your door. You'll feel better, sleep better and eat better if you work out. (And get a flu shot. Just in case.)</p></li>
<li><p>Remember, this is only one step in a much longer process that makes up your life. You don't actually choose anything important now. In reality, you aren't locked into any choices you make in college because many, many, many people find their careers only when they're years out. Whatever you think you want to be, whatever you think you know now will change.</p></li>
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