<p>Hi, im a hs senior nervously waiting for decisions to come.
Now that im done with applying to colleges, i will have to work my butt off to save money for college and still keep up with my school classes.
i also want to prepare well for college.
so i want to ask to those who are already in college...
what are some things that i can do to prepare for college academically or socially ... just anything lol or what are some things that you wished you have done before starting college?</p>
<p>Researching online can be a great resource and means to get a ahead in certain courses. You always want to familiarize yourself with what you want to do. I did NYU Pre-college summer of my sophomore year and it helped in numerous ways.</p>
<p>if your moving away, just get ready someday to say “goodbye” (at least for a little bit) to your familiy, friends, home, pets, bf/gf.</p>
<p>buy your books ahead of time online! </p>
<p>if your given the availability, try and contact your dormmate (if ur in the doorm) and just chat. get to know each other and stuff…</p>
<p>Leave most of the preperation till summer. Don’t waste your summer. Work a bunch in the summer and prepare for college in the summer, and worry about highschool during highschool. If things get really hairy towards the end of the school year, just remember that you’ve already been accepted to your school so you dont need to keep giving it your all on your report card.</p>
<p>I agree with the contacting your roommate and chatting advice. </p>
<p>If you want to participate in a specific sport during the spring at your school then do it. You will regret it if you don’t, trust me.</p>
<p>Work in the summer to get some money or go on vacation and enjoy it. </p>
<p>Be yourself when you get to college because everyone else will have a new slate to work on and people want to know the real you. They will accept you for who you are. Trust me.</p>
<p>This is a bit down the road but, Try to pick your courses as soon as the schedual is available, make sure you don’t take too hard of a load your first sememster and Sign up as soon as you can (aka 7am sign up start time, means you should be on the computer at 6:45). Since money is obivously important to you, by your textbooks online, bookstores are natorious for over charging, check out amazon and half.com</p>
<p>*See if your school offers a pre-freshman summer session! I did it and had LOADS of fun.
*Check out Study Hacks run by Cal Newport, its a good tool for studying tips.
*Hang out with your HS friends, READ books you want to read (you won’t have time later).
*Set goals for yourself, right before you leave home, so you know what you want to do.
*As others have said already, be yourself, and ENJOY YOUR SUMMER!</p>
<p>1.) Relax. Enjoy your summer. If you are moving away, prepared to get a little home sick; enjoy your time with your peeps at home while you can.
2.) Check and recheck your curriculum. Look at the classes you want to take and take into heavy consideration the type of schedule you can be comfortable with; don’t take on too much or too little, make a weekly schedule that works well for you, etc.
3.) Look at ratemyprofessor.com before making your class selections. I say this not as a way of getting easy classes and professors, but to prepare you for whats to come.
4.) use the internet to buy your books –> WAY CHEAPER.
5.) again, RELAX. You will be just fine if you do.</p>
<p>Have fun. This is the last time you really have no responsibilities. Meet a great girl, have a bunch of fun adventures with your best buddies, go on an exciting trip somewhere.</p>
<p>–learn how to do your laundry
–practice speaking up in class during discussions
–Read. Build upon your reading skills–comprehension and speed.
–Enjoy the moment without worrying about college right now.
–if you work this summer, I recommend working in retail because it requires communication skills with all sorts of people as well as making quick decisions. The communication skills you acquire will serve you well in college.
–Try not to be too obnoxious to your parents over the next few months. While it’s normal to push away and assert your independence, remember that coupled with their pride and joy for your acceptances is a little sadness that their “baby” will be leaving them soon.
–Don’t buy a million new things for your college dorm room. Keep it simple. There isn’t much space in the dorm rooms and you probably won’t use much of the stuff anyway.<br>
–Open up a checking account with a debit card and learn how to keep track and budget your money.
–Have fun. Enjoy the time with your friends.</p>
<p>HAVE FUN!!!
You have no responsibilities and have a carefree life. Spend time with your friends because in reality (and you hate to say it) you may never see some of them for the rest of your life. Go out a lot, plan a weekend trip, and do all those things you wanted to do but couldn’t because of school. </p>
<p>I would not recommend getting a girlfriend before college even though it is really fun while y’all are together (speaking from experience).</p>
<p>Read your student handbook before or as soon as you arrive on campus. The whole thing. I’m not saying you have to commit it all to memory, but do pay attention to the information that is clearly relevant to you (for instance, if you know you want to bring your hamster to live in the dorm with you, then you’ll want to pay attention to the pet policy), get a sense of what other information is there (so that later, if you need that information, you’ll be able to find it quickly) and note anything that surprises you (because that will reduce the likelihood of your making and depending on a false assumption later).</p>
<p>DCHurricane: That’s great that it worked for you, but I’m just saying that for me and all my friends who went to school with a significant other, it didn’t work out.</p>
<p>“if your moving away, just get ready someday to say “goodbye” (at least for a little bit) to your familiy, friends, home, pets, bf/gf.”</p>
<p>This is a very good point. Especially if you’ve never been super far from home for a long period of time. It’s the worst. I’m not an overly emotional guy but the day before I had to leave I was bawling like a baby saying goodbye to my dad, and after saying goodbye to my girlfriend.</p>
<p>^ Lol I never went far away from home also and moving to Indiana from Jersey is quite far. I was yelling and hollering “FREEDOM! FREEDOM!” while my mom gave me the death stare. She was crying so much when she was about to leave after dropping me off.</p>
<p>Lol really? Hahha… yeah I mean it was cool to have that freedom, but idk… I consider myself pretty white/American but I am hispanic, and most hispanic cultures put a lot of emphasis on family and stuff. So I guess subconsciously I really did have a very strong connection to my family, because it was hard knowing I’d be leaving them for a long time.</p>
