My advice for those starting college

Student Lounge College Life
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<p>-Can’t neglect any major part of your life</p>

<p>-Strive for improvement every day</p>

<p>-Create a master checklist of all the things you want to do</p>

<p>-Always look to better a situation if you are unsatisfied</p>

<p>-Have to maintain a positive view on everything</p>

<p>-Know your goals better than anything</p>

<p>-work harder if you know you are doing something right</p>

<p>-strive to add positives to your life, like a game where if you add another positive such as getting in shape you are better off</p>

<p>-Have a backup plan to your goals</p>

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<p>… and try not to burn out in the process!</p>

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<p>Can’t forget stay focused…because there a a lot of distractions.</p>

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<p>-Dont try to overdo yourself just to “keep up” with everyone else. Everyone learns at their own pace
-If you fall down 7 times, Stand up 8
-give your best at everything, even if it seems impossible
-Make some friends, it is impossible to make it through college alone
-Explore all academic areas. Dont limit yourself to just math/science/engineering courses if you’re an engineer. Try out some of the humanities for fun
-Freshman seminar is a great place to make friends
-Check your high school mentality at the door. It wont work and it is not cute. Plus keep your mind open to new things
-Be yourself
-GET A TUTOR
-Talk to your professors. They’re real human beings too
-Dont leave any class on the back burner</p>

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<p>-Partying day and night sounds fun at the moment, but only ends up hurting you in the process</p>

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<p>HAVE FUN! You’ll remember the parties and nights out, not studying hard for a test. Yes, try academically. But don’t sit around every night studying. You can spare 3 or 4 hours a night for some fun. </p>

<p>Be open minded and outgoing. Hang out with people you like.</p>

<p>Go Greek.</p>

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<li><p>You’re going to have bad nights. Whether its whispering all your deepest secrets to a toilet bowl at 3am or realizing that you know nothing about economics the day before a final exam … you’re going to have bad nights. Just remember that this too will pass, and tomorrow will be better.</p></li>
<li><p>People always said that high school was the best part of your life. They lied, it dragged on forever. The people who say college is the best part of your life are correct, it goes by if you blink at all. Get involved with anything and everything – you don’t want any regrets. </p></li>
<li><p>Intern in your field BEFORE your junior year. Get work experience and ask your professors so that if the job market is still trash when you graduate you’ll be ahead of the game. Likewise make sure the career center knows you before you walk in the spring of your senior year in a panic. </p></li>
<li><p>Realize that if your teacher is horrible, it’s not the end of the world. SOMEONE in the class gets it, you’ve got to find it. Send out an email through blackboard and set up a study group. Go find a tutor and to the academic support center. There is no stigma in college that it’s just for ‘stupid’ people – lots of people go.</p></li>
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<p>Use your school’s course/instructor evaluation tool! Don’t just look for the easy A but look for the inspiring professors, the captivating course material, the courses where you will work hard but learn more than you thought possible.</p>

<p>Classes with bad professors or boring subject matter just rob you of your motivation, which can actually harm your performance in other courses you actually care about.</p>

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<p>Buy 40s of Hurricane malt liquor, it’s cheap as hell, tastes OK for budget booze and will get you hammered like a construction site</p>

<p>And no it’s not where I derived my username from :P</p>

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<p>Don’t major in business unless your GPA is over 3.8.</p>