<p>Returning college students, what will you do differently this upcoming academic year that you felt you didn't do last year in college? This can be anything from social life to academic life.</p>
<p>And incoming frosh, I didn't forget about you guys. What will you guys do differently that you didn't do in HS that will make your first year great?</p>
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<p>For me, I'm going to be more studious. First semester in college, it was too much FB and too little studying. And second semester in college, even though I deleted my FB, I was still procrastinating and being a lazy bum. So I definitely want to be more ambitious and disciplined, and hopefully that would show through my studying skills which will hopefully show through my grades. </p>
<p>I also don't want to let irrelevant people or things get me down. Last year I would let the smallest things upset me, and this year I just want to brush them off and move forward. My new motto is irrelevant people/things don't need to be addressed nor acknowledged. </p>
<p>I also want to contact my family more often than I did. They always called me and the amount of times I called them, you can count on one hand. </p>
<p>I have other small things I plan on doing differently, but these are the major things I plan on doing differently.</p>
<p>Gonna join more clubs and make more friends, hopefully. Might get a job (really wanna save up for a car…). Gonna (need to) try and get straight As/A-s again so I can ensure that I get into the major I want.</p>
<p>I’m also going to try and change my attitude. Be a little more easy-going and whatnot.</p>
<p>Definitely going to try to have fun more than I did in HS. While I am dead set on studying hard and getting a 3.6+ GPA, I also want to have some experiences of just forgetting homework for a while and going out and having fun.</p>
<p>I will probably work hard and play hard. Not neglect fun for a high GPA, and try to find
the perfect balance between academics, extra curriculars, friends, partys and religion. I do not want to spend obssesive amounts of time studying or working on papers, so being efficient with my time and energy.</p>
<p>I will try to be open and meet a lot of people and not just talk to people who are over achievers.</p>
<p>My motto will definitely be: WORK HARD ~ PLAY HARD</p>
<p>( Don’t get me wrong, I do want all A’s my 1st year =P )</p>
<p>I’ll be a freshman this fall, however, I have a lot of things I plan on improving from high school.</p>
<p>The most important thing I plan on changing is my study habits. In high school I only diligently studied once. Most of my studying comprised of opening a book in front of the computer and casually shopping on Amazon or browsing a forum. I know if I want to have any shot of surviving a premed schedule I will have to drastically improve, which is precisely what I plan to do.</p>
<p>I also plan on greatly increasing the number of clubs and activities I partake in. I didn’t join any clubs until Senior year due to my shyness, something I really regret doing. Thus, I plan on finding a few clubs that interest me and getting involved early! </p>
<p>My aforementioned shyness is something I’ve already improved upon, but I still have a little bit of work to do. Some people mistake it for me being stuck-up and snobby, which is something I don’t wish to project. Hopefully I’ll be able to become more friendly and approachable throughout the year.</p>
<p>Well switching from a high school to an art school I plan on sleeping less, doing no math homework, reading more interesting things, and painting all the time.</p>
<p>In high school the hardest thing for me was switching between two mind sets. I could bury myself in art and art history and being completely in the zone but then my math and science grades would droop. So then I would switch to the more intellectual side, concentrating on science and math and such but then all I could do was doodle in my free time and by the time I would close my calculus book I was singing derivatives and my hand would shake.</p>
<p>“I also don’t want to let irrelevant people or things get me down. Last year I would let the smallest things upset me, and this year I just want to brush them off and move forward. My new motto is irrelevant people/things don’t need to be addressed nor acknowledged…”</p>
<p>This. I care way too much about what other people think of me, and I shouldn’t be so obsessive about it. No joke.</p>
<p>I plan on eating a really good breakfast every day, for starters. Last year my roommate and I would both sleep in too late and end up rushing around like maniacs in the mornings - I basically lived on instant oatmeal in the mornings. So I’d like to give myself extra time to prepare a good breakfast.
I also want to distance myself a little bit from my room and go out and meet people - join clubs, go to some events, just get myself out there more. I made some friends last year, but now, being back for the summer and realizing how my high school friends have moved on has shown me how I really want to make friends that go to my school, that I can keep in touch with, that I can have as my friends.
I think, finally, I also want to be more independent. Not call home as much, not go home whenever I have an excuse to. It’s time to spread my wings :)</p>
<p>And I also want to go to bed earlier. If i’m not going to be doing anything the next day then there’s no reason for me to stay up late and get up early, besides to get breakfast.</p>
<p>I’m going to be more on the ball about school and my club stuff than I was last year. I’m also going to lose a lot of weight, and stop worrying about someone’s possible problems with me.</p>
<p>I’m going to be a freshman in the fall, but here’s what I have planned to change:</p>
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<li><p>Be more outgoing. I’m ridiculously shy in real life and have extremely low self-confidence in my social skills, but during my orientation, I pushed myself to be outgoing and people were surprisingly nice. So I’m determined not to be the odd one out in college.</p></li>
<li><p>Get all my assignments done early. I am one of the WORST procrastinators ever, but I know I won’t be able to get away with that in college. </p></li>
<li><p>I suppose this goes along with number 2, but manage my time better. I want to set aside time every day to study without distractions, which means I’ll be turning off the Internet capabilities of my laptop during that time. I don’t want to spend all my “study” time on facebook.</p></li>
<li><p>Get involved. I wasn’t really involved in high school (as a result of number 1) and I regret it now. I’ll be joining clubs and going to events, if just to try new things out.</p></li>
<li><p>Be more adventurous! I want to try things I normally wouldn’t, because in the future, I could look back and regret not doing something. So I’m going to put on my explorer cap and get out there!</p></li>
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