<p>been more confrontational with my roommate</p>
<p>not be intimidated by professors</p>
<p>stand up to my academic advisor when I was unsure of the classes she was putting me in</p>
<p>taken more time to relax</p>
<p>been more active in on-campus organizations</p>
<p>worked out and played more sports</p>
<p>Actually at my school, there wasn't a huge emphasis on sports (if anything, sports gets almost no funding here) so being athletic didn't guarantee you getting your groove thang on. My roomate was a tall blonde lacrosse player with a surfer's voice. You'd think he'd be swimming in the poon but he only had sex with two girls the entire year and one girl he did it with when he was back home. Totally shocked me, McGill girls have a well deserved reputation for being "well travelled". Amongst the five lacrosse guys I hung out with, they had combined for a record of 8 girls amongst five guys. That's less then 2/guy. Maybe it's just lacrosse players...</p>
<p>bumpity bump</p>
<p>Rushed a sorority!!! Seriously if you're going to an SEC school, Texas or some other southern school- Sororities and Fraternities are huge! I feel like I really missed out on that first year because I wasn't in a sorority then!</p>
<p>If advice from 25 years ago counts ...</p>
<ul>
<li><p>Study more ... I blew off too much work and got terrible grades ... in the end I had to really hustle as a junior and senior to "catch up".</p></li>
<li><p>Try more new things academically ... I played it safe with my electives ... as a junior I first went way out of comfort zone ... college is prime time to experiment ... using a pass/fail here and there can make taking courses out your comfort zone easier</p></li>
<li><p>Try more new things socially ... I certainly had a lot of fun as a freshmen ... however I should have checked out plays (would have liked them), concerts, opera (nope), ballet (nope), alternative movies, lacrosse, ultimate frisbee, spending some saturdays wandering around my college town and surrounding area.</p></li>
<li><p>Be more brave socially ... if interested I should have asked ... I was still too afraid of rejection.</p></li>
</ul>
<p>For me, as a shy immatire kid, my freshman year did take a lot of adjustment but I view it as the year when I started to really become the man I grew up to be (and continue to grow).</p>
<p>"For me, as a shy immatire kid, my freshman year did take a lot of adjustment but I view it as the year when I started to really become the man I grew up to be (and continue to grow)."</p>
<p>I like how you put it.</p>
<p>I wish I had made friends faster. I didn't have any friends until second semester and I got really depressed. I wish I had seeked help more for the depression. I still haven't really, and I'm going into sophomore year now. I wish I hadn't completely fallen for a total jerk who used me and now hangs all over our mutual female friend in front of me. I wish I still didn't want to be with him despite everything.</p>
<p>Wish I'd joined more groups -- I told myself that I was going to use my freshman year to explore my options and not get too committed to anything, but I actually ended up limiting myself.</p>
<p>I wish I gave my school work more time outside of class, cuz I didn't really do much homework or studying. (and it didn't turn out too well... well, it was ok, but it coulda been a lot better)</p>
<p>wow, you guys are really helpful...</p>
<p>when I go to college next year, all my time will be equally divided between:</p>
<p>a) studying
b) partying +effing
c) visiting my professors</p>
<p>Made MORE friends than just staying with a single best friend who ended up being suicidal in my second semester freshman year and withdrew from college. Suddenly found myself pretty much friendless after she left. Now that's rough.</p>
<p>Do spread out more even if one of the first people you meet happens to have your favorite interests.</p>
<p>LoL, it seems that for the most part, people who studied wish they partied more, and people who partied wish they studied more... I guess you have to pick one or the other lol.</p>
<p>I wish I didn't attempt to maintain a relationship with someone from home. It definitely took a toll on my social and emotional lives... (not to mention I developed a bleeding ulcer and missed almost a month of class when he broke up with me).</p>
<p>kc_lady...i have heard that one alot.</p>
<p>And what is up with all these guys saying "i would do every chick that moves". such cavalier attitudes towards sex are sad.</p>
<p>flgirl> It's not your place to judge other people's sexual motives. Sex is something that a lot of people enjoy so why would they not engage it as much as possiblre?</p>
<p>I wouldn't do every chick that moves, I'd just do the hot ones.</p>
<p>All kidding aside, if you don't agree someone's sexual philosophies, don't have sex with them.</p>
<p>Are you kidding TomK? Because there are risks, that's why. Flgirl, I'm with you. And I'm also a Florida girl :P</p>
<p>its not about agreeing or disagreeing, i am just stating my opinion. and you are certainly entitled to yours. I am not a prude about sex by any means. However, I have seen, first hand, the consequences of such cavalier attitudes about sex. I am not "judging" your lifestyle. I am merely saying that I disagree with some of the sexual references made on this thread. Many of the comments made can be considered demeaning to women. Women are not a piece of meat, but that is how many of CCer's describe their sexual encounters with women. Two consenting adults going at it is fine, if it is done safely, but perhaps it could be expressed in a more dignified and less crude manner.</p>
<p>Tennishica, where in fl are you from? What HS did you go to?</p>
<p>Probably gotten more of my major requirements out of the way so I wouldn't have to take as many required classes now and have a more flexible schedule.
Trying to take it easy early on just means you'll have a harder time later.</p>
<p>"Trying to take it easy early on just means you'll have a harder time later."</p>
<p>That's true in a way, but taking it hard the first time may prove detrimental because you would have to play the GPA catch up game for the next 3 years.</p>