<p>In addition to the previous suggestions (which are very good), it depends on your major.</p>
<p>You spend a lot of time in classes and working on homework. If you are pre-med, that means being constantly bombarded with the “perfection-or-bust” mentality you’re afraid of. Similar for business, engineering and any of the impacted majors in L&S.</p>
<p>There’s a way to escape it – mostly by surrounding your non-academic life with the kinds of people you really want to be with, doing the things you really want to do – but it will be harder.</p>