Your worst mistake...

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<p>I'm sure this has been done before, but I haven't found a similar thread :) So I decided to start one!</p>

<p>What is the biggest mistake you made during your freshman year of college? What are somethings we should avoid doing? What are things you wish you hadn't brought to the dorms? Anything you wish you'd done better with your roommate? Any advice on avoiding your missteps? </p>

<p>Thank you so much! I look forward to reading your stories! I apologize in advance if this thread is overdone!</p>

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<p>My mistake was I never should’ve taken the counselor’s advice on taking an Academic Planning course. It was the most useless class ever.</p>

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<p>I wish I would have thought out my courses more. I ended up withdrawing from one my 1st semester so I only got 13 credits. I would could be further along had I taken more credits both 1st & 2nd semester.</p>

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<p>-I should have taken more classes, especially first semester, even if they were bs (I didn’t realize my advisor was lying and that a pointless ballet class would have given me transferable credits).<br>
-I shouldn’t have skipped going to the theatre that one time for my acting class because I ended up getting a B and it brought down my GPA more than I ever thought possible.<br>
-I should have tried to get more involved on campus instead of just holing up in the library, eating frozen yogurt, and going to the beach with my roommate all the time. </p>

<p>I had fun, but there are several things I would do differently if I had the chance.</p>

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<p>That one night…</p>

<p>I blew it with an entire floor of girls. Well except for the one they all hated…</p>

<p>so worth it.</p>

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<p>Well I’m taking 16 credits, so I should be good on the credit number. I wanted 17 but I couldn’t get into a 4 credit class so I took a 3 credit one instead. So looks like I’m okay on the credit number and they all count for something! </p>

<p>Although I’m still unsure about the classes I’m taking! So I’ll think about them more; thanks SkylineEyes! </p>

<p>List

  1. Seriously think about the classes you are taking.
  2. Taking 12 or 13 credit hours first semester isn’t always a great idea. Take more if possible.
  3. Don’t always take your advisor’s word as law.
  4. Don’t skip class!
  5. Get involved.
  6. Make friends not only with your roommate, but a variety of people!</p>

<p>Thanks so much everyone!</p>

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<p>Crazyday-- explain more please! I’m curious! haha.</p>

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<p>Well I met this girl on their floor Friday night, did some things with her.</p>

<p>She ****ed off everyone on her floor Saturday day, they all literally hated her after what she did.</p>

<p>I went to their floor at 2 AM Saturday night, heavily inebriated, knocked on all their doors asking if they knew where she was…</p>

<p>I ended up finding her, but the next day none of the girls would talk to me anymore ha. Worth it? Yeah.</p>

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<p>^Are you sure it’s because you were asking for that girl or just cause you went around drunk bugging everyone and waking them up lol?</p>

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<p>Me asking for that girl was the nail in the coffin ha. </p>

<p>I was already good friends with most of the girls, they wouldn’t of cared…but asking for that girl? Oh boy.</p>

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<p>I shouldn’t have taken Intro to Psych after getting a 5 on the AP Psych test (someone told me it was a good idea, WRONG)</p>

<p>I should have gone to the gym more.</p>

<p>I shouldn’t have gotten so drunk at my formal that I completely lost my wallet and all of my stuff :frowning: I had a lot of cash in there.</p>

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<p>I literally destroyed the bathroom…</p>

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<p>Getting mono second semester.</p>

<p>Not entirely my fault, but still. Lost out on a couple of months of life, and ended up having to drop a class because I couldn’t keep up with the demands of an 18 hour schedule anymore. Stay healthy kids!</p>

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<p>List

  1. Seriously think about the classes you are taking.
  2. Taking 12 or 13 credit hours first semester isn’t always a great idea. Take more if possible.
  3. Don’t always take your advisor’s word as law.
  4. Don’t skip class!
  5. Get involved.
  6. Make friends not only with your roommate, but a variety of people!
  7. Don’t drink too much!
  8. Don’t knock on people’s doors at 2 AM (see number 7)
  9. Go to the gym more
  10. Try to stay healthy (don’t share drinks, wash hands, etc)</p>
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<p>**Fall Semester<a href=“1”>/b</a> Let depression get the best of me.
(2) Not put in enough effort into my academics when I was clearly capable of doing so.</p>

<p>**Spring Semester<a href=“1”>/b</a> Took a class Pass/Fail and came close to failing (thankfully I passed) because I put it no real effort in the class. I put in the very minimum, and doing that left me clueless at the end of the semester as to whether I was passing or failing.</p>

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<p>Too many to count:</p>

<ol>
<li>not going into my school with an open mind</li>
<li>taking 18 credit hours</li>
<li>not taking an easy class so i wouldnt have ended up on academic probation</li>
<li>not getting a single dorm room</li>
<li>not growing up</li>
<li>having all those plagiarism issue with my programming class and then the issue with “vending machine vandalism” </li>
<li>switching out of engineering the minute it got too hard</li>
<li>not seeking counseling</li>
<li>not letting go of the injustice or the lack of college prep that my so-called college prep Christian high school gave me</li>
<li>not trying new things</li>
<li>depending too much on my one friendship to get me through</li>
<li>ever considering Pre Med as a viable option</li>
</ol>

<p>the list goes on</p>