College is a barrage of new things; new people, new places, new classes, new room, new surroundings, new food, basically new everything, which makes college a scary place to be. It never seems like a big deal when you're safely behind the walls of the high school you've been at for four years, surrounded by people you've known for years, only miles away from the house you are completely comfortable in but when move in day comes and your parents drop you off somewhere completely foreign to you, trust me its a big deal. Now that I have successfully frightened you I have some advice for you to make college less scary.
First off whatever you do, do not go home at least for the first month. The second you go home you will realize everything you miss and want to go back home every weekend thus missing all of the opportunities college has to offer. Make friends, it is extremely obvious advice but go out of your way to talk to new people, especially people in your classes because you will want a friend in your classes. Find all of the buildings your classes are in before classes start, actually find them twice. Get a planner and write in it every day, most importantly do everything you wrote down, no excuses! Study every day, read the material, make notecards, highlight notes, do anything and everything to be prepared for your classes. Whatever you do, don't stress out. Take college and everything it throws at you day by day.
Tuesday, December 3, 2013
To-Do List of College
1. Maintain a 4.0
2. Graduate with a Masters Degree
3. Join a club
4. Study Abroad
5. Have an internship
6. Volunteer...a lot
7. Make friends that will last a life time
8. Be a better me
9. Get A JOB!
10. Have the best time of my life
To achieve almost everything on my list I will have to work very hard for four years of my life, now three and a half. It's always been my goal to have a 4.0 in college, mostly because my parents expect it of me and believe I can and no one likes to disappoint their parents. Having a masters degree will benefit me in the long run and give me an edge over other applicants applying for the same job. Joining a club, volunteering, making friends and studying abroad are all things that help develop you as a person and contribute to making college the best time of your life. However, it doesn't hurt that these things also look great on a resume. It happens that I have an internship lined up or in the making for my sophomore year. Internships help prepare students for the scary world that awaits after graduation. Which leads me to getting a job, I know you should start applying for jobs about three months before graduation but being the silly freshman I am I know nothing about the act of searching for a real job, but that is where the career center is here for! College is supposed to be four years of growing as an individual and having the best time of your life. It is impossible to say how to achieve this but judging by my first semester here, college is going to the best time of my life.
2. Graduate with a Masters Degree
3. Join a club
4. Study Abroad
5. Have an internship
6. Volunteer...a lot
7. Make friends that will last a life time
8. Be a better me
9. Get A JOB!
10. Have the best time of my life
To achieve almost everything on my list I will have to work very hard for four years of my life, now three and a half. It's always been my goal to have a 4.0 in college, mostly because my parents expect it of me and believe I can and no one likes to disappoint their parents. Having a masters degree will benefit me in the long run and give me an edge over other applicants applying for the same job. Joining a club, volunteering, making friends and studying abroad are all things that help develop you as a person and contribute to making college the best time of your life. However, it doesn't hurt that these things also look great on a resume. It happens that I have an internship lined up or in the making for my sophomore year. Internships help prepare students for the scary world that awaits after graduation. Which leads me to getting a job, I know you should start applying for jobs about three months before graduation but being the silly freshman I am I know nothing about the act of searching for a real job, but that is where the career center is here for! College is supposed to be four years of growing as an individual and having the best time of your life. It is impossible to say how to achieve this but judging by my first semester here, college is going to the best time of my life.
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