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.
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