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I’m really anxious to start my sophomore year of high school. Today I got all of my necessary school supplies and I have read over all of my syllabi(I think that’s the plural of syllabus😂) and I’m in the process of calming my jitters

This list will focus on some general information regarding college. The first part of this list is for freshmen or new students, but the rest applies to any college student!

1. It’s okay if you don’t know anyone there. It’s okay if you’re sticking to a community college or local university while some of your high school classmates are partying it up at a state university. HEY. It’s okay.


2. It’s okay to be excruciatingly nervous on the first day of orientation and you literally don’t know anyone around you because…they are just as nervous as you are and you are in this together.


3. Listen for important information during orientation! Where was that meeting going to be again? Be attentive and you might even make a friend by helping someone out who wasn’t listening or missed an announcement.


4. Find out about the clubs on campus and sign up for more information! Maybe it doesn’t seem like your kind of thing, but this is the time to try new things! You never know what club or hobby you might end up loving.


5. Do you have a planner? Get yourself organized by knowing when you’ll be in class, how much time you have between classes, and what you can do with that time.


6. Get a sturdy backpack that can withstand the rain (I’m still using my Swissgear backpack from middle school — you don’t need a Kanken to be cute and prepared) and always bring an umbrella, your school ID, paper/notebook, pen, pencil, some water, a couple of snacks, and chapstick.


7. Make sure you leave yourself a breakfast and/or lunch break when signing up for classes. You will thank yourself.


8. Take your basics and approach them with as genuine interest as you can muster. You might discover that what you hated in high school, you come to love in college.


9. So you knowingly or unknowingly signed up for a notoriously difficult professor and everyone is giving you looks of pity. First of all, what are their reasons for writing this professor off? Have they had this professor before? What were their experiences? Rumors spread like wildfire and the information you’re receiving about a professor might be skewed. Other times, people want the easy way out and immediately reject professors who are even slightly challenging. Take this from someone who was in this exact situation: An easy class is not always a good class. A hard class is not always a bad class.


10. Get to know your professors! This is a vital piece of information: You will be amazed at how far building relationships with professors can take you, especially the ones you get along with. They can get you into classes, they can get you into highly competitive internships, I swear, they can land you the job that might even lead to working alongside them in the future. If you take nothing else from this, take this one lesson.


11. “How can I get to know my professors?” Begin by participating in class (even if your face burns up as you talk out loud). Talk to them after class! Email them and visit them during their office hours! Let them know you care about their class and, really, it all goes from there.


12. Professors have office hours for a reason, which is for you to visit them. Most professors want to help you out! But they cannot help you if you do not let them know. Office hours are the perfect opportunity to talk to your professor, Expert of Class They are Literally Teaching, who can bestow much knowledge and clarification about a topic or idea you do not understand.


13. Student discounts @ restaurants and stores exist. Try your career center and the Internet to find out where they have these offers.


14. Always lock your bike and/or car. Not sure if you locked it? Go check or sweat-inducing regrets might ensue. I swear, SOMEONE STOLE MY DOORMAT LAST SEMESTER. MY DOORMAT. Always lock your car.


15. Apply for work-study! Some jobs only involve sitting at a desk with occasional human interaction. You can use this time to study AND get paid! Spectacular!


16. A note about advisors: Sometimes, you get an advisor who is awesome, helps you push your limits, and gives you a bunch of useful tips about your classes. Other times, you get an advisor who discourage you from taking on something challenging because their personal views and feelings get in the way. At the end of the day, it is your responsibility to choose your classes/professors and be well-informed. If something seems off, ask someone else about it. Your advisor isn’t omniscient and you must rely on more than one opinion about a class, a professor, a major, etc.


17. Syllabus PRO TIP: Colleges and universities sometimes have an accessible database of syllabi from previous semesters! This means that you can look through old syllabi and see the grading scale for a class, previous professors who offered that course, and what amount of reading a class will require. Of course these are previous syllabi and may not perfectly reflect what a class is like now. But you can get a really good idea of what to expect. (The syllabi archive is available online for my university. Ask your advisor if this is available in any form at your school!)

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