10. Don't eat meat from the cafeteria. No explanation needed.
9. Join the rewards club at the local grocery store (here, Harris Teeter). You get fantastic deals and ridiculously low prices and discounts that you won't get on food if you don't have a membership. Most of the time these memberships are free!
8. You can still eat healthy in the dorm room. Yogurt, fruit, vegetables, juices without tons of sugar, organic food, whole wheat bread, etc. You don't have to follow the typical college diet of oreos, ramen, and easy mac.
7. You will change your major at least once. I've done it twice and will probably do it again before next year is over.
6.Take a wide variety of classes. That's why general education requirements are there, they allow you flexibility in the classes you are required to take so you can take classes YOU WANT and still get credit for them. That's how I ended up in an anthropology class. And now I'm possibly declaring myself as an anthropology major. You could just find what you want to do for the rest of your life in a simple gen-ed requirement.
5. You're going to meet people that you don't like. And unlike high school, where you are surrounded by the same people every day for four years, college campuses are big enough that you don't have to see the same people every day unless you want to. So if you meet someone that you just don't want to be around for whatever reason (hopefully a legitimate reason), chances are you don't have to.
4. You don't have to be best friends with your room mate, but you do need to develop a relationship with them. I'm fortunate to have had a fantastic room mate this past year that I actually consider one of my best friends. We've had our differences, but she really is a great girl. (On the plus side, she's NOT transferring, so she'll be back next year!!!) During my friendship with Caitie, we've met some amazing young women here in Charleston. All of us, Morgan, Caitie, Heather, Devon, Devin and I. We're going to be friends for a very long time.
3. Don't try to plan everything out. There is no need to plan out your four years at college in the very beginning. You don't need to outline every class you are going to have to take, how many hours you're going to take in your remaining semesters, and what times you want to take them. Just take it one semester at a time.
2. If you don't put yourself out there and make friends, you're going to be miserable. I'm now completely comfortable going up to someone I've never met before and saying, "Hi, I'm Meagan. Who are you and how are you?" I can thank freshman year for that.
1. You will not be the same person you were when you arrived in August than you are now in May. I can say, without a doubt, that I am not the same person I was. I've grown up a lot, I'm a little taller, a little more wiser, and a little less petty than I was before. I've learned not to take things for granted and, surprisingly enough, I'm learning to give people the benefit of the doubt.
No comments:
Post a Comment