My Advice for Incoming College Freshman
So because you're graduating (congratulations, by the way) people should be driving you crazy right now. It's well intended, but if you're anything like me, if you hear one more person say "you're starting the next chapter of your life," you're gonna lose it. So here is my unprofessional, practical advice for your freshman year of college.
1.) Buy a bright coat or jacket. Write your name in it. Ergo, at parties you will not lose it in a sea of black North Face, because every, and I mean everyone, in the Midwest has the same North Face. So buy something easy to find. (BONUS: No one WANTS to steal your yellow parka, so no one will try.) (DOUBLE BONUS: You'll have more time to help your idiot best friend (me.) look for her black North Face.)
2.) Find a way to introduce yourself that is memorable and not creepy. Because you meet some 100 people the first two weeks. 300 if you're charismatic. So, find something cute/amusing to say, and accept that you'll have to say it 100 times.
3.) Don't make eye contact with Canvassers. They WILL talk to you. I mean, I guess you could just talk to them if you want to. Expand your world views and whatnot. But mostly, they just want money.
4.) Blow of work for things that matter. Skip all of your reading in order to see (spur of the momently) Spring Awakening. That's totally acceptable. Don't blow off work to watch America's Next Top Model. Because the person you like got voted off... I know...I was sad too.
5.) Join a club at the beginning of the year. Boy, I wish I had done this. SO MUCH. First of all, you immediately meet people, clubs are fun, AND when you fill out intern applications or tour guide applications you won't have to write: "Sees Campus Plays Sporadically" in the Extra-Curricular section. ...I'm ashamed at how close to the truth that is.
There. There are 5 concrete things that will improve your college experience, I hope. (P.S. Don't write, "Keep in Touch!" on people's yearbooks. Especially when you don't mean it. It's douchy.)
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