College And Me: Things I Wish I Had Known Before Starting
I recently completed my very first semester of college. There were lots of things I expected, and lots of things I didn’t. This is a list of things nobody told me about college that surprised me. I definitely think it’s important to figure things out on your own and cultivate your own experiences but knowing these things may have made my transition easier, or at least may have made me feel like I was a little bit less alone. Here it goes:
College kids are just as dumb as high school kids, except worse because no one’s telling them what to do.
I don’t care what the attendance policy says, just go to class.
You will make friends, I promise. But there will still be days when you feel like you don’t have any.
It’s okay to feel like you don’t belong sometimes.
You don’t have to go Greek. People will still like you. But if you do go Greek, force yourself to make time for your non-Greek friends.
Some people don’t get to pick their school. Sometimes, the school chooses you due to circumstances beyond your control. (Read: Some people may not be there because they want to be but because they have to be.)
There is still drama in college, but every little thing doesn’t seem like the end of the world anymore and that’s nice.
Not everyone goes to parties. You will find your people, and they may not be everyone else’s people.
Pick a spot on campus that’s just yours. Somewhere to just be by yourself and think or study or read or whatever. It’ll be a good place to have when you need it.
There’s no such thing as too much effort.
Everyone is there for a different reason. Try to learn as many of those reasons as possible.
This is what I’ve learned in my very short time as a college student. This may not be a set of guidelines for everyone, but it’s something I felt like needed to be said. So that’s it for what college has been like for me so far.
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