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So, I just started college today. As in, I just moved in and am typing this from my dorm room less than an hour and a half after my parents have left.

At the moment, I'm bored. So, to make a long thread short, what are the things you wish someone had told you when you first started college?

One of my roommate's a "sophmore/junior mix kinda thing" (and 20), so it'd be a lot easier for him to get a minifridge full of booze than me. I'd just mooch off of him, most likely.

You don't want to do this again when you're 32, married and working full time or something so pay some damn attention to something besides the booze, GF's and floor fungi.

This, so much. Not only that, there's a strong chance that the people that you meet freshman year will be the ones that you're closest with throughout school.

I wasn't very social in high school, and when I went to college I made a concerted effort to change that. I basically acted 180 degrees differently...I went to every event and party. I drank, I was boisterous and social. Basically just opened myself up to a lot of new experiences (excepting any drugs, though). It worked great, and I highly recommend it.

Edited, Aug 22nd 2011 3:51pm by Eske

That and college doesn't get you a job. Get those work-study jobs and internships going, or you'll have gone $40k in debt and end up selling used cars.



I don't even know why they have the other type anymore...

Issues with some of the above suggestions: I'm leave this college next year, hopefully.

So, I didn't get into the college I wanted to go to, but they said "Hey, go to a satellite school of ours and make a 3.2 or higher. We'll give you automatic admission your sophomore year."

So that's what I'm doing. Needless to say, though, I'm going to be as social as possible in the short time I'm here, despite the fact that I'll only be here a year.

Yes, my dorm is co-ed. The only non-co-ed dorms here are all women. And the laundry machines are free. Which is awesome.

In that case, don't skip class. Pay attention to your homework and studying, and a 3.2 should be easy.

Get a suicidal roommate so you get an A for the semester.

Find the biggest ***** on campus and get the nerdy kid laid so he helps you keep a 4.0 from day one.

I played a Lord of the Rings drinking game with friends. Only rule, drink when they say ring.

WOW.

It was the extended edition of the first movie, which just adds more discourse. We actually made it to the council of Elrond (which seriously did us in).

You can't smell your own breath, brush your teeth every day no matter what.

You are better looking than you think you are. Seriously. No matter what age you are.

You are being hit on more often than you think you are. Your social radar is defective and needs more practise.

Prepare to be overwhelmed.