College?!?!?!?

Well I'm an 18 yr.old high school senior, and I'll be graduating June 24, 2007. I'm starting my frehsmen year of college two months after graduating from high school. (August) and I want to know what you're guys experience was like your freshmen year of college. What should I do, or shouldn't do? I'm going to a christian college. (Malone College in Canton, Ohio) and obviously there won't be any parties including drugs, alcohol, sex whatever. So I just want to know what I should, and should not do as a soon to be first timer in the "real world" all by myself. (I live in New York, so Me and my parents are going to drive there, and it's a 6 1/2 hour drive. So I'll be all by myself. Facing the real world. making m own decisions and whatnot.) So your advice would be very well appreciated! Thank you! :)

College?!?!?!?
You should look around campus for posters or fliers about clubs you might be interested in. The best way to meet interesting people is to join organizations that share your interests and to get out and do things! Go to events sponsored by different groups and don't be afraid to mingle.





You write like a smart person, so I'm assuming you do pretty well in school. I was a straight-A student in high school and I only took 12 hours my first semester in college because I didn't know what it was like. This included two honors courses (English and history). It turned out that I could have easily handled 15 or 18 hours.





Hopefully you are right about the parties, drugs, alcohol, and sex, but don't be surprised if you find out those things are around your school. Stay strong and find the right people to hang out with.





A word of advice: Don't ever let anyone borrow your notebook. If someone wants your notes, you could accompany them to the library to make copies or something, but never let that notebook out of your sight!





Will you have a roommate? Hopefully you two will get along. Try everything you can to stay friends. If you have things you feel are important in sharing a room (e.g., not letting the roommate wear your clothes, having separate space, not eating each other's food, etc.), make sure you discuss these things right off the bat so you both know what's expected. As problems arise through the semester, be sure to keep your lines of communication open and always show respect for each other in your discussions no matter what.





College is an exciting time! Have fun! Good luck!
Reply:My parents went to Malone! That's where I'll go too when I go to college. Report It

Reply:Hello! First of all, going to a Christian college should boost up your confidence that everything will be okay. Be friendly and start making friends at the early stages of your freshmen year. Having friends around will take the gloom away. I was also nervous when I started my first year in college, esp growing up in a different country, I was not familiar with the colleges in town. But once I found out that colleges here are not that bad, I decided to be confident enough that everything will be okay. Now, I am even working for a community college myself.