Do you have tips for those going into college for the first time?

Question

tell me about, influencing people, making friends, the right conduct one need to have.

Answer 1

join groups with your same interest(s)
never trust anyone too much at first
study first,party later
live in a dorm your first year(you meet a lot more people)
be polite and friendly
don't be afraid to ask your RA for help
be social in your classes when appropriate
attend school functions-football games, dances, and mixers
form study-groups
go to dance clubs, parties, and on school related trips (skiing,boating,camping)
go to class on time

you'll meet a lot of new interesting people, make your influence and have the appropriate conduct...and on top of that you will have fun and get your education

Answer 2

Go to your bookstore and look in the college guides section, they have entire books on surviving your freshman year. They are extremely, extremely helpful even if you can just glance through them right at the store.

1) Make an effort to get along with your roommate, even if you don't like them. Housing most usually will NOT make switches for personality issues, you just have to deal with it. For your next year, you'll have the leeway to select your room and your roommate a bit more.

2) Go to class. It's soooo tempting to skip, but once you start you don't stop. Just go to class. It's what you're paying for, after all.

3) You can do point number 2 much better if you make an honest attempt to eat regular meals instead of junk food, get 5+ hours of sleep a night, and avoid all of the binge partying that happens in the first year. I'm not saying that you shouldn't enjoy yourself, but most freshmen are still underage for alcohol, so watch yourself most carefully at parties.

4) Join a student group, any student group. Your Student Activities or Student Affairs or something similar is the office that oversees things, and your Resident Assistant (dorm counselor) should know how to hook you up with that information. Even if you just go to a few meetings, you'll be meeting people.

5) Give yourself a good social life, meet people, enjoy the freedom. But give yourself rules and be responsible about the freedom, or you'll tank your grades and flunk out before you've even started. It's hard to be the one who pays some attention to their assignments and so forth.... but you'll still be there in two years, and the party animals won't be.

6) You'll be assigned a professor as an academic advisor. Meet with them, actually talk to them. Do it more than once! They'll help you sign up for the best classes and get you started with your course requirements. Once you choose a major, you'll get an advisor in your major who can help you more specifically. Your freshman advisor will likely focus on getting you the bothersome required odd courses and getting them out of the way (Physical Education, Liberal Studies, whatever your college requires for assorted credits).

7) Safe sex, laws about underage drinking and drug use.... Always practice the first, and obey the second.

Answer 3

Your freshmen and senior year will be the hardest. Freshman year you will have all kinds of people coming up to you telling you any and everything. You will run into the partiers and drinkers, hoes that are happy to get out of their parents holds and get loose, the laid back people that are focused on their schooling, the frats and sorrors, etc. To be honest I would say dont loose your focus while up there but enjoy yourself at the same time. It will be easy to make friends because for freshman they have many activities for you. Just try to be yourself and everything else will follow. Warning: there will always be parties so dont get to caught up in that scene. Believe me when I say there is always a party going on almost every week and I dont care where you go. Hope I was helpful and good luck!

Answer 4

1) Live in the dorms your first year, seriously you'll meet so many more people.

2) Get to know your roomate and be openminded, chances are they'll be completey different from you (mine is from the carribean), get to know your hallmates. Most people hate eating alone so knowing your hallmates always gvies you people to go eat with, These are the people you'll be sharing your life with more so than your friends at home!

3) Don't go crazy, I've seen so many kids just go completely over the top and they're out of control. Have fun, but make sure you do your work to.

4) Keep your classes manageable, don't try and take 18 hours your first semester, the work is harder and it'll burn you out. And try to balance your classes, math and science with humanites, as well as big to small ratios.

5) Get involved in ONE or TWO organizations. Take it easy at first, clubs take up more time and alot of people try and do to much and burn out or fail out. Studying will take longer so balancing your time is harder.

6) Find study buddy's in each class. And a good place to study, dorms are loud so they're not always great. And be prepared to completely change your study habits, in college you really learn how to study.

7)Don't be afraid to talk to someone if your having issues, chances are your roomate is just as homesick or confused as you.

Good Luck, it's alot of fun!

Answer 5

First, you defenitely can't be scared to make friends. On your first day of class, introduce yourself to the students and teachers. Let them know that you are open to meeting new people and making new friends. Speak out in class, too! That helps people know that you are willing to step up and speak out of your comfort zone. There will be a lot of people in your situation. I still get nervous when a new semester starts. Lol. Join clubs on campus... things like fraternities and clubs relating to your major not only give you good experiences to put on a resume' for jobs and college, but they also help you make new friends!

Good Luck!

Answer 6

You need to be open-minded. You'll run into people who are totally different from the people you grew up with -- and you may find that one is your new roommate! Be honest and be yourself. Be respectful of others, but be sure to set your own boundaries. You are getting ready to enjoy one of the best times of your life!

Answer 7

dont be a suck up be yourself dont try to overdo it act naturally people will see right through a fake persona be wary of the first person to approach you they are normally trouble or just looking for someone to pull pranks on