soooon 2 be in college?

Question

hmm. im'a be in college soon. aww. its exciting but im kind of nervous of course.
what can u share about your first college experience. how do u quickly meet people & what about your classes?

i juz wanna hear your opinions & advices, possibly :)

im not yet sure if i would live in dorms/apartments because my dad is planning to move close to where i want to go 2 school so ill probably live with him.
i feel tho as if i wud make more frends if i live on campus. but yea, i lyk all your opinions&advices so far. thanks!

Answer 1

1)To meet new people, you really want to live on campus your first year. Don't room with somebody you know, you will not remain friends. However, you may find that your first roommate and you will become great friends. There will be a lot of freshman events. Go to those, they may be cheesy sometimes but you meet a lot of you peers. Join an organization like a club sport, or a reading club, or sorority, or community service group. (FYI sororities are REALLY expensive, not just the dues but all the events, gifts, and special clothes)

2)Food. I personally hated having a meal plan...but its really useful for the 1st year of college becuase you will likely not have a fridge. People often speak about the "freshman 15." If you're smart about food, it won't happen. Just because the meal plan allows you to have an "all you can eat" access to food, doesn't mean that you need to eat all you can. Also, late night pizza binges are a bad plan ;)

3)Parties. Everyone goes crazy their freshman year...well most people do anyway. This comes down to choices. I studied my butt off all week so that I could party hard on the weekends. I had a good GPA, made lots of friends, and got the partying out of my system.

4) Classes. Go to class. Its not required, but go. Even with a hangover. I, at least, found that if I went to class I had to study much less than trying to cram from the book. Oh, and speaking of books, see if you can get a list of what you need before you start. That way you can get everything online at Amazon.com or ebay.com rather than from the college WAAAY cheaper.

Answer 2

I had been to my university many, many times prior to starting for various things, so I wasn't too concerned about that, but meeting people. There was a freshman learning community in many of the dorms, where sophomores and juniors acted as "mentors" and helped us with some of the finer details that you never get told. We all moved in a couple days earlier and did some group things to get to know each other. Maybe you can see if you school offers something like that. It did help with breaking the ice!
All of my classes were pretty decent, no big surprises. Is there anyway you could take a day and go to your school and sit in on a couple classes? Many will work with incoming students to help arrange this or if you know someone, have them help you find out when a couple of classes that are taken by freshmen (your basic math, science, history, etc type lecture course) and sit in on them- can give you an idea of what you are in for.
Best of luck to you!

Answer 3

You didn't say if you were going to dorm or commute

Most people make friends in the dorm or in study groups in classes.

One of the things that may take you is the space between classes.

You may only have 3 classes a day with hours to spare for reading and research.

The research workload is liable to shock you too, as they expect you to live in the library a lot doing research with many references required.

Answer 4

my first college experience was so bad it got lost at ucla it so huge compared to a highschool : )

i think you should just take classes that you like, so you could make friends or other people who have the same interest as you, cuz its kinda weird if you just speak to random people on campus , so its better in the classroom it easier to speak to people and make friends.
-volunteer in the college you could make friends really quick that way cuz you have to work in groups usually.. i volunteered in ucla medical center and there really nice...

sue