Advice for College Freshmen

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I'm sure there are lots of people here who can give good advice on classes/professors and all that stuff. All I can give is the advice of lessons learned (usually the hard way):

-Find a way to make sure your room key is on you at all times, being locked out isn't fun, especially if you are coming back from the shower and all you are wearing is a towel. 7 times in 1 semester can send you to the J-board (if your college/university has one).

-If you find yourself locked out after receiving a J-board warning for excessive lock outs and you have your boyfriend climb in through the window to unlock your door only to find you had your key the whole time, don't tell him! Instead, pretend to find the key (believe me, you'll both appreciate this).

-If you are under 21, do not put a soda can in a brown paper bag and prance by your RA while drinking it. They will think it's alcohol, and when shown that it is soda, they will be annoyed at you for making fools of them and watch you closely from then on out.

-Swedish fish make really good poker chips.

-Don't wait until the night before you go home for the year to pack your room up unless you have only one suitcase worth of things to take.

-If you are not a morning person, do not, unless there is no other choice, sign up for a class that starts before 9 a.m (and even 9 a.m. is pushing it).

-If you like classes with a small amount of students, a lot of times the evening classes, the ones that start at 6 or 6:30 are usually smaller. The drawback to this, however, is that you will not fade into the crowd, the teacher will know your name...

-Don't leave your clothing alone for too long in the dorm laundry room. Strange things happen to them. Very strange things.


Heidi

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and if you ever need advice on how to scare a roommate away, I think I know a thing or two about that...