Adjusting to college life can be one of the most difficult times
of your college carrier. You go from the comfy high school setting of knowing
everyone and being the oldest, to the little freshman in a big school where you
know almost no one. From the high school teacher telling you five times about
the test on Wednesday to the college professor who might not even tell you
there’s a test because it was on your syllabus and you should’ve known. From
your mom or dad making sure you woke up in order to get to school on time to
sole responsibility of yourself getting to your classes. From spending maybe 5 hours all senior year on
homework to 5 hours a night of homework in one subject. College is a major
transition in one’s life, and sometimes people are thrown back a little. Lucky
for you, I’m here to help guide you and make your transition a simple one.
Your first few weeks in college can be very stressful. The first week your main focus was to find
all your classes and to make it to them on time. The second week was remembering
where all those classes were and showing up with the correct notebook. Now you’re
starting to settle into your classes a little more but you’re not necessarily
feeling better. You have a ton of homework you need to get done, friends you
want to hang out with, and events you want to go to. If you get only one thing
from this blog post let it be this- PRIORITIES. I cannot stress the importance
of your priorities in college, especially your freshmen year. That being said I’m
not telling you that homework should always be your number one priority; you’ll
probably go insane. Instead, think of what you have to get done and how much
time you have to do it. Get the major assignment out of the way or maybe one of
the smaller ones that is due tomorrow. Then take time to hang with your friends
and RELAX. Don’t stress about everything you have to get done. Take some time
to yourself to get your work off your mind and have some fun. However, don’t
leave your work until the last minute and then scramble to get everything done.
The best thing about adjusting to college in the beginning
is that you’re not doing it alone. For those of you living in a dorm, more than
half the people living in the building with you are going through the same
thing. They are trying to figure out that healthy balance between having fun
and getting their work done. Even for those of you who are commuters, most of
your classmates are trying to figure out how they’re going to get all their
homework done and get some sleep before waking up for their 8am the next
morning. My best advice to you- find yourselves a group of friends that will
benefit you the most; friends that won’t pressure you to go out every night
with them, and respect your decision to stay in and do work. A key element to
adjusting to college life is finding someone to go through it with.
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