I wish someone would have told me to schedule classes after 10:00am, it's the hardest thing to wake up before then in college. Believe me, in college you stay up late and you definitely don't want to have to wake up really early to go to class. There's another thing I wish I had known beforehand, I wish I had known to better myself in goal setting. Once you get into a rhythm, however odd or disoriented it is, it's hard to break it. So if you get into a routine to miss a few classes each week or month, it's very hard to break that routine. I struggle with attending all my classes every week, and I wish I could have bettered my goal setting so that I could accomplish my goal to go to every class. Another thing I wish someone would have told me was that it is okay to call your parents and family every day, that it is even helpful. Entering college people told me to face things head on and do it quickly without help from your parents. They made it seem like it was weak to call your parents with concerns. Whereas it's actually very helpful in solving issues but also helpful in feeling less homesick and lonely. Your family is just a phone call away, make them frequently and you'll feel much better.
I wish I had known before hand how important it is to be nice to other people, to make friends right off the bat. I struggled the first month I started college, and because of it I missed the exciting friendships that were so easily made that first month. You will always be able to make friends in college because of the number of people going. But the first month is more important because everyone is trying their hardest to make friends. And once that month or the few months after have passed people start to lose interest in trying hard for friendships. Realize how nice it is to have close friends and do your best to find those friendships at the beginning of your arrival into college. Things will be much easier if you do. If you remember how nice it has been to have close ones in your life come closer to you in times of need, you will want to be that person for someone else. Look out for others who need support and love, no one can manage on their own the entire way.
Something else that is helpful is to find spots around campus that become your spot, the library especially. You will go day to day wanting time to yourself and if you don't have places where you can escape for an hour or two your weeks become longer. Escaping to get some time to yourself is so important to your experience in college. Those moments help you release stress and even help you think things out clearly and focus harder on the important things to you. I advise the library as a spot because that's a place most people don't try to bug you at. Peace and quiet is very important there and helps you obtain goals you'll need to accomplish under any circumstance.
College is intimidating and stressful and scary. But it doesn't always have to be. There will be times you will feel utterly alone even with people surrounding you, that's just apart of the experience. Everything is apart of the experience, and the better you prepare yourself the better off you will be. There are so many important factors to making it out alive. I've tried to share some major ones but with time you will just have to learn. I cant tell you everything because I too am still experiencing it all.
Best of luck to you.
God speed.
Hayley
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