trust me, on the college.
Mark Cohen aKa Joe Puglisi has inspired me to witty this little ditty about college for all you highschoolers out there. Bear with me being that it is currently 2:08 and I therefore have only 22 minutes before I leave to attend my final class of my first semester at college.
First off, STOP stressing about college. You're in highschool, the stressing only increases when you get to college and you're awake at 3am, have 3 tests the next day, and haven't started studying yet, so save yourself and put off the worrying till your college years fully commence.
Focus on your HIGHSCHOOLwork - including getting AP credit! You will be thanking God day in and out when you place out of your core requirements (or kicking yourself when you don't!) Keep (or work on developing!) your good study habits. These are KEY in college. STOP PROCRASTINATING. STOP IT. RIGHT NOW. CLICK THE X AND GO TO DO YOUR HOMEWORK! WHY ARE YOU READING THIS?!?!? Ok, ok, I realize that procrastination is inevitable, but take it from me, procrastination will slowly but surely eat away at your sleep and social life, and probably your gpa.
Don't worry too much... it's your first semester in college - you're supposed to fuck up and make mistakes; it's what life is all about. So when you decide to choose the same paper topic as your roommate for your BS rocknroll class, you "help each other out" aka "plagerize" and are told you could be expelled from college, suck it up, rewrite the paper, learn from your mistake and don't do it again! DO NOT COPY SHIT FROM THE INTERNET/OTHER PPL. You will be found out! And you might not GET a second chance.
Pray to GOD that you get a motivated roommate.... in all aspects of life. If you get one that's an even WORSE procrastinator then you are, who is fat and lazy and never works out and keeps her shit all over the place, you will start too as well. Though having a chipper and motivated and "lets go for a 5 mile run!" roommate will undoubtedly get annoying, it's a hell of a lot better then further perpetuating your poor study/eating/working out habits. I'm unfortunately learning this the hard way.
Study. Go to class (at least 75% of the time). Learn. Get educated - it's what your parents are paying $40K per year for, so don't waste their money.
Go out. Party. Drink if you want to, sometimes even if you don't. Laugh. Make a fool of yourself. Take pictures!!! Looking back on the first few days/weeks/months of your semester will be a lot of laughs and a lot of "what the fuck was i thinking..." 's. those are always the best
Stay in occassionally. Watch a movie (sober). Play nintendo (sober). Just hang out (sober(?)) Sometimes the best times you have are just sitting around hanging out, no other substances needed.
Experiment: sex, drugs, rockNroll (but not the class!) - whatever it is that floats your boat or that you think might. Talk to people you thought you never would - Better yet, get drunk with them! - that always equates to good times.
Make LOTS of friends, but keep in touch with your old ones. Even if you lost sight of why you were friends with them, always know that you were for a reason. Plus you want to have something to do, somewhere to go, and somone(s) to go there with when you're home on vacation.
Do NOT come home on break thinking you're some enlightened college student - You're not. You're a first semester freshman aKa nothing.
Get in trouble. Not a lot - just enough. If you're going to get written up by your RA, at least make it worth while - not for something pointless like "not obeying quiet hours"
Befriend upperclassmen. They're parties are always the best, and have the least chance of being raided/broken up.
BE CAREFUL WITH FAKE ID'S. Find out about places before you go to them - and not just bars - liqour stores as well.
Befriend your professors! This is something I failed to do 1st semester and I definitely regret it. Introduce yourself, talk with them, go to their office hours - they have them for a reason, and it sure as hell must be boring sitting around for 2 hours doing nothing by themselves.
Most important: Have Fun! These are 4 years that you'll never get back, no matter how long you want to stay living in this false reality of "The Real World" that college seems to present. This is NOT the Real World. This is college - live it up while it lasts.
First off, STOP stressing about college. You're in highschool, the stressing only increases when you get to college and you're awake at 3am, have 3 tests the next day, and haven't started studying yet, so save yourself and put off the worrying till your college years fully commence.
Focus on your HIGHSCHOOLwork - including getting AP credit! You will be thanking God day in and out when you place out of your core requirements (or kicking yourself when you don't!) Keep (or work on developing!) your good study habits. These are KEY in college. STOP PROCRASTINATING. STOP IT. RIGHT NOW. CLICK THE X AND GO TO DO YOUR HOMEWORK! WHY ARE YOU READING THIS?!?!? Ok, ok, I realize that procrastination is inevitable, but take it from me, procrastination will slowly but surely eat away at your sleep and social life, and probably your gpa.
Don't worry too much... it's your first semester in college - you're supposed to fuck up and make mistakes; it's what life is all about. So when you decide to choose the same paper topic as your roommate for your BS rocknroll class, you "help each other out" aka "plagerize" and are told you could be expelled from college, suck it up, rewrite the paper, learn from your mistake and don't do it again! DO NOT COPY SHIT FROM THE INTERNET/OTHER PPL. You will be found out! And you might not GET a second chance.
Pray to GOD that you get a motivated roommate.... in all aspects of life. If you get one that's an even WORSE procrastinator then you are, who is fat and lazy and never works out and keeps her shit all over the place, you will start too as well. Though having a chipper and motivated and "lets go for a 5 mile run!" roommate will undoubtedly get annoying, it's a hell of a lot better then further perpetuating your poor study/eating/working out habits. I'm unfortunately learning this the hard way.
Study. Go to class (at least 75% of the time). Learn. Get educated - it's what your parents are paying $40K per year for, so don't waste their money.
Go out. Party. Drink if you want to, sometimes even if you don't. Laugh. Make a fool of yourself. Take pictures!!! Looking back on the first few days/weeks/months of your semester will be a lot of laughs and a lot of "what the fuck was i thinking..." 's. those are always the best
Stay in occassionally. Watch a movie (sober). Play nintendo (sober). Just hang out (sober(?)) Sometimes the best times you have are just sitting around hanging out, no other substances needed.
Experiment: sex, drugs, rockNroll (but not the class!) - whatever it is that floats your boat or that you think might. Talk to people you thought you never would - Better yet, get drunk with them! - that always equates to good times.
Make LOTS of friends, but keep in touch with your old ones. Even if you lost sight of why you were friends with them, always know that you were for a reason. Plus you want to have something to do, somewhere to go, and somone(s) to go there with when you're home on vacation.
Do NOT come home on break thinking you're some enlightened college student - You're not. You're a first semester freshman aKa nothing.
Get in trouble. Not a lot - just enough. If you're going to get written up by your RA, at least make it worth while - not for something pointless like "not obeying quiet hours"
Befriend upperclassmen. They're parties are always the best, and have the least chance of being raided/broken up.
BE CAREFUL WITH FAKE ID'S. Find out about places before you go to them - and not just bars - liqour stores as well.
Befriend your professors! This is something I failed to do 1st semester and I definitely regret it. Introduce yourself, talk with them, go to their office hours - they have them for a reason, and it sure as hell must be boring sitting around for 2 hours doing nothing by themselves.
Most important: Have Fun! These are 4 years that you'll never get back, no matter how long you want to stay living in this false reality of "The Real World" that college seems to present. This is NOT the Real World. This is college - live it up while it lasts.
posted by Karen at 2:07 PM
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