Getting Ready for College
What to Do
Going away to college and living on your own is a big deal. You should bring as much stuff as you can because living in a dorm is like living in a shack!
I brought everything I had, like:
Clothes (including some business attire for job interviews)
Comfortable shoes
Sheets
Toiletries
School supplies
Books
A laptop
A telephone
An alarm clock
Lamps
Curtains
Rugs
Snacks
I even brought comfort things like my favorite blanket, my teddy bear, and a million pictures of family and friends back home. I arrived prepared, so I wouldn’t have to buy anything extra, besides snacks — lots and lots of ramen noodles.
But living on your own is not what you have, it’s about working with what you have. You have to learn to how balance your studies with your freedom and fun time. Here’s a lesson from my college experience.
— By Sade Jamison | VOX Staff and Georgia Perimeter College sophomore
What to Expect
The first day of college is usually the hardest — you don’t know what to expect, you feel all alone in a hall where no one seems to know anyone else, and on top of that you have to start lessons in a few days. You’ll probably go to sleep crying and friendless, curled into a ball in a corner in your dark room on your bed with no one in your corner to boot. Boohoo.
But then the Calvary comes. A brand new day! You never feel alone again and as time goes by, you’ll forget that you even experienced that. You’ll meet new people and try new things and nothing else matters, save the new classes that you’ll kind of have to study for.
All that to say: Calm down. Everything works itself out if you are just yourself. Go to whatever school functions your school offers on the first day and realize that everybody is just as nervous as you are.
I’ve been to college for a full year now, and I have to say that I met most of the people I know during the first month of school. Just be open to everybody you meet and take the initiative to talk to others.
— By Sage Nenyue | VOX Alum and Wooster College sophomore
love seeing vox alumni continuing to raise their voices and support the current voxers and high school students all over. thanks!
Thanks so much you guys! I am excited yet nervous about college and I still have one more year.! Knowing that im not alone makes me feel so much moe comforted!
I agree. Hearing how others are coping helps allot. Maybe this will help someone else too.
I found this website that helped me know what to pack and a bunch of other steps I needed to take to get ready for college without all the distracting ads and scams. It is http://www.collegeprocessmadeeasy.com and it has cool games and laughs under stress break for sustaining you during their long hours working on forms and essays and stuff!
Sorry for my bad english. Intresting title. It attracted me to read the complete post. Thanks
Great headline. If your cookie has a bite-sized action and your reader completes the action, I think two things happen. Their self-confidence goes up (which feels good) and their trust in you increases.
Hey I love this blog because it’s really informative and It makes me alittle relaxed about what to expect when going to Oglethorpe University in the spring of 2009 as a Freshman.
Hey,
I am compelled at this blog and I’m sure that it will come out to be very helpful in the future. Plus, I hear college is all about networking. I can’t wait until the fall of 2010 and hopefully I will be at Howard University….Wooohooo!!!! lol
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