Part 2
Well, I'm at work being my typical bored self. So I decided to add 'Chrissy's College Surival Guide: All you'll need to know to get through as unscathed as possible' (This is only a working title. haha)
I dont' know why, but I have a goal of reaching 100 with this.)
PART ONE
21. Read the footnotes. Maybe it tacks on an extra 10 minutes total, but you'll thank yourself for it.
22. Save your notes. Especially for any class dealign with your major. It's going to come up again. Maybe something you learned in History and Systems of Psychology will show up in British Literature 2. It's not as farfetched as you think.
23 Talk to the people in your major/minor classes. "Hey! How far did you get on the reading?" is always an easy enough place to start. You're going to be seeing these people a lot since you're forced to take the same classes, they'll probably have some hints for you. Or at least they might be interesting. They're in the program because it's something they like, and you should be too. You're all just as interesting.
24. Drive just for the hell of it. Don't Mapquest a place, just get in the car with a friend or 2 and drive. Take a back road, go left instead of right at the stop sign. All roads lead to somewhere, and if you get lost all you have to do is turn around or make a call.
25. Scream. At the top of your lungs. Preferrably when no one's around. You'll feel better about that paper rewrite afterward, I promise.
26. Choose your seat carefully. This isn't high school, kids. Your profs are probably going to let you sit whereever the hell you want. At most, they might make a seating chart based on where you seat yourself. Then you're stuck, so make sure you choose well. Sit as close to the front as you want. If you don't want to get called on (or can't see, obviously) sit closer to the front. It's a proven fact that teachers usually pick people from the middle to the back of the room because when they look up, these are the ones they see. If you want to meet people, make sure there is a seat to each side of you. You're more likely to sit beside someone willing to chat in the 5ish minutes up to class...[now see #23]
27. Play nice in the dorms. Don't kick out your screen in a drunken rage; Don't rip down bulletin boards; Don't leave your trash all over the bathrooms/lobby/halls/anywhere that's not your room; Don't let your 'guests' run around unsupervised and cause damage. You want a reason for this? It's called Group Billing. Anyone who lives in a dorm knows what it is. It's the bane of our existence. $5 per person in the whole building because someone tore down the decorations on the lobby board. It adds up. And you can rest assured that by half way through the semester, all the other residents will be ready to rat you out to save themselves money. People are greedy, and rightly so.
28. When driving on campus, you don't have the right of way. Sorry. Watch for the people walking to/from here/there. You're that person the majority of the time. And, seriously now, is hitting a pedestrian at a crosswalk in the daytime really a good reason to add points to your liscense?
29. Free is good. Everyone knows this, but it's not just stuff. Free bus rides to bigger cities around your school (i.e. Shepherd takes buses to D.C. every couple months). You know it's better than hanging around in the same city you spend the whole week in on a sunny Saturday. Get up, get out, make a memory.
30. Take pictures. All right, I'll admit, most of the people I know over the age of 12 are picture whores. Don't stop just because you don't feel like keeping up with your camera. Someone will do something that you'll think is the greatest fucking thing ever!!!! You'll want to remember it. Plus, photo albums are always the best part of Facebook.
31. Take things that happen in your life seriously. I don't mean obsess and purposely not have fun. What I mean is: When something happens to someone you're close to, don't be afraid to let it change you. Maybe it's going to give you a gentle nudge toward what specialization you want with that Psychology degree or the last bit of negotiation you need to decide on joining such and such club (or leaving it). Or maybe it's going to be a ginormous smack in the face telling you that changes have to be made or you're going to turn into the opposite of who you want to be.
32. Do NOT put off those grad school applications! Just because you don't have the perfect GPA right now doesn't mean they won't be interested. Besides, maybe you can get some really nice references and applying by the first deadline gets you more attention/makes you look like you have your shit together. Conversely, do NOT ignore the job hunt. Experience helps. Intern, get the only position you're qualified for somewhere that even remotely involves what you want to go into. (i.e. Work in a day care if you want to go straight into teaching.)
PART THREE
PART FOUR
PART FIVE
I dont' know why, but I have a goal of reaching 100 with this.)
PART ONE
21. Read the footnotes. Maybe it tacks on an extra 10 minutes total, but you'll thank yourself for it.
22. Save your notes. Especially for any class dealign with your major. It's going to come up again. Maybe something you learned in History and Systems of Psychology will show up in British Literature 2. It's not as farfetched as you think.
23 Talk to the people in your major/minor classes. "Hey! How far did you get on the reading?" is always an easy enough place to start. You're going to be seeing these people a lot since you're forced to take the same classes, they'll probably have some hints for you. Or at least they might be interesting. They're in the program because it's something they like, and you should be too. You're all just as interesting.
24. Drive just for the hell of it. Don't Mapquest a place, just get in the car with a friend or 2 and drive. Take a back road, go left instead of right at the stop sign. All roads lead to somewhere, and if you get lost all you have to do is turn around or make a call.
25. Scream. At the top of your lungs. Preferrably when no one's around. You'll feel better about that paper rewrite afterward, I promise.
26. Choose your seat carefully. This isn't high school, kids. Your profs are probably going to let you sit whereever the hell you want. At most, they might make a seating chart based on where you seat yourself. Then you're stuck, so make sure you choose well. Sit as close to the front as you want. If you don't want to get called on (or can't see, obviously) sit closer to the front. It's a proven fact that teachers usually pick people from the middle to the back of the room because when they look up, these are the ones they see. If you want to meet people, make sure there is a seat to each side of you. You're more likely to sit beside someone willing to chat in the 5ish minutes up to class...[now see #23]
27. Play nice in the dorms. Don't kick out your screen in a drunken rage; Don't rip down bulletin boards; Don't leave your trash all over the bathrooms/lobby/halls/anywhere that's not your room; Don't let your 'guests' run around unsupervised and cause damage. You want a reason for this? It's called Group Billing. Anyone who lives in a dorm knows what it is. It's the bane of our existence. $5 per person in the whole building because someone tore down the decorations on the lobby board. It adds up. And you can rest assured that by half way through the semester, all the other residents will be ready to rat you out to save themselves money. People are greedy, and rightly so.
28. When driving on campus, you don't have the right of way. Sorry. Watch for the people walking to/from here/there. You're that person the majority of the time. And, seriously now, is hitting a pedestrian at a crosswalk in the daytime really a good reason to add points to your liscense?
29. Free is good. Everyone knows this, but it's not just stuff. Free bus rides to bigger cities around your school (i.e. Shepherd takes buses to D.C. every couple months). You know it's better than hanging around in the same city you spend the whole week in on a sunny Saturday. Get up, get out, make a memory.
30. Take pictures. All right, I'll admit, most of the people I know over the age of 12 are picture whores. Don't stop just because you don't feel like keeping up with your camera. Someone will do something that you'll think is the greatest fucking thing ever!!!! You'll want to remember it. Plus, photo albums are always the best part of Facebook.
31. Take things that happen in your life seriously. I don't mean obsess and purposely not have fun. What I mean is: When something happens to someone you're close to, don't be afraid to let it change you. Maybe it's going to give you a gentle nudge toward what specialization you want with that Psychology degree or the last bit of negotiation you need to decide on joining such and such club (or leaving it). Or maybe it's going to be a ginormous smack in the face telling you that changes have to be made or you're going to turn into the opposite of who you want to be.
32. Do NOT put off those grad school applications! Just because you don't have the perfect GPA right now doesn't mean they won't be interested. Besides, maybe you can get some really nice references and applying by the first deadline gets you more attention/makes you look like you have your shit together. Conversely, do NOT ignore the job hunt. Experience helps. Intern, get the only position you're qualified for somewhere that even remotely involves what you want to go into. (i.e. Work in a day care if you want to go straight into teaching.)
PART THREE
PART FOUR
PART FIVE