[erure]

1. Don't miss class ever.

2. If your roommate does something that bothers you then tell him/her because he/she probably doesn't know that it's bothering you. If you let it go on you might just explode.

3. Try to study every day instead of study all at once the night before a midterm/final/whatever.

4. Go to office hours and talk to professors and TAs. Let them know that you care about getting a good grade in the class.

5. Turn off the computer and STAY OFF a few hours every day so that you can study some.

6. Just because your parents aren't there doesn't mean you should eat crap every day and gain 50 pounds.

7. Take naps between classes be it in your bed or on the lawn in front of your classroom.

[kAytiieee]

-make good friends with the TA's in big classes
-don't be afraid to talk to your profs. most of them are around to help, and really want to.
-attend class! don't think that your friends' notes will help you. trust me, once test day comes, you'll be so confused
-don't focus too much on studies. make an effort to go out and befriend people
-don't ever get your priorities mixed up, and even if you do, make sure you motivate yourself to pick yourself back up.
-stay open-minded. i'm not telling you to be all out liberal, but keep an open mind to other peoples' opinions. u'll learn alot!
-be nice & friendly, but don't let people walk all over you. keep your head up.

Sooo true!! I'm still a freshman and yeah I've been doing pertty much all this...cept making friends a bit more on the harder side though cuz I sit with diff ppl every single freakin day lol daannngg.

Yeah, DEFINITELY shouldn't focus too much on studies...unless you have all these freakin exams comming up like what I'm going through right now =___=;;
They're so evil that they pile up on you and sorta, well...force you to study

Making friends (or just get along or even better, GET ON THEIR GOOD SIDE) with the TA's is a huuuuggee benefit. I made friends with a TA for one of my astronomy classes and she's sooo nice to the extreme...to the point where she'd always e-mail me these internships and NASA opportunities and Astronomy researches for undergrads and such...soooo friggin awesome omg.

Going to your Professors and TA's office hours is really realy helpful too...sometimes you may think that you understand something with a bit of a doubt...that one lil doubt may be the one that prevents you from getting a better grade on your quiz or exam. Sooo yeah, go visit 'em and bug 'em (okaaayy, maybe not bug 'em..) with a bajillion amount of questions and like 99% of the time, they're always more than willing to help you. They're not allowed to get impatient on you anyway pwahahahha:D...annnndd sometimes, when you get onto a TA's really good side, they'd *maybe* give you hints on what might or will be on your next quiz or exam (no joke here!) but yeah....don't take that as an advantage =____=;;

NO SKIPPING CLASS!! *nods crazily*
No matter how boring some lectures may become, I'm pretty sure you'd rather go and not fail than vise-versa

[~¤~ Michie ~¤~]

^ referring to my friend Katie's post here

May I add something?...No procrastination!!!!
Or you're screwed ~ LOL

[euphoros]

Fear of public speaking.... I know there will be quite alot of that. How do i cope?

Its okay to be afraid or nervous of speaking in public. It isn't so bad. Just practice a lot with a small audience such as your friends and family members. If you can't handle with public speaking, you can take a communication apprehension (sp?) class. I am sure your university offers it. So far, I haven't done a lot of public speaking unless you are in small classes such as in english, speech, or history. I am sure that in big lecture halls, there will be no public speaking unless you are asking a question.

I really hope that helps.

[orangejun]

wow! that's a lot of tips!! i'm a freshman-to-be and i admit that i'm sooo sooo anxious!!
1st, its public speaking...i can never express myself properly when tonnes of people are looking at me. especially i'm taking up psychology!! gosh!!
2nd, i duno what kinda of room mate i'm going to deal with...let's just hope everything goes fine.
3rd, some of you have mentioned that communicating with prof are good. duno y i'm quite anxious of that part too...
4th, bullies!!! wow that's a problem...

oh thx guys for giving these guildlines!! some of you are even student leaders?? wow...now i'm not that anxious anymore...
so just hope everything will go fine~~heehee!!

[kAytiieee]

4th, bullies!!! wow that's a problem...

Hahahaha...well bullies isn't a prob at my Uni...but I guess it's prob cuz there are always lotsa people around so maybe that's why?

But really, if you were to walk with a group of people then you should be fine. Even walking by yourself should be fine too...don't worry too much about it.

[muffinman29]

Bullies ain't a problem at my uni either. Everyone is smart enough to accept everyone else

[BORGUSX]

The bad is that there are some college campus rape going around and it's usually the people you know that try to rape so how can I protect myself from getting rape if someone try yo in the near future?

[szejia]

Its okay to be afraid or nervous of speaking in public. It isn't so bad. Just practice a lot with a small audience such as your friends and family members. If you can't handle with public speaking, you can take a communication apprehension (sp?) class. I am sure your university offers it. So far, I haven't done a lot of public speaking unless you are in small classes such as in english, speech, or history. I am sure that in big lecture halls, there will be no public speaking unless you are asking a question.

I really hope that helps.

Hahahah~! Thanks...

I unno. I just checked my assessment and I just realized I had 2 subjects this year that has public speaking as one part. One's worth 15%, the other subject is worth 10%. Hahahah. I'm so screwed.

Either I overcome this stupid fear of mine, or die. >.< Communication apprehension class. Okay. I'll go check. ^^,


As for the bullies part,

I don't think there'll be bullies in Uni. Because people in Uni worked their asses off to enter uni. Unless you're staying outside campus and there are bullies lurking near your block.

One thing: Make sure you don't walk alone. Freshies are easily taunted when they're alone. And make lotsa friends!

[ad_fa]

time management
and choose the person to be your friend

[moochelle]

i have a question..
other than in the actual public speakin class, will there be a lot of instances where you're required to speak in front of the class or give a speech or whatnot?

or is it mostly just the professor standing up there lecturing, like in high school.

[suki_*]

^^^

yeap it'll just be like any other lectures and maybe some discussion time in the arts classes (sociology, psychology, etc...)

another advice... don't mess around first year, the last thing you would want is a bad GPA
the better path to take is to get a high GPA and start to party steady the rest of the yearss LOL u'll still get fun, just not in bulk... you're really there for school neways!

[elmo.]

^ oooh, that's what i want.. a really GOOD GPA! I really need it.. but im worried. im bad at time management and studying in general

will there be a lot of instances where you're required to speak in front of the class or give a speech or whatnot?

im in my first year and i have a presentation (speech) in 3 weeks...

[I.R.i.s*]

my major is biomedical engineering and these are the courses i'll be taking

precalc

biology 152

intro to enginnering 101 & lab

chem. 101

do you think my fall semester will be hard?

I'm flutuating between biomedical eng. and biochem ..... what to do ???? >.< 0.o .... i'm freaking out ALREADY , and it won't be until months later that i'll start college T_T ..... Do i sound like a nerd admitting that ???? +_+'

[proFRESHional.]

^ oooh, that's what i want.. a really GOOD GPA! I really need it.. but im worried. im bad at time management and studying in general
im in my first year and i have a presentation (speech) in 3 weeks...

^ yep presentations happens everyweek or everyday in a public speaking class. I'm am currently taking public speaking and I've learned to overcome my fears speaking publically. After spring break, we will act for 20 minutes in front of the whole class (that class is like a theatre, very big) dramatizing the play "A Raisin in the Sun". I think It's going to be fun working with different people coming from different ethnic background.

[sookanakaboo]

i think moochelle meant when you arent taking any public speaking class, do you have to do lots of presentations in the regular classes or is it just mostly the prof. standing in front of the class lecturing?

im kind of curious too .. ^.^

[x byul satang]

a couple questions...

1. is a laptop super useful at college? i think im going to bring one but i dont want to end up on the internet 24/7.

2. are honors courses much much harder than regular ones? how do honors courses work? is it like high school with weighted gpa?

[safety_bread]

a couple questions...

1. is a laptop super useful at college? i think im going to bring one but i dont want to end up on the internet 24/7.

2. are honors courses much much harder than regular ones? how do honors courses work? is it like high school with weighted gpa?

1. I don't have a laptop because I have a computer at home. I write my notes quickly and efficiently without a laptop. But, if you're a slow writer and unable to write quickly, then I'll recommend using a laptop. Professors breeze the lectures quickly, and it's quite in handy to have a laptop. But, I wouldn't recommend getting one since -__-; in my personal case, I wouldn't be able to concentrate in class & I'll be surfing through the web like crazy.

2. It's not harder. It really depends on the professor that you're taking it with though. In case with my college over at UCF, the honors' class is smaller & you are able to connect with the professors easily. My friends are in honors and they don't think it's such a big deal. It's the same thing, except for smaller amount of students. How do they work? Nothing really... They work just like any ordinary class you take. It's not like high school weighted gpa. =3 Everything goes by credits.

[angelxmdawb]

For you first years..
First semester has already passed- you should have learned from mistakes (if you made any) or if you were successful the first semester, you should know what you need to do to build upon that
You can only learn from yourself, not others..

[cRookedSMILE]

Anybody have any advice and what courses to take for Journalism?

I'm aiming for either newspaper or magazines (ie. seventeen, cover girl etc.) first.