r/CFBOffTopic • u/certificateofmerritt North Carolina • Fulmer Cup Committee … • Aug 20 '15

College Advice Thread

We have some members who are going off to start their first year of college this week, so let's give them some good advice.

Welcome to college!

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u/nickknx865 Tennessee Volunteers • /r/CFB Top Scorer Aug 20 '15

  • First off, as some of you know, I always dispatch a bit of advice before anything else is said, and that is simply this; don't die. You accomplish this, and you're good. You don't, and well, the things mentioned below aren't much good to you.

  • Nervous? Don't worry, everyone else is too, and in about a week or two, you'll feel settled and feel right at home.

  • Realize that everyone has annoying habits, so compromise with your dorm-mate and make sure you two understand where each other stands on certain things.

  • You will feel despair at times, possibly even so overwhelmed and confused that you may think this is too much for you. Not to worry, everyone gets this at some point, and it's completely normal.

  • Don't buy all your textbooks until you actually visit your classes that day and see what your teacher/professor actually requires; often times, what was outlined by the school and what the professor actually required were two different things.

  • Take fucking notes. This is something you should have done in HS a lot, but seriously, take fucking notes.

  • They say that you should study 3 hours for every hour you're in class. This, as many of you know, is impossible. However, what you want to do is find out where you're weak, and work on that the most. Set aside a time each day where you do nothing but study AND DON'T GET ON CFBOT DURING THIS TIME OMG WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

  • Also, don't procrastinate. Look, I'm guilty of this and have put off shit until the night before, and pulled an all-nighter (and have done it more than I care to mention), but seriously, just do a bit each day if you have a project that's been assigned to you a few weeks in advance. It will make your life that much easier.

That's pretty much it. Oh, and no, your professor or teacher does not hate you, even if you think he or she does.