Freshman
Called Up to the Majors: The Academic Leap From Tiny High School To Huge College
My college, the University of Minnesota, has about 45,000 students. My graduating class in high school had 45. You might imagine a step up like that comes with its growing pains, and in my case, you’d be correct. In particular, the academic leap from a tiny high school to a major university proved difficult.
5 Items I Forgot to Bring to College
Whether you’re a college freshman or a seasoned delinquent in your sixth year of extended childhood, there is no doubt that the return to school will yield some forgotten items. Every year, I manage to forgo packing a few things…just not the basic necessities you might think of.
Getting Your Life In Order: 5 Steps To Starting The Semester Off Right
Fall semester can be a rude awakening for many students. Syllabus week should serve as the perfect transition back into college life, but more often that not it just becomes an excuse to go out every night. This is really a shame, because students who stumble at the start of the semester rarely recover. Backpedaling through the semester is no way to experience college.
Survival Tips: Freshmen Year
Whether you went to a regular old public school, private school, or college prep school, starting college is a whole new experience. So here are some things that all freshmen should know as they being the best four years ever.
Tough Love Advice For Freshmen
Congratulation freshmen, you’re the most clueless person on campus. All of us upperclassmen can point you out from a mile away while you look at your campus map trying to get to class during the first week. Maybe it’s a feeling of contempt we have towards you because you’re just beginning your college journey and we’re almost finished, but we’ll smirk our hardest at you whatever the matter is. Of course, if you’re going to be a freshman, you might as well do it right. Here’s some tough love advice you will thank me for later.
How To Be A Person: Our Review
YOU WILL DIE WITHOUT THIS BOOK. So reads the back of How To Be A Person, the new book on life, college, and everything in between. It’s written by the staff of “The Stranger”, Seattle’s only newspaper, and it’s definitely worth your time.