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Scrambled Egg Machine:
I am going to Texas Tech University this coming year. It will be my first extended time away from home. I will be rooming with my cousin. He is helpful, but I could use some advice for dorm living, college skill, and other things, just college in general. Help?

Dazed:
Don't be a slob and don't sleep through your alarm while it goes off forever. Both of these will cause people to hate you. Also, just because you don't technically have to go to class doesn't mean you don't have to go to class. Get too far behind and you will fail.

benji:
I remember my cousin (who's a year older then me) came back from his first semester at college and said "you'll love college, you never have to go to class!" Later that month, we found out he had failed all but one of his classes.

the_pied_piper:

--- Quote from: Dazed on 01 Mar 2009, 10:29 ---Don't be a slob and don't sleep through your alarm while it goes off forever. Both of these will cause people to hate you. Also, just because you don't technically have to go to class doesn't mean you don't have to go to class. Get too far behind and you will fail.

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From personal experience, both of these are very much true. Different people have different opinions on how clean things should be but if you have any common spaces that you share with others make sure you clean up after yourself as then nobody can complain that it is you who is at fault.

tania:
try pretty hard, go to class, stay on stuff but at the same time don't freak out too much about doing bad in some classes. most people experience a bit of a drop in grades from high school to college, but your grades for your last two years of college tend to be looked at more than your first two so it's okay.

buy used textbooks and sell them the next semester whenever you can, you will save a lot of money that way.

get to know people in your classes and talk to your professors. it is so much easier to stay of top of things when you are studying with other people, and your professor will explain stuff to you that you didn't understand in lecture so much better in person. ask everyone questions about everything all the time.

budget. BUDGET. lots of students can buy new clothes every week and go out drinking every other day because they are rich and their families pay for everything. that is fine, it is okay, but if you are not ridiculously rich and you assume right off the bat that since everyone else seems to be going out and spending money all the time you can too then you will find yourself out of money and in a bad place very quickly. keep a constant eye on your funds.

unless you are actually going to make the effort to have a somewhat healthy lifestyle and not drink constantly, expect to gain the freshman fifteen because nearly everyone does.

if you start to run out of money, cheap sources of protein include meat that expires the next day (usually sold at a discount and then you can just buy it and keep it in your freezer) and peanut butter.

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