1. Responsibility.
As soon as your parents leave your dorm room on move-in day, the responsibility
is entirely on you. You decide if you are going to class. You decide if you are
going to complete your homework. And you decide if you are going to do well in
your classes. The responsibility of every decision is yours, but it is whether
you make the appropriate one.
2. Take advantage of
your resources.
In college, there are endless different types of resources
that you are able to use. Here at Berks, we have the Writing Center, Learning
Center, Career Services, Student Tutoring, and professor’s office hours. Not
all colleges have these opportunities, so it is extremely important to take
advantage of these. They will not only help you connect with the campus more,
but they will also help you do well in your classes.
3. Time management.
No
one truly knows time management until they experience college. You have
classes, homework, clubs/activities, sports, studying, sleeping, socializing
and eating all to make time for. At college, you learn how to manage this time
and how to prioritize all of your activities. Life is asking a lot of you, but
if you master your time management skills, you will do well in college.
4. Don’t be afraid to
fail.
Henry Ford once said, “Failure is only the opportunity to begin
again, only this time more wisely.” Every single person fails at one thing in
their life. It might be a math class here at Berks, or your driver’s license
test that you took years ago. Failing is how we learn and grow in order to
succeed the next time. It’s like the saying “fall seven times, get up eight.” Sometimes
being successful takes longer than we expect, but it is truly not failure if we
learn from it.
5. Take pictures.
Every
moment you share with your friends, your roommates, and your peers, take
millions of pictures because that moment will only happen once. College is only
four short years, and it is the best time of your life. After I graduated high
school, my family would always tell me to cherish every moment, good or bad,
because your college days only happen once. So here are some of my moments.
Until next time Penn Staters,
Caroline
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