rate my professor<\/a> to find the best teachers. most colleges also have their own versions of these sites where you can search specific classes you are interested in to find out if other students would recommend them.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
fulfill requirements<\/h2>\n
get rid of requirements now. your first year is a great time to do this because you aren\u2019t going to want to be stuck in big, mandatory, freshmen-level classes (such as beginning levels of calculus or english) during your upperclassmen years.<\/p>\n
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try new things<\/h2>\n
don\u2019t feel like you should stick to the major you wrote about in your application. college is the time to experiment and try new things. take classes that look interesting to you, no matter which field they are in.<\/p>\n
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don\u2019t overload yourself<\/h2>\n
don\u2019t try to challenge yourself too much for your first semester. the whole experience will be difficult and overwhelming no matter what. you\u2019re in a new place with new people and new classes. go a little easier than you normally would.<\/p>\n
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schedule classes together in chunks<\/h2>\n
if possible, try to group your classes one right after the other. after you finish one class and get on with your day, you\u2019re not going to want to have the stress of going to yet another class in just a few hours. finish them all in a shorter period of time so you can have the freedom of being completely done for the day early on.<\/p>\n
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schedule classes as late as possible<\/h2>\n
unless you\u2019re an early bird and waking up at the crack of dawn comes naturally to you, schedule your classes as late as possible. even if a 9:00 am class sounds super late compared to when high school started, schedule your classes for 10:00 am earliest. in college, almost no one will be up early and you\u2019ll soon get used to the communal schedule.<\/p>\n
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don\u2019t forget to schedule lunch breaks<\/h2>\n
simple, but a lot of us forget. there\u2019s no lunchtime scheduled in for us, like in high school!<\/p>\n
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concentrate your classes towards the beginning of the week<\/h2>\n
fun weekend stuff in college usually begins on thursday night, so try to avoid scheduling friday classes because you\u2019ll probably be distracted.<\/p>\n
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don\u2019t worry too much<\/h2>\n
you\u2019ll still have time to change classes if you don\u2019t get all of the ones you want. schedules aren\u2019t finalized until at least the first few weeks of school so you have some wiggle room.<\/p>\n
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