Make the best of it all!

My number one piece of advice is: make the best of the years you have in college! Don't stress yourself out over all the small little things that will happen, just take them one day at a time and learn from it all. Always remember why you are there, to obtain your diploma!!! It can be hard to find the right balance between your school work and social life, but don't waste your money partying every night and drop out, you will regret it and most likely end up back in school trying to finish when you are older!

Parting Ways

As mentioned earlier in the blog parting ways at graduation is the one thing that will never become any easier. And like the 'I love college' song the graduation song applies to all different ages and will always be apparent at this time in your life.

Time Management

The following website has useful tips and information on time management, which seems to be a struggling issue for many students.

http://collegelife.about.com/od/TimeManagement/a/Guide-To-Time-Management-For-Students.htm

Choosing the right school for you

Decided where to go to school is a very important, and possibly, hard decision. There are many factors that are taken into consideration, and the importance of each of them depends on yourself.
Step 1: determine what you might like to study or major in at college
Step 2: develop a list of criteria you want to use to evaulate and weed out colleges
 - degrees offered
 - majors/minors
 - location (rural or urban setting)/distrance from home
 - size of the student population
 - public vs. private
 - costs (tuition, room and board, etc)
 - financial assistance packages
 - campus resources
 - graduation rate/time
 - placement success/internship and co-op programs
 - accreditation
 - class size
 - faculty contact/classes taught by full-time doctorally qualified faculty
 - quality/reputation/ranking
 - degree of pressure to excel
 - safety
 - student body
 - social life
 - religious affiliation/independent
 - housing options
 - realistic entry expectations
Step 3: compile a list of possible colleges and univeristies
Step 4: research each of the schools you are interested in
Step 5: visit the colleges on your list

50 Things to Do while you're in college

While looking around on the college topic I came across this list of 50 things you should remember/do while you are in college:

http://jeremyau.com/post/907424629/50things

I would highly suggest reading these, they have a lot of useful points!

I love college!

The song of the college life. It doesn't matter what year it is, this song will always have a way of making it into your college career...it's a theme song. Asher Roth's - I love college

Its songs like this that give college students a bad rep but it's nights like they're talking about that help make this experience a time you will never forget!

Here is someone elses experience of a dorm room. This is an example of procrastination at its best.