| Getting through college is hard enough, but | | | | 4. Don't make goals. College is all about |
| you need to sit down and decide what you | | | | figuring yourself out. Don't believe that |
| really want out of life. If you chose a | | | | it's bad to not declare a major. Take time to |
| computer science major, are you really going | | | | decide what you want to do with your life |
| to be happy programming calculator chips for | | | | because, well, it's your life. Goals are a |
| the rest of your life? My advice to you is to | | | | recipe for disappointment and failure (unless |
| enroll in college, but don't go to class. And | | | | you're a soccer player). |
| here's why: | | | | |
| | | | 5. Make your bed. Spend that extra minute and |
| 1. Forget about your grade point average. In | | | | a half to clean up after yourself. It's |
| high school, the only thing that mattered was | | | | better to be late to class because really, |
| grades. When you get to college, you'll most | | | | it's going to be stressful either way. And |
| likely be used to this and force yourself to | | | | coming home to a pigsty will only cause more |
| study hard and memorize 150 pages of notes to | | | | stress. Just don't over clean or your friends |
| get a passing grade in Phych 101. Make your | | | | will be sure to make fun of you. |
| goal of college to actually learn. Take | | | | |
| courses that interest you and you'll be a lot | | | | 6. Find a study place. Having a good place to |
| more motivated. | | | | study that's distraction-free is always a |
| | | | good idea. Find an old willow tree in a |
| 2. Don't do homework. Most students complain | | | | secluded clearing behind the library. If you |
| that homework takes away their social life. | | | | don't feel like studying, at the very least |
| Most of the time, this is absolutely true. | | | | it's a good place to take your girlfriend. |
| Without any social life, school will only | | | | And if you tell her it's your secret study |
| seem more stressful. Make your friends | | | | place, trust me; she'll think you're cute. |
| priority. Because one day, you might have a | | | | |
| high paying job, but without friends, you'll | | | | 7. Don't go to class! Unless you get to sit |
| have no reason to be making money in the | | | | next to that cute brunette that twirls her |
| first place. | | | | hair and always drops her pencil, it's better |
| | | | just to forget about going to class at all. |
| 3. Never take a nap. Unless you've been | | | | Instead, go to the west wing of the library's |
| taking naps for years, don't start now. | | | | third floor and sit in the aisles reading |
| You're young; you can handle staying up late | | | | books. |
| and waking at sunrise. If you're having | | | | |
| trouble staying awake, it's probably because | | | | The point of college is to learn. Ultimately, |
| you don't have a cycle. Getting to bed at 3am | | | | down the line, not a soul is going to care if |
| every single night is better for you than | | | | you got an A in linguistics or a C- in |
| getting to sleep early only every once in a | | | | anthropology. Focus on being happy in life. |
| while. | | | | Do whatever it is that you want to do. Only |
| | | | then will you be able to succeed. |