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