For most of you, your freshman year starts in a little over a month. Being at Mississippi State during the first month will be overwhelming because of everything going on, but these are some things that you have to do immediately to truly embrace your new home in good ol' Starkville.
1. Eat at Stromboli's — mainly the cookie dough bites.
2. Join in during formal recruitment.
3. Go to the refuge with your friends.
4. Go watch a movie at the tiniest movie theater you'll probably ever see in your life.
5. Eat at Oby's. They have the best rotel, and I know I'm not the only one obsessed with rotel.
6. Go to the district on a Thursday night. Any night really.
7. Get a sprinkles biscuit from The Biscuit Shop. Or a chocolate chip, or a blueberry, or any one really.
8. Invest your flex dollars on all the iced coffee and bagels from the Einstein's in the library that you can.
9. If you're in a sorority or fraternity, invite random people to every date party. It's the fastest and easiest way to get to know a lot of people.
10. Get cheese fries from the Bin at 2 o'clock in the morning. I prefer them with bacon; it seriously makes them 10 times better.
11. Go to North Farm. It's hidden and not a lot know about it but it's a cool spot to hang out.
12. Apply for as many clubs and organizations as you can. Even if you don't get in or anything at all, it's a good way to meet people and gain interview skills.
13. Go to Casa Bravo and order a Starkvegas quesadilla and thank me later.
14. Go to 929. They have the best coffee and it's a really cool place to study.
15. Order Insomnia cookies as much as you can. They deliver until 2 a.m.
16. Bake cookies in your dorm kitchen one night with all of your friends.
17. Go to all of the football games. Because this is the cheapest you'll ever get to go and there's nothing like being a student at your first college game.
18. Attend all of the concerts that go on, they're usually cheap and a good time.
19. Participate in intramural sports.
20. Study and go to class.
Seriously cannot stress the last one enough. With all the fun that is to come, do not forget why you are here and why you are paying to be here. Enjoy your freshman year, it flies by quicker than you think!
