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36 Things Incoming Freshman Should Brace For Before College

"Your dorm room will not look like your Pinterest page."

Catherine Ryan Campbell

Jun 26, 2017

University of Louisville

36 Things Incoming Freshman Should Brace For Before College

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1. Your dorm room will not look like your Pinterest.

2. Use all of your meal plan. Do not let the university rob you of any more money.

3. You might change your major.

4. Classes will be harder but you won't hate your life NEARLY as much as you did in high school.

5. Stereotypical frat boys and sorority girls are very much real.

6. They are not all like that.

7. Rent books from Amazon, I promise it is so much cheaper.

8. Also, sign up for Amazon prime; you get it free for 6 months.

9. You also get a discount at the movie theater.

10. If there is free food on campus, go to it.

11. Learn how a roundabout works.

12. The parking garage sucks and I'm sorry.

13. Carry pepper spray.

14. Lock your car door multiple times.

15. Take advantage of the free counseling (if your university has it).

16. Get a job before you move in.

17. If you want to party a lot, do it and have fun.

18. If you don't want to party at all, then don't.

19. Remember you're an adult and you're not in high school anymore.

20. Do not, for the love of god, talk (above a whisper) in the library.

21. If there are dogs on campus, go to them.

22. Don't be that douchebag that says things like, "I'm literally studying engineering why do I have to take English?"

23. Get at least one number of someone else in your class so you won't be totally screwed when you miss a class.

24. Go to class, it sounds simple, but it is not always simple.

25. Evening classes suck. Morning classes suck. Class sucks. Still go.

26. Use the free gym to avoid the freshman 15.

27. Or say, "Who gives a shit" and gain 30 pounds.

28. Read books.

29. It was a bad exam, not a bad life.

30. People will be so completely opposite from you, and that is awesome.

31. You will be asked to put your phone number down on a lot of petitions. Trust me, change that last digit.

32. You're not unique because you like Fleetwood Mac and have a record player. You and everyone else.

33. At one point or another you'll want a tattoo... get it.

34. You might change your major and that's totally fine.

35. You'll finally make some genuine friends.

36. It will go by so much faster than high school did.

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"Your dorm room will not look like your Pinterest page."

1. Your dorm room will not look like your Pinterest.

2. Use all of your meal plan. Do not let the university rob you of any more money.

3. You might change your major.

4. Classes will be harder but you won't hate your life NEARLY as much as you did in high school.

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13. Carry pepper spray.

14. Lock your car door multiple times.

15. Take advantage of the free counseling (if your university has it).

16. Get a job before you move in.

17. If you want to party a lot, do it and have fun.

18. If you don't want to party at all, then don't.

19. Remember you're an adult and you're not in high school anymore.

20. Do not, for the love of god, talk (above a whisper) in the library.

21. If there are dogs on campus, go to them.

22. Don't be that douchebag that says things like, "I'm literally studying engineering why do I have to take English?"

23. Get at least one number of someone else in your class so you won't be totally screwed when you miss a class.

24. Go to class, it sounds simple, but it is not always simple.

25. Evening classes suck. Morning classes suck. Class sucks. Still go.

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30. People will be so completely opposite from you, and that is awesome.

31. You will be asked to put your phone number down on a lot of petitions. Trust me, change that last digit.

32. You're not unique because you like Fleetwood Mac and have a record player. You and everyone else.

33. At one point or another you'll want a tattoo... get it.

34. You might change your major and that's totally fine.

35. You'll finally make some genuine friends.

36. It will go by so much faster than high school did.

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Spontaneously Begin an Irish Jig

Call Your Mother

Throw a Coffee Table Out a Window

Sing "Auld Lang Syne" at the Top of Your Lungs

Do Some Squats

Swan Dive into a Nearly Freezing Body of Water

Take a Shot

Time to be merry and bright.

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"A Holly Jolly Christmas" by Burl Ives

"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" by Kelly Clarkson

"All I Want for Christmas Is You" by Mariah Carey

"Christmas (Baby Please Come Home" by Michael Buble

"Last Christmas" by Taylor Swift

"The Christmas Song" by Josh Groban

"White Christmas" by Idina Menzel

"O Holy Night" by David Archuleta

"Believe" by Josh Groban

"Les cloches du hameau" by Celine Dion

Or at least try to do.

1. I will wake up (sorta) on time for class.

2. I will look decent for class.

3. I will go to the gym more.

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5. I will meet new people.

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Oh, so done.

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