Dear College Freshman,

You are a hot mess but you will make it through. You are going to struggle and want to pull your hair out or scream. You will have fake friends, friends from your major and your friends back home. You're job is to make sure you understand the difference between them. You are going to want to drop out but don't do it. You will succeed and fail but that doesn't make you a failure. You will not want to get out of bed for those 8am classes but you have to. You are going to want to binge watch Netflix instead of do homework. You will keep telling yourself that you will just do it later because you have time. When in reality you go to do your homework and it's due at 11:59pm and it's 11:50pm.

You don't have to look like Beyoncé going to school everyday. Everyone there already knows you are a hot mess, so just wear sweatpants and a baggy t-shirt because who wants to get up even earlier than you already have to? No one that's who. At least give looking decent a try once in a while so they know you don't live under a rock. Just know that you can't do it all on your own. Man up and ask your teachers for help or other students for help. Don't be superman and think you can do it all on your own because you will inevitably fail.

Do not skip classes because you're too tired or you just don't feel like going. Each class you skip is anywhere from $100-$700 you are wasting by sleeping in. Let that sink in. Take naps in between classes if you live on campus so you make it through the day. Naps can be your best friends in college. Don't watch Netflix as a fill in for you homework but watch Netflix while doing your homework. You did not choose to pay thousands of dollars to watch Netflix all day.

Do not and I repeat do not try to do all of your homework at one time. If you have time in between classes, do some homework or study so you don't kill yourself doing 7 hours of homework until 4 in the morning. Study, because you are not superhuman and know everything already. You will fail if you do not study and you do not know it all already because you wouldn't be in college if you already did.

You will survive and you will most likely succeed. Have fun but not too much fun if you know what I mean. Don't screw it up either because that's thousands of dollars down the drain. It's just the beginning.

Sincerely,

A college freshman who knows your struggles