As a student, our freshman year is crucial and some people don't take it as seriously as they should. I for one, became part of that.

Freshman year I slept, hung out with friends, and avoided all responsibility and in doing that isolated myself from my campus community and may have taken a GPA downgrade in the process. Looking back, I am now a senior and wish that I had taken the time to join a club/organization or even become part of an athletic team. This year, I have become active in the community, attempting to make something of my senior year and enjoy time with my fellow Bearcats, but I also notice that I missed out on a lot.

The constant emails about events were an annoyance. I also noticed that part of me wanted to join in, but made excuses not to make time for it. I would say "oh I have homework," or "I have nobody to go with" when in reality I probably would have made some new friends while being there. The emails may be a pain whenever you know you have other things to do, but join in, talk to your RA, show up to the monthly events they host for their residents that tend not to bother coming. If not for the social aspect, go for the free food, because we all know no college student has money to buy a pizza every night... I wish we did though.

My point in this is, attending events at your school can make your freshman year a united experience. I honestly was scared to go to events, because so many people act like we are all still in high school, but ignore everything and actually take a chance. Play some bingo, go and "gamble" all of your fake money away, play in the pool, watch a movie, because there is no time like now and trust me your brain can use the rest. The friends you meet in college are more than likely going to be lifelong friends, you go through Hades just to get that diploma, if anyone can deal with your constant irritated, sleep deprived and generally hungry self, then they can deal with you forever, because they will see the worst come exam time and your brain refuses to cooperate. So go to that event they've emailed you about for the past month, and be open to meeting new people.