"Don't let school get in the way of your education."
This was the same uncle who begged his professors to let him graduate on the day of graduation, so I took his advice with a grain of salt.
However, these are the non-school things I learned while in college:
- Wal-Mart is not a good place to be at 3am when you have an 8am class.
- No matter how pleasant the weather is outside, sitting in class is a better option than sitting at the beach. Not only do you get sun-poisoning, but you also have trouble passing the class, since you weren't there for the material.
- If you choose to spend your first year of college doing the two activities above instead of class, your parents make you come home and work for a while to earn money to pay your own way through college. No more gravy train.
- Getting involved in activities helps home-sickness.
- The freedom that being away from home brings can be handled 2 ways: responsibly or irresponsibly. I suggest the former rather than the latter. Grades tend to better.
- Some of the friends you make in college are lifelong. Some are just using you.
- The "Freshman 15" is very real, especially when you don't get a good home-cooked meal and the local drive-thru employees know your order by heart.
- Living close enough to home to occasionally visit is much better than living so far away you can only go home for the holidays.
- You can't lie to your parents about what you're really doing in college. Eventually they find out the truth.
- Going 109mph in a 70mph zone equals a $274 ticket.
- Roommates get along better when they all have their own space to retreat to.
- Returning to where you went to college after you leave/graduate is bittersweet.
Depending on what you make of your college experience, they can be the best days of your life.
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