Advice to my freshman self

Writing this post I realized that I haven’t posted on this blog all semsester. Sorry about that.

I have learned a lot of life skills throughout my freshmen year, so I thought I would compile a list of advice I would give to myself entering college from a retrospective point of view.

· Don’t plan on minoring in biology, you will hate it.

· You will have to “try out” a bunch of friends before you find ones perfect for you.

· Learn grammar and punctuation rules! English Comp with Gunther will destroy you.

· No night classes; yes, it is nice to only have to take a class once a week, but it also means you cannot do anything else on that night.

· Don’t try so hard to hold on to high school friendships, if they want you in your life, they will be.

· Catholics are not so different than Christians.

· Learn where the bathrooms are in each building!

· Don’t expect much from the cafeteria food.
· You will be taught biology from an evolutionist perspective.

· Put the parking sticker on your car. You will be heavily fined for not doing so!

· Keep a whole winter and summer wardrobe in your car. Weather changes drastically in a school day in Ohio.

· Don’t worry about being a commuter, you will still make friends.

· Word spreads fast on a private, tiny campus like Walsh, be careful what you tell people.

· Make sure you go on the two retreats! You will meet wonderful friends there.

· Don’t worry about finding a boyfriend, when you aren’t looking for one, he will appear as your roommate on the discover retreat.

· That Spanish class you dropped first semester because you hated the teacher, guess what? She is your teacher second semester, go figure.

· Buy Starbucks from across the street, not the one on campus. You’ll save lots of money.

The girls in this picture will become so of your closest friends

· Every other freshmen is struggling too.

· Don’t work in the financial aid office, you will hate every second of it

· There is no shame in going to the tutoring or counseling center

· Make sure you look for job postings on the campus career website, you will find a babysitting job with a family you absolutely love

· Study groups are great, but some may turn into you tutoring everyone else.

· Yes, you will miss your friends from Montana and GlenOak, but you will be just fine.