1. Make connections that will benefit both your personal and professional life.
2. Just because you can skip most of your classes and get the notes or PowerPoint presentations online, it doesn't mean you should.
3. Learn how to make coffee, you'll need it.
4. Go to office hours! It may be what makes or breaks your GPA.
5. Get as much experience as you can because when you graduate, everyone else will have a little piece of paper saying essentially the same thing yours does, so it's important to do things that help you stand out.
6. Use highlighters and note cards excessively.
7. Find a balance between fun and work.
8. Check in with academic advisors every semester to make sure you're on track and in the right classes for your major.
9. Don't forget to use your student discount!
10. Take advantage of having a campus health care center nearby while you have access to it.
11. If you're not a morning person don't schedule morning classes. No matter how much you'll believe you'll go, you won't.
12. Take advantage of anything free your school offers. TAKE IT ALL!
13. Be studious.
14. Become friends with your former professors, it plays a big role when you need reference letters for all kinds of jobs or scholarships.
15. Wait until after your first class to buy your textbooks.
16. Don't feel bad about changing your major a million times. It's okay to have no clue what to do or what you want in life. Better that than rushing into something you're bound to hate.
17. When you're working on a paper or project on the computer, press save A LOT.
18. Back up your files!
19. Take care of your mental health.
20. Don't miss out on the college experience.
21. Allow yourself to change and grow. It's mostly awesome, sometimes painful. . . . . usually a little bit of both at the same time.