What was college like for you? (Read details)

Your college experience is 100% what you make of it. It could be the best four years of your life, it could be day-to-day torture.

Take the classes that you both want and need, at a schedule that won’t leave you bored but also leaves you time for a social life, make friends with similar interests but different backgrounds, try as many new things as you can find, and you’ll have a blast.

Stay in your dorm room, go to class / eat / sleep, whine and moan that you can’t “find someone”, overload on courses, never leave campus, and you’ll be miserable.

As for the last bit – college girls, like all other women, and just like all men for that matter, span the full range from prudes to sluts and everything in between.

Through good and bad, it will be one of the most memorable experiences of your life. Try and enjoy every moment of it.

And go to class.

I enjoyed my time in college. There are a lot of free and low-cost activities to take advantage of in between classes and studying, and I suggest you go to a number of them. You might be surprised at what you turn out to like. I particularly enjoyed the free concerts of all sorts, the live theater, the gym and the pool, and the foreign film nights, but there was a huge amount of other things to do.

As @MrItty says, try to balance out your classes, study time and social life and you should have a great time.

And as @jeffgoldblumsprivatefacilities says, go to class. Get your money’s worth!

Good for you for wanting to be involved. Stay on top of your coursework, that’s the only piece of advice I can give you.
I’ve been in school off and on since Fall 2003, and am still working on my degree. College was never a big deal to me, but now it is. I am not experiencing the normal young persons experience…I go part time, and study in between my sons sleep schedule. It’s rather difficult, but manageable.
Enjoy your time. Have fun, but keep your head straight. It’s easy to get distracted, but it can screw up your future plans. Don’t let that happen.

I wasted my life during my college times. Those were carefree and dangerous times.

About me, I’m an undergrad at University of Maryland and I just transferred there from Coastal Carolina in Myrtle Beach, SC. At Coastal I was involved in multiple clubs, intramural sports, student government, mixed martial arts fight team, and the Rush Chair for my Fraternity Delta Chi. I think I have a pretty good idea of what it takes to be successful and that of the college life.

Partying – Totally fun and awesome. Great time to find yourself and meet new people. You definitely have to go out with friends you trust and watch out after one another because there are predators out there and other crazy people.

Girls – Being in a Fraternity we liked to call the Sorority girls “sorostitutes” but all girls are different. You’re going to meet a lot of girls who are drunk looking to make some bad decisions because hell it’s college and it’s the last time you can be carefree. Everyone is looking to have fun.

Studies – You’re probably taking core classes now but depending on what your major is talk to you advisor about double majors. I am a Marketing / Management major and it’s really a minor workload for the amount that it will pay off in the future.

You should be excited, it’s an important time in your life to find yourself as a person. Go out have fun but don’t forget to keep up with your studies. If you skip class just make sure you read the textbook. Although your core classes are going to be a breeze.

Good luck!

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Remember why you are there. The freedom of the college life can be distracting if you let it.

College girls come in all the same types as other walks of life, which is to say they are no more or less promiscuous than women anywhere else. Usually, college is a place guys and girls experience the first serious love. I would say avoid promiscuity.

For me, campus groups and activities were no big deal. It was more about the friendships, the cultural opportunities, the chance to talk about great things.

The only part I would contradict is that there are sluts everywhere, and you don’t want them anyway. Go for a real catch.

As far as everything else, it’s what you make of it. Manage your time well and get involved; if you do that it should be awesome. Oh, and use ratemyprofessor.com when you are picking your classes.

Definitely use ratemyprofessor to pick your classes. Didn’t even think about that part

I already said this but I decided I didn’t make my point strongly enough.

Manage your time well.

Don’t do what my roommate did last year. He would sit down to do homework and then would get distracted very frequently by online games, facebook, etc. As a result he would be up doing homework till 2–3am. He also would procrastinte even starting his homework till night time but because he knew he had to start it soon he didn’t do anything cool in the afternoon.

I used to do that in highschool too but last year I powered though my homework and then had lots of time left over to go hang out with everyone.

Homework took the same amount of time for both of us but I used my free time doing what I really wanted to do, and he wasted it online (and I know he wanted to go out).

I consider time management one of the most important leasons I have learned in life.

In my last year of college right now. It’s awesome. Do your homework for the love of God and study or you’re wasting your time. Everyone is really cool, just be yourself, talk to people, smoke weed, party once in a while. I’m studying music and the whole department, teachers included are pretty awesome. The girls want to talk to you, they’re more scared than you are, believe me.