The "give Lina College Advice" Thread

[ChristinaTherese]

I don't want to read what everyone's said, but here's what I can think of off the top of my head:

 

Some professors are going to seem more annoying than they are. Go to their offices and talk to them if you have problems. They could be really understanding and nice people, so give them the chance to be so.

 

Professors can be great people. I've really enjoyed getting to know a few of them just as people, outside of class. Don't be afraid of that. (I was just talking to a professor whose class I dropped out of in the second of three quarters about The Lord of the Rings and stuff at the bus stop one day in the Spring. And for a while I was stopping by one of my favorite professors' office just about ever quarter, not because I had a class with him or anything, but just because I liked talking to him.)

 

On that note, profs really want to help students succeed. Go to office hours if you're having problems.

 

Go to the Academic Support Center (or whatever they call it) if you need help. They likely have tutoring times for low level (first year or so) classes, or they might have lists of tutors you can work with. They probably offer help with papers, too. In the chem study tables (my school's term for tutoring sessions) I have seen plenty of chem majors, and I made a habit of going to the study tables to do my lab reports for a while, just so that I could ask for help if anything came up, so don't be ashamed to ask for help.

 

Don't slack off on your spiritual life. I hope that that's a no brainer and you're better about that than me, but don't ignore God, even for just a few weeks. It's no fun. But you're Catholic, and going to a Catholic school, so you probably are a good ways ahead of where I was freshman year. (It was only maybe 3 or 4 weeks... I don't remember. But it was so wonderful to go back to Mass.... And I found that prayer was the best way to combat stress from school, FWIW.)

 

And although I suppose this will happen anyway, and in its own time, I'll add one last thing. Make a good friend or two that you can really talk to.