- Everyone you know will change while yoou aren't looking, learn to deal.

- Every year campus will seem smaller annd smaller.

- You don't need to 'party' to have fun with your friends.

- No matter how much a college brags aboout diversity, if you want to participate in it, you have to search for it.

- There truly are some classes that you don't need to read the book for, but you only figure that out by first reading the book.

- If you choose a college to get away frrom home, you'll often find yourself wishing you'd stayed closer to home.

- Write outlines. I know, they're a paiin in the ass, but rewriting the book, in a sense explaining it to yourself, as you go along does help.

- Make a four-year-plan (or however manyy years you plan to attend.) Don't freak out if it gets stressing when you think about it all at once, just keep the prerequistes for your required courses in the back of your head from day one. It'll be helpful later on.