Many freshmen have sudden and fierce longing to turn back the clock. Believe us, we know how you feel, but this is an impossible dream. It can’t be done. Accept where you are now and move on from there.
Some of the most pathetic people on any campus are those college freshmen whose thoughts, wishes, and (endless) conversations are all focused on how great high school was. Those big moments of glory (both of themjust kidding, there were three), when they just ruled the place.
You may already have met someone who fits this description. Don’t you just want to tell him or her to get over it? Sure you do. And that’s probably similar to what your new friends may secretly be wishing to tell you.
This is not to say that your freshman year will be one easy, fun-filled, and personally enriching ride. It probably won’t be, because few things are and because freshman year is difficult for almost everybody. Everybody runs into some trouble. Sadly, some freshmen don’t make it; they fall through the cracks; they crash and burn. At some colleges, the dropout rate for freshmen is 25 percent or higher.
(This doesn’t mean that all of...
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