2. Meet people.<\/b>\u00a0Everybody is in the same or a similar place friend and network-wise in college. Even if you\u2019re a couple years in, the people around you tend to be on the same level. It\u2019s important to be open to not necessarily making friends but meeting people. You never know who you might end up spending a lot of time with.<\/span><\/p>\n 3. Use your resources.\u00a0<\/span><\/b>Go to Undergraduate Affairs and schedule an appointment. Go to the Writing Center and have someone look over your paper. Go to FPS and use the equipment (for FREE (seriously I\u2019ve been without this for under a month, and I\u2019m already feeling it)). Just go make things or do things with what you have. It\u2019ll help you in the long run – even if you\u2019re no good at it right now.<\/span><\/p>\n 4.\u00a0<\/span><\/b>This one is split into two for two (vague) types of people. Ask your friends if you\u2019re not sure which one you are.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0a. If you\u2019re the person that spends a lot of time partying and not worrying about school at all, maybe take a break.<\/b>\u00a0<\/span>Partying can be as exhausting as doing actual work, and it\u2019s important to balance your energy with both of them. It\u2019s too easy to procrastinate and brush off due dates (and even some assignments), but you have to remember that it\u2019s important not to waste your education. Also go to class. Only skip if it\u2019s REALLY worth it.<\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0b. If you\u2019re the person that spends a lot of time on homework and at internships, make sure you have fun.\u00a0<\/b>College is obviously for learning in a higher education environment, but you\u2019re not supposed to feel like you have a full time job (unless you also happen to have a full time job). Work gets stressful. You\u2019ll have the rest of your life to worry about that. There will likely not be another time after graduation when you live so close to so many of your friends, so please take advantage of that.<\/p>\n Anyway, this is the gist of what I can offer in my old age. Enjoy college, and find your place.<\/p>\n Love, Ethan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As I finish out my time at BU with the Los Angeles Program, I\u2019ve taken some time to look back on my experience and the ups and downs of the last three and a half years. I\u2019ve obviously learned a lot and grown as a person, but the main thing I believe to be true … Continue reading Ethan: Parting Advice<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2018,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[44432],"tags":[44488,44487,44355],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3674"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2018"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3674"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3674\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3802,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3674\/revisions\/3802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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