In a way, we \u2014 sophomores \u2014 are second-year freshmen. Everything is so new to us! Some of us weren\u2019t even on campus last year, making this year such and new and impactful experience for all of us.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n As a sophomore myself, the past few weeks have been exciting, crazy, intimidating, and stressful at the same time. So, here is my advice for us sophomores who are having a very unique start to our college experience.<\/p>\n Something that I was scared of is that people would have set friends groups from last year already. But, what I\u2019ve realized is that SO many people are new to campus. And if they aren\u2019t so many people have been willing to meet more people!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n I\u2019ve tried to make more friends in my classes (which are now in person!). Try reaching out to the person sitting next to you in class, or maybe someone that you\u2019re sitting with in the dining hall. If you still might be having trouble making friends, join some clubs or student organizations! This brings me to my next point\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n 2. Take advantage of clubs and organizations!<\/span><\/p>\n Even though Splash has already happened, so many clubs and students groups have yet to hold their first meetings. If you weren\u2019t able to join a certain club at Splash, try to find their Instagram or email to inquire about joining!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 3. Boston is back! Explore!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n It\u2019s easy to think that you\u2019ve experienced all of Boston already, but that is so far from true! Boston is so much more lively, and there is SO much to do. Make sure to check out the Boston Public Library, baseball games at Fenway Park, and concerts happening all around town.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Last year was unlike any other, but this year will be unlike any other as well! This is such a unique experience for us sophomores, and it\u2019s so important to remember that although last year may not have been the year we expected or wanted, this year will be SO exciting and fun. <\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" College Advice for Sophomores So, BU is back! It\u2019s so exciting to see campus so lively, but it\u2019s obviously super different from last year \u2013\u2013 especially for sophomores. We experienced our first year of college in a way unlike any other, and now that we\u2019re all back, things are SO different.\u00a0 In a way, we … Continue reading Mia P: Advice for this Year’s Sophomores<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2018,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[44601],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5334"}],"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=5334"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5334\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5337,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5334\/revisions\/5337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"yassine-khalfalli-L4qEWaF91pY-unsplash\"](\"\/comblog\/files\/2021\/09\/yassine-khalfalli-L4qEWaF91pY-unsplash-e1631452998921-1024x901.jpg\")
1. It\u2019s not too late to make friends.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n