All you need for college is a notebook and a pen. A cheap laptop is nice if you can afford one, but you can always use the school computer labs. This is good because it forces you to dedicate time to a particular place and makes you become more social. You will learn better time management this way and a better sense on how to estimate time on a project.
Lock your dorm room door and you will probably have a personal closet in your dorm room that you can also pad lock. Keep your laptop locked up whenever you are not using it.
General advice:
1. Meet as many people as possible and hang out with these people as much as possible. If you really put yourself out there in the first month, meeting people will just happen for you because of the connections and friends that you made right off. Meet peolpe in your classes. You will have group projects and it is easier to work with friends than just classmates.
2. Get involved on campus! Anything. Campus clubs, fraternities, sports teams, etc. You will find people you like in each one of these. Even if you think you don't belong, that's all the more reason to do it.
3. Take Vitamin B Complex before drinking. It helps with hangovers.
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All you need for college is a notebook and a pen. A cheap laptop is nice if you can afford one, but you can always use the school computer labs. This is good because it forces you to dedicate time to a particular place and makes you become more social. You will learn better time management this way and a better sense on how to estimate time on a project.
Lock your dorm room door and you will probably have a personal closet in your dorm room that you can also pad lock. Keep your laptop locked up whenever you are not using it.
General advice:
1. Meet as many people as possible and hang out with these people as much as possible. If you really put yourself out there in the first month, meeting people will just happen for you because of the connections and friends that you made right off. Meet peolpe in your classes. You will have group projects and it is easier to work with friends than just classmates.
2. Get involved on campus! Anything. Campus clubs, fraternities, sports teams, etc. You will find people you like in each one of these. Even if you think you don't belong, that's all the more reason to do it.
3. Take Vitamin B Complex before drinking. It helps with hangovers.
4. Go out on the weekends. Be social. Meet women.