In many residential universities, there’s a tremendous amount of social inertia—the people you’re friends with a year or two in will often depend heavily on who you met your first few weeks, and who you met in the first weeks of classes. So turn this to your advantage: introduce yourself to people you don’t know early on, and try to deliberately figure out who’s a good fit and who’s a bad fit instead of just trusting to chance. Making homework study groups for all of your classes is 1) a good way to meet people 2) a good way to ensure that you’re on top of your classes and 3) a good way to ensure your work is spread out across the week / semester, instead of bunched near deadlines.
the people you’re friends with a year or two in will often depend heavily on who you met your first few weeks, and who you met in the first weeks of classes. So turn this to your advantage:
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Much of the value in college is from the networks you form. Start thinking about that early when the situation is most fluid.
In many residential universities, there’s a tremendous amount of social inertia—the people you’re friends with a year or two in will often depend heavily on who you met your first few weeks, and who you met in the first weeks of classes. So turn this to your advantage: introduce yourself to people you don’t know early on, and try to deliberately figure out who’s a good fit and who’s a bad fit instead of just trusting to chance. Making homework study groups for all of your classes is 1) a good way to meet people 2) a good way to ensure that you’re on top of your classes and 3) a good way to ensure your work is spread out across the week / semester, instead of bunched near deadlines.
I like this.
Much of the value in college is from the networks you form. Start thinking about that early when the situation is most fluid.