Wednesday 5 February 2014

Helpful Hints For First-Year College Students

By Joyce McIntosh


For students to go to college for the first time, the idea of living away from home can come as a thrilling one. Sometimes it can present as a fun thought that the "stressful" part of it can be overlooked. In order to help first-year college students to work their way around college and dorm life, some tips may prove to be rather useful.

The new world that college introduces to you is one that takes you away from your "comforts" in the sense that you are now faced with doing chores like your laundry and of course every potential assignment college professors may give you. For wanting an organized life in college, come up with your own list of tasks that need to be completed each day and week. By merely using a monthly calendar and a day calendar, you can keep everything organized. Post a monthly calendar on your dorm wall listing the dates of tests, assignment due dates, study group times and other pertinent information.

Show your "presence" to your professors. In order to effectively learn about the essential lessons being taught in college, note that your professors are important people to work with. Never hesitate to ask questions during class when you are not clear about a topic and even go the extra mile of visiting or taking to your professors during office hours if really needed.

You can always get busy with productive things and you can start with getting involved in on-campus activities. You will make friends and also spend time doing something you really love and there usually are dozens of clubs and events to suit anyone's tastes or talents. Of course, you should also be cautious not to over-extend yourself but just active enough to be able to meet other young people like yourself while ensuring that college is going to be a fun experience for you.

One college essential is perhaps a mini storage facility for you as a freshman living in a dorm. Some dorms can be too small to provide spaces for excessive dorm items hence the need to have a nearby mini storage facility rented. Say you have text books to store, or maybe some bedding, a futon or mini fridge - just about all the other odds and ends. Mini storage facilities are great in keeping all these items especially when you are away for a break or the holidays.

Any first-year college student can be with convenience and practicality by renting a mini storage facility which can offer them a month-to-month rental basis as they are not often in need of one on long periods. Check out facilities which are fully-fenced and truly secured - with adequate lighting and fully-installed and working security cameras around in order to get your money's worth. Be sure to ask about discounts for students as some Bath self-storage facilities and East Lansing self-storage companies do offer discounts for collegians.




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