Being a freshman in college, I figured it'd be a great idea to blog all things relating to freshmen. Basically, advice on how to succeed your freshman year. Hopefully this will be a little humorous, and not completely serious. I know I'm not very up-to-date on this, especially as most colleges started school already. But here it goes. Fresh advice from a freshman.
WEEK 1.
Don't kill yourself trying to learn everyone's names.
In all reality, it's going to be useless. You're going to meet thousands of people in your college experience, and you'll a lot of people in a short amount of time at the beginning of your freshman year. At my school, I met several Alex's, Tyler's, and Andrew's. When one guy said his name was Tyler, I responded, "Of course it is." Don't worry, he wasn't offended; I made a joke of it.
For a while, trying to learn everyone's names really confused me (I started forgetting the names I did know, there were so many in my head). All-in-all, take it a few names at a time. Realistically, you're only going to remember the names of the people you spend a significant amount of time with (either that or something really stands out about them, like purple hair or a tattoo covering their entire body). Unless you're a genius and insanely talented at remembering names.
As much as you may want to learn everyone's names, don't fret over it. You have plenty of time. After all, it's only freshman year.
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