about to do a BSc in Economics for the next 3 years.
What are some of the most important things you learned in your first year? Also share any advice in general
just dont make your schedule logistically impossible, like being unable to eat lunch cuz you're in class the whole time, or having back to backs with not enough travel time
My uni is almost entirely free from any parties on any nights except Wed/Fri/Sat
A few fraternities (like 3) hold 20-30 person mixers.but other than that no one else in the school really goes out on Thursdays. Should also note we have like 97% living on campus and the school shuts down parties on nights they don't really approve of.
When to schedule classes is really just personal preference, I've heard of people scheduling theirs early and having it go really well as a result of all the extra day time.
I tend to schedule mine very early in the morning, some quarters it worked really well and I was active other quarters it led to a lot of suboptimal midday naps.
I also despise classroom time so that was a factor as well.
The entire thing is really just a liberal indoctrination camp. If you're white, get ready for them to tell you everything in the world is your fault. Watch out for which girls you have sex with, because the next day they could decide that they don't want people to think they're easy, so they'll just accuse you of r;ape . If you're conservative, I recommend you find a group of fellow conservatives to hang out with, and just stay close to them.
- attend classes - find friends to do sets with - exercise and stay in shape
do those three and with your spare time do whatever else you want and you should be in a good spot. the only other thing that i would recommend is to constantly have a learning mindset. your mind is like a sponge, soak up everything and see the connections and associations between what you're studying and what you already know. new concepts and ideas stick with you much better when they're tied to things you're already familiar with.
Important thing I learned. Don't schedule classes early, have them midday. Also, don't get into the habit of missing classes. You might be like "oh i can miss one, it's ok" but then by the end of the semester you missed a bunch of classes. Also, I recommend living on campus, it's easier to socialize and way more fun.
This is also less general and more specific, but take care of your health. You don't sound like you're going to be throwing up every weekend but I'll say that caring for your health takes a lot of forms. When you're in your late teens/early 20s sure you can do that and feel OK but you would feel a lot better physically if you didn't, and will definitely feel so in the future. Drinking is fine, drugs are fine, and the experiences you can get from them are wonderful at times. It's just important to keep in mind the costs, not only in excess but even in moderation.
Whenever I first came to college I was terribly malnourished. I simply didn't care about my body at all before university, weighing 115 pounds at 5'11" and eating fast food once a day. This wasn't due to financial or logistical difficulty but just because I was too lazy to prepare/buy food more often. I've since gone up to 150 and exercise regularly and I've found myself not only physically able to do more, either in intensity or in duration, but also mentally more on my A-game. There's a lot of science behind it-keeping in shape physically really plays into keeping mentally healthy and thinking/reacting quicker and more sharply.
Other than that, just try to keep focused. Do not procrastinate. Join up some activities that will look good on your resume, maybe socialize a bit. Don't antagonize your professors. Suck up to them a bit.
Also, make sure economics is really what you want to study. You might end up switching to something else or dropping out otherwise.
You will have great dreams about the future when you are starting but they will all be crushed by the time second year rolls around and soon enough, you will be permanently in fetal position crying your eyes out wishing for life to end.
I started negging bad advice before I realized the entire thread at some point just swapped to doing it purposely.
Keeping goals in mind is something I think that's undersold in college, goals don't explicitly mean "Ace every class" or "Be the most social person" but can mean "I want to learn this" or "I want to be this, and the concrete way to get there is this". Freedom and an open mind are wonders and everyone encouraging you to explore is on the right track, but it's very easy to get wrapped up in the social scene or the grades and not step back and balance.
Think about your future often, what you want it to look like and steps to get there, whether it be more friends or more skills or better grades. Think about the present and how you want it to be and how you want to be able to look back on it, and you will do great. Too many people get sidetracked by living too much in the present or too much in the future.
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Well they aren'tvery expensive but they are not economical at all when you look at the quality. So they're too expensive for the kind of place you get to live in.
