Before going to College!

nontraditional
Mon, 01 Feb 2010 12:30:00 +0000

Read your student handbook before or as soon as you arrive on campus. The whole thing. I’m not saying you have to commit it all to memory, but do pay attention to the information that is clearly relevant to you (for instance, if you know you want to bring your hamster to live in the dorm with you, then you’ll want to pay attention to the pet policy), get a sense of what other information is there (so that later, if you need that information, you’ll be able to find it quickly) and note anything that surprises you (because that will reduce the likelihood of your making and depending on a false assumption later).