Within the ivory towers

So after you worked so hard to get into the ivory tower of elite educational institutions, what happens?

Fend off the sharks by yourself of course. I'm hopefully kidding, in actuality, most people have quite pleasant experiences in college if they managed to choose the right college for themselves or managed to secure their niche in the wrong colleges.

What your experience is like is all up to you. Usually, these steps will help you to survive college whether you're in the right one or not:

1. Find a circle of good friends
-Most likely they will be people who you live with Freshmen year
-Try as many club as you're interested in during Freshmen year and then shave off the ones you really don't feel like doing
-For those who are religious, finding a good fellowship is crucial to your experience or else you might find yourself adrift in this period of life where there are no rules or guidance from the adults around you

2. Ask the people who have done it before
-Most upper-freshmen do not eat freshmen for lunch or torment them for sport, most people will happily answer questions like which class did you happen to like your freshmen year? or which Professor would you recommend?

3. Talk to your Professor
-If you are paying such a large amount of money for tuition and whatever else, the least you could do is to reap from the benefits of the money that you have spent. Granted, there are Professor who are too busy to give you a second glance, but most will be more than happy to accommodate questions you have about their field of work as long as you're there for their office hours or send emails.

4. Take advantage of the on-campus events
-Especially the big name speakers, most clubs will work their behind off to bring these well known speakers to the campus and you better believe that some of your tuition money goes into making that possible, so if you don't have classes, GO!

5. Do attend classes
-again, why pay when you don't even attend?

6. Subscribe to as many listserv emails as you can
- If your school does not have a campus wide calendar, then your best bet of hearing about world-renowned speakers is through this listservs, plus, if you've signed up for listservs that pertains to your interest, you'll actually hear about events that you're interested in