We look back on freshman year, toward the end (or actual end) of our college lives more and more. Every first-year student looks forward to the amazing things to come in the later years of college, and afterwards. — Perhaps the job you may land, or the upper-level classes that actually teach what you chose to major in. — However, there are many reasons why freshman shouldn’t take their first year time for granted. – It ideally is the best time to learn as much as you can, make new friends and flourish in Athens, after all!
Many senior-level Bobcats (and graduates) feel as though they regret a thing or two about freshman year, and hope that you avoid making the following mistakes… Here are eleven regrets!
1. “One of my regrets was getting the 20-flex meal plan. Too many meals, and too much money wasted! I ended up feeling guilty not spending my meals and would just buy junk food at the markets. Not healthy!”
2. “I wish…. I didn’t quit the clubs so early on. I remember being super excited to join all these clubs and then went to one or two meetings and then kind of stopped showing up. I feel like I could have learned so much more.”
3. “I regret procrastinating so much. It’s not that my grades suffered or anything, but I personally suffered. I rarely got sleep and was always exhausted. I stressed myself out.”
4. “I wish I hadn’t waited so long to really come out of my shell! Half of my freshman year was spent in my dorm room! I found my people eventually, but the memories could have started so much sooner!”
5. “Going out too many nights, during the week, and dropping classes.”
6. “Thinking that I didn’t have to study. And then failing my classes because of it…haha.”
7. “I regret going to the block party dressed as an under aged drunk mess. It was a really popular costume that year.”
8. “Not joining a LC (Learning Community) group.”
9. “This one was out of my control, but I always regret that our class didn’t do the traditional walk from convocation up Richland and through college gate. I feel like we missed out on a traditional rite of passage!”
10. “I wish I hadn’t gotten into such a serious relationship right off the bat.”
11. “I went to the gym every day, because I was eating in the dining halls… I really could have been less self-conscious about my weight! I think that freshman year you should actually be gaining more self-confidence.”
Which mistakes do you regret from freshman year? Tweet us @hercampusohiou and share some of your freshman-year regrets with us!
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