When I first came to college, I had all sorts of nonsense running through my head about college and what it would be all about. I looked forward to meeting new people and making friends, maybe joining a fraternity, and (this was a surprise to many who knew me) Air Force ROTC. I quickly found out that many of my preconceptions about what college would be like were based on television and movies, and not real life. I had rose-colored glasses in a big way and soon enough, they were stripped away and I had to see college for what it really was: hard work (and not just the classes-the meeting people and having a social life was work, too.) If I had to do it again, I’d have a lot of advice for that fresh-faced first-year, and quite a bit of it would blow his mind. What would you share with yourself, if you had the opportunity to share what you know now with the person you were freshman yeare in college?
