When you think of a college, you also think of putting your school life to an end. It is like a continuation of your studies and once you are going to graduate, you are going into the real world. Many students have associated going to college in a textbook but in reality, it’s a whole different experience for every single one. Many tend to have a thought that colleges are just about academics and a little bit of fun but all those who think that are wrong. Colleges teach us so much more about life, which a normal or usual textbook cannot. College gives us a whole bunch of amazing and unforgettable experiences. While you agree or not, colleges do make us smart and enhance our understanding. These lessons are so vital that it is worth spending every penny on. From my experience, I have listed out something that my college has taught me.

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Every person reading this article know how to procrastinate stuff, but no one knows how to do it efficiently. College teaches us to delay things until a certain point.

The library can literally be your best friend. When in college, professors don’t miss a single chance to flood your desk and mind with all the assignments and worksheets. And to complete them, you need to go to the library to get your tons of work done.

Earlier I thought that finding true friends in college was a false statement said by my elders, but on a serious note, this fact turns out to be 100 percent true. My floormates turned out to be the best people in the world.

When you enter college, you make a decision with your inner soul that you are never going to skip a class. That’s a lie! You will surely skip classes as the time will pass on.

Take my advice on this matter of taking the credits. The number of credits you are going to take, more you are going to stress yourself especially if you are a science major guy.

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Get yourself to explore new concepts. Take the classes of the weirdest professors on the whole campus and see how your time gets passed in the classes.

Do you want to know who is your other best friend? It is coffee. It’s the only one that can get you to go through your morning 8 am lectures.

Netflix can be an ultimate tool to procrastinate but it also gets very much interesting to gossip around with people around about a specific series.

Finals are very much stressful, but a week beforehand is the one in which all your assignments and reports are due. Most of the time you will be going to have tests that week. So be prepared!

Final’s week has never been bad at all until and unless you have more than two finals on the same day.

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Don’t feel sorry if you are partying around the campus. But caution, The more you’re gonna party, your grades might fall and you won’t be able to back up from that loss. Hence, partying once in a while is okay.

Don’t complain about how much you have been working on your projects or so coz no one is going to help you for sure.

College is weird, time will seem to be non-existent which will make you question your mental health a lot of times.

One day or another, stress will take over and you might feel like drowning in the ocean. But no matter what happens, pass it on, it’s just a phase.

No one can be a lifelong perfectionist, so stop stressing over a single bad grade. You will get the grade you want but getting upset on something which has already been done or said isn’t going to help you in any case.

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Choose your roommate selectively. Your roommate will play a big part in how well your year goes ahead. As a freshman, you don’t have a choice but later on its in your hand to decide.

Get a major in something you really enjoy doing like chemistry, physics, accounts, etc.

Your GPA is something which going to stick with you forever. But the pain or suffering is temporary. Take a step back, deep breath and start working for your goal.

Despite a great infrastructure, Wi-Fi won’t be up to your needs, even during the finals or in the library. It just won’t work but buffer all the time.

Slowly and gradually you will get used to the taste of food of the hostel.

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Your sleep is going to dictate everything in your college life. But make sure that you get up on or before time to look presentable for sure instead of putting on some of your lousy pajamas and a rugby t-shirt to college.

Buying stuff from the Walmart to filling in gas in your bike are the small purchases that often lead to hardships in money for a college student.

Many of us might have lost connection with our old school friends, but a quote is said that old is gold and never loses hold of them.

Make your way through the famous clubs on the campus. Indulge in more and more activities.

Plan a trip with your friends after every final, just to freshen up your mood and it will help you to give a kickstart to the upcoming new challenges.

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Colleges provide education that could increase the confidence level in students. They tend to get freedom from the disciplined environment present in the schools. Whereas on the other hand as a discipline is important, rules in college aren’t that strict. There isn’t any load of the bag with books in them. No specific lunch time or boxes. In school, a student doesn’t have the confidence to answer a question with confidence. But a college brings changes in student’s style, thinking, observation and take it on a level up to the maturity. Going to college is like the second checkpoint of life after school.