As a first-year student you will have many exciting new opportunities and face a number of potential challenges. Getting involved in your community, both inside and outside the classroom, can help you perform at higher levels in your academic and personal life.
Connect with your peers, meet regularly with faculty members and your advisor, or touch base with your resident advisor (RA) to find out about the many resources and experiences CU-麻豆影院 has to offer.
Some of your fellow Buffs also have some advice to share about life as a first-year student.
I wish I had known:
- That the can take you anywhere. Taylor C., senior, marketing
- That things pick up right away. Homework, involvement and learning how to balance everything begins your first day. Sarah D., junior, international affairs
- Your advisor can really help you make the most of your experience.
- How awesome it was to be a freshman because it does go by fast! Corrine C. senior, mathematics
- That you can toast cookies at the . Sarah D., junior, international affairs
- That your friends might change, and that's okay. Let them. Madison M., sophomore, molecular, cellular and developmental biology听
- That community bathrooms are not scary. Corrine C., senior, mathematics
- That 8 a.m. is earlier than it seems. Dana A., junior, chemical engineering
- That people at would help me figure out what the right resource was for my health.听Ellie C., junior, English
- That the Outdoor Program offers three different 听before move-in begins. I wish i had known.听Jake R., junior environmental studies