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**Navigating Your Freshman Year**
This book was created by students for students. I thought this was a great way for incoming freshman to understand what others experienced and got out of their freshman year. They mentioned that everyone's experience is different and for the most part everyone for the first time will live away from family. This new experience allows you to have more control over your life and your choices. It allows you to step outside your comfort zone and try different things. A section in this book is titled What It's Not. This section basically states that your first year is for you to figure out what you want to do with your life. Lots of people come to college undeclared. I feel that the majority of your classes are general education classes anyways. So joining different clubs, going to a career fair, or going to seminars on different careers will help you determine what you want to be. Over all freshman year is not the year that counts most. To me its more about finding yourself and what you love to do. I love how this reading gives such good advice. It provides students with the must-haves and why you need them. They discuss important things to remember such as keeping in touch with friends from home or giving necessary time to say goodbye to family and friends. I believe it is very important to keep in touch with family and past friends! I'm still really close to my friends from home and it makes it so much better to go home and have friends to hang out with over breaks. They also give great advice for those who go to school close to home. Roommates are a big topic when it comes to college. You wonder if you will get along or what you each should bring to the room. They give many helpful hints such as avoid buying things that you will share and split the cost because right now it sounds like a good idea but in the end who will get the stuff? They add in interviews which I thought was a great idea to hear what people had to say about their freshman year. Over all I believe this reading was interesting and had many good ideas and rules.

How to WIN at College
This was a fun easy read. I really enjoyed it. Just like the last one I read it gave great advice for freshmen. Decorating your room does not only make it an enjoyable space for you but also for others. Another topic they cover is scheduling your time. I try to schedule my time to the best of my ability. Making sure I have enough time to complete work, attend meetings, do community service, play intramural soccer, hang out with friends and much more! One thing brought up was eating in a group turns into a major time commitment. I found this to be true by the time everyone gets ready used the bathroom, stops their homework in a good spot, goes out to eat, finds a place to eat, then socializes a great amount of time has passed by. In addition studying in your room is considered a bad place to study because of all the distractions. I have found this true. Sometimes when I am doing homework friends stop in and ask questions or stop by to see whats going on and it feels impossible to finish my work. Another tip they shared was not to study in groups. I found this surprising. I try to study in groups when I get the chance. I feel as though hearing the information said aloud and hearing examples or having someone explain something that I don't understand helps me more than staring at my notes wondering how a concept works. A tip that was mentioned in both readings was staying in touch with old friends. I personally feel like this is important. When I go home for break It is nice to catch up with old friends or have someone to go out to lunch and shopping with.

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