10 Things I Wish I Would Have Known Before Going to College

1. What ever happened in high school doesn't matter: No one cares about your high school grades, or AP courses, friends, or ACT score. Everybody is on the same level when the start college
2. Don't focus all of  your energy on having a social life or getting good marks: If you only focus on grades, you'll go insane and if you only focus on friends you will fail out.
3. Popularity is not a thing: This is not high school, there are no cliques in college. You can be friends with the sorority girls, the marching band, and the president of the chess team and no one cares because that stuff doesn't matter anymore.
4. Don't become a slut: This is for guys and girls. It may seem like a good idea to hook up with some random person at a frat party, but it's not worth walking around for the rest of your college career wondering if you hooked up with every person who smiles at you.
5. All nighters do not help: You may want to be the stereotypical college kid who pulls the all nighter to ace your exam, but they do more damage than good. You'll make stupid mistakes on your exam and you probably wont learn anything in your half tired, half caffeinated state.
6. The freshman 15 is not real: I'm sure it happens to some people, but if you eat the way you did at home and avoid snacking while studying you will not gain weight. I know several people (including myself) who have lost weight in college without trying. Also don't drink a bunch of alcohol and smoke a lot of weed and gain weight because of those sneaky calories.
7. Make your room into a good study environment: Don't just study in your bed or in the library. Set aside a place of your own where you can organize your thoughts.
8. Mark exams and major assignments on a calendar: Don't let these big assignments creep up on you and force you to stay up late stressing and cramming.
9: It's ok to change your major: You're interests will probably change, but make sure you try to keep you schedule focused on what you think you want to major in so you don't waste money.
10: Be yourself: I know this sounds cheesy, but people can tell when you're trying to be someone else in order to fit in. Forcing yourself to fit in with a group of people only isolates you from them and the people who you really fit in with.