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15 13. Make sure to get your financial aid papers in way before you get here so you can pay your bill right away. Second, get to class and study every night so you don’t fall behind. That’s the easy part of college. What you will need to be extra careful with is boyfriends. Make sure you don’t put off all that schoolwork so you can go out and party, and if he gives you grief, get rid of him. 14. It’s very hard to study in the dorms because it is usually very loud and there are always people coming over wanting to do something. My advice is to use the library a lot. Also, don’t wait until the last minute to do you homework, because, when you do, you usually don’t get it done until 4 or 5 in the morning and by then your tired and not doing your best work. 15. Be prepared for a lot of studying. At first when you go to class you think it’s cool to only go about 3-4 hours a day. But use the time after class to study. 16. Northern is a great college. The classes are small, so you get more help from your instructors. There are also many campus activities to attend throughout the school year. 17. The main thing to remember is to get sufficient rest and stay away from drugs and alcohol. Alcohol and drugs cause many students to over sleep and miss class while they also contribute to a lack of motivation. 18. Don’t waste your time and money by trying to go through college in a drunken state. I have seen many people wreck themselves this way. I now that it may seem fun, but it is no fun to flunk out of school because you party too hard. 19. Try to avoid teachers that you will have a hard time listening to. If you have a teacher you just can’t understand, listen really hard to his/her lectures. If this still doesn’t work, then you will have to set aside some time to go and talk with that particular teacher about the class. 20. It’s different from high school and it seems like you have a lot of time on your hands, but you don’t have a lot of time. 21. Ask people about the classes you will be taking before you sign up. 22. Read the syllabus for each class and get to know those well. 23. Sometimes you will have a tendency to sit around too much, but make sure you get out and do some active things and get some exercise. It makes you feel a lot better. 24. You have to make sure you attend class. It’s hard to get up for an 8:00 lecture, especially when they don’t take attendance. But you must! I missed a few psych lectures and did pretty poorly on one of the tests. You also have to make sure you