[Storyteller.]

... it bothers me a lot that some of your points have punctuation at the end and some don't.

Like you said, it's going to be a huge article if you include everything, so perhaps you could talk split it into two articles? One could be how to prepare before you actually move in/start, and the other one can be about what you can do once you do start?

That way you might end up with something like:

Article 1: communicating with your potential roomie, affording college, essential supplies, etc.
Article 2: managing the study load, getting involved, asking for help.

Does that seem okay, or would you prefer to do it all in one article?