[Kate*]

If you haven't figured this one out yet: start looking at the course schedule as soon as it's available and register for your classes the first second possible or you risk getting closed out of things.

Realize a good and bad reason to miss class; have a cold, go to class, get the flu STAY HOME. In reality missing a class here or there probably won't kill you (unless it says so in the syllabus), but don't get in the habit.

Also realize that your parents can't fix things for you anymore. If you have a problem with a professor, a grade, a loan, or almost anything else, you can call your parents, but it's up to YOU to take care of it

You will have days or moments where you get overwhelmed; like when you realize you have a test, a paper, and a project all due the same day! Being overwhelmed is okay, but don't stay in that mindset and freak yourself out. It makes everything you have to get done 100 times harder.