 So important to get like a strong foundation freshman year, like have fun, but you want to start off with a good GPA Definitely go to your classes do your homework Study, but get out have fun go to the mountains go to the lake go to the concert. It's go to church Street Couple weeks I called my mom and I was crying and I was like mom I don't know what to do for me. It was really easy to get used to just like the people around you are nice And just be outgoing and nice and people love you. Don't be afraid to say hi. It'll be well-received Everyone yeah Get out of your room walk around campus introduce yourself. I'm Gabby Harvey. I'm from Medfield message. I'm Lindsay McCarrie I'm from West Hartford, Connecticut. I'm Chandler Myers. I'm from Georgia My name is Monica and I'm from Washington DC as I'm North Carolina Williams town Vermont London, England I've made all my friends by Just coming to the gym always playing pick-up basketball I mean my mom told like Emily you just have to stick it out. You're gonna love it You're gonna find true people My roommate for semester first year is still my best friend and still who I live with Find something that interests you that you can develop a passion for pursue it with other people There's arrow it's alternative energy racing organization pre-vet or pre-med clubs There's also the grandma club where you can like sew and do fun stuff like that We have a huge club. It's one of the biggest public campus all volunteers in action There's like 15 clubs branched out of that. That's all So this is a 250 cc 36 horsepower high-performance motocross engine It features a sequential five-speed transmission. I'm the layout editor for the cynic So I oversee basically how everything goes into the paper the outing club skin snowboard club Those are completely cages. I mean Vermont's so beautiful My advisor is great like he knows which professors I need to talk to he'll tell me which professor to take classes with You just gotta be prepared to have your nose in the box, and it's really worth your time It's really just just be disciplined. You know, you've got to do some work for each class every day Don't be close-minded to change Don't worry about if you start as one major and if you change your mind because you have a lot of flexibility They're committed to things like the environment or social justice or you know, everybody finds a niche and does something in addition to academics we're taking Information that was recorded by a satellite assigning color value to the data so that it can be analyzed by Geographers you take your time and go step by step I wouldn't be afraid to go up and try to establish like a one-on-one relationship with your professors Just get a feel for what they're expecting Yeah, because the Kashmira's divided I've become very close to my advisor as well as a few professors in my program like Salim Ali Stephanie Kaza Thomas Hudspeth and I can go to them for different needs my advisor now I had second semester last year and She was my philosophy professor. That's when I got really interested in philosophy Be open you might not be an open person, but college is where you can kind of come out of your shell Part of what happens at college is that you discover who you really are it takes time But once you find the people that you really connect with and once teachers spark something in your head You just you're just able to take off