Sojourn Into The Fountain of Knowledge

[Scotty_ffgamer]

Know your teacher's (or university's) policy when it comes to skipping class, though. I feel like it doesn't matter most places, but my college had a policy that if you missed 3 or 4 classes in a row, you were automatically dropped from the class. I also had professors that would dock you a letter grade for every class you missed after 2 or 3 classes. Of course, I went to a pretty small university where a class of 10 wasn't all that uncommon, so attendance was kind of important. I never skipped class, though. Even if the professor was awful (which was actually rare for me), I almost always had pretty good friends in the class. Connecting with people in class definitely makes it more enjoyable, and in a small university like I went to, those classmates became my support group because some of them I was in almost every class with from freshman to senior year.

I would also say that if you get a job, make sure it's not actually a very high priority for you. Studies come first, and also (at least with my campus) it can lead to you missing out on a lot of socializing opportunities on campus. I was able to get a job on campus, which was great, but that's only because it was a job that I could actually spend time doing homework while working. My last 2 years of school would have been impossible for me to keep my grades up had I had a real job.

Edit: Oh! I'd also say that if you can swing it financially and such, you should take at least one class outside of your requirements that you just think would be a lot of fun. I was a Secondary Education-English major, and the first year of taking all the stupid general ed. requirements was made much more awesome by me taking Astronomy.