Calling OAs!

I think that's a great idea Dr. Jerz...Please anyone who would like to comment and leave their wisdom to the incoming class do so!

Tiff

What were your biggest concerns about making the transition to college? Were there things that you worried about, that it turns out more or less took care of themselves? Were there things you didn't think would bother you, but that turned out to cause you unexpected stress?

It would be great if someone could answer with a link to a blog entry... we could put all the archived wisdom of the past year to good use.

I don't actually recall being worried for very long about meeting new friends, because I learned right away that everyone else was equally interested in making new friends, and that gave me a lot of confidence (encouraging me to strike up conversations with strangers, that sort of thing).

I recall reading an article on "friendsickness" that suggested that college students who spend too much time trying to maintain their high school social networks may end up losing out in the first few weeks and months of college.

In my own experience, it seemed that after a few months, people will have settled back into their old routines and the culture of walking up to strangers and saying hello wasn't as prevalent on campus (mostly because the coursework put a significant dent in social time, at least for those students who were committed to working hard).