Long time no speak. \u00a0We are hoping you are having or had a great summer.<\/p>\n
So you are a recent graduate and you need to prepare for college life!<\/p>\n
What an exciting time isn’t it?<\/p>\n
Some suggestions we can make is to be prepared. \u00a0Visit your campus ahead of time and familiarize yourself with the surroundings. \u00a0If you will be living on campus, prepare all the necessary living arrangements beforehand. \u00a0You don’t want to wait until the last minute. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0This will also help with safety.<\/p>\n
Another suggestion we can give you is to prepare yourself for a heavier workload. \u00a0College life is a little different than high school life so you will need to prepare more thoroughly. \u00a0 That means studying harder, reading more and being more technical. \u00a0 Utilize all the tools you can by learning how to use technology better.<\/p>\n
More likely \u00a0than not, you will be looking to make new friends. \u00a0Now is the time to put the video game controller down and work on your public and people skills. \u00a0Meet new friends and treat everyone with respect. \u00a0After all, people will treat you the way that you treat them.<\/p>\n
One thing you can also do is consider to work part time somewhere. \u00a0College life becomes a little bit more expensive especially if you will be moving out from your parent’s house. \u00a0 Be prepared for a slightly more expensive life and the work experience can only help you down the road.<\/p>\n
It is also important that you get involved in your school’s activities. \u00a0This is a good way to assimilate yourself into the new environment and a great way to make new friends.<\/p>\n
Have a chat with other teenagers<\/a> heading to college and share your stories with them. \u00a0This can only help.<\/p>\n Good luck!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Long time no speak. \u00a0We are hoping you are having or had a great summer. So you are a recent graduate and you need to prepare for college life! What an exciting time isn’t it? Some suggestions we can make is to be prepared. \u00a0Visit your campus ahead of time and familiarize yourself with the … Continue reading “Preparing yourself for college and university”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-school"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.teen-chat.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.teen-chat.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.teen-chat.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.teen-chat.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.teen-chat.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.teen-chat.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35,"href":"https:\/\/www.teen-chat.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32\/revisions\/35"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.teen-chat.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.teen-chat.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.teen-chat.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}