Escuela how I hate You!
1. Map- sounds lame but the year you don’t have it is the year you don’t find that Astronomy class until it is over. Don’t worry about looking like a freshman worry about your classes.
2. Cash- obviously with tuition getting higher and higher every single year. But you need some change and crisp ones for those vending machines. You never know when you will just need that pop or candy bar and don’t have time to run to the Sub.
3. Pens, Pens, Pens- I am a connoisseur of pens I tend to like the felt tip ones with a fine point in a rainbow of colors. They make me happy to take notes and I can use them for other stuff later too. Find your pen the one that makes taking notes not that bad for you. The one that fills all your needs school wise at least.
4. Your Spot in the Library- Towards the end of my first degree (you think one would be enough) all of my friends knew where to find me in Zimm library. I was downstairs in the basement in the back corner with my headphones in and a book in front of me. Here is what I considered when finding my spot could I eat there and no one would know/hear me? Was there 400 people around? Was there enough light? Comfy? Where was a bathroom and water?
5. College Newspaper- Here it is The Daily Lobo but if you have one you know about sales in the bookstore, the newest concerts, and what is going on at campus. Be active go to stuff this is my only regret from college that I didn’t go to enough stuff.
6. Planner- whatever way you work it. I have an actual planner with daily inserts and everything. I had friends with a small journal, piece of paper, planner on their computer, and school approved planner. There is too much to keep track of you will need something.
7. Student ID- At UNM you get into most games for free with your ID. Can ride the bus for free, get the student price at the movie, get other student discounts, use the gym at UNM, and more. Your ID is the only thing UNM gives you that will actually help you save money.
8. HW- always have it with you even if you are at Tues/Thurs classes and it is your M/W/F classes. You never know when you will have time to get that stuff done, or when a class will be cancelled and you will be stuck.
9. Snacks- you always need to have something on you. For me it was always carrots, granola bars, a water jug and cheese-its they got me through the days when I was hungry in the middle of classes, had 10 mins to eat or not time at all.
10. Reward System- On test days I get Starbucks, at the end of the year if I do really well I get a bag. I set up trips, go to dinner with friends, order stuff online whatever helps me get through those Finals and Midterms and just run of the mill exams. If you don’t reward yourself who will?
And Here are 2 Things You Don’t Need To Survive School
1. All the Textbooks on the Syllabus- Go to class before you buy all of those because chances are you will find you only really need one. Unless the professor wrote it most don’t mind older additions or are cool enough to put one on loan at the library.
2. Slackers in Your Group- Everyone has at least one chance with this, welcome to college, and really the rest of your life you will deal with slackers of all kinds. So pick up some tips now.
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