| When you first begin college, life can be difficult at | | | | college life easier although you cannot change those |
| times so it is vital to have some "university student | | | | around you. |
| survival tips" to ensure that you enjoy college life or at | | | | College life means that you will meet lots of new |
| the very least, survive it. Obviously, money is going to | | | | people but don't let this affect your relationships with |
| play an important role in your survival and you need to | | | | family and friends back home. You may be away at |
| make sure that you save enough to pay for the | | | | college for a number of years but remember that you |
| essentials before spending it all on enjoying college life. | | | | had a life before college life and you will have one |
| Most students live in shared accommodation for part | | | | afterwards too. Keeping in touch with people outside |
| of their college life. This can be the first time that many | | | | of college also helps you to have a support network if |
| students have had to share their living space with | | | | college life becomes too much at times. |
| non-family members and how you deal with this can | | | | There are no hard and fast rules to settling in to |
| really be the difference between an enjoyable or a | | | | college life but you do need to give it a chance. If you |
| hellish college life. The most important point to | | | | enter into it with a negative outlook and rush back |
| remember is that you need to develop some | | | | home every chance you get then you will find it harder |
| boundaries with your roomies. Everyone needs to | | | | adjusting to college life. It is also true that some of the |
| have their own space and this is a guaranteed way to | | | | best parts of college life happen at weekends so you |
| ensure that you survive college life. If you ensure that | | | | don't want to miss out on these opportunities. |
| you have some time to yourself to catch up on your | | | | College life can be so exciting that you may forget the |
| studies it will mean that you are free to enjoy the | | | | important things like getting enough sleep. You are |
| more pleasurable sides to college life without resenting | | | | going to want to go out and enjoy yourself but it is |
| the people that you live with. Of course everyone has | | | | important that you do catch up on your rest at regular |
| their own standards but as long as you make sure | | | | intervals so that you can concentrate on your studies |
| that you clear up after yourself then it will make | | | | occasionally! |