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