Ace Your Freshman Year of College

Life Kit

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🗓️ 21 September 2023

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Congratulations! You've been accepted into college. Now you've got to find your way around campus, pick out classes, make new friends, and figure out a plan to graduate — on time. Here's how to make it easier. This episode originally published on September 3, 2019.

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0:00.0	This message comes from NPR Sponsor Mass Mutual.
0:03.5	Don't let the day-to-day of running your business keep you from planning for tomorrow.
0:07.8	Start preparing for the future.
0:09.5	Talk to a Mass Mutual Financial Professional today.
0:12.5	Feel comfortable about tomorrow.
0:14.5	You're listening to LifeKit.
0:16.5	From NPR.
0:19.5	Hey everybody, it's Mariel.
0:21.5	This episode goes out to the college kids, especially you first years.
0:26.0	If you just started college, you're probably feeling a lot of things.
0:29.5	Excited by all the options and possibilities ahead of you overwhelmed by the number of classes in the course catalog.
0:36.5	Underwhelmed by the food at the dining hall.
0:39.5	And if you're living on campus, you might be pumped about the freedom and the distance from your parents.
0:45.5	And you might be simultaneously homesick.
0:48.5	I get that.
0:49.5	When I was a freshman, I used to sit on a bench outside my dorm and cry.
0:53.5	The friends I made later called it the sad bench.
0:56.5	All of this is normal.
0:58.5	All of it is expected.
1:00.5	And since this is LifeKit, we are here to help.
1:03.5	There are things you can do to set yourself up for a better, happier college experience.
1:08.5	And to make the transition easier.
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