Bernstein Mark W. - How to Survive Your Freshman Year: By Hundreds of College Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors Who Did

WHAT THE CRITICS ARE SAYING ABOUT HOW TO SURVIVE YOUR FRESHMAN YEAR

Winner - Best Book on Adjusting to College Life.

ABOUT.COM READERS CHOICE AWARDS

Hidden gem.

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Recommended Reading.

POSITIVE TEENS MAGAZINE

Ten Good Books for Grads.

DETROIT FREE PRESS

How to Survive Your Freshman Year provides student viewpoints and expert advice on virtually every topic pertaining to first-year students from moving in to finding meals....After reading this book students will be aware of the realities of college life and be better prepared to shape their own unique college experience.

JOURNAL OF COLLEGE ORIENTATION AND TRANSITION

A guide full of fantastic advice from hundreds of young scholars whove been there... a quick and fun read.

BOSTON HERALD

The perfect send-off present for the student who is college bound. The book manages to be hilarious and helpful. As an added bonus, its refreshingly free of sanctimony.

THE POST AND COURIER, CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA

Explains college to the clueless.

COLLEGE-BOUND TEEN

The advice dispensed is handy, useful, and practical. This book will make great light reading for an incoming freshman.

VOYA

A great tool for young people beginning an important and often daunting new challenge, with short and funny, real-world tips.

WASHINGTON PARENT

[A] book that can help that college bound freshman get through that tough first year...Who better to try to help that nervous freshman endure the first year than people who have just recently done it. Laced with different hints and stories, it can be a real help for a student.

HELLUM

The book contains more than 1,000 pieces of real-life knowledge from hundreds of students who attended more than 100 colleges across the country.

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WARNING:

This Guide contains differing opinions. Hundreds of Heads will not always agree. Advice taken in combination may cause unwanted side effects. Use your Head when selecting advice.

SCOTT C. SILVERMAN, ED.D.
FRANCES NORTHCUTT, ED.M.
SPECIAL EDITORS

Created by
MARK W. BERNSTEIN & YADIN KAUFMANN

Hundreds of Heads Books, LLC

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

How to survive your freshman year / by hundreds of college graduates who did ; Scott C. Silverman, Frances Northcutt, special editors. -- 4th ed.
p. cm.
ISBN 978-1-933512-31-0
1. College student orientation--United States. 2. College students--United States--Attitudes. 3. College students--United States--Conduct of life. I. Silverman, Scott C. II. Northcutt, Frances.

LB2343.32.H68 2010
378.198--dc22

2010004592

Limit of Liability/Disclaimer of Warranty: Every effort has been made to accurately present the views expressed by the interviewees quoted herein. The publisher and editors regret any unintentional inaccuracies or omissions, and do not assume responsibility for the opinions of the respondents. Neither the publisher nor the authors of any of the stories herein shall be liable for any loss of profit or any other commercial damages, including but not limited to special, incidental, consequential, or other damages.

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C an you believe it? Youve made it! Youre in college. Youre beginning the best adventure of your life, where amazing opportunities await you around every corner.

If your college experience turns out to be anything like mine, and I hope it does, you are about to make some of the best friends youll keep for the rest of your life, and have awesome, unique and interesting adventures that youll be talking about for years to come. Before you know it, youll graduate and go off to bigger and better things, so enjoy these next few years while they last.

Yes, you are going to pull all-nighters, ace some tests, flunk others, youll argue with a roommate or friend, youll date and break-up and date again, etc. In addition to all of that, youre going to have an absolute blast, and youll have stories that youre dying to share with others.

Here are a few of my favorite or most memorable undergraduate experiences, as they might have looked in my tweets if Twitter had existed when I was in college. (Warning: some of these are mistakes I learned from, and some are on my list of proudest achievements:)

Loaned my antique 1968 Ford Mustang to a friend, who then had a minor accident... later that night my car exploded in the campus parking lot. #callTripleA #needaridetoworktomorrow #NeverAgain

Squirted water at people through my door. Also tried a partial flooding. Turns out my dad did the same thing when he was in college. #fatherknowsbest #CollegePranks101