13 Life Lessons Every College Freshman Learns...Eventually

Freshman year of college is unlike any other time in your life! But you'll also learn some hard lessons...eventually. One lesson that's not hard to learn? Post-it® Products will be your new BFF for studying, labeling, and everything in between!

1. Wearing your lanyard after orientation week isn't cool.

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You will forever regret wearing yours until winter break.

2. Those 8 a.m. classes are for serious morning people.

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And you are NOT a morning person, which is a lesson you don't want to learn from experience.

3. If you don't do laundry, you WILL run out of pants.

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And you probably shouldn't go to class without pants.

4. Just because the cafeteria is all-you-can-eat doesn't mean you should eat all you can.

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You will not be happy to learn the hard way that the "freshman 15" is real.

5. And actually use your free gym membership!

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You'll wish you had a free gym membership in approximately four years.

6. You don't need an entire hour between classes unless you want to do a lot of waiting...

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The 10 minutes between classes is MORE than enough time to get across campus (and to grab a snack!).

7. ...but you should leave a break for lunch.

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A burnt tongue from the too-hot pizza you tried to eat in four minutes is no joke.

8. Keeping in touch with your high school BFFs is hard.

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But that’s okay, because you’ll meet AWESOME new friends at college!

9. Do your readings even if you can get away with skipping them.

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Eventually you're gonna be tested on it.

10. Label your snacks if you don't want your roommate to steal them.

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And label your toothpaste, your books, your clothes...

11. You don't need to buy brand-new textbooks to get good grades.

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Borrowing books, buying used books, checking books out of the library... You make it work!

12. Signing up for 92 things during the activities fair might have been a bit ambitious.

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But you'll find ~your thing~ soon enough.

13. Go to bed at a reasonable time.

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Sleeping is the best!

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