I'm sure it's a fine university and will give you a good education, but since it's a small liberal arts Baptist school the "C's get degrees" attitude would be a fatal trap to fall into. Good grades and being active on-campus will put you in as good a place as anyone, but you'll need those things to have an application (job, grad school, wherever) pop out to the person reviewing it.

But this week your number one focus should just be making friends and maybe having some of that sex. Good luck.

I'm not saying you definitely should do this but just in case you have black people walking about the campus maybe best to carry a concealed weapon. You may never need it but if you find yourself in the situation where you need to shoot a spook and go for your gun only to find it's a pencil and protractor, how silly are you going to feel.
Apparently there are a number of weapons of choice for the elite university under-grad to choose from, and ammo is cheap so it won't hit you where it hurts, in the pocket. Ironically you'll be hitting them where it hurts...... hahaha. Happy hunting.

Anybody else think it's funny that Nigee is far more obsessed with race and guns than any American on the board?

smiegel -
not obsessed with race - just racism, not obsessed with guns - just gun crimes

Nigs isn't obsessed with race, per se, but has a wife who is from an ethnic minority and threads with race as a theme gives him the perfect opportunity to mention "in passing" that he is happily married to a woman he adores (which he seems to do at least twice a week). In the same way krellin never misses the chance to let everyone and their mother know that he has daughters he dotes over.

It's all rather sweet, really.

OctoberFest - once you have black you never go back

Sweet, although occasionally crude...

Alright I left college this year let me see what I can think of without rambling:

1) Never use cocaine, heroine, or meth. Ecstasy, shrooms, acid, and weed are okay to try if you are very careful about it from a legal and medical standpoint.

2) Your school probably requires it but learn about alcohol poisoning. If someone is drunk passed out, turn their head to the side so that they don't drown in their own vomit. I'm serious.

3) College is a time to be yourself. Push yourself to talk to people and make friends but don't try to mold yourself to people to make them your friend. Keep meeting people until you meet people that like you for who you like to be.

4) Learn some basic nutrition and eat well. You're an athlete so this is probably covered, I hope so anyway.

5) Don't skip more than 3-5 classes of a given class, ESPECIALLY not in a row. Going to class is the easiest way to prevent yourself from washing out.

6) Always use a condom. The only exception is a serious girlfriend you LITERALLY TRUST WITH YOUR LIFE who uses birth control. Even then, be wary.

7) Do things outside of your major. If you're an engineer, write fiction or join some artistic club. If you're a poli-sci, go look through the school's telescope on Wednesday nights. College is also a time to expand your horizons.

8) Literally expand your horizons by studying abroad. But skip Western Europe. It's fun, but a vacation more than a life experience. Go to Asia, Africa, or a poor country instead.

9) On the same note put some effort into learning a language to at least a comfortable conversational level. Pick one that will be useful later in life like French, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese etc.

10) Lastly to round out this list of 10, a piece of general advice. As a college student you have a unique benefit - you are legally and sometimes functionally an adult, but you are also in college, and people understand that you are learning the ropes of life. Use this to your advantage and do not be afraid to ask questions about things you don't know how to do. Don't know how to file your taxes. You find out in college. Not from class, but just by asking people who know. This is the time when it's not embarrassing to ask. Don't wait till your 32 to ask how to boil a potato. Google is your friend in this regard, obviously, but never be afraid to ask a live person.

Ah, yes, permit me a bit of activism as well,

11) Learn to see women as primarily people, before sexual interests. Many of your best friends you make in college may be women. Many of the most interesting people you meet will be women. Some will be women you are interested in. Some of these you will sleep with, and continue to be friends with. Good for you. Some will not be interested in you. Remain their friend and put it out of your mind. They're friends worth having.