Jagged Edge is right. I've seen plenty of freshmen crash and burn the first semester because they just don't show up to class, much less do the work- then they have to play catch up the next semester, and be on probation, etc. If is so much better to focus right up front, get it figured out, work out a system of time management, and then you can do well - which is the point, isn't it?
liberiamom Reviewed by liberiamom on . Work your ass off your first year at college. For all of you kids that will be heading to college soon, let me give you some advice. Make sure you make good grades that first year. You can go out every night, I did, but make sure you do what you have to do. My first semester in college I made a 3.5 GPA and my second semester I made a 3.2. Took the next year off and went back this semester. Well I really fucked up this semester and only passed one class. I ended up with a 0.79 GPA or something to that extent and my cummlitive gpa is Rating: 5