Incoming freshman of Springfield
college,
I know you’re
probably nervous about moving in, leaving your home, and coming to a campus
where you must shower in tiny cubicles wearing flip flops on your feet.
However, you will get through it as you will your first year of classes. I am
writing to you now because I am going to give you a survival guide to your
first college writing class. First, expect to be presented with many topics
which you will be able to choose from. In high school, I know you’re probably
used to having the teacher hand you the rubric with the topic and the research
question that you must work on. However in college, that is not the case.
In college writing, you get a general topic of writing your professor wants you to focus on then you,
from there, choose what topic you want to focus your essay on. From sports,
politics, even food debates you can choose whatever you feel like discussing
and just go for it. Second, when having in class discussions it will be all
mostly recent topics. There will be no William Shakespeare discussions, only
topics which are current to our generation. Things such as social media, sports
debates, and potential presidential elections. Classes focus on you writing
down your opinion on what the articles your teacher gives you says and how you
respond to them. To prepare yourself for each class make sure you read the
articles given ahead of time and do not wait until the last minute to write
your essay. In college in general you’re going to have a lot of free time. So
much time that you will think you can wait to do your paper, or study for that
exam that is not until Friday. This is a bad tactic, because the weeks fly by
and before you know it your exam is the next day or that 6-page paper is due in
two hours and all you have on the page is your name. When you get a homework, assignment
start it as soon as you can and try to get as much done in one sitting. I’m not
saying you must finish but it’s good to start it then slowly each day chip away
until you’re finished. Another hint for exams is to also start studying early.
Do not wait until the night of to start studying because your exams are almost
always on 3 chapters and the material you need to know in each is too much to
sit down and properly understand in one night (unless you are okay with pulling
an all nighter before). Your first college exam will be scary but you will get
through it along with the many other challenges you will surely face along the
way. College is where you change from being a kid at home to an adult living on
your own. So, it’s normal to make mistakes, if you didn’t then you wouldn’t be
human. Have fun, study hard, and you will find yourself along the way if you
haven’t done so already!
Good Luck,
Sydney Wine Springfield College
Class of 2020
Incoming freshman of Springfield
college,
I know you’re
probably nervous about moving in, leaving your home, and coming to a campus
where you must shower in tiny cubicles wearing flip flops on your feet.
However, you will get through it as you will your first year of classes. I am
writing to you now because I am going to give you a survival guide to your
first college writing class. First, expect to be presented with many topics
which you will be able to choose from. In high school, I know you’re probably
used to having the teacher hand you the rubric with the topic and the research
question that you must work on. However, what’s store in college is freedom.
You get a general topic of writing your teacher wants you to focus on then you,
from there, choose what topic you want your writing to be about. From sports,
politics, even food debates you can choose whatever you feel like discussing
and just go for it. Second, when having in class discussions it will be all
mostly recent topics. There will be no William Shakespeare discussions, only
topics which are current to our generation. Things such as social media, sports
debates, and potential presidential elections. Classes focus on you writing
down your opinion on what the articles your teacher gives you says and how you
respond to them. To prepare yourself for each class make sure you read the
articles given ahead of time and do not wait until the last minute to write
your essay. In college in general you’re going to have a lot of free time. So
much time that you will think you can wait to do your paper, or study for that
exam that is not until Friday. This is a bad tactic, because the weeks fly by
and before you know it your exam is the next day or that 6-page paper is due in
two hours and all you have on the page is your name. When you get a homework, assignment
start it as soon as you can and try to get as much done in one sitting. I’m not
saying you must finish but it’s good to start it then slowly each day chip away
until you’re finished. Another hint for exams is to also start studying early.
Do not wait until the night of to start studying because your exams are almost
always on 3 chapters and the material you need to know in each is too much to
sit down and properly understand in one night (unless you are okay with pulling
an all nighter before). Your first college exam will be scary but you will get
through it along with the many other challenges you will surely face along the
way. College is where you change from being a kid at home to an adult living on
your own. So, it’s normal to make mistakes, if you didn’t then you wouldn’t be
human. Have fun, study hard, and you will find yourself along the way if you
haven’t done that already!
Good Luck!
Sydney Wine Springfield College
Class of 2020
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