How I Survived 1st Semester📚🧠✅

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here’s my college survival guide for all my people who needed it! 📚 Prioritize your health would have to be my top one because you can’t do anything if your not taking care of yourself to start with! - Academics come first over your social life, that’s why your in college! - Finding your frie
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prepping for the whole semester before it starts!
As soon as the professor opens their Canvas up, I like to go ahead and plan out my semester. My biggest tip for incoming freshmen is to use the syllabus as a guide because that's what it is! Professors let students have the syllabus before class starts so they know what to expect and can prepar
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