Moving to college can mean a whole lot of new experiences. Sometimes it can be overwhelming and other times, it will certainly be a struggle. But one thing is for sure; your first year in college will be filled with challenges and opportunities. So to help you cope with college life, here are some things from awesomescores.com that every incoming freshman should keep in mind.

• You are now in charge of things. For many students, the scariest thing about college is that there’s no one there to guide you through everything. It is now your responsibility to wake yourself up early in the morning and prepare for school. It will take some time getting used to being independent, but you’ll learn that everything you do on your own will be new acquired knowledge and could come handy in the future.
• Attendance isn’t required, but is expected.  With hundreds of students in a room, it is easy to think there’s no good reason to bother going to class.  But professors assume you’ve made all the classes, and they will not hesitate to give a test that focuses on the contents of a single lecture.
• Lessons and workloads will be assigned in large units.  In order to cope with this, you have got to adjust and retrain your focus from bursts of content to sustained argument.
• Up to two-thirds of the work is done at home.  The lecture portion of the course is the least time-consuming activity.  That’s because the professor is expecting the bulk of the work to be done by you, on your own; may it be your reading or research paper.
• Many students see the professor as the enemy to be defeated.   But the reality is that the professor is eager to teach you and would like to see you do well.  So, when the professor invites you to come to an office hour or go to a review session consider the possibility that they really mean it.
• Many students think that effort counts but they are usually wrong.  In college what counts most is the end result not how it was produced or how much time was spent to finish it.
• While some introductory courses require some amount of memorizing, exercises and exams will still require you to do some analysis, apply the concepts to some new cases, or organize the material anew.
• You can still get good grades while having fun. A common misconception when starting college is that there will be time for either studying or having fun, but not both. The truth is that with good time management, you can succeed in both.