to not slack at the beginning of the year, the year will move so fast that you need to be on top of things right away. don't wait until the last minute, remember university midterms/essays etc are worth way more than in highschool so you need to understand that you need to study longer and harder for something.

Originally Posted by lawleypop

Not if you're in commerce.

WHAT YEAR IS THE HARDEST?!?

Originally Posted by oneillcm

If you want to take money out on campus (ATM), buy an envelope from the bookstore and ask for cash back. Wish I knew that earlier.

sorry guys, i didn't understand. could someone please explain it?

Originally Posted by ashish_s

sorry guys, i didn't understand. could someone please explain it?

Cashback is a way to get cash when you purchase things from stores. Not all stores are willing to do cashbacks but it's always worth to ask if you need cash. You just ask for cashback (and include the amount) and they'll charge you that amount on top of what you are buying. When you pay with your debit, they'll give you the money.

So if you buy a 1$ pen and ask for a 20$ cashback, they'll charge you 21$. You then pay with your debit card and they'll give you 20$.

Originally Posted by Philipp31

I wish I knew what happened to the OP....

I know him in person. He is still around ....3rd year.

Eat candy. Clears your head.

double post, sorry.

1.)Find all of your textbooks online or get the pdf's from friends.
2.)Go to lectures even if the professor is horrible because its important to establish a solid routine. 3.)Take a break every once in awhile to have some fun...there's always more chemistry you could be doing but it can wait sometimes.
4.)Similar to number 3...pace yourself

P.S. the hardest year depends on your program and when you take the harder courses, i say this as a biochemist.

Originally Posted by romitnagrare

make sure to buy ur textbooks b4 skool starts

Were you dropped on your head prior to writing this post? Ask anyone and they will tell you this is the worst possible idea for many reasons. One, there are instances where a prof will change the courseware for their course in the first week of lectures, making your purchase useless. Two, a lot of classes have required courseware, but the teachers test based on material straight from lecture only, and provide slides that give all the information needed, sometimes straight from the textbook! To any first years reading this thread, please ignore romitnagrare's advice on this praticular subject if you want to save yourself some money!

Originally Posted by TheBrickWall

Pizza Pizza takes meal plan.

Well Pizza Pizza is on campus... in MUSC, in the cafeteria... so yes I think it goes without saying that they would take meal plan... how did you not come to this conclusion in your first year? as this thread is titled things you wish you knew.

Lastly, are there really 429 things that people didnt know in first year?

Originally Posted by AelyaS

There's more, but that's all I'll put down for now. Sorry for, you know, the essay. :s

In university, this is classified as a "chapter summary", not an "essay". And you'd probably get a C- for it. And it's not MLA, double-spaced, OR stapled in the upper right-hand corner. And who's your TA, anyway?

The past few posts have not appeared visible on this thread, likely due to the size of the thread. If it cant be fixed by a mod, make a 2nd thread

Originally Posted by Chris23

The past few posts have not appeared visible on this thread, likely due to the size of the thread. If it cant be fixed by a mod, make a 2nd thread

Or you can edit your settings.

Control Panel >> Settings & Privacy >> Thread Display Options >> Thread Display Mode >> Linear - Newest First.

If you don't like this option, you can always go back to the "Linear - Oldest First" option, and just use this option when a particular thread gets really big.

Originally Posted by jim1

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Thanks never knew that!

quick question, is it better to buy textbooks after your first class or before?