To Future Freshmen

So I've been at Davidson just over a week, and I come to you future freshmen with a few words of advice...

1. However many bras and underwear you own, you need to triple it. Now. I never knew how much I appreciated the ability to run things through the wash constantly, and although technically you can here, you don't have time.

2. Beer is bad. For all you partiers out there, I know you partied in high school. But I promise you were not able to get your hands on the sheer volume of beer that exists in college. Find something else to drink, even though a few people will probably give you shit for being a girl about it. It makes you broken out and fat and hungover.

3. SLEEP. That six hour nap I took after my comparative politics class? Totally worth it.

4. Take that 8 am class with the great professor. If they're really that good, you'll be so interested you'll actually stay awake (Menkhaus!) and then refer to #3.

5. Nothing is better for roommate bonding than a futon and you really need to bond. Seth and I nearly ate each other for breakfast until we started having nightly futon chats.

6. Target string lights make everything prettier. Including you. Overhead lights don't. Just FYI.

7. You will need to buy food. Lots and lots and lots of food. You won't need the ramen -- my box is untouched. Fruit, chocolate, and granola bars on the other hand are your best friends.

8. Don't let people see you with a guitar ever unless you're down with improptu performances, usually for drunk people. A certain poor victim on our hall learned this the hard way.

9. Pianos are the most distracting things on the planet when you're trying to study. They are VERY loud.

10. You need a lot more hangers than you thought. Like a lot a lot.