Seven tips for making your first year of college a success

The first semester of college is just one new thing after another. It’s challenging, exciting, and sometimes a little scary. As a professor who’s taught hundreds of firstyear students, I'd like to offer seven tips to get your first year of college off to a good start.

7. Don’t over-do the dorm-room decor

You do not need half the stuff they sell at Bed, Bath, and Beyond.

Andrea L. Volpe has taught undergraduates at Colby College, Rutgers University, Tufts University, Harvard University, and Boston University for more than 15 years, six of them teaching first-year students exclusively.

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