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A guide to partying and studying in college
By Amanda Rittenhouse
Voices intern
Written by students for students, "Navigating Your Freshman Year" is a must-read for all soon-to-be college freshmen.
Told in a real-life Dr. Phil-style, this book discusses such topics as roommates, partying and studying. Perhaps aiming to be a college self-help bible for incoming students, this book has the capacity to serve as a college self-help resource.
Going by the "everything in moderation" mantra, the book talks freely about the college partying lifestyle that is inevitably thrust around you.
Whether students choose to ignore it, join it, or stick to the books, the advice is provided to the readers. The book also applies the moderation idea to what essentials to throw in the suitcase when packing for the first year of college and to getting involved with extracurricular activities on campus.
When it comes to college academics, not many students will be able to take a 4.0 cakewalk across the quad all four (or more) years. "Navigating Your Freshman Year" also has a section on how to deal with college courses, professors and study groups.
Also, for the shy students, there is a brief reminder section on how to make friends, a skill students entering college may need a refresher course on.
This $8.95 paperback guide to college is a short read at 144 pages and infuses humor with reality.
Not shy of touching on the real-life situations that students encounter, the book touches on drinking, sex and tips on how to not gain the inevitable "freshman 15."
Intending to help students adapt to the new surroundings of college, the book gives advice from students who have experienced college firsthand.
Main student author Allison Lombardo, a Brown University student, tells her roommate horror stories and how to survive through extremely long lecture classes.
For those students who don't adapt to their new college environment like a chameleon, "Navigating Your Freshman Year" is a helpful map to have in your glove compartment-sized dorm room or to leave in the top drawer of the dorm room's night stand for next year's freshmen.
(Amanda Rittenhouse is an '03 graduate of Gov. Mifflin High School and an intern at Voices.)
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