by Hannah Wysong<\/p>\n
*This list is not exhaustive.\u00a0 It is not what I would write if asked to give advice to freshmen in general, it is advice I would give my freshman self.\u00a0<\/p>\n
1. Buy rain boots immediately; Butler\u2019s sidewalks flood every time it rains.\u00a0<\/p>\n
2. Don\u2019t be afraid to go places (or do things) by yourself.\u00a0 This does not just include campus organization meetings, but places around the city, like the IMA or the library.\u00a0 Traveling (even locally) is empowering and an experience from which you can learn a lot.\u00a0<\/p>\n
3. Quality of friends is much more important than quantity of friends.\u00a0 It is good to meet a lot of new people, but you don\u2019t have to be best friends with everyone.<\/p>\n
4. People (probably including you) are almost always going to be friends with people they live near.\u00a0 Proximity has so much to do with connections.\u00a0 It\u2019s not necessarily good or bad, just good to be aware of.<\/p>\n
5. The world is bigger than Butler.\u00a0 Definitely get involved on campus; it is so important to know what\u2019s available, what\u2019s going on, and how campus works.\u00a0 However, there are many other communities with which to get involved: off-campus religious communities, an off-campus job, an organization in Indianapolis.\u00a0 You can create communities in places other than Butler.\u00a0 In addition, do not stress about missing out on something on campus (an event, an organization, a job, etc) because there is so much more to the world than Butler.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
by Hannah Wysong *This list is not exhaustive.\u00a0 It is not what I would write if asked to give advice to freshmen in general, it is advice I would give my freshman self.\u00a0 1. Buy rain boots immediately; Butler\u2019s sidewalks flood every time it rains.\u00a0 2. Don\u2019t be afraid to go places (or do…<\/p>\n