<http://schema.org/articleBody>
"  1: Everyone goes wild in college. The Truth: The new freedom is fantastic! The sad part is, sometimes people go too far \u2014 be it drinking way too much their first few weeks on campus or falling behind in class right off the bat. Don&amp;#039;t worry, you aren&amp;#039;t going to lose your morals just because you have no rules! Smart girls know how to have fun while staying safe with all the new freedom.The Trash: &amp;quot;Everyone&amp;#039;s having sex, smoking, or blacking out.&amp;quot; Wrong! If you&amp;#039;re nervous about being the odd girl out in any situation, I can&amp;#039;t stress enough that YOU&amp;#039;RE NOT! I was pleasantly surprised by how many girls I met in college who were virgins, never smoked, or only partied sometimes and very responsibly.   2: You gain weight.  The Truth: It&amp;#039;s true, it&amp;#039;s true! If you love eating and lack the drive to work out at least 3 times a week, the pounds will add on and add on until you are 15 pounds heavier and crying on the phone to a friend asking how it all happened. I can&amp;#039;t count the number of pictures I have of beautiful froyo.The Trash: &amp;quot;That +15 is the NEW you, baby!&amp;quot; Wrong. Once you get that slap in the face of the new scale reading, you&amp;#039;ll realize that a cookie at every meal adds up. Hey, if your whole meal can&amp;#039;t fit on one plate, why in the world do you want to fit it in your stomach? On the plus side, you can avoid weight gain by eating practical amounts and MAKING yourself exercise.  3: &amp;quot;Freshman year was a piece of cake!&amp;quot; The Truth: It&amp;#039;s not going to be easy. You are going to be doing a LOT of reading. A LOT. That&amp;#039;s what homework is, reading a chapter of the textbook by the next class (2 days later). Due dates creep up fast and tests are harder than you expect. The tip: ALWAYS over-prepare for the first test of each class. That way you can start off with a good grade, know how the grading works, and adjust study-time accordingly.The Trash: &amp;quot;Freshman year was a piece of cake!&amp;quot; It&amp;#039;s not. Some classes are so meticulous they will drive you insane. Other classes will literally give you 2 graded assignments and that&amp;#039;s your whole grade. More trash: &amp;quot;The teachers are cold and hard to understand.&amp;quot; Wrong! They love teaching and they&amp;#039;re all fascinating people if you try to get to know them. Definitely use ratemyprofessors.com to get a feel of what kind of rubric they have. It will make the difference of choosing a class with tests versus papers.  I hope this helps as y&amp;#039;all mentally prepare yourselves for college! If you ever have ANY questions about college, email me at jaymieeb@gmail.com. You&amp;#039;re going to have an amazing time! Are there any other myths you&amp;#039;re worried about for the first year of college? Leave them in the comments below! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
<http://www.seventeen.com/life/school/advice/a18404/jaymie-final-advice/>