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" There are a million little things you learn throughout your first year of college. You will learn names, faces, where you&amp;#039;re going around campus, and little tips and tricks to survive the year that stem from experience and mistakes. Then, there are the larger lessons you learn as you grow throughout your first year of college. The biggest lesson I learned that I believe will have the biggest influence on me in the future is a lesson of responsibility and balance. In college all these new responsibilities are thrust upon you and it takes time and learning to understand how to handle them. You are considered an adult at college and thus you have to take care of yourself. You are responsible for making sure you&amp;#039;re healthy and getting enough food. You are responsible for cleaning your room and doing laundry. And, most importantly, you are responsible for going to class and getting schoolwork done. You no longer have parents around to nag you to do all those things so you have to learn how to get things done all the while maintaining a social life and enjoying the fun of college. It is easy to become wrapped up in the social side of college from living in dorms with all your friends, concerts and events, and all the parties. But in order to become a responsible adult you must sometimes put that aside and make the responsible choice. That doesn&amp;#039;t mean you should lock yourself in the library on the weekends but make sure you take care of your responsibilities before you let loose. It takes time to understand and master but balance is the key to a successful first year at college. Good luck to everyone headed into their next year of school and have an amazing summer! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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