{"id":8856,"date":"2025-08-03T14:20:24","date_gmt":"2025-08-03T18:20:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cento.centre.edu\/?p=8856"},"modified":"2025-08-03T14:20:24","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T18:20:24","slug":"10-things-i-wish-i-knew-as-a-freshman-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cento.centre.edu\/index.php\/2025\/08\/03\/10-things-i-wish-i-knew-as-a-freshman-2\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Things I Wish I Knew As a Freshman"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

by Adam West<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019ll be fine.\u201d This was the main thought running through my head the first few weeks of college. Now, sure, I knew that I didn\u2019t know everything, but I thought high school had prepared me for college better than most. I was the cocky first year who thought college would be a breeze and knew exactly what all would happen. I was so very wrong. College was everything and nothing I expected. Here are ten things I wish I knew coming to Centre!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. You don\u2019t need to be certain about anything yet.<\/strong> At Centre, you don\u2019t need to decide your major(s)\/minor(s) until near the end of your sophomore year. This means that you get time to try out things you never thought you would have. I don\u2019t think I\u2019m someone whose majors\/minor ideas have changed much, but being able to consider and think through why and what each means has been helpful to me as both a student and a person.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. It\u2019s okay to spend some time alone.<\/strong> This is a lesson that I learned the hard way. I tried spending all my time with people during my first term, never wanting to be alone. I wasn\u2019t taking time for myself. This changed drastically for my third term. I started spending time for myself, to recharge, and I\u2019m glad I did! All that being said\u2026<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Meet new people!<\/strong> You\u2019ll meet a lot of new people and (especially if you\u2019re from Louisville) reconnect with people you knew in the past! This is exciting, and get out there and start meeting people! You won\u2019t like all of them and a lot of them won\u2019t like you, but that\u2019s life! Don\u2019t worry about it!\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Try new things!<\/strong> Get out there! Go to convocations, go to events, try classes you never thought you would try! I have a friend who got me to come to the Volleyball club and I enjoyed it so much! As well, I\u2019ve started going to church, which is something my agnostic self never would have expected. Just try not to get in trouble.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Take your classes seriously. <\/strong>This is a small, private liberal arts college. I saw something that said Centre was a hidden gem college and you feel it. The academics here are no joke, but if you keep up you\u2019ll be fine (hopefully).\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Go to office hours. <\/strong>I secretly wonder which of my professors are tired of me coming to office hours.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. Counseling is good. You\u2019ll probably need it at some point.<\/strong> This is something I knew going in, and I know being able to sit down with a mental health counselor on campus has helped me process the chaos of college. I remember someone telling me that college was a lot more depressing than he thought it would be and that rings a little too true.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  8. Sleep\u2019s kinda important. <\/strong>I say this without having taken a true all nighter yet, but with bloodshot eyes. Trying to sentences form is hard when can\u2019t think you.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  9. Advocate for yourself.<\/strong> At Centre, it\u2019s you versus the world. I had to learn how to be independent and fight for what I\u2019m interested in. You have to advocate for the person that you want to be.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  10. You won\u2019t be the same person you started, but you\u2019re still you. <\/strong>I know I\u2019ve changed and grown and devolved since coming to Centre College. However, I also know that there\u2019s a lot of me that still has the same interests and values. I\u2019ve learned a lot and added a few core memories, but I know I\u2019m still me.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    by Adam West \u201cI\u2019ll be fine.\u201d This was the main thought running through my head the first few weeks of college. Now, sure, I knew that I didn\u2019t know everything, but I thought high school had prepared me for college better than most. I was the cocky first year who thought college would be a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":8532,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opinions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cento.centre.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cento.centre.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cento.centre.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cento.centre.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cento.centre.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8856"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cento.centre.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8856\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8857,"href":"https:\/\/cento.centre.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8856\/revisions\/8857"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cento.centre.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cento.centre.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cento.centre.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cento.centre.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}