A Bachelorette’s Guide to Being a Successful Undergraduate

Part 2: Happy Little Accidents

If you read part 1, you already know that I tend to bungle it. But, though my college experience was certainly a wild ride chock-full of challenges, it fortuitously always fell short of disaster. As luck would have it, I didn’t quite always make the wrong choices.

Throughout my time bumbling through the college experience, I accidentally fell face-first in the right direction a good number of times, and those happy accidents truly made my college experience worthwhile. You don’t need to stumble though! Instead, heed my advice, practice the jump, and stick the landing.

1. Pen Pal with Your Childhood Friends

This choice saved my first year. All it took was a quick exchange of addresses, and I was chatting with friends in a really meaningful way. When the freshman loneliness set in, I’d then wander over my mailbox and pick up a pile of letters from old friends, and then read about the experiences of the people I grew up with. It was a great reminder that many of the feelings I went through were normal for first-year students. The…