3 Orientation and Welcome

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1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Foreword vi
4. Introduction 1
5. What to Know Before you Go 7
6. Moving (Even If you’re Not) 22
7. Orientation and Welcome 36
8. Early Days on Campus 48
9. Finding your Peeps and Settling In 58
10. The Crash (A.K.A. October, First Grades Back) 72
11. Maybe I’m Not Smart Enough 87
12. Time Machines and How to Use Them 95
13. Messed up About Majors 110
14. The Shot has Hit the Fan 119
15. All-Nighters and Late–Late-Nighters 129
16. Managing the Stress and Coping with Outside Distractions 140
17. End in Sight but Losing Steam 152
18. Race-Day Strategies for Final Exams 165
19. Planning for Second Semester and Second Year 176
20. Conclusion 188
21. Acknowledgments 191
22. A Quick Tour of Student Services 195
23. Notes 208
24. Index 213