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College Life

College Life. College is more than just lectures and classes. Dorms! -colleges usually offer a variety of housing: “classic dorms”, suites, apartments -residence halls usually have 2 (but sometimes 3) people to a room

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College Life

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  1. College Life

  2. College is more than just lectures and classes

  3. Dorms! -colleges usually offer a variety of housing: “classic dorms”, suites, apartments -residence halls usually have 2 (but sometimes 3) people to a room -it is more expensive than living at home, but it offers a completely different experience and is always close to class

  4. Digesting Facts about Dorm Food

  5. Freshman 15 • Very possible: • Freshman 40… or 80… or… yeah. • Stress, strange schedules, etc. • How to avoid it: • Use dining options wisely • Salad bars, whole grain foods, vegetable sides • Smaller portion sizes • Watch drinks • Eat regular meals • Make your own food

  6. Food in the Dining Hall • Usually buffet style • Accommodates different dietary needs: • Vegan, vegetarian, pectarian, etc. • Variety of options: • Soup/Salad Bar • Sandwich bar • Cereal Bar

  7. It’s pre-made and choc full of plastic! • Fast food options are easy, but… • Costly • Unhealthy • Large portion sizes

  8. Items to have on hand: Bread Peanut Butter/Jelly Dry Pasta Prepackaged Pasta Fresh Fruits & Vegetable Cereal Be a Food Network Chef!

  9. College doesn’t need to be so expensive after all… • Many student clubs and organizations will offer free food as an incentive to come to meetings • Your student ID card will get you into theme parks, museums, sports games, airplanes, movies, and more at a major discount • College fairs advertise all sorts of things (careers, other colleges, health and fitness, etc)…and speakers there will give you free travel mugs, books, pens, keychains, towels…… • The library will have your textbooks on reserve, so you don’t have to buy all of them…but for the books you need to buy, used bookstores (always close to campus) and websites (like half.com) are great • You can use printing and computer labs on campus for free, along with student gyms and lounges

  10. Campus Resources Office Hours TAs Learning center (drop-in tutoring, SI) Computer Labs

  11. Extracurricular Activities In just 4 short years of college, you can: -study abroad -feed the homeless -research molecular synthesis -research ancient Egyptian archeology -become a member of an honors society -learn to play an accordion -join an intramural football team -start a club or find a cool one already on campus -join a fraternity or sorority (and yeah, get a degree or two also)

  12. Clubs on Campus… B BOY Club Future Dentist Club Global Business Brigade

  13. (Artistic Compulsive Disorder) Buddhist Student Association Surf Club (Film and Photography Society)

  14. (Flying Samaritans) Karate Club of UCR Engineers without Borders (Dancesport at UCR)

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