{"id":5537,"date":"2013-11-03T13:10:17","date_gmt":"2013-11-03T18:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/?p=5537"},"modified":"2013-11-03T13:12:48","modified_gmt":"2013-11-03T18:12:48","slug":"10-things-freshmen-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/archives\/5537","title":{"rendered":"10 things freshmen need to know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-119\" alt=\"RoboHead\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/files\/2009\/12\/RoboHead.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/files\/2009\/12\/RoboHead.jpg 150w, https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/files\/2009\/12\/RoboHead-100x126.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>Students in Dave Madsen\u2019s First Year Seminar class read the essay \u201cThe Freshman Year Thrill Ride,\u201d written by Missy Loney and Julie Feist. In the essay, the authors shared their experiences of their first year at college.<\/p>\n<p>The students then came up with their own list of \u201cTen Things A Freshman Should Know When Coming to Morningside College\u201d:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Spending $20 now seems like spending $200.<\/li>\n<li>Timing is everything when eating at the Caf.<\/li>\n<li>Stay motivated when times get rough.<\/li>\n<li>Comfort: sweat pants, shorts, t-shirts, crew neck sweaters will make your days a lot better.<\/li>\n<li>One alarm is never enough.<\/li>\n<li>ALWAYS have your student ID on you. The only time you don\u2019t have it, is when you\u2019ll need it.<\/li>\n<li>Show up to class. You don\u2019t pay money to sleep all day.<\/li>\n<li>Procrastination is dangerous. Very dangerous. More dangerous than it was in high school.<\/li>\n<li>No one in college cares \u201cwho you were\u201d in high school.<\/li>\n<li>Find time to relax. Don\u2019t overdo it. Naps become a part of your everyday schedule.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Students in Dave Madsen\u2019s First Year Seminar class read the essay \u201cThe Freshman Year Thrill Ride,\u201d written by Missy Loney and Julie Feist. In the essay, the authors shared their experiences of their first year at college. The students then came up with their own list of \u201cTen Things A Freshman Should Know When Coming&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":80,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4287],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-features"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/80"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5537"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5537\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5539,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5537\/revisions\/5539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}