Advice for new college students: know the boundaries

Jamie Young writes an article aimed at young adults about to move away from home to college.

Her main point is to know your boundaries, particularly if you were brought up in a home where there were no consistent parental rules in place.

At the start of college, the rules you may have been used to have all but gone. You are in control of what you do.

It’s all too easy for a freshman to go astray, doing things they wouldn’t have tried at home, when the need for acceptance and friendship can lead to succumbing to peer pressure.

Set boundaries early.

Other advice includes personally getting to know lecturers.

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