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Some of these will not apply to many people so pls take them with a grain of salt. Also I’ve been collecting these pretty much for the two years I’ve been in college so it’s not a guide, they’re just… random I guess.

Making friends 

Warning - specially tailored for super shy people aka me

There’s a thing called the ‘first week window of endless oportunities’. It’s when groups are still forming and everyone’s desperate to make friends. This is the time to put your best self forward (I’m not saying be fake, just a little extra friendly).

Leave. Your. Door. Open. Do it. Even if you have a roommate. Best way to make friends the first week.

Actually get out of your room. You’re not going to meet many people if you hole up in your room. If you have a tv room or people are watching a movie, I don’t care if you’re not interested in what they’re watching, go.

If you have the balls to go to the room nextdoor and introduce yourself then you probably can skip this section by all means do it!

But if you don’t, going from door to door asking for help with your laundry takes a lot less courage + you will learn how to do laundry. Asking to borrow something (pencil, hair tie, hair dryer) also works.

If you’re staying at a residence hall, ask to sit with people at lunch! Nobody is going to say no, i promise.

Similarly if you see someone alone, ask them to have lunch with you! 

Also if you meet someone you get along with, as soon as you can, ask for their number ‘so you can go to the dinning hall together’. 

Remember people’s names - it makes people feel like you actually care about them. I know it’s hard but make an effort. Also it just gets annoying when someone asks about your name for the fourth time. Use mnemonics if you have to.

Asking what someone’s major is and where they’re from is standard procedure when you meet them but it doesn’t make for an interesting conversation. Think of other questions!

Make sure to arrive about 10 min early to your classes. There’ll be very few people and so it’ll be easier to strike up a conversation (actually people will probably talk to you without you having to say anything which is g r e a t)

Say yes - as a rule of thumb, your social life should prevail over your academic life the first two weeks. This is the time where you’re not really pressed for time. Say yes to watching movies, say yes to going to lunch, say yes to going to campus events (and even to parties). Obviously don’t do anything that makes you really unconfortable but do try to step out of your comfort zone

Make friends with an upper-classman from your same major. Or at least be on speaking terms. Talk to them on Facebook, ask them about your major, just use any random idc excuse to introduce yourself, it doesn’t really matter how you do it.

Don’t go home every weekend, even if you live close by. You’ll miss out on the best of campus life and some of the most fun memories with your new friends.

Keeping your old friends

If you know you’re going home for the weekend, try to finish most of your assignments/studying and make time to hang out with your friends. Spending time with them is the best way to keep those friendships alive. 

But! Don’t worry too much if you can’t come home or make time for your friends too often, you just have to make an effort to text them regularly. It will come naturally if it’s your best friend, but don’t forget to set a reminder to text other close friends at least once every two weeks.

You may think you don’t care now but you will once you come home for the summer.

If any of your friends are staying in your hometown for college, be ready for them to get another friend group. That doesn’t mean they’ve forgotten about you, but don’t be mad if they seem to have a lot more plans that don’t involve you. You can always ask to tag along some time and maybe even become friends with these people!

Some people you’ll just lose contact with. Don’t fret it.

Organization

Please print out or buy a calendar that has a whole page for each month. With boxes preferably *shameless plug*. You may think you have it all under control but there’s nothing like being able to see all your due dates, hang out plans and laundry days at a glance. (Also js but the pilot frixion are perfect to use on calendars because they’re erasable).

There’s so much space under your bed. UTILIZE IT.

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Just completed and submitted the final version of my Extended Essay !!! °˖✧◝(⁰▿⁰)◜✧˖° 

So I compiled lists of words that I found super super useful in making it easier for me to finish any essay !! Here is a masterpost of some sort with transition words + key vocabs grouped together for easy access as well as an IB IOC ‘cheat sheet’ I used for my english LAL orals last year (though most commentaries follow a similar structure so its generalisable) ~

Good luck with your essays !!!

19 Black women you need to know about who broke boundaries and made beauty history

1. Madam C.J. Walker

Hair loss sparked Madam C.J. Walker (born Sarah Breedlove) to develop a line of hair-care products just for African-American women in the early 1900s — and her entrepreneurial efforts led her to become one of the first female self-made millionaires in America.

2. Naomi Sims

After appearing on the November cover of Ladies’ Home Journal the year before, Sims made headlines when she graced the cover of LIFE magazine in 1969 — the first Black model to do so.

3. Beverly Johnson

American Vogue made history with its August 1974 cover featuring Beverly Johnson, who was the first Black woman to hold the honor. Johnson told NPR of the moment: “I realized that this was a huge responsibility that was placed on my shoulders as a way of really breaking the color barrier in the fashion industry.”

4. Tracey Norman

Tracey “Africa” Norman was the first Black transgender model to land a major cosmetics campaign. In the mid-1970s, she snagged a contract with hair color brand Clairol. Norman didn’t disclose that she was transgender at the time out of fear it might damage her career.

5. Lisa Price

In 1993, Lisa Price began developing hair and skin products out of her Brooklyn kitchen alongside her mother Carol. The now wildly popular brand, Carol’s Daughter, caters especially to women with natural, curly textures.

Hello! I decided to post about how to buy stationery (in a kind of realistic way) beause almost every post about stationery I’ve read are more like a brand recommendations. Here you’ll find a few things you should keep in mind before buying school supplies/stationery. But first, let me tell you that i loooooove stationery and what you’re about to read has helped me a lot when buying stationery.

1.-Before getting new stationery

Ok, so everytime I buy stationery I get excited and want to buy every cute/awesome (or even useless) things. Think before you go shopping, focus on the important things you need. You’ll save money because you are not waisting it in things you don’t need. So, keep the following things in mind:

How are you going to organize your stuff? maybe you’ll need new folders and loose paper, will you buy blank, dotted, gridded or lined paper? Maybe you want to use notebooks, how many notebooks will you need? Which size?

Do you need special supplies? like specific pens, pencils or paper for certain classes,

Small things like paper clips, pen refills, eraser, sharpener, scissors, etc are part of the Forgettable Things Team… Please, keep the Forgettable things in mind!

Do you need flashcards,post-it notes, page flags, etc..?

Do you have to replace something that is broken or doesn’t work anymore? (like a calculator or a stapler)

If you want, write a list!

2. Brands and Aesthetic

Like I said at the begining of this post, this is not a brand recommendation. You shouldn’t spend lots and lots of money on aesthetic brands or supplies you don’t need just to fulfil an aesthetic. Yes, I know all the “studyblr aesthetic” thing it’s cool, beautiful and everything but you don’t need to be aesthetic to be a studyblr! Well, in case you want to fulfil an aesthetic, find your thing! Would you like your aesthetic to be minimalistic? Or you rather a colorful and flowery aesthetic? It’s your aesthetic, you decide. Try different options, different brands and decide on what you like best. Find a balance between practicability, quality, price and aesthetic.

3. Money

Good stationery doesn’t have to be expensive. Price can’t define quality. A high-end pen, expensive notebooks or anything else don’t help you to get better grades.

Get pen refills instead of whole new pens.

Buy only the notebooks you need! Don’t buy a notebook if you don’t know exactly what you are going to use it for.

If you are going to spend a bigger amount of money, make sure to spend it in things you will be using almost every day, for example a scientific calculator, a filofax agenda or a fountain pen.

When you use a bullet journal, the less important thing is the brand, it doesn’t matter if you are using a Leuchtturum1917 or a Moleskine, the important thing is what you put inside it. You can make a bullet journal out of any joural you have!

Ban.do agendas have arrived!