Every student gets excited when it comes to starting college after completing high school with good marks. However, the transition from high school to college can be a challenge for the students. Transition from high school to a college is a solo ride for students unless you are lucky enough to get admission in the same college with your high school friends. The Initial phase of college can be hard for students. Therefore, Each and every student should plan before college starts. We are here with a college readiness checklist for those students, who are going to start college in 2023. We are here to ease out the hard phase of students with some tips and good planning to achieve goals in college without excluding fun.


5 Things To Do Before Starting College
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5 Things To Do Before Starting College

College is not only a place for academic excellence but it also offers a lot of extra curricular activity to its students to upskill their skillsets. It offers students to analyze their potential and work on their skills to police it. However, a well groomed student can only make the most of it. Here are things that you need before starting graduation.


College life is going to be a lot different than what was in high school. There are no regulations of wearing the same dress to each student on particular week days. So students should shop and purchase items which will be required during their college life.


Below is the list of items a student should have.


Laptop

A college student should have a laptop. However, a student doesn’t require a heavy processing laptop. Also students need to carry laptops with them. So a light weight, thin laptop, with 13-14 inch display, 4 GB RAM and 256 GB SSD will be enough to carry out day to day operations related to study. Recommendation will be to buy a budget friendly laptop to carry out study related operations.


Self Growth Books

Students in college gradually start thinking in a matured way and they start building their personality. During this period of time, students should read self growth books which helps in positive thinking and personality growth. Recommended books are Atomic Habit by James Clear, How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie and Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel.


Clothes

Students don’t need to buy heavy fashioned clothes for college. Buy seasonal clothes, get 1-2 pairs of clothes for fresher parties, social events etc. Also get a pair of formal dress for meetings, farewell or gatherings.


Bag

Students should buy a lightweight, waterproof bag to carry books, water bottles and laptop etc. Normally college students use their bag for college trips as well where students need to carry other stuff as well. So buy accordingly.


Smart Phone

Usually students don't need smartphones for study purposes as they already carry laptops but smart phones are also required just to communicate with teachers, friends and colleagues. I would recommend spending more on laptops than on smartphones because you are going to use a laptop for 4 years for study and the laptop also helps in upskilling your skill set.


This is the basic Requirement for any student starting their college. However, there are a lot of things which can be done by college students. We are not covering those topic here but we will share a detailed article on Things to Do in College.


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