10. Take advantage of your student status to get discounts everywhere. Don’t forget to ask!

9. Experiment, and find your niche – join a club or sports team; do something social that you’ve never done before.

8. Explore the area around your college, whether it be rural, urban, or somewhere in between. There’s always stuff to be discovered, you just have to look.

7. Take a class in something you’ve never heard of. Push yourself outside of your academic comfort zone. Be curious.

6. Travel around, if you can. Go to nearby cities and explore. Yours isn’t the only college out there – visit friends at other schools and see what life is like at different colleges.

5. Organize an around-the-world party: every room, a different destination—every destination, a different drink.

4. Study abroad!

3. Stay open-minded about your course of study – don’t ignore other options just because you really want to go pre-med or major in business. See what else is out there, and you never know what might happen.

2. Make sure you have enough money to get to graduation – fill in the gaps with SimpleTuition!

1. Whatever you do, enjoy your college experience to the fullest! (And make sure your finances are in order so you can.)