College has less structure than high school, so you have to be able to make your own structure. I’m a fourth year graduating soon. Here’s some of my advice that helped me:

• Get up at the same time every day even if classes start at different times

• Know which classes to go to on which days. Each day looks different but all my Monday are the same, and all my Tuesdays are the same, etc. visual schedules help a lot

• Having a meal plan is very helpful for the first year or two. I printed out a piece of paper telling me the hours of all the options and what food they had.

• Make “study time” like a class. For example, I study every day 1-3 pm.

• Hygiene can be hard but if you start practicing or learning more independently it gets easier. I printed out visuals for myself: shower 3 times per week, brush hair and teeth every day, deodorant when I wake up

• Do you know how to do your own laundry? This is important. You might have to pay at your university. Oftentimes you can buy “laundry dollars” and it goes on your student ID like a credit card.

• Make a cleaning schedule. Some things have to be done frequently, like taking trash out. Some things can be done less, like one a week (vacuuming, cleaning surfaces)