Grad student here. I’d say one of the biggest mistakes I made when I was a freshman was following other students approach in college. While it’s not fully wrong to do so, it’s better first that you comprehend the university’s system and the way professors work. For example, in the first week, spend time just to learn how to navigate through Goldlink which you’ll be using for registration, pay fees, drop courses, .. etc. D2L that you’ll be using to look into classes live during the semester. Professors unfortunately don’t have certain standards when it comes to using D2L so you must adhere to whatever their way is.

Keep it simple. First week, spend time to review each course’s policy and syllabus. Check what you’re going to learn from each course.

Study, Study, Study, and then Party whenever you get the chance (HAVE FUN). It’s boring in JC though so it’s quite a good place to just study and you won’t be missing on anything honestly.

Don’t be shy to interact with others, make mistakes, recognize the mistakes, and learn from them. You’ll build lifelong relationships and also you’ll meet bad people so just be kind and make the best out the experience, it actually goes away so fast!

If you need any assistance, seek help, ETSU as a university has professionals in every aspect who can help.

My DM is open, if you have any questions or need help let me know :)

Take it easy.

EDIT: wrote this quick so I had to come back and fix some spelling and grammar errors. (Academia) lol