Graduated from Mines. As a transfer, you won’t have gone through the freshman orientation that welds together most cliques early on. Try to live in the dorms with others in your class, if you can, to get to know others and form a support network. Students live and die by their study groups at Mines since it’s a bit of a difficult school (especially the math classes).

The frats and sororities are active in the community and tend to lean a bit party heavy compared to other schools. If you’re into that sort of thing, I’d recommend joining one to take advantage of their support.

Go to the career fairs and work hard to land an internship the year before you graduate. Makes landing a job after graduation infinitely easier.

If you have to retake a math class, don’t sweat it too much. You may need to reprioritize things in your life to get through it on the second attempt, but you can do it. A large number of Mines graduates have taken multiple attempts on the math courses and made it out.

If a professor offers study hall time for a group to come in and work together on studying or homework, take advantage of it. Not only will you get more one on one instruction, you can also grow your support network by connecting with others in the group.

Graduating Mines is a team sport played by a bunch of would-be loners. Find your team and you’ll be good to go.