How to Get Over the Fear of Starting College
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- čas přidán 8. 09. 2024
- Starting your freshman year - or, heck, even a new semester in general - can be stressful. Fortunately, you're not alone if you've got a bit of fear about college; it's incredibly common.
This short video is all about the mindset you should try to adopt when you start your college career - a mindset that should help you get over those fears.
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I'm not that scared of the workload/learning part of it. I'm scared of the lifestyle change, moving, learning a new area, having to find where things are, new people, geez new people...
Dakota Haze Same here, buddy
me too! 😓😓😓
Hi, I'm starting college now. May i ask if how you get through that scary part?
Well anyways, today is now my second day and I immediately made friends. 😊 To whoever reading this(that is about to start college), the tip is just to be friendly with who you think is kind. Lol jk, just be friendly with everyone and I'm sure they are also 100% nervous like you so you all will get along easily. 😉
Same
I FINISHED UNIVERITY! I COMPLETED IT! I DID IT!
congrats!
Thanks man! :D
I'll start my uni in november😤
Good luck! I'm sure you'll be fine! I just had some problems making the last part of uni. challenging for me, so I'm quite happy I still managed to complete it.
Congrats!
As a senior in high school my anxiety jumped tremendously as colleges approaches. This video really helps so thanks :)
how is it?
update us please!
Im starting in a month and i have been crying everyday because im so scared and nervous. Im so worried.
How did it go
@@emtheplatypus337 I was removed from campus after one month because COVID hit. I’ll be moving back on campus in august so I will update you.
@@lilbabytears how was the work aspect of it
Are you feeling better
@@lilbabytearsupdate??
Hopefully this video eases any fears you have about starting college! I've got your back - I thought about fist bumping the camera when I was filming but I figured my camera lens works a tad better when it isn't cracked.
Also, to pull back the curtain a bit... this video was originally intended to be a list of 5 tips for starting college off on the right foot. I filmed that outline, buuuuuuuut it ended up being 15 minutes long. And when I started editing it, I felt that this topic needed its own video.
However, the other tips are coming in another video very soon :)
The ultimate college packing checklist.....exactly what I needed. thanks!!
thanks Thomas, the packing list helped me a lot
Awesome, I actually just decided on changing my current course cuz my teachers suck (I'm not over reacting) they DO NOT prepare their classes and all students did not learn a thing on the first semester, the second semester I started hoping they would improve somehow, but they didn't
Would you have any tips for these situations? I mean about unprepared teachers, changing course?
Thanks for this video!! I needed this!!
Thanks for this video. I'm curious about your computer setup and desk setup. I hope you will give your setup details. Thank you. Wish you have a great time.
that last second of the video scared the fuck outta me like wow im home alone rn please no
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I feel like an even deeper question is "is college worth it?". There are definitely pros and cons to going to college and I don't think it's for everyone. I ended up going to college and I'm about to start my last semester tomorrow. There are trade schools and you can learn about careers and life without going to college too.
my opinion is that it really all depends on what you want in life. you CAN make good money if youve gone to a trade school. i did. i went to school to be a automotive technician. a good tech made 75k a year,if you know what youre doing. but im 27 now and i have a different perspective on life now then i was at 20. i want to move up and not have to do back breaking hard work in a non AC shop at 40 or 50 years old and a lot of businesses arent going to pay you more without more schooling. also auto techs are commissioned base paid so 75k would probably close to my max potential earning as a automotive tech on a good year even after 20 years of experience . with an associates or a bachelors degree my earning potential will be higher and will increase over the years as i gain experience. thats just what ive seen in my experience .im starting community college and super nervous about it.
@@jmanrambo5144 Given your situation that makes perfect sense. Good luck with getting your degree!
I'm really worried for start college in September.
I have really short attention span, bad problem solving skills. I SUCK at math. And i often get depressed because i have naturally low dopamine levels. Im going to read both books you mentioned. Im still really worried though. (Im studying business btw)
László Kovacs , I know this was a year ago but OMG I feel the same way and I am also terrible at math. How is college now?
László Kovacs update!! How was it?
I have been worried too before new experiences. People studying business in school are often anxious because they have big goals. Have you tried taking a few minutes every day to calm your mind through meditation?
Three years later - are you doing ok? I'm starting college this Semtember, I´m not good in math either and about attention span and problem solving...not the greatest either. We will see. Anyway, good luck to you, whatever you're doing :)
Anna Ireinová hey how was the math? I have the same problem so I’ve been reviewing calculus before college starts.
Oh yeah, that's me. Starting post-secondary this year and I am definitely very worried. Most of my nerves come from the fact I have no idea what I'm doing.... I mean, I just can't decide what I want to focus on, what I want to do in the future, and I might be taking on too much... Man, I just don't know. Wish I could predict the future lol.
Post secondary ?? What is that I'm from U.S
jesus cardenas I'm from Canada. xD Primary/Elementary is from grades JK - 8, Secondary school is from grades 9 - 12, and then Post-secondary is university or college:) lol
this video came at the most perfect time
it was probably planned ahaha
Jawdii probs but still came at a good time haha i start college in three weeks
best of luck to you! i start my second year soon!
thats awesome! any advice? ^_^
As i go to a UK university im not sure the systems are similar. But i would just recommend that you make sure you have fun. Its your first year go out, meet people. But not to an extent that your grades slip. 2nd and 3rd year are times for seriousness
Thomas, I want to commend your decision to not include any background music in your videos. I find it very nicely uncluttered and soothing!
This video was super helpful. I'm a transfer student, so it's not my first time going to college, but I'm at a larger university and I still have a lot of questions and nerves. Your video reminded me of the things I felt and learned freshman year and gave me the confidence to explore my new campus. Thank you for the pep-talk, came just in time!
reading this as I start my first day of college ever tomorrow! i binged watched all of your videos during the summer to prepare myself and I already feel ahead of everyone :)
How was it?
anyone ever feel like the stuff you learn in some classes is inaccurate or anything?
Thank you for this video, Thomas. I am a 24-year-old who is going to university for the first time. I'm nervous a little bit about the age difference (since there's a chance there will be communication problems), but mostly about the program I chose - Integrated Engineering. I am a humanist at heart (languages, literature, history), but for various reasons I had no other choice than to pick up this degree. I can't say that I'm good at Physics, but I'm a hard-working individual. So, your advice, your insight does help me feel calmer. I hope I succeed.
How did you end up in college? It’s been 6 years lol
@@andresmontes2606 A change in your life is sometimes just one decision away. :) Now, 6 years later, I have completed my education and work as a project manager at a manufacturing company. 😃
This is encouraging to read. I’ve been having anxiety about starting as a mature student
@@ws7009 Don’t be. I was as nervous as you, so, of course, feel it out. Generally, though, you’ll find that people have very different life paths, and there is no such thing as starting to late. Life is a series of moments, and if you decide today to make a change, and stick with it, making baby steps, eventually you’ll get somewhere. Whatever it is that you’re pursuing, I wish you strength and endurance! You can do it!
I start in a few hours and this was very informative and beneficial. Thank you. :)
I am in my 3rd year of university now. There is this time before discovering this channel, and after. You saved me :) Now i finally feel like I have the best times of my life!
I'm just 1st year junior highschool, but I'm anxious and excited at the same time of what will happen in college
There's no fear only bills! 😭
Fear of bills
Incredibly helpful and candid series about starting college as a freshman! I really appreciate how you discussed the importance of mentally preparing yourself and being willing to ask for help as you adjust to the transition--these are really important topics that are crucial to student success!
Thank you so much for making this video. I absolutely love your channel it has been such an amazing help. I will be a freshman next Thursday and I was absolutely terrified. Now I am more confident and now I have a changed mindset. Thanks to you 😊
I needed this, starting in 4 days. Thank you!
I start 4 weeks from today. Thanks for the video!
The thing I'm worried about most is meeting new people. I'm.not sure if I'll meet anyone new but I'm too nervous to just go up and talk to people . I start tomorrow....oh no
I'm from malibu, and I'm going to ucla for college next week, I'm so nervous but excited at the same time. everyone wish me luck, I'm studying pre-law :)
I am starting university next week and I am so worried. All my high school friends are going to this one expensive university that doesn't offer scholarships and I am stuck alone again. I feel so lost. will come here next year to see how I changed though
I have so much anxiety rn. I even missed the induction day because I was so anxious. I start tomorrow and I don’t even want to go anymore. I want to drop out and I haven’t even started yet😭 usually I’m anxious but I’ll still go in but I really don’t want to go in
I swear your videos are just amazing. I'm moving into college in 3 days and really needed this. Also used your videos to get through high school too... Never stop uploading please!!
I’m sooo nervous. Not because of navigating classes or the campus. Not because of meeting new people. But just the fact that I am NOT a party person and would way rather stream or make CZcams videos inside my dorm room. However my school apparently is one of the biggest party schools in the country and has the highest drug and alcohol levels in the state. I’m crapping bricks over here
Thomas, your videos are always very helpful, and not just for college students. I'm not in college, and never will be, but the resources and mindset advice you talk about can still be helpful to me as I embark on my own entrepreneurial journey.
SO true - None of us know what we're doing. You kinda just fake it til you make it in college!
Thank you so much for linking me to that packing list! It's a huge help and reassurance. Honestly, packing and dorm stuff has been stressing me out far more than everything else.
Well said Thomas, I feel a ton better now.
Could you also please do a video for the whole college application period? like how to organise your applications or techniques and strategies to get into college.
Starting in 10 days super scared 😟. This video kinda helped tho
I start monday
Im scared too im studying welding
I'm so scared..im 22 and I just am so afraid I'm gonna fail
Same girl.. same
ur THE BEST in motivation so far...u really do quote facts ....CONTINUE WITH THE SAME BROTHER!!
All your videos are incredibly useful! The length of your videos is perfect & the information you give is nearly always new to me even though I look up information about learning etc. all the time
Money is such a pain for college even with min wage jobs
Lol, we don't have college in my country. When you finish high school you directly go to university.
College and University mean pretty much the same thing here in the U.S. - typically (but not always), the bigger a school is, the more likely it'll be called a university. We define the educational stages as high school -> undergraduate (alternatively you can do an associate's degree or go to trade school) -> graduate -> post-graduate.
+Thomas Frank that has always been mind blowing to me, in Holland we have 5 different levels of high school and 6 different levels of post-high-school education and we only call any institution that teaches at level 6 a university
+TRASH. Our system is definitely not easy. I think what we call HBO in the Netherlands is somewhat equal to college in the US. I could be wrong though.
I start in 2 weeks and this brought my stress down alot. Thanks!!
I literally love your channel and the content.It inspires me to do better and i like to binge them all before school starts.
This is so helpful. You're the best youtuber and blogger that I know when the topic is study.I learn so much with you. you're amazing
Great again Thomas!! I follow your youtube for some time now... Every time I watch a new video of you I just feel so overwhelmed for the work you put into them... It is terrific!!! I feel the need to thank you for your capacity and patience to help students (including myself!) all over the world to get into the right track and build their success! I hope you have great success out there in the world and all your dreams come true...
Xo Bea
THOMAS, YOU OWE ME A NEW LAPTOP!!! That very last bit made me laugh I ended up accidentally spitting wine all over my laptop haha
Thank you so muxh for the subtitles under your video. It's really useful. I don't know if you do it yourself or someone else does the subtitles for you, but it's awesome either way.
The only thing I'm scared of by going to college for the first time is taking the bus to college because I've never taken the bus to school my whole life before due to my house being close to my school ( except in college) where I must take the bus. And I also never had a bus card before.
Awesome video! Can you make a video on things you should do your first week on campus, and a video on best ways to study different subjects?
This video inspires me a lot. Well done Thomas! I am currently on my road to my final year.
it came just in the right time thank you tom deep appreciation for you
I watched this entire video and spaced out the entire time.
I want to be a writer someday but I'm not sure if I should go to college for it or where to go if I decide to and I have learning disabilities so I'm afraid about all the work they'll assign
Thank you for this video! It's been a day and I definitely need this.
It starts in a week and im scared af
It is really common to feel anxiety before starting a new challenge. Have you ever tried meditation? Meditation has been a huge help to me, and it doesn’t take tons of time.
Thanks for this!! I feel much better about starting college 👍🏼
im scared how hard its going to be that it may be out of my league. Ill be taking a bachelor of science and taking maths and physics... i literally failed both in school idk how i got accepted but here i am panicking 😰
Same idk how I got into uni tbh 😂
I'm nervous because of the ppl. Ppl are normally mean to me in person, I was told I look like an easy target (what does that even mean) any ways I hope it's not stressful
Yeah me too..so I can understand 😩
@@arpitadutta3471 it sucks!
I might start college in 2 weeks 🙈🙈 I'm so nervous!
Perfect timing! thanks! about to start college
College starting in November.... hope i dont feel stressed ...
Astitwa Niraula good luck babe
lol I appreciate the outro creativity 😂
OMG! This is the second time one of my favorite channels mentions Cal Newport's book!! It must be a sign for me to read once and for all. LOL
Love the overboard dorm bed. Basically framed the whole room for one bed it seems =P
Haha yep! I had to get the bed legs out of the middle of the room; it was the only solution I could think of for fitting in a couch.
My 1st day of college is Tomorrow.
How was it
I start monday
Can you make a video for student-athletes or international students with some tips or anything you might know that can help ? I'm currently both 😂
I really miss uni. Finished in march and been working since. I feel really empty now, would like to have things to study still. I've thought about going back and taking agronomy. It's free of tuition here so it wouldn't cost me. I'll just have to skip most clasess for work.
guys, instead of listening to the music you've already listened to 1000 times, this podcast can help you a lot...
seriously though, what's with that problem " being 18 and no sleep" ?!!
sir you earned my subscribtion.Bravo for the content
if it weren't for this channel i don't know how i would've fixed my grades/school life
It's an iconic, Steve Jobs quote. One of my favourites!
I’m scared so I’m watching this,first time going college and I’ll be doing it online 😢
Thank you so much Thomas.
This was helpful. Thanks for the great video! :)
[Skip down to the flowers if you cant take my poor grammar and dont feel like trying, above the flowers was me explaing my saddest moment in college... there are 4 rows of flowers btw!]
This is to those people like me. The ones who know their smart but because of it we do something stupid which is (i know the word youre probably tired of seeing by now) procrastinating. the ones who do it so much that they have to do make up work to get back up.
When you hit college, you MUST!!!!!!! get procrastination out of your system especially if youre going into a hard feild with heavy work loads. You know that if there arent really any ways to make up missed assignments but if youre in highschool doing missing assignments in your senior year, when you get into college and finally relax you will do the same thing! how do i know? well Right Now and for the next 3 months if you're still in high school STOP procrastinating, if you slip up once yes you will do it in college. you may say but in college the pressure will make me want to do the work, that pressure will fade after the 1st 2weeks to a month trust me then it will be just like now, you wont stop procrastinating.
I say you need to get rid of this because college is almost set up to where you never will know what will happen. last year i decided to procrastanate to the point where the highest grade i could get was a 2.8 Bs and Cs. i never thought of it like this (im about to say it) before but this basically became the new 4.0 lvl of difficulty only if i didnt get a 3.8 to a 4.0 i failed!! but knowing how "Smart" i am im like ehh i can do that. so i waited a until the last minute to do some home work and look how this sht piled up. I had a Engineering project that took a good 56hrs (No exaggeration and yes i took breaks) to do and wound up staying up the last day to 8am to finish it!!! got a 77% because it wasnt complete and we were missing a teammate. next thing i know its the next week and im Like dam..... i got 3days to study for a micro economics exam and calculus exam along with a 5page paper due on the day of the 2nd exam :D. i got a 57 on Econ exam and 75 on the calculus exam that i studied literally only 2hrs before the start of it
(i used 2 of the 3 days to chill and studied lightly for the Econ exam then hard last day and got a 57... Econ is easy BUT A lot!!!! to remember!!!... Studied for Calc 1 at 6am for 2hrs cause i went asleep from being exhuasted after the econ exam DX and the calc exam was at 8am).
And guess what, i didnt have 1 paper due, turned out i had to do TWO for 1 class. 1 was to revise a old paper which i NEEDED to do and write up our new current paper which was basically 7 pages for the abstract and etc.... i also forgot we had to write a reflection on the new paper we just did all due at the same time 5pm on that same day and i got out of calc at 10:45 am..... 7 hours to do all of this. i now know it takes me 45mins to write 300 words and the papers were 1500 and 1600 word count requirements so ima let you do the math for odds of success for that. i failed the writing class.... Then i had a Japanese final but i Aced that sht i learned my fkin lesson and had a week to prepare. i took 17creds that semester which was 5 classes. TALK ABOUT A NIGHTMARE!!! and u want to know the crazy thing??? i almost did it again the next semester..................................
But what i said in my highschool days was dammm xD yea im not procastinating in college as i missed a paper in a class. i even had the hardest paper ever at the end of highschool that i procrastinated on and i thought i learned my lesson then but nope.
Im saying this because as i said before, im smart but procrastinate because of it. i know what im capable of but i decide to push things off because of that or i just dont do assignments cause hey its just a small percentage off my grade 😄 Tbh with you, that small percentage of my grade would have been my way out of that writing class but nope i didnt do that or the 40 other assignments ^_^.
If you found this incredibly stupid round of applause, I hope it either made you laugh, frustrated at my stupidity, or Frightened u a bit (sorry to the guy who made this video 😂) cause it will make you remember this forever. Especually if youre like me, and the moment you start fkin up, bam youre saved ^_^. youll think oh hell nah im not like him or whatever and get work done!!
If you procrastinate a lot here are some thoughts that might naje you stop.
X=work time
15= hrs of the day youre woke aka free time and decreases acordingly until u do your work
15-X= ?
?= Completion of work (any number greater than or equal to 0 is Great!!!! Less than equal bad and if its equal to X or 15 means you failed)
X will forever be unknown until work is completed but lets just say X is 6
if you do the work 1st u will get 9! you do it later without going below 0 you get 0 lol so that means your good either way but check this
hrs of free time + ? = total free time!!
if you do this without entering in the danger zone (?
Im almost 17 and I don't think I will end up going to college. I dont believe its for me as my life goals revolve on creating my own business and helping others in the process.
I am a strong believer that knowledge is important. Now I never said I will just give up and be a slob but instead keep reading books, find mentors and take action.
My family of-course does not approve of my opinion and I can see why.
I honestly preffer working 60 hours a week to make a profitable business living off of ramen noodles then taking the regular safe route that requires of me to depend on someone else and make their dreams come true. Anyway idk why tf I just wrote all this but yea.
Best Wishes.
alons1000jerk I took the same decision, and I recommend having a degree in anything in case life doesn’t work out as you wanted too.
Hey you still here
thanks man! This is very helpful, instant like.
Hi, Thomas! Lov ur videos, very interesting tips! But can u do a video on how manage people or how to be a leader or how to organize team work.
Today is my first day I needed that thanks
Awww, thanks so much for doing this! I'll be turning 60 and going back FT...I'm scared and excited all at the same time!! :)
I start college next year, and am thinking about going into nursing. I'm so scared, and it's making me depressed because of how anxious I am
I love you. No, seriously you 're the man!
Thank you Thomas !
I stopped watching your videos for a few months (for no particular reason) and i don't understand if you started talking slower or my english inproved, before i had to stop and sometimes re-watch some parts that were to fast and now it doesnt happend. either way im glad xd
Hey Thomas,
would you mind doing a video about meditation at some point ?
I think it would go really well into your channel because it has alot to do with habit building and breaking and people just got the wrong view of meditation as being boring or just done for soul searching.
Hey Thomas!! Could you do a video about nutrition and how you managed through college without mom's cooking? To be honest that's my biggest fear...
I'll be attending university next month in the UK to study Software Engineering. I'm 21 years of age so I'm getting back into education now as I have now decided on what it is I wish to study. If you could only give a single piece of advice to somebody entering their first year what would it be? Also, I've been subscribed for a while as I feel a lot of the information you provide applies to many things other than education and your content makes me feel a lot more confident going into university, Thank you! Keep up the good work!
I am going back to college for a SECOND bachelors degree. I'll be getting my BS in Nursing. I am SUPER nervous.
I’m 24 and barely starting college. Feels like it’s going to be a waste of time but I’m tired of working at warehouses. I want more education
Hey man. I'm 17 about to get out of my junior year and have alot of anxiety and stress out college. I see that you posted this a year ago. Any updates on what is going on about how your doing? Honestly anything will help me now. Thanks and keep up the hard work if your still going ❤
@@zach3302 How about now bro? It is my last years in high school and freaking the F out. I still haven't figured out exactly what to major in or which uni, only thing I know is that I dont want a gap year lol
I used your packing guide to create my packing list in Evernote. Really helpful with things I didn't think I would need and reminding me that there are things I don't need. I leave today for college (junior year baby!!!) so this video was awesome timing. Thanks for creating the content you do! Your videos have helped me become so much more organized, productive and super ready to jump into my third year of school!
Also, that loft bed was no overboard. It was a work of art.
Love your videos!
you're my mind reader ,thank you so much !
LOL LOVED the ending!!
your a day late & a dollar short, bro!
we/I needed this 2 weeks ago! I was totally freaked out& was looking for you to settle my nerve's!!& on top of this I drive 2 hrs in LA traffic to get to the classes I need!!!& on top of on top of all THAT.. ...our 1 way u & 1 way down off the high desert of California was on fire for the Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday of the first week of the semester!
So with THAT being said......
I'm so panicked that ive got IBS over all of last week's bs!!
what to do when you get dropped from a course you signed up for weeks ago and the instructor won't listen to your account of a nationwide news cast of "The Blue Cut" Fire! what to do?
HAHAHA! that ending was great lol
informative video! thanks.
Thanks. I always find your videos helpful. I found you a few months ago when searching for study methods after deciding to go back to school. I'm nearly 50, a single mom to five kids (age 8-20) and do not come from an educated family. I barely made it out of high school, honestly. Anyway, I clicked on this video this morning because I'm getting nervous about it now. I left my job so I can go back full time. My kids are in school and when I'm trying to do some studying to prep for my own classes to start, they are always interrupting with their own questions. I'm feeling more than a little underprepared. Do you have any resources you can recommend for older, returning students? I've searched online but found only the most basic stuff...like, don't procrastinate because your kid will probably get sick the night before your paper is due. Anyway, if you have any idea where I can find something more thorough and as encouraging as your stuff, that'd be great. Thanks.
lol I couldnt check behind me tho cuz theres a solid ass wall behind me
I'm afraid and worried most of my time in Freshman year of my college. Basically, i made it to be the student of one of the best college in Indonesia. Sadly, i just can't figure it out how to earn better grades and overcome my fear and worriness to my friends who academically are better than me. I don't have friends from the town where i went to senior high. I need help...
I start tomorrow 🙃
Thank you so much.
Your words aren’t matching your lips... That’s the only thing brother me. But great video and advise! I’m now 22 and ready to go! I’ve been scared and confused for awhile, I’m happy I found this video. Thank you😊
Shenella Radonich College is much better and easier when you start at 22-23 :)