College is not high school so please do not think its a walk in the park. Depending on what type of school you are going to, depends on what kind of problems you are going to face. Certain problems, you going to face regardless of what type of school you are going too.

I've done the community college, online college and even gone away to college, so I have been faced with the different problems with colleges. Growing up as a little kid, I had always struggled through school. I am not sure if its related to being a preemie or not, but that can be one side effect of being born early and small. I am not saying that is the reason I struggle through school, but some people do and what that usually means is that it takes them longer to grasp some tasks, but it can be accomplished. 

Congratulations, you have taken one of the first steps into college. Have you chosen your major yet?  Most students either have not chosen or end up changing major for whatever reason it may be.  If you have chosen a major, but then you find out that you cannot hack it so you end up changing it to another.  Most people end up changing two or more time before they find the right one for them. 

If you have chosen your major, please look before going to the school's advisor to see what kind of classes you need to take. Most of the time you need to take general education classes like Math, Science, English and so on. Usually you can find out on the school's website basically what is needed. At least get a rough idea. Don't go into thinking that the Advisor is going to direct you in the right direction, because that is not always the case. They don't have to take the class for you and have no idea what you are capable of. When I went away to school and I had transferred from a community college, I had no idea what I needed. The advisor said that I needed, this, this and this. She wasn't putting into account of mixing up easy and hard classes together. If you are going full time and taking all hard classes, your chances of coming out with decent grades is low.  I've done it and I struggling trying to keep my grades up.  Come to learn, one of the classes I was given had a high fail rate.  I was one of those student who always went to class and even though I did go, I still did not do good in the class. 

Right after High School, some people go away to school. Adjusting to being away can be frightful, but you will adjust.  You are going to need money, so you are going to need a job if you can find one.  Look into getting onto the workstudy program if you can.  Chances are you have already applied for financial aid.  If not, please apply as soon as possible.  Even if you do not think you qualify, still try.  You never know and the worse thing they can say is that you do not qualify. 

Roommates are a tricky thing. Some people have good luck with them and others do not. I am one of those people who have had nothing but problems with them. In the years I was away, only my last year was the best. The thing that you need to understand about roommates is that some are curteous and others are not. I've had roommates whom would walk in at 3am in the morning and put all the lights on when you are sleeping and then I've had roommates whom expect you to turn your computer monitor off when its not even facing them and its on one of the lowest settings possible and you are doing your homework as quiet as you possibly can be. Its not exactly easy to just do your homework when its on the computer and its a desktop. 

You thought high school was bad. College is worse as there is more reading than you had in high school. what you finish in a year in high school, you finish in a semester. Depending on how your college is setup, the classes go by a month, 8 week or 16 weeks. Expect to get stressed out and not getting enough sleep.

You don't have your parent there to tell you to eat, so make sure you eat.  Also make sure you do your laundry as much as possible.  You don't want to not have clothes to wear the next day. 

You may get either homesick or depressed. It really depends on the situation. If you are stressed out, you may be more suseptible to depression so keep that in mind.