Spectator by Seema Goswami: Surviving college 101
It’s head-to-campus season for those studying overseas. Few things are as exciting or daunting. And yet, so much of college life hasn’t changed. Some advice
Like millions of other teenagers across India, my teenage niece packed her bags and headed out to college last week. Hitee has always been an academic star, but I am guessing that she headed for the portals of Ashoka University with the same combination of apprehension and excitement that I did when I entered Loreto College to study English literature so many moons ago.
As the pictures of her campus, her new room, her classmates began inundating the family WhatsApp group, I began thinking about my own college years and what I wish I had done – and not done – during that period of my life. Of course, everybody’s college experience is unique. But here, in no particular order of importance, are some things that I wish I had known as I studied for my Honours degree.
