Repost: Timothy Dalrymple's "Open Letter to a College Freshman"

For all you young'ns heading off to college or uni for the first time, or for those heading back for more of the same, here's some mature and very helpful counsel - from someone who clearly knows college life well - about making the most of your relatively short time there.  His main point is that your time in college/uni will have a transforming impact upon your life.  He writes, "The question is whether that transformation will be for the better... Unmoored from the people and places that once defined you, you’ll feel a fluidity in your identity that’s both thrilling and frightening.  You may feel as though you can be anyone and become anything.  I pray that you will become who you are — the individual you most truly and deeply are, the one God dreamt of when he made you — and not the person that you or your parents or your friends think you should be.  "  
For worthwhile life in this 'new world', here's his advice ...

1. Seek wisdom, not merely intelligence.
2. Seek mentors, not merely teachers.
3. Seek the truth, not merely prevailing opinion.
4. Seek answers, not merely questions.
5. Seek betterment, not merely achievement.
6. Seek fellowship, not merely friends.
7. Finally, seek first the kingdom and righteousness of God.

You can read the whole letter, and it really is well worth reading, here.