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Xavier Survival Guide 101
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Xavier Survival Guide 101
Feel free to DM anything you would like me to touch on!!
Meal Plan : When picking your meal plan, choose the 15 over the 19. The 15 meal plan gives you more flexbucks which allows to buy food at Subconnect, CFA, etc... The 19 meal plan does not have a lot
Take Advantage of Your Resources Xavier host review sessions, has resource center and your professor has office hours. Your tuition are paying these people so if you feel like you’re lacking in the class, go visit them! They are here to help.
Course Workload Please be mindful of the credit hours you take. Know your limit so you’re not stressed and overwhelmed with all the classes. Ask upperclassmen about classes and also ask them if they could give you their old notes, quizzes and test. We want everybody to win!
BE INVOLVED Join clubs, do community service, attend events,COME OUT! I promise not doing anything will have you sitting in your dorm for five months doing nothing. This is also how you make great connections and find your long life colleges friends. Do be a stick in the mud
Library The higher you go, the quieter it gets. The second floor of the library is literally a social event lol. It’s loud and ghetto. If you need silence to study I recommend the fourth floor which is called “ the quiet floor “.
Dorms and Roommates Coming to college you see everyone wasn’t raised the same. You won’t be living in luxury, 5 Star dorms but you get what you put in. Be mindful of your roommate. Have some decent courtesy because they live there too. Please be respectful and considerate!!!
Procrastination Once you miss a class, it’s easy to start a trend of missing it again. Please remember you are paying thousands of dollars to come here. Do not waste your money and your parents. DO YOUR WORK. Have a support system that keeps you in check. We chasing a bag
Xavier Sidewalks I promise these sidewalks have almost broken more ankles than the whole NBA
The road between the University Center and Xavier south, watch yo step because they will catch you lacking
Resumé Xavier’s Office is Career Services offers multiple resumé building workshops as well as other campus organizations. Attend those if you need help. They also help with writing personal statements for scholarships, research, grad school and various other opportunities
Mental Health Xavier WILL push you to your breaking point. Your patience and faith will be tested but it’s all a part of the process. It’s okay to take a mental health day. There’s many students and faculty here to help you during your difficult times. Heal and then grind!
11. Money Management
It’s EXTREMELY easy to blow through money in college. There’s parties, restaurants, clothes you wanna buy, allat. Learn to budget and prioritize. My great treasurer @_maliaa01 can most likely help you with that.
It’s EXTREMELY easy to blow through money in college. There’s parties, restaurants, clothes you wanna buy, allat. Learn to budget and prioritize. My great treasurer @_maliaa01 can most likely help you with that.
12. SGA and Campus Positions
BE, AND I CANNOT STRESS THIS ENOUGH, YOUR. SELF! Be honest and genuine. Fake facades will be seen right through. Also don’t be spiteful because what’s done in the dark WILL come to light. And if you get a position, do your absolute best in it!
BE, AND I CANNOT STRESS THIS ENOUGH, YOUR. SELF! Be honest and genuine. Fake facades will be seen right through. Also don’t be spiteful because what’s done in the dark WILL come to light. And if you get a position, do your absolute best in it!
13. IF ONE EAT, WE ALL EAT!
Help your peers! If they’re struggling in a class, HELP THEM. Share your notes, quizzes and test. We try to make Xavier a family atmosphere. Help one another!! You never know who you might’ve helped freshmen year might help you graduate senior year!
Help your peers! If they’re struggling in a class, HELP THEM. Share your notes, quizzes and test. We try to make Xavier a family atmosphere. Help one another!! You never know who you might’ve helped freshmen year might help you graduate senior year!
14. Scholarships
If you here on a scholarship, PLEASE make sure you get that 3.3 GPA by the end of year. You can take summer courses to also save and boost it. If you’re looking for more outside scholarships, see Ms. Pearl in financial aid! The sweetest older lady there
If you here on a scholarship, PLEASE make sure you get that 3.3 GPA by the end of year. You can take summer courses to also save and boost it. If you’re looking for more outside scholarships, see Ms. Pearl in financial aid! The sweetest older lady there
15. BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH PROFESSORS
These people will be writing your letters of recommendation. Be active in class. Visit office hours. Make sure they know your FIRST AND LAST NAME! These bonds can take you a LOOOONNGG way. They offer some GREAT connections
These people will be writing your letters of recommendation. Be active in class. Visit office hours. Make sure they know your FIRST AND LAST NAME! These bonds can take you a LOOOONNGG way. They offer some GREAT connections
16. PARTIES
You. Don’t. Need. To. Go. To. Every. Party. If we being honest, if you went to one, you went to them all. And if you go, get the $5 early bird tickets. I personally prefer the house parties (because they free). We study through the week and party on the weekend.
You. Don’t. Need. To. Go. To. Every. Party. If we being honest, if you went to one, you went to them all. And if you go, get the $5 early bird tickets. I personally prefer the house parties (because they free). We study through the week and party on the weekend.
17. Sight Seeing
New Orleans is a beautiful city and amazing culture. Go out and experience it. There’s the Jazz Market, the sculpture garden, the Murder museum, it’s so much history you could learn from one building. Explore the city but please be safe!
New Orleans is a beautiful city and amazing culture. Go out and experience it. There’s the Jazz Market, the sculpture garden, the Murder museum, it’s so much history you could learn from one building. Explore the city but please be safe!
18. Xavier College Necessities
You NEED these items!
— portable charger
— heavy rain coat, umbrella and rain boots (THIS IS HEAVILY ENFORCED, YOU WILL BE DRENCHED)
— waterproof booksack or at least be able to cover it (YES ITS A BOOKSACK, I SAID WHAT I SAID)
You NEED these items!
— portable charger
— heavy rain coat, umbrella and rain boots (THIS IS HEAVILY ENFORCED, YOU WILL BE DRENCHED)
— waterproof booksack or at least be able to cover it (YES ITS A BOOKSACK, I SAID WHAT I SAID)
19. Uber and Lyft
Download these apps because this most likely the way you’ll be going to parties. We do not condone drinking and driving AT ALL. We wanna see come to Xavier and graduate. Also download CashApp and Zelle to have payments sent to whoever order the ride.
Download these apps because this most likely the way you’ll be going to parties. We do not condone drinking and driving AT ALL. We wanna see come to Xavier and graduate. Also download CashApp and Zelle to have payments sent to whoever order the ride.
20. Drinking
KNOW, AND I CANNOT STRESS THIS ENOUGH, YOUR LIMIT! And if you do drink, please eat a meal before doing so. Don’t bring public stumbling and sliding words. It’s embarrassing and people will record you. And if you put a cup down, do not pick it back up. Get another
KNOW, AND I CANNOT STRESS THIS ENOUGH, YOUR LIMIT! And if you do drink, please eat a meal before doing so. Don’t bring public stumbling and sliding words. It’s embarrassing and people will record you. And if you put a cup down, do not pick it back up. Get another
21. PUBLIC IMAGE
Literally people are watching you everywhere and you never know. Campus officials, alumni and your peers. I have had administrators and upperclassmen speak to me and know my name that I had never met before. PEOPLE ARE WATCHING!!
Literally people are watching you everywhere and you never know. Campus officials, alumni and your peers. I have had administrators and upperclassmen speak to me and know my name that I had never met before. PEOPLE ARE WATCHING!!
22. THE HOLY GRASS
THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT! The grass behind the admin building between the pharmacy building is the HOLY GRASS. It was blessed by the Pope. You step on it, and you won’t graduate. Respect my Saint’s Grass
because she will reek havoc!
THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT! The grass behind the admin building between the pharmacy building is the HOLY GRASS. It was blessed by the Pope. You step on it, and you won’t graduate. Respect my Saint’s Grass
because she will reek havoc!
23. PERSONAL BUSINESS
Xavier is small and word travels fast. Don’t trust everybody with your personal business. Be selective with the people you confide in. Everyone is not your bestie, sister, brother, etc... people run their mouths.
Xavier is small and word travels fast. Don’t trust everybody with your personal business. Be selective with the people you confide in. Everyone is not your bestie, sister, brother, etc... people run their mouths.
