MAJOR: Communication Studies & Industrial Engineering // FAVORITE NU CLASS: Design your life (DSGN 300) // FAVORITE SPOT ON CAMPUS: Lakefill // ADVICE FOR MY FIRST YEAR SELF: In 2.5 years you’re going to be living your dreams, you got this <3

MAJOR: Theatre & Cognitive Science // FAVORITE NU CLASS: Dancing the Post War Avant-Garde // FAVORITE SPOT ON CAMPUS: Norris // ADVICE FOR MY FIRST YEAR SELF: Don't take it too seriously!

MAJOR: Theatre // FAVORITE NU CLASS: Highlights of Astronomy // FAVORITE SPOT ON CAMPUS: South Lakefill // ADVICE FOR MY FIRST YEAR SELF: Don’t take on more than you can handle!

MAJOR: Theatre // FAVORITE NU CLASS: The Art of Storytelling // FAVORITE SPOT ON CAMPUS: Wirtz Center // ADVICE FOR MY FIRST YEAR SELF: Try new things! Don’t be afraid to get outside of your comfort zone!

MAJOR: Theatre // FAVORITE NU CLASS: Northwestern Prison Education Program // FAVORITE SPOT ON CAMPUS: Sitting on the lakefill // ADVICE FOR MY FIRST YEAR SELF: Just breathe. Calm down a little bit. It's all going to be okay.

MAJOR: Theatre & Science in Human Culture // FAVORITE NU CLASS: Black Studies 327: New Black Music in Chicago (Jazz) // FAVORITE SPOT ON CAMPUS: Fran's or the Multicultural Student Center // ADVICE FOR MY FIRST YEAR SELF: Don't be afraid to explore—academically and socially. There will be classes you never knew you wanted to take and new friends you will never knew you wanted to make. And it's okay if that's not within the first 3, 6, or even 9 months! Slow down, take time to really invest yourself into Northwestern, and everything will work out.

MAJOR: Theater & Political Science // FAVORITE NU CLASS: Introduction to Playwriting with Julie Marie Myatt // FAVORITE SPOT ON CAMPUS: Cafe Bergson // ADVICE FOR MY FIRST YEAR SELF:

MAJOR: Theatre // FAVORITE NU CLASS: Advanced Creating the Musical (Developmental Reading Techniques for Actors) // FAVORITE SPOT ON CAMPUS: the quad right outside of Willard // ADVICE FOR MY FIRST YEAR SELF: Try to only focus on one thing at a time <3

MAJOR: Radio/Television/Film & Computer Science // FAVORITE NU CLASS: RTVF- Analyzing Media Text // FAVORITE SPOT ON CAMPUS: Kresge // ADVICE FOR MY FIRST YEAR SELF: Don’t stop till you have done more than enough

MAJOR: Dance & Theatre // FAVORITE NU CLASS: Modern/Contemporary II with Maggie Vannucci // FAVORITE SPOT ON CAMPUS: The Lakefill! // ADVICE FOR MY FIRST YEAR SELF: Relax! There is no need to rush through college. Take your time and soak in each and every opportunity that comes your way.

MAJOR: Theatre // FAVORITE NU CLASS: The Art of Storytelling // FAVORITE SPOT ON CAMPUS: The Lakefill // ADVICE FOR MY FIRST YEAR SELF:

MAJOR: Communication Studies // FAVORITE NU CLASS: // FAVORITE SPOT ON CAMPUS: Shake Smart // ADVICE FOR MY FIRST YEAR SELF: Meet people with an open mind!

MAJOR: Human Communication Sciences & Global Health // FAVORITE NU CLASS: Global Health 390 - Special Topics: Global Circulations and Human Health // FAVORITE SPOT ON CAMPUS: Hammocking on the lakefill! // ADVICE FOR MY FIRST YEAR SELF: Balance is key! It can be overwhelming coming into college and learning about lots of different events/clubs that you may be interested in. Know that it is okay not to do everything! Making time for yourself and your wellness is so important.

MAJOR: Communication Studies // FAVORITE NU CLASS: Communication and Technology (Comm_St 227) // FAVORITE SPOT ON CAMPUS: The Lakefill or Cafe Coralie in Pancoe. // ADVICE FOR MY FIRST YEAR SELF: Be present and live in the moment.

MAJOR: Theatre & Psychology // FAVORITE NU CLASS: Creative Drama // FAVORITE SPOT ON CAMPUS: The lakefill! // ADVICE FOR MY FIRST YEAR SELF: Don’t box yourself in! Open yourself to the opportunities that come your way, because you never know what you might discover 🙂

MAJOR: Radio/Television/Film // FAVORITE NU CLASS: RTVF 372 - Editing // FAVORITE SPOT ON CAMPUS: The rocks on the Lakefill // ADVICE FOR MY FIRST YEAR SELF: Let things go! Free up your hands!

MAJOR: Communication Studies // FAVORITE NU CLASS: Spanish 200 // FAVORITE SPOT ON CAMPUS: The lakefill // ADVICE FOR MY FIRST YEAR SELF: Don't be afraid to talk to new people, try new things, and get out of your comfort zone. You might find your people where you least expect it!

MAJOR: Radio/Television/Film // FAVORITE NU CLASS: Writing the Musical // FAVORITE SPOT ON CAMPUS: // ADVICE FOR MY FIRST YEAR SELF: Do NOT try to swim in the Lake. You weren't built for the water temperatures in this city.

MAJOR: Dance & Biomedical Engineering // FAVORITE NU CLASS: // FAVORITE SPOT ON CAMPUS: The lakefill // ADVICE FOR MY FIRST YEAR SELF:

MAJOR: Performance Studies & Theatre // FAVORITE NU CLASS: History 250-2 (modern global history) and Creative Drama // FAVORITE SPOT ON CAMPUS: Benches outside of Main // ADVICE FOR MY FIRST YEAR SELF: Unless they say an opportunity is not for first years, it can’t hurt to apply.

MAJOR: Radio/Television/Film // FAVORITE NU CLASS: Media and the Environment (RTVF 398 with Professor Jacob Smith) // FAVORITE SPOT ON CAMPUS: The Source in Norris // ADVICE FOR MY FIRST YEAR SELF: Explore more of campus and Evanston downtown and try out new study spots!

MAJOR: Theatre & Political Science // FAVORITE NU CLASS: US History of Foreign Relations // FAVORITE SPOT ON CAMPUS: The rocks looking over Chicago or the beach // ADVICE FOR MY FIRST YEAR SELF: Spend more time at club fair

SOC MAJOR: Human Communication Sciences // FAVORITE NU CLASS: Language and Gender // FAVORITE SPOT ON CAMPUS: The Lakefill // ADVICE FOR MY FIRST YEAR SELF: Be open to trying new things, Northwestern has so much to offer that you don't even know about yet!