When you are new and naive it's very obvious to make mistakes. Making mistakes is essentially not a wrong thing to do because that's how you learn. But sometimes these mistakes are so lethal and deterremental that they leave their impact for a very long period of time. Freshman students in university make a lot of common mistakes that can be avoided if they know certain things initially. Here are some of these mistakes that you can avoid-
Many students miss out on university orientation as it is conducted a few days before the session is officially started. This is a very big mistake because it is during orientation that you learn a lot of things about how the curriculum would function throughout the year and what things you have to take care of as a student.
Make sure that you get your course registration done as soon as you arrive on campus. Procrastination is very harmful because college is a very competitive environment and you will be left out of a lot of opportunities if you don't take action quickly.
Buy books for your course from your official bookstore of university only because that's where you will get the most amount of discount.
Don't just limit your network and friend circle to your batch. Try to come in contact with students of all courses and different years.