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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mr. Draco" data-source="post: 2978165" data-attributes="member: 521">This fall, I'll be starting my third year at Caltech (a science-math university in Pasadena, CA).The most valuable advice I can give you is to try new things, and don't be afraid to just jump right in (with the clear exception of drugs and other nasties).  Some of the greatest and most fun things I've discovered came along shortly after a thought of "why not?" followed by a spurious decision.In high school, I ran track (hurdles/400m sprint).  I got to college, was all set for track there, and decided about two weeks before pre-season training to ditch the running and sign up for PE84 - Table Tennis.  I played in my backyard and had a lot of fun with it, so I figured, why not?  Once the year began, I discovered that the table tennis coach was a former US champion and olympic athlete who immigrated from China in the late 70s.  Now I'm captain of the school club and team and I'm having more fun than I imagined possible.Last year, I volunteered to be in charge of a large party that my House (a cross between a dorm and a fraternity) throws every year.  We decided on Moulin Rouge for a theme, and after two and a half months of leading the construction effort (with 25 hours working weekends, every weekend), we had built from scratch an entire wooden dance floor, a 25ft tall windmill, a 20ft wooden elephant (my own design  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> ), and finished painting more than 30 8'x4' wallboards.  It was a blast.Next year, the first thing I'm doing at the club fair (once I get a break from running the table tennis booth) is signing up for the ballroom dance club.  I've never had formal dance training of any sort before, but I'm sure it'll be great fun.In short, be sure to go around with open eyes, and you'll find plenty of very neat opportunities waiting for you.  Don't dismiss something as too dorky, or too jock-ish, or too out-there.  Explore and be safe and you'll have lots of fun.Edit - Out of curiosity, where are you headed?</blockquote>

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