{"id":30791,"date":"2015-08-31T10:30:40","date_gmt":"2015-08-31T17:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/movinginsider.com\/?p=30791"},"modified":"2020-02-13T15:14:02","modified_gmt":"2020-02-13T22:14:02","slug":"what-to-do-as-a-college-sophomore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/31\/what-to-do-as-a-college-sophomore\/","title":{"rendered":"What to do as a College Sophomore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sophomore year is definitely a transition year. This is the time to solidify who you are as an individual. You are no longer a <a href=\"https:\/\/movinginsider.com\/2015\/08\/03\/collegefreshman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">freshman<\/a> just starting to figure things out and getting comfortable in your own skin and you aren&#8217;t an upperclassman yet who is expected to be on their right path already.\u00a0Trying to figure out what to do as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/CollegeMoving\/?utm_campaign=uhaulsm&amp;utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=collegeboxes&amp;utm_content=20150831-whattodoas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">college<\/a> sophomore may initially feel completely overwhelming &#8212; this is understandable.\u00a0You are going to undergo a lot of life changes. Thankfully,\u00a0all of these changes will be positive in some way or another so long as you&#8217;re prepared for them.<\/p>\n<h4>Move Out of the Dorms<\/h4>\n<p>As a freshman, living in the dorms is so convenient. It&#8217;s an<a href=\"https:\/\/movinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/sophomore-apartment.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignright wp-image-30812\" src=\"https:\/\/movinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/sophomore-apartment.jpg\" alt=\"sophomore college\" width=\"351\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/sophomore-apartment.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/sophomore-apartment-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/sophomore-apartment-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 351px) 100vw, 351px\" \/><\/a> easy way to quickly make some new\u00a0friends, you have\u00a0a chance to become comfortable with your new campus and walk to classes and you don&#8217;t even need to cook for yourself! As a sophomore, consider <a href=\"https:\/\/movinginsider.com\/2015\/05\/07\/moving-from-dorms-to-an-apartment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">moving into an apartment<\/a> with some friends and experience a more adult way of living. This is a great way to become more responsible with bills and other household tasks. I also recommend a vehicle for your sophomore year. I&#8217;m glad I didn&#8217;t have one my freshman year as it forced me to get comfortable with my college campus and the local area. While living in an apartment however, having a personal vehicle makes doing errand runs so much easier and weekends much more adventurous.<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/movinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/10441154_10205182756834660_3631352935890955142_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft wp-image-30808\" src=\"https:\/\/movinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/10441154_10205182756834660_3631352935890955142_n.jpg\" alt=\"college sophomore\" width=\"305\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/10441154_10205182756834660_3631352935890955142_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/10441154_10205182756834660_3631352935890955142_n-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 305px) 100vw, 305px\" \/><\/a>Get Involved<\/h4>\n<p>It&#8217;s time to end your days as a social butterfly\u00a0and be a little pickier with your friends. \u00a0You&#8217;ve grown into yourself a little bit more and know what\u00a0sort of people you want to keep in your life.\u00a0Thankfully college has so many opportunities for meeting new people:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Greek Life<\/li>\n<li>Charity<\/li>\n<li>Clubs<\/li>\n<li>Intramural Teams<\/li>\n<li>Become a TA or Ra<\/li>\n<li>Tutoring<\/li>\n<li>Student Government<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/movinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/1800392_10203541892774084_1107369661_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignright wp-image-30814\" src=\"https:\/\/movinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/1800392_10203541892774084_1107369661_n.jpg\" alt=\"college sophomore\" width=\"297\" height=\"313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/1800392_10203541892774084_1107369661_n.jpg 679w, https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/1800392_10203541892774084_1107369661_n-285x300.jpg 285w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 297px) 100vw, 297px\" \/><\/a>Get Serious<\/h4>\n<p>If you haven&#8217;t decided on a major yet, now is the time to do so. If you have, figure out if this is really what you want to do with your life. Get a job that is relevant to your field of study or an internship. This will help you see what it might be like working in this industry and is a great learning experience. If you can&#8217;t find something that is completely relevant to your career path, try interning anyways! Maybe you&#8217;ll decide you like this other industry better and you will definitely acquire some new skills. Sophomore year is also a great time to do<a href=\"https:\/\/movinginsider.com\/2014\/10\/29\/expect-studying-abroad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> study abroad<\/a> while you still have gen-ed classes left to take and are a little more focused on your major.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sophomore year is definitely a transition year. This is the time to solidify who you are as an individual. You are no longer a freshman just starting to figure things out and getting comfortable in your own skin and you aren&#8217;t an upperclassman yet who is expected to be on their right path already.\u00a0Trying to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":198,"featured_media":30815,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[545],"tags":[488,498,21,41,537,2047,174,2048],"class_list":["post-30791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-2","tag-apartment","tag-ask-the-expert-2","tag-back-to-school","tag-college","tag-college-bound","tag-sophomore","tag-tips","tag-transition"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/198"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30791"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30791\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52856,"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30791\/revisions\/52856"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}