When you arrive on campus at the University of Michigan, you have a unique chance in life to start fresh. You now have the freedom to choose whether you will spend the next four years chained to textbooks, or working hard and exploring new scenes on campus with fascinating people. If you are currently tied to a significant other, seriously consider whether or not this is how you want to start your collegiate experience.
When you get here, the advice offered by the Review is simple: start fresh and meet new people. Meet the so-called Ann Arbor hipsters, the brilliant engineers, sorority girls, frat guys, jocks, and ambitious B-School students. Stop by, and meet the Review staff and editors. We'd love to meet you. Of course, U-M has students that fit somewhere well beyond these stereotypes and you will meet them too, if you make the effort to put yourself out there. If you are not a social butterfly, get rid of some of those inhibitions and make the conscious decision to enjoy your life at U-M. Your four years will be more fun, and more meaningful, if you make it a point to take your education outside of the classroom and be open to meeting people.
Meeting people is a lot easier when you are not in a committed relationship during your freshman year. Seriously think about breaking up with someone before you start your four years at U-M. Breaking up with someone right before college is the ideal time to get this awkward annoyance out of the way. Don't go through your first semester wondering when the best time to break up with someone is. By breaking up sooner, you will avoid leading your boyfriend or girlfriend into believing that you'll be together forever. Experience the relief sooner, and get the breakup over with before school starts. You will be glad you did.
There are many other reasons to be offered for why you should arrive on campus as a single and live it up. One is that most people change in some way or another throughout college. People decide what they truly want out of life during these four years. Chances are, you or your significant other will change in college, and this will have a major impact on the direction your relationship takes. Why stay tied down with someone who could become a completely different person within only a couple years? Rather, try meeting new people and staying on good terms with your significant other, even after the breakup. By staying on good terms, or even staying friends, you can meet up with that person in a couple years. Then, you can see if you want to pursue a serious relationship with this person.
People also unconsciously base a lot of their decisions on their relationship situation. This is another reason to avoid relationships during college-they can be a setback. Don't skip out on a lifelong dream to work in Europe or New York, so that you can live somewhere else with the significant other. Even worse, don't begin your year stuck with somebody that goes to another college and brings you down for attending the University of Michigan. You can definitely live without that person, and will find someone better at U-M. A relationship can pose these kinds of pressures, so it's best to live without them during college and pursue the lifestyle you have in mind.
Starting college with a "single" relationship status on Facebook has its benefits. Being single, you will have the freedom to go to parties without feeling guilty for whatever hooking up may have happened that night. You can freely flirt as much as you want, without the added nagging or jealousy from a boyfriend or girlfriend. Chances are you will meet some great people here, and should always keep the option open to pursue things further. If you spend your first year in a relationship, you will be missing out on meeting amazing people here. Arrive at the University of Michigan as single and enjoy your freedom. Or at least until you're in a relationship at the end of Welcome Week.
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