While planning to start a new life at college, look ahead and value your behavior in a unknown place. The level of adaptation to the new environment will depend on your interest in studying. What is adaptation? This is a process of habituation and personality to find your legs in new environmental conditions. Student’s adaptation in college should include a number of aspects:

1. Psychological and educational aspects are associated with the adaptation of students to the new didactic system that are fundamentally different from the forms and methods of school.
2. Socio-psychological aspect has a relationship with the assimilation of students’ social norms, that is, establishing and maintaining social status in the new team and circle of people.
3. Motivational-personality aspect that determines the formation of positive educational motives and personal characteristics.
4. Psychophysical aspect includes assuming inner functions and reactions of the organism to the demands of the new medium.

The adaptation is a long process and it is not always successful. Planning a new life, keep in mind that freshmen have some problems connected with adaptation because they don’t have skills of independent learning activities. The adaptation includes motivation, professionalism, self-determination, independent brainwork, relationships with lecturers and fellow students. It will take a while to adapt in a new place to find your sea legs. You have got to know the teachers, other students, the problems at college, how classes are done and what you need to do in emergency. Very often senior students are ready to help freshmen with a piece of advice or explain things that are happening at college. Be sure to listen to their advice - they are helpful anyway.