Listen Up... I'm looking forward to meeting you all and I'm excited you guys chose to come to TROY! My advice to you all would be to just come. Come as you are and give the BCM a shot. Sadly, I wasted my Freshman year believing that I was too busy to get involved in the BCM. I was in the marching band but you can manage anything through Christ. Their are so many wonderful people at the BCM who are ready, willing, and able to help you along your journey through school and your walk with God. Work hard and enjoy the things God has blessed each and every one of you with. Share your gifts and abilities for God's glory! - Joey Keener, Graduated It's so important to get involved early and to stay involved throughout your college careers; however, do not feel like you have to be a part of everything the BCM or any other organization offers. If you are too involved, you may stretch yourself too thin and you'll be SO stressed out! Just remember that it's okay to say no! It won't hurt anyone's feelings. Also, if you DO get stressed or you don't know something or if you just need any kind of help (even if it's just studying), don't hesitate to ask for it. Everyone at the BCM will be willing to help you! If we don't know an answer, we'll find it! My last advice would be to stay focused. Remember that you are a student first! - Haley Jones, Graduated The BCM is a great place, but its NOT a church, so try out some of the local churches to see where you can grow the most spiritually.  Also, get involved somewhere on this campus, even if its not the BCM.  These will be the best 2, 4, 5 years of your life.  Don't waste it in your dorm room!" - Kristi Burgess, Graduated Get involved, but do not overwhelm yourself. Make plenty of friends; they will most likely be your lifelong friends. Study, Study, Study!!! Go to All Nations Church at least once! - Lindsey Ethridge, Senior Don't go home every weekend. It makes independence hard. Don't skip classes. It is a damaging habit and hard to break. Don't ever hesitate to drop down on your knees and pray. God is ALWAYS listening. - Ashley Kaye Moore, Senior Get plugged in from the very beginning. Make close friends now and you'll have them for a lifetime. Don't make any friends and you'll be sitting in your room a lot. Which sucks. Remember, it's not about what there is in Troy for you to do. It's about what you can do in Troy. - Thomas Neely, Graduated Sleep when you can. It's a commodity. Read the books your professors tell you to. Otherwise, you end up with zeroes on your pop quizzes. Find a local church and plug in. Meet and start relationships with people older and younger than you by more than a few years. They don't bite, I promise. (Except maybe some of the under-five crowd.) Get a group of friends you won't be embarrassed to introduce to your parents or ashamed of in ten years. At the same time, don't just pick people to pick them. Make sure they won't drag you down, and make sure that the relationship in replenishing both ways. If only one of you is being enriched by the friendship, something's not right. Saga is bad, but not that bad. If you eat it, you won't die. You'll just gain freaky powers for a few weeks. Don't worry, we've all been there. - Eli Carnley, Graduated Get involved in a church! Get to know the people and make Troy your home. - Cassie McCarty, Senior Have a dance party with Haley Jones, just trust me on this one. Buy a planner. Use it. Put notes around your desk reminding you to use said planner. It will be EXTREMELY helpful if you do. And lastly, always be prepared for an emergency car washing. And for emergency car tagging revenge. - Lauren McClung, Graduated Don't date for your first year, and seriously consider holding off for your second. You think I'm kidding; I'm not. This year is a year for you to mature and grow in Christ--don't waste it by spreading yourself so thin that you miss out on Him. That said, make sure to spend as many possible nights at Waffle House and Krystal as you possibly can, making new friends at one...two...five thirty in the morning. Stay on the weekends! Yes, high school football is cool. Troy football is cooler. By far. And so are all of your new friends that you've made at five thirty in the morning at Waffle House and Krystal. Last piece of Waffle House/Krystal advice: befriend your servers. At the very least, they're making your food right now. At the most extreme, you'll become a regular, they'll know your order the second you walk in the door, and they'll treat you like family. Besides, some of them go to school here. Finally, that whole "class" thing: it actually is the reason you came to college. Don't skip it, and especially not every chance you get. When your senior year(s) roll(s) around and you actually have to make it a personal goal to attend every class all week for at least one week in a semester, there is a problem. Friends don't let friends skip class...that often. - AJ Davis, Super Senior Get a bicycle Find church in TROY Don't go home on weekends. You ain't need to eat your mama's food that much. - Miki Kashiwa, Senior Sleep is a privilege, not a necessity. Always be prepared. Kill at least one armadillo at Ellis' pond every month. Eat at Mr. Ho's. Be nice to everyone you meet. Get to know people. You may not remember everyone's name and beverage of choice, but they still appreciate the effort. Facebook and MySpace are addictive gossip mongers. Ration your time on them. Take random trips to the beach, Wal-Mart, and Waffle House. You'll be a better person for it. Say no to drugs. (I'm borrowing this one from President Reagan) Tear down this wall!! (President Reagan borrowed this one from me) Address all upper-classmen as "Sir" or "Ma'am". Go to the library at least once. Freshmen next year might ask you where it is. Eat the eggs in SAGA periodically. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger...or makes you grow a third arm. -Daniel Weeks, Graduate Student

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