The decisions students make during their freshman year can have a major impact on the rest of their college experience.

Forbes reports.

What I Wish Someone Had Told Me Before Starting College

If you remember what it’s like to be an incoming college freshman, the experience inspired just as much excitement as it did anxiety. As millions of students head off to school for the first time this month, they face a daunting transition process from navigating new levels of accountability and independence, to dealing with consuming workloads and intense social pressures.

The decisions students make during their freshman year can have a major impact on the rest of their college experience, so we asked six top women to weigh in with the unexpected advice they wish they’d heard before stepping foot onto campus for the first time.