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Advice from a CCS Grad to anyone about to start design college / art school.

I'm a fresh-out-of-college grad thats about two months into my first "real" job, and I've done a lot of reflecting lately.  I got the urge to write after scrolling through my instagram feed one day to find my school's account put out a post to all recent May 2018 graduates, asking us for any advice we'd offer to the incoming freshman class for the 2018 Fall semester. My knee-jerk thing to say was not to buy everything on the syllabus before the first day of class... A good tip but hardly the most important. So that got me thinking of what else I'd say to a freshman design student. So here are some thoughts: Manage. Your. Time. Time management is absolutely the most important thing you will learn as a student in any school, in any program. It seems pretty logical and easy to do, but trust me. It is not easy.  You have to hold yourself accountable at all times. This was the only way for me to make sure that I did my work to the best of my a...