Former Penn State mathematician and football player John Urschel Skyped into a 9th grade Nashville geography class on Friday, just a day before he was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens.
Don't worry about what you should be doing, or how what you're doing is going to fit into the cadre of college—or Penn State, for that matter—predetermined by our culture. Go make your own Penn State, without any expectations; you'll be much happier.
Go to parties. Go to games. Go to class when you can. If there’s a concert, go to that. Do bar crawls. Climb Mount Nittany. Get involved with clubs and other stuff around campus. Hell, if you and your roommate want to go get lunch in Pittsburgh, get in a car and go to Pittsburgh. Doing spontaneous stuff is the best thing about college. So do spontaneous stuff. Worry about real life later. It’s more fun that way.
It might not seem like it, but when you're about to graduate, you'll be ready to.
Along with several other friends, senior Stephen Pianovich organized a tailgate outside of the Forum building because his friends Shane Green and Ryan Cusack had a final exam.
Not saying that you're going to fail any of your finals, but in the event that you do or at least feel like you failed a final, we compiled a list of places that are great to let it all out post-exam.