The Tip
You can miss classes once in a while, but you have to be very strategic about it. If you miss a lot of classes, your grades suffer.

The Story
There’s always the chance that you’re sitting in bed, blowing off class and reading this tip. If you are, at least you’re doing some reading—be proud. Deciding whether to go to class or not is the hardest choice you’ll face in your college career—that and whether or not to borrow clean underwear from your roommate when you run out. The attendance question regularly stares you in the eye—every morning when the alarm goes off (assuming you’ve even set it). Deciding whether or not to go to class is a new freedom that you have in college; in most cases, you’re free of parental supervision, attendance offices and questioning principals (but some professors do take attendance). If you choose to, you can sleep late, watch TV all day, play video games, enjoy a four-hour breakfast at the buffet, go to the gym, go to a party, hang out with your boyfriend or girlfriend, chat online, or just lay in bed imagining all those things that you could be doing—which can be exhausting, leading you to fall asleep again and miss your afternoon classes too.