Don’t declare a specific major unless you REALLY know. Take a year of classes and think about what you are really interested in.

To immediately discuss roommate problems with the RA (after trying to work it out first with the roommate). A student who doesn’t like to  "make waves" or doesn’t feel the RA is approachable can wind up with an entire    year of problems.

Professors in college are willing to help you if you ask for help.

That ordering pizza does not count as an ‘emergency’ for running up credit card charges.

Financial Responsibility—More of it! I wish I had given more specific instructions regarding cell phone usage. That first bill was a ‘biggie.’

Have some fun—you can’t study every minute.

I would have made sure he had a job which would decrease his party time.

We could have talked more about getting involved in campus activities and dorm living.

That things at home would not be frozen in time and when he came home to expect small changes like new furniture changes in how we spend out time, etc.

That it would be a BIG transition, with tons of emotions.

Don’t make arrangements too early regarding moving out of the dorm as a sophomore.

Seek out small classes like Freshman Seminars.

Not to be discouraged if your students grades were lower than their performance in high school, despite increased effort.