What does a successful first year after leaving Texas A&M look like?

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Grant would define success much more broadly than having a good apartment or job. A strong first year means you have built some friendships, created weekly routines, found places and activities you genuinely enjoy, become comfortable in your neighborhood, handled work without letting it consume your entire life and started feeling that the new city is home. The apartment should help launch that life, not become the whole life.

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