Anyone who has something to share that could do more harm than good in college or any general college stories you would like to share list here.
Well I start at UCLA in Fall, and i am extremely anxious, So i have a question if its really like that in the Movies?
1. What is with people and putting 'to' when it should be 'too' and vise versa? 2. Shouldn't this be in the Off Topic section, not the General Philosophy? 3. Watch your wallet closely, **** is expensive in college nowerdays.
1) Don't bring your laptop to class. 99% of people just use it to look on facebook instead of taking notes, and even if you're a good student there will be boring days where you'll be tempted to use it for non academic purposes... 2) Don't buy the books until after you've read the sylabus and/or gone to the first lecture, a lot of the prof's don't use all of the books on the book list and you're going to loose a ton of money buying books every term anyway. 3) Utilize the prof/ta's office hours. It builds a good report with the prof/ta, and you'll do a lot better in the class, especially if it's a humanities class and you use that time to have them look over a paper or assignment you've been working on 4) Study groups. In most classes it makes sense to form a study group, makes studying less daunting and more interesting with the right people
Always find an opportunity to use the college toilets. They have top-class graffiti. Don't hi-5 people.
Typical. Not once in my two years at Sixth Form didn't I even go into the toilets. About the only advice I can come up with is do all the assignments relatively early. You can be as lazy as you like afterwards. Also keep an eye on what the syllabus requires, that way you have some idea when to note stuff down, and when to prat about while the teacher tries to get everyone interested in some group activity or otherwise non-essential exercise. Do show up to every class though. Oh, and don't take advantage of the fact you can leave the grounds/premises during breaks on the first day to avoid standing around looking like a friendless loser, 'cos then you miss the best opportunity to actually make friends (but it does mean you know the surrounding area better than your future mates). I had pretty much the same conversation with everyone I eventually made friends with at college, something like: 'where were you last week?' or 'I don't remember seeing you around', etc etc. Wow, I can go on about fairly trivial stuff...
I agree with everything that pedro said. I would only add two simple things. 1. Make sure to stay on top of your work. It's not like high school, you may have a class where you get graded on a few assignments and if you don't do one you can fail. 2. Make sure to goto class especially if the class only meets only two days a week. If you miss a day it mite be hard for you to keep up with the work.
Well, try going to as much classes as possible, and if you're like me and didn't have to do shit all to pass tests, don't expect it to be the same. Seriously, I'm currently in the process of screwing up, and even though I know I am, I just can't bring myself to work hard enough...yet. I know I need to learn, and I know I can. Heck, me knowing I'm intelligent enough to actually pass everything when I get my lazy ass to work is the sole reason I'm still doing this.
For whatever god you hold dear, do NOT take more than 4 classes if it's your first semester. Ease into it, if you think you can take 5 and still get As, go for it. Remember, that most colleges have summer semesters where you can take more classes if needed. If you want to graduate in 4 years, it's almost a requirement to take at least 2, 3 credit classes in summer. Summer is boring anyways, its about 4 months of nothing. This is of course based on 120 credits for your major and taking 4 classes for Fall and Spring semester. Most advisers don't tell you this and then you are left wondering why you couldn't graduate on time.
Yes. I'm not even in college, but we have laptops at out high school. I spent most of my APGAP class playing Minecraft, or I was looking at articles on Cracked.com.
Drink, fuck, and fight. Read the Iliad drunkenly aloud in the cafeteria. Bone everything you can get your hands on. When professors assign you real books, read the whole thing; when they assign you textbooks, don't read a fucking thing. Try drugs, see if they work for you. Do it among good friends in case they don't.
