why don't you join some clubs or something... that'd give you a wider variety of things to do, and a wider variety of people to do things with, and then maybe you wouldn't feel quite as isolated. if they don't have clubs you're interested in, start one. 
anno
anno
Bulldog13
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QFT.
I was just talking to friends about how one of your "biggest" concerns in college was walking to class and it was cold and icy.
Walking to class. Cold and icy.
I've been working and had my own place for 3 months now. I'm starting to realize what a "concern" actually is.
Thank you for projecting your opinion and making it fact. And I said tens of thousands...
Thank you for that revelation!
The people here (like yourself) who act like this is due to not thoroughly thinking through my school choice enough just want to criticize. Have you ever considered that perhaps some things you just can't know without acutally attending the school? I've lived in a small town my whole life and thought I'd have no problem doing so now. I also thought I'd have no problem not having my car and not being around my girlfriend for weeks or months at a time. Now, after having been here, I still don't desire to live in huge city, or to party and get drunk every night. I just wish I could go somewhere outside of walking distance and I miss a good job with a good income. It seems I don't like the strict full time college life, where college is all I do, and I never leave campus and don't work off campus. Perhaps I would've preferred getting a full time job and my own place and doing school part time. But that would have a great deal of downfalls as well.
Originally posted by: archcommus
I miss the "real world," i.e., life off campus, my car, and a real job.
I should've went to a local school.
what school are we talking about here?
i was extremely excited to leave home for college. i haven't regretted that decision.
i lived in the dorms, graduated, and naturally, moved off campus. at first, i was in a studio all alone (i had a close friend in the building, but he was never really around so i found that rough), but then i moved in with roommates and life was great i met my husband in the same building and then we got married! yay.
i lived in the dorms, graduated, and naturally, moved off campus. at first, i was in a studio all alone (i had a close friend in the building, but he was never really around so i found that rough), but then i moved in with roommates and life was great
i met my husband in the same building and then we got married! yay.You lived in dorms all four years?Originally posted by: tami
i was extremely excited to leave home for college. i haven't regretted that decision.
i lived in the dorms, graduated, and naturally, moved off campus. at first, i was in a studio all alone (i had a close friend in the building, but he was never really around so i found that rough), but then i moved in with roommates and life was great
Grove City College.Originally posted by: Tommunist
Originally posted by: archcommus
I miss the "real world," i.e., life off campus, my car, and a real job.
I should've went to a local school.
what school are we talking about here?
It is a Christian school. The only rule they really have that is abnormal is the dorms are not co-ed and the opposite sex is only allowed in the building on certain days during certain hours. Besides that, it's a pretty normal private school. Great cost, an hour from home, about 2300 students. More than anything I like the type of people that go here. And other colleges, just as PSU Erie, also have the freshman car restriction, so that's nothing specific to here.
I just can't figure out yet if these are things that will become not a big deal, or if I really do need to be at a different school. Even though I have to be in dorms all four years here, perhaps once I have a car next year that will greatly improve things to the point of not minding living on campus.
Originally posted by: archcommus
Grove City College.Originally posted by: Tommunist
Originally posted by: archcommus
I miss the "real world," i.e., life off campus, my car, and a real job.
I should've went to a local school.
what school are we talking about here?
It is a Christian school. The only rule they really have that is abnormal is the dorms are not co-ed and the opposite sex is only allowed in the building on certain days during certain hours. Besides that, it's a pretty normal private school. Great cost, an hour from home, about 2300 students. More than anything I like the type of people that go here. And other colleges, just as PSU Erie, also have the freshman car restriction, so that's nothing specific to here.
I just can't figure out yet if these are things that will become not a big deal, or if I really do need to be at a different school. Even though I have to be in dorms all four years here, perhaps once I have a car next year that will greatly improve things to the point of not minding living on campus.
I hear nothing but great things about Behrend (PSU Erie). They are supposed to be every bit as good, if not better than PSU Main.
Yes, I have a lot of friends going there. But the fact of the matter is, it's twice the distance from my home, and the same cost as my school, and I preferred the environment and overall great reputation of this school. So I chose where I'm at. I don't know if I'd prefer another school or not.Originally posted by: Acanthus
Originally posted by: archcommus
Grove City College.Originally posted by: Tommunist
Originally posted by: archcommus
I miss the "real world," i.e., life off campus, my car, and a real job.
I should've went to a local school.
what school are we talking about here?
It is a Christian school. The only rule they really have that is abnormal is the dorms are not co-ed and the opposite sex is only allowed in the building on certain days during certain hours. Besides that, it's a pretty normal private school. Great cost, an hour from home, about 2300 students. More than anything I like the type of people that go here. And other colleges, just as PSU Erie, also have the freshman car restriction, so that's nothing specific to here.
I just can't figure out yet if these are things that will become not a big deal, or if I really do need to be at a different school. Even though I have to be in dorms all four years here, perhaps once I have a car next year that will greatly improve things to the point of not minding living on campus.
I hear nothing but great things about Behrend (PSU Erie). They are supposed to be every bit as good, if not better than PSU Main.
I think a lot of us feel a little cooped up at times.
For example, I probably won't be leaving Madison until Thanksgiving, and I've been here since late August. It's nice to go on a road trip from time to time, but not many people have a car.
For example, I probably won't be leaving Madison until Thanksgiving, and I've been here since late August. It's nice to go on a road trip from time to time, but not many people have a car.
kranky
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The people I personally know who graduated from Grove City had nothing but good things to say about it. It also has a good reputation. Every college has good and bad features, so I wouldn't worry that you're not at the right school.
If getting a good education is important to you, you made a good choice.
If getting a good education is important to you, you made a good choice.
College is supposed to be everything good about the real world quadrupled with none of the bad. If this isn't the case you are doing something wrong.
I just prefer the more adult lifestyle. I was more of an adult (not maturity, but my lifestyle) before I came to college.
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