- Oct 9, 1999
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Like you know the whole college expereince. Do you have any regrets, or desires.
Give us an insight into your college experience...
Give us an insight into your college experience...
POLL - College Students: Is your college life going along the lines of what you expected?
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My goal was go to college, meet my wife, graduate, get married, get a house, get a good job, start a family.
5 down, working on 6, and putting the 7th off for a few years.
Yup, just about what I expected.
5 down, working on 6, and putting the 7th off for a few years.
Yup, just about what I expected.
Slappy00
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college is the best social experiment our country has to offer. Get a bunch of horny, courious, 18-21 year-olds put them very close to each other, add drugs, booze, free-time and no parental supervision. Anyone who missed out on college really did miss out on the best 4-5 years of their life. now graduate school is "real" college, no time for messing around.
Went to college for about 4 years, drank too much and dropped out.
Came back after 4.5 years, don't drink as much and not having as much fun but my grades are much better.
Came back after 4.5 years, don't drink as much and not having as much fun but my grades are much better.
problem is the college i go to is about 10 mins from my house so there is no point in me staying on campus. that and my classes have me so damn busy i don't get to go out
well i'm at a community college, so maybe my opinion means nothing. Whatever business/accounting program I transfer to though wont leave me much time to fool around. Yeah I go up to Chico and Davis every now and then and experience the college life, but it's not something that I'm too fond of.
I'm at the University of Maryland: College Park and having a hell of a time. The CORE courses really are bullsh!t though. Not nearly as hard as what I expected. Calc II and OOP II on the other hand are just as tough as I expected, but definitely managable. The workload isn't THAT bad. I've only pulled a one or two all-nighters since I got here.
As far as partying goes, it's cheap beer (Busch Light, Milwaukee Best, etc), cheaper liquor (Zelko, Gordons, Gilbeys, Kentucky Gentlemen, etc), and the cheapest of whores (figuratively). Basically, the party scene is fvcking awesome. Especially when it's $3 for unlimitted liquor at a party, or $5 for unlimitted beer, or sometimes even free. The 3-5 day weekends are nice
The one downside for me with college is there not being mandatory attendance for OOP II and Calc II. It's so easy just to sleep in and miss the class, and then you wind up falling behind. Not a good idea. Oh, also the fact that I'm in a prison cell, that has 2 other people in it. The dorms at UMCP are TINY!
That being said I'm averaging about 3.5GPA throughout this first semester and having the time of my life. Might try to transfer to Cornell though, I'll see how that goes.
As far as partying goes, it's cheap beer (Busch Light, Milwaukee Best, etc), cheaper liquor (Zelko, Gordons, Gilbeys, Kentucky Gentlemen, etc), and the cheapest of whores (figuratively). Basically, the party scene is fvcking awesome. Especially when it's $3 for unlimitted liquor at a party, or $5 for unlimitted beer, or sometimes even free. The 3-5 day weekends are nice
The one downside for me with college is there not being mandatory attendance for OOP II and Calc II. It's so easy just to sleep in and miss the class, and then you wind up falling behind. Not a good idea. Oh, also the fact that I'm in a prison cell, that has 2 other people in it. The dorms at UMCP are TINY!
That being said I'm averaging about 3.5GPA throughout this first semester and having the time of my life. Might try to transfer to Cornell though, I'll see how that goes.
I'm in college and I like it generally, no big complaints. Life is good generally. Why yo bitchin' so much?
University of Maryland-- CP. I'll be glad when I'm done. Just never got much into the college 'scene.' I prefer to work and this is just a means to and end so the over used phrase goes. Colleges now just seem to get more expensive as the quality goes down. I'm glad I went, but I'll be glad to be done.
My first two years at Anoka-Ramsey Community College were fantastic. Go to school, take some deceptively easy classes, meet friendly students who are anywhere from 15 to 70+, and learn from teachers who care and promote an overall ownership of your education. Hang out with local friends when you're done. It was damn near ideal--I was tremendously successful and enthusiastic about college.
Eager, I entered the University of Minnesota system. I continued to drive from home because of the resources available to me there like friends, family, and equipment (cars, computers, information, tools, etc). Things turned horrible quickly, however. This place had hoop after hoop I had to jump through, something I didn't suspect as the admissions process was nothing more than a simple "you're accepted!"
The assertiveness I had acquired at community college was also being challenged. Within two weeks, I had two tenured professors very angry with me for suggesting syllabus and assignment changes and doing assignments my own way. That was incredibly frustrating and I took several ego blows and personal insults, but with time they realized that I mean well and things worked out. I also enrolled in our U's Inter-College Program which allowed me to bypass a ton of hoops and requirements, including the dreaded senior paper!
Now in my senior year, I'm still furious with the University system. The quality of education, in my opinion, is below that of community college. Since it's a research University, most faculty are researching something--which means they care less about teaching. It REALLY shows, too. I've tutored English for two years and taught martial arts for three, and as an educator I can, unfortunately, report that the teaching is generally terrible at my University. I see too many students who hate their instructors and don't understand what they're teaching. The only noteworthy professors I've had have all been near retirement.
Socially, I could never fit in if I tried. I hung around adults during most of my socially formative years, and I always feel like somebody's parent at any social gathering. Partying yields few rewards for me: I hate crappy beer and sadly find most of my University-cultured peers uninteresting and mediocre. Screw partying--blowjobs aren't exactly difficult to get, anyway.
The only way to understand college is to try it.
Eager, I entered the University of Minnesota system. I continued to drive from home because of the resources available to me there like friends, family, and equipment (cars, computers, information, tools, etc). Things turned horrible quickly, however. This place had hoop after hoop I had to jump through, something I didn't suspect as the admissions process was nothing more than a simple "you're accepted!"
The assertiveness I had acquired at community college was also being challenged. Within two weeks, I had two tenured professors very angry with me for suggesting syllabus and assignment changes and doing assignments my own way. That was incredibly frustrating and I took several ego blows and personal insults, but with time they realized that I mean well and things worked out. I also enrolled in our U's Inter-College Program which allowed me to bypass a ton of hoops and requirements, including the dreaded senior paper!
Now in my senior year, I'm still furious with the University system. The quality of education, in my opinion, is below that of community college. Since it's a research University, most faculty are researching something--which means they care less about teaching. It REALLY shows, too. I've tutored English for two years and taught martial arts for three, and as an educator I can, unfortunately, report that the teaching is generally terrible at my University. I see too many students who hate their instructors and don't understand what they're teaching. The only noteworthy professors I've had have all been near retirement.
Socially, I could never fit in if I tried. I hung around adults during most of my socially formative years, and I always feel like somebody's parent at any social gathering. Partying yields few rewards for me: I hate crappy beer and sadly find most of my University-cultured peers uninteresting and mediocre. Screw partying--blowjobs aren't exactly difficult to get, anyway
. The only way to understand college is to try it.
i go to a school where the main attraction at the center of our campus is called "the shaft". and it's earned the name for a pretty good reason.
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