School over... think again!

[Powerful Parker]

I am now off to a new section of my life... college. I am going to a community college but it is only until I can transfer to a 4-year. Any tips/advice before I start my college life? And I will be commuting.

 

[TruePaige]

Not really. If you had bad study habits in high school you better get your stuff together.

 

[nboy22]

Are you still going to be living with your parents while going to the community college?

 

[gorcorps]

Community college shouldn't be much harder than HS. But once you get to a REAL college you better make sure you know how to study and get your HW done early. If you didn't ever have to study in HS you're going to have a terrible wake up call when you realize you don't know how.

 

[mundane]

Originally posted by: gorcorps
Community college shouldn't be much harder than HS. But once you get to a REAL college you better make sure you know how to study and get your HW done early. If you didn't ever have to study in HS you're going to have a terrible wake up call when you realize you don't know how.

I'd argue it depends on the JC/CC. Some of my friends went the 2+2 route, and they were asked to do just as much as I did in a 4 year school with equivalent courses.

 

[dr150]

CC will give you more work to do, and it's important NOT to fall back on your studies or you'll DROWN come Finals. It isn't as easy to cram as it was in HS. Don't emulate your plattoon of loser classmates of partying and not studying (that's how many low HS GPA students end up in CC in the first place)....they'll get their commuppance.....get good grades and everything you wish for will fall in line!

Also, choose courses you know you can excel at. Taking difficult classes will ruin the GPA you'll need to transfer into a good college.

 

[Saint Nick]

Read the assigned reading and do the assigned assignments. Go to class.

Not much else to really say.

 

[RapidSnail]

Best tip you can hope for: Don't put off your studies!

If you take the marginal, but important, amount of time out of your day to study your courses, you will hardly need to cram for exams. If you keep to this routine (attending class, taking notes in class, reading the book/material, finishing homework early, working more problems than required, etc.) you might not even need to review for your tests. Although, I will say that it does help to do a bit of relaxed reviewing before this time. Try to avoid cramming by spreading your study sessions equally into the days preceding the exams.

 

[Gibson486]

It does not matter...whether you go to a CC or a 4 year one....the chicks looks just as good.

 

[Farang]

Finish second year calculus and do pre-med requirements during your first two years. Since you more than likely do not have access to upper level courses at community college, it is better you keep all of your options open for when you start taking those courses at university

 

[imported_Champ]

My advice is study your ass off, but don't forget that you also want some collage memories. Yes the main purpose is learning but don't neglect the opportunities to go out and have a good time, and it is very easy to balance those two. Make as many friends as you can and start study groups for classes, it makes it easier to learn something if someone is there to explain it to you. Realistically you will have 1 or 2 good profs in your first year, they are rare so take advantage of that and see them during office hours for help. The main mistake I though many of my friends made was they did nothing all year and studied by themselves, do a lot of studying in groups and go out, you don't want your collage memories being you sitting in your basement reading a text book.

 

[BoomerD]

Originally posted by: Champ
My advice is study your ass off, but don't forget that you also want some collage memories. Yes the main purpose is learning but don't neglect the opportunities to go out and have a good time, and it is very easy to balance those two. Make as many friends as you can and start study groups for classes, it makes it easier to learn something if someone is there to explain it to you. Realistically you will have 1 or 2 good profs in your first year, they are rare so take advantage of that and see them during office hours for help. The main mistake I though many of my friends made was they did nothing all year and studied by themselves, do a lot of studying in groups and go out, you don't want your collage memories being you sitting in your basement reading a text book.

collage memories? You mean like a bunch of pics pasted together on a board?

I KNOW that if you were a grajewate of any reputable skool, you wouldn't spel COLLEGE as COLLAGE...


OP, as someone who just graduated from a community college, after being out of school for almost 40 years, it's tough...but doable.

I had to re-learn all the basics of writing, had to develop the study habits I never had in high school, plus learn the material being taught.

College (at least for me) was MUCH different than high school. The professors (generally) won't hold your hand to teach you. They offer the information in lecture, MAY have office hours available if you have questions, but otherwise, it's up to you to learn the material...using a tutor if need be.

As for the difference between community college and a "real college," one of my business professors teaches both at the local CC and the local CSU. He says that comparable classes at the CC level are harder than the equivalent lower division classes in the 4 year school. The basic material may be the same...but the professors demand more of you because what you don't get in the lower division classes will (usually) be covered later in upper division classes. Obviously, this may not be the case in some 4 year schools, so YMMV.

Give it your best...work hard. If you don't, it's only YOU who pays the price.

 

[joesmoke]

get a fast car/motorcycle ; find a good pot dealer, a good place to score alchohol, and a group of easy girls for you/friends to hang out with.

as for CC, remember girls who are smoking cigarettes almost always put out.

 

[thescreensavers]

this is going to such for me too lol, I always study last minute and do homework last minute lets hope I dont get tons of work. I am going to do summer session and only doing 2 classes so ill see the workload.

 

[TruePaige]

Originally posted by: BoomerD

Originally posted by: Champ
My advice is study your ass off, but don't forget that you also want some collage memories. Yes the main purpose is learning but don't neglect the opportunities to go out and have a good time, and it is very easy to balance those two. Make as many friends as you can and start study groups for classes, it makes it easier to learn something if someone is there to explain it to you. Realistically you will have 1 or 2 good profs in your first year, they are rare so take advantage of that and see them during office hours for help. The main mistake I though many of my friends made was they did nothing all year and studied by themselves, do a lot of studying in groups and go out, you don't want your collage memories being you sitting in your basement reading a text book.

collage memories? You mean like a bunch of pics pasted together on a board?

I KNOW that if you were a grajewate of any reputable skool, you wouldn't spel COLLEGE as COLLAGE...


OP, as someone who just graduated from a community college, after being out of school for almost 40 years, it's tough...but doable.

I had to re-learn all the basics of writing, had to develop the study habits I never had in high school, plus learn the material being taught.

College (at least for me) was MUCH different than high school. The professors (generally) won't hold your hand to teach you. They offer the information in lecture, MAY have office hours available if you have questions, but otherwise, it's up to you to learn the material...using a tutor if need be.

As for the difference between community college and a "real college," one of my business professors teaches both at the local CC and the local CSU. He says that comparable classes at the CC level are harder than the equivalent lower division classes in the 4 year school. The basic material may be the same...but the professors demand more of you because what you don't get in the lower division classes will (usually) be covered later in upper division classes. Obviously, this may not be the case in some 4 year schools, so YMMV.

Give it your best...work hard. If you don't, it's only YOU who pays the price.

Well the way I've seen it from some of my University friends and CC friends is that if you take the same class at the university you can do worse and still have it count, but you need at least a B for the class if you want to transfer it to your university of choice. (Some universities take lower grades, but JMU requires a B).