40Hands
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Depends on how hard your major is. Make sure to balance partying with school work. Don't be that anti-social dork who sits at their computer all the time. Don't get into any MMORPGs, you don't want to waste the best time of your life. Don't be afraid to meet people. Are you living in dorms?
Condoms are cheap, babies are not, AIDS meds are even worse.
Half.com => Amazon.com => Bookstore for textbooks. Always sell back to the bookstore no matter where you got them - they'll pay you the most. And then they'll get that confused look on their faces when they end up with more stock at the end of the year than the beginning
Make sure your testes drop and talk to the hot girls. It's the last shot you'll EVER get before those hot girls are YOUR FVCKING BOSS.
Half.com => Amazon.com => Bookstore for textbooks. Always sell back to the bookstore no matter where you got them - they'll pay you the most. And then they'll get that confused look on their faces when they end up with more stock at the end of the year than the beginning
Make sure your testes drop and talk to the hot girls. It's the last shot you'll EVER get before those hot girls are YOUR FVCKING BOSS.
A lot of this advice is good, some of it bad. I would like to say that freshman year does not have to be difficult. Everyone else in all your classes is probably a freshman and you ought to be able to make friends who help you throught he rough spots. Anyway I'd like to reiterate other's advice and maybe add some of my own.
If you are in a dorm should never close the door unless you're drinking or getting some. Be as social as possible.
Party and enjoy yourself because college >>>>>>>>> high school
If you are paying for your books, buy them online and save a fortune
If your grades start to slip 2 things help: 1) go to class, 2) study for 20-30 minutes every night. Studying everynight is something I started in college and it helps me retain information like nothing I've ever tried.
If you still do poorly try and talk to the professor and get extra help. If you make an effort to improve and still get a D, odds are they'll at least give you a C. Grading is not objective, you get the grade they think you earned, not what you actually earned.
MOST IMPORTANTLY
Get some while its hot, because college is when the girls look their finest. You will never have so many beautiful women at your fingertips, so please don't waste the best opportunity of your life.
Oh and condoms should be free at any decent school. Head to your health services (or whatever) office or talk to your RA. Never be without a few in your room, even if you are the biggest loser in the world. A good party can make dreams come true.
If you are in a dorm should never close the door unless you're drinking or getting some. Be as social as possible.
Party and enjoy yourself because college >>>>>>>>> high school
If you are paying for your books, buy them online and save a fortune
If your grades start to slip 2 things help: 1) go to class, 2) study for 20-30 minutes every night. Studying everynight is something I started in college and it helps me retain information like nothing I've ever tried.
If you still do poorly try and talk to the professor and get extra help. If you make an effort to improve and still get a D, odds are they'll at least give you a C. Grading is not objective, you get the grade they think you earned, not what you actually earned.
MOST IMPORTANTLY
Get some while its hot, because college is when the girls look their finest. You will never have so many beautiful women at your fingertips, so please don't waste the best opportunity of your life.
Oh and condoms should be free at any decent school. Head to your health services (or whatever) office or talk to your RA. Never be without a few in your room, even if you are the biggest loser in the world. A good party can make dreams come true.
Housing is most important IMO. They gave me a dorm room with no insulation. I could hear everything in other rooms and not fall asleep at night. I had a religious nut of a roomate.
If your housing sucks, go to the library and study there.
Find yourself some friends that are serious about school and live with them.
If you're not making As you're going to have problems later. In your general education classes you take your first year, there's like 300 people and a lot of people curving the grade. There's no excuse not to make an A. Once you get to your junior and senior classes with like 10 people you don't get this luxury. And there's a reason why there's only 10 people left.
If your housing sucks, go to the library and study there.
Find yourself some friends that are serious about school and live with them.
If you're not making As you're going to have problems later. In your general education classes you take your first year, there's like 300 people and a lot of people curving the grade. There's no excuse not to make an A. Once you get to your junior and senior classes with like 10 people you don't get this luxury. And there's a reason why there's only 10 people left.
Buy your books used on amazon.com then sell them again on amazon right after you're done with class, it will save you a ton of money.
Not true. The college bookstores usually have the worst return on books and are very picky about what they take back. You'll make more money selling your books on amazon or ebay.. you'll also be able to sell things like workbooks, old editions and books that don't allow being sold back if the shrink-wrap is ripped.
don't drink in the residence halls, go meet girls, don't try to pick up my girl, don't come home drunk and act like a fvcktard, party your ass off, do your homework, read your assignments.
They'll give me a solid 50% of retail here, online prices are lower than that. I should know, I already "mistakenly" bought a few books for the wrong classes, and flipped them around on the bookstore.
I was talking about the school aspect. Certainly you should have fun. Rest a bit. I'm not saying work every second (however that is needed at times in engineering to just make it, not necessary get an A).
However, I wouldn't consider most of the fun advice here good at all either. Sexual promiscuity and excessive drinking. yeah, that's great...
For some majors, you need to study a lot. I'm a senior in computer engineering. My GPA is high enough to get me job offers and a free ride in college.
your profs have office hours for a reason.. they want to help you and they want you to pass, GET HELP if you need it, don't suffer alone.
iamme
Lifer
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good advice. going to your professor's office hours will get you good one-on-one help. it may help your prof remember who you are, too. in case you have an issue in the future (like missing a class or a late homework assignment), he/she may be more likely to give some leeway. it definitely doesnt' hurt and it could be worth your while.
Analog
Lifer
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First of all, as a Prof, I must say I really enjoyed this thread thus far...
In fact, I'm going to use this on my first day of classes on Monday. I have a freshman seminar that is a 1 credit introductory to college life. This is great!!!!
My advice to you as a professor:
1. Freshman year will set the pace for you if you start on the right track.
2. Be prepared when coming to class, read ahead and have some questions written down.
3. Challenge your teachers, don't be afraid to ask how things are applied!
4. Study the homework, check the examples - don't copy.
5. Re-write your notes from class. I kept a spiral for every class, and transcribed all my notes to the spiral - and I still have all the spirals from my college days 20+ years ago.
6. Don't suck up - it may work for some, but it doesn't on profs like me, and it may make you some enemies.
7. Do quality work. Turn assignments in that you would be proud to show.
8. Interact with others in your class outside of class - get study groups together. Its amazing the number of people who have the same questions in their minds - bring those to class.
9. I layout my gradebook online - (without names, just student numbers) - the very gradebook that I turn in, so that there is no question what your grade is at anytime. If you don't have a prof like that, with messy syllabi, and no performance standards, then nail them early in the semester. Ask what it takes quantitatively to get an 'A' etc. Don't be a fool and let that go till mid-terms!
10. Understand that the syllabus is the 'contract' that you sign when going into a class. Look at it carefully. If something doesn't sit well with you - then challenge the prof. If it still isn't cool, then get another prof. This is very important, as most profs (like myself) hold students accountable based on the syllabus. If someone starts whining about something, I whip out the syllabus and point out where I'm right.
11. Those who cheat will either get caught (by people like me), or get turned in, or may get by - but it will eventually catch up to them. I had an assembly language program that was supposed to be turned in last year, and 11 people copied a program that was left on a computer's desktop in the lab. Even the comments were still misspelled - people didn't even bother to change them. Since each was the same program, I graded one, and then spilt the grade 11 ways between the offending parties - as nobody fessed up to who it belonged to originally ( I should have just given them all a zero). I've got a ton of cheating stories that could fill up a thread on its own! :Q
12. If U turn in an assignment with text messaging, U can bet that I will give U a ZERO!
(yes it has happened B4)...
13. Have fun, enjoy your freshman year... You won't get another. Keep your standards high, make friends, and don't forget why you're in college to begin with. :beer:
In fact, I'm going to use this on my first day of classes on Monday. I have a freshman seminar that is a 1 credit introductory to college life. This is great!!!!
My advice to you as a professor:
1. Freshman year will set the pace for you if you start on the right track.
2. Be prepared when coming to class, read ahead and have some questions written down.
3. Challenge your teachers, don't be afraid to ask how things are applied!
4. Study the homework, check the examples - don't copy.
5. Re-write your notes from class. I kept a spiral for every class, and transcribed all my notes to the spiral - and I still have all the spirals from my college days 20+ years ago.
6. Don't suck up - it may work for some, but it doesn't on profs like me, and it may make you some enemies.
7. Do quality work. Turn assignments in that you would be proud to show.
8. Interact with others in your class outside of class - get study groups together. Its amazing the number of people who have the same questions in their minds - bring those to class.
9. I layout my gradebook online - (without names, just student numbers) - the very gradebook that I turn in, so that there is no question what your grade is at anytime. If you don't have a prof like that, with messy syllabi, and no performance standards, then nail them early in the semester. Ask what it takes quantitatively to get an 'A' etc. Don't be a fool and let that go till mid-terms!
10. Understand that the syllabus is the 'contract' that you sign when going into a class. Look at it carefully. If something doesn't sit well with you - then challenge the prof. If it still isn't cool, then get another prof. This is very important, as most profs (like myself) hold students accountable based on the syllabus. If someone starts whining about something, I whip out the syllabus and point out where I'm right.
11. Those who cheat will either get caught (by people like me), or get turned in, or may get by - but it will eventually catch up to them. I had an assembly language program that was supposed to be turned in last year, and 11 people copied a program that was left on a computer's desktop in the lab. Even the comments were still misspelled - people didn't even bother to change them. Since each was the same program, I graded one, and then spilt the grade 11 ways between the offending parties - as nobody fessed up to who it belonged to originally ( I should have just given them all a zero). I've got a ton of cheating stories that could fill up a thread on its own! :Q
12. If U turn in an assignment with text messaging, U can bet that I will give U a ZERO!
(yes it has happened B4)...
13. Have fun, enjoy your freshman year... You won't get another. Keep your standards high, make friends, and don't forget why you're in college to begin with. :beer:
1) Find a Scool with Hawt Chicks
2)Find a School in a town with a major party scene
3) Find a school where you can score herb cheap!
Ausm
2)Find a School in a town with a major party scene
3) Find a school where you can score herb cheap!
Ausm
Choose your peers wisely, They will effect the way you conduct yourself in college.... It may seem that I am calling people weak (and i'm not) but it's true especially if your going to a school where you don't know anyone going in.
Seeing as how I work the EMS system at my school, here is some advice for you Freshmen out there that like to party: Don't do it during the week! My lord, one girl last night thought she was at "20". I'm not sure what that means, but she went to the hospital. There have been at LEAST a fight a night on campus, off campus maybe 3-4. I have already heard of girls getting sexually assaulted off campus because they walk alone, and on MONDAY...thats right, MONDAY, a guy blew a .40...he should have been in coma, but instead he was awake enough to fight the paramedics and get a lovely escort from the police. The parties will be there for another 4 years. Fvcking up your body and your criminal history because you can't show restraint is beyond retarded. If you are going to party, do the following:
Wait for the weekend
Don't go out alone.
Know your limits!
Wait for the weekend
Don't go out alone.
Know your limits!
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