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[Jervill]

Woah, woah, woah.  Social life?  When did we get those in college?

[penguinofhonor]

I got one!

[kaenneth]

Mr. Rogers was just as nice when off-camera.

[Xantalos]

Mr. Rogers was just as nice when off-camera.

Huh? *twitch*

[RedKing]

Woah, woah, woah.  Social life?  When did we get those in college?

Well, I lived in a cool dorm. We were composed almost entirely of freaks, misfits and nonconformists. Most of whom had at least a 140 IQ. It was like one big happy mentally unstable bisexual pagan family. 

We had our own theater troupe, that put on plays just for our own amusement. And a regular basement poker night where people came fully dressed as a '30s speakeasy. We even had some Nerf shootouts when somebody tried to slip an extra ace into the deck. Good times, good times.

[Megaman]

Cocaine's a hell of a drug

Jeez man, that's one crazy dorm.

[SealyStar]

Not sure if it qualifies for this (since it's more just a silly slip of the tongue), but "250 megabytes of caffeine" in a glass of pop.

[Xantalos]

Wat. They have soda computers now.

[MrWillsauce]

Somebody should try to make a harddrive using as raw caffeine as a building material for as much of it as possible.

[Kamin]

Woah, woah, woah.  Social life?  When did we get those in college?

I personally had an awesome social life. I worked usually around 30 hours a week, got special permission for "excessive hours" almost every semester (which averaged around 20), and yet partied every weekend. And yes, I did indeed pay for my own schooling; scholarships really helped, though.

I'm entering college in like two weeks and find this pretty disturbing.

Considering I coasted through high school without ever studying.

I put very little effort into University and never studied in HS, although I still got 'A's. When I went to Uni, I got a 4.3 GPA a few semesters because of the way Honors was weighted, which is farcical. The only reason I can see people failing out of school besides being monumentally lazy--I'm thinking of the WoW stereotype--is due to financial hardship. So, for those of you youngsters headed off for higher education, I have but two warnings: 1.) Beware the financial snares of one of the largest and most vile industries in the world (Secondary Education) and 2.) I'm watching you . But seriously, if you can manage learning DF, you can get a four point in college. Don't sell yourselves short. It's expensive as hell, so make the money you're throwing at institutionalized highway robbers worth it.

[sluissa]

There's nothing hard about college. At least in my experience. But it does wear on you.

Here's three simple steps:

1. Listen. Really... Listen, read, pay attention to the material in whatever form it comes to you.
2. Find out what you educator expects from you. Sometimes harder than others, but in almost every case you'll have it by the time the first test is or paper is over. Only time this becomes a problem is when you only have 2 tests or papers the entire semester.
3. Give the educator what they're looking for. Sometimes they expect a lot. Sometimes they expect little. Sometimes they want you to meet their expectations, TO THE LETTER. Sometimes they're more open about what they want, but in every case, there is something they expect, something they're looking out for, so do your best to give it to them.

Once you understand that, and know how to make it work, there is nothing about college that is hard. At that point it simply becomes tedious. I burnt out in high school. Not because it was hard, but because it was tedious. My last year I didn't care and I didn't try, and I barely pulled C average grades. College started, and I was good for the first two years. My first year I failed a few major assignments and only managed middling grades, but that was just as I was figuring out the system. My second year I did great, only missing a bit because I had to take some math and never had a head for it. My third and fourth years, however, I just went through the motions. I was tired, but I was over half way there. By that point, however, I'd figured out how to deal with the system. Even with only half-hearted effort I still did pretty well.

In conclusion: College is not hard. You just have to keep at it, give them what they want, and not get distracted.

In restrospect: Might not have been the best thread for it, but hell, I'm not throwing this away now.

[Tellemurius]

Damnit i just finished signing up for classes >__>
Way to go on ruining my hopes and dreams as a network engineer

[Kamin]

2. Find out what you educator expects from you. Sometimes harder than others, but in almost every case you'll have it by the time the first test is or paper is over. Only time this becomes a problem is when you only have 2 tests or papers the entire semester.
3. Give the educator what they're looking for. Sometimes they expect a lot. Sometimes they expect little. Sometimes they want you to meet their expectations, TO THE LETTER. Sometimes they're more open about what they want, but in every case, there is something they expect, something they're looking out for, so do your best to give it to them.
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In conclusion: College is not hard. You just have to keep at it, give them what they want, and not get distracted.

^This. Some love regurgitation, especially if they teach their own books. Some don't. You'll figure it out pretty quickly just based on how a Prof/TA conducts themselves. Humor tends to be a good sign. As far as distractions? They will keep you sane, especially if you can still get things done on time.

[MrWillsauce]

This thread has been derailed too many times to count

[sluissa]

Oh, yeah. Find something to keep you sane. The distracted was more in regards to when you're being given instructions. Pay attention. Sometimes it's unavoidable, but the worst thing I ever found to do, was trying to do one class's homework in another class.