Ladies. And. Gentlemen.
After six years of waiting, I am officially a college girl.
For those in high school, please please PLEASE go to college the first chance you get. Especially if your parents are paying for it. If they foot the bill, hug them and kiss them and tell them what wonderful creatures they are. You really don't know how good you have it!
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It finally happened.
Hey, I just had my first day of college classes today! Haha! From what I've seen so far, it's not -that- much better than high school. But I had a very, very, very wonderful time in high school, so…I don't know. The social scene here REALLY isn't my thing, but from what I saw today the classes are great!
But the whole being on your own thing is suiting me pretty nicely. Let's see how long I can last :p
Been here for a week and I've…
Learned nothing new, spent thousands of dollars, lost countless hours of sleep due to blaring rap music or my roommate having people over, and am currently spending waaay too much time on a forum because God DAMNIT there is nothing to do here.
I'm not sure weather I should love it or hate it. The only up side (and it's a major one) is that the classwork is so easy I'm pretty much getting a diploma for hardly anything.
lefarce - You didn't take a placement test? I took one so I didn't have to take remedial classes.
Yeah, I did. I scored decently. Tested out of reading, I have to take only one English class, and I need to take three math classes (I'm damn terrible at math). But even then these classes are easy. Maybe I just didn't have a good day when I took the test. I was running on four hours of sleep with no pick-me-up…
But I dunno, I find living on campus is more difficult than getting the education it's self. Then again, I'm not good in social environments, so it comes as no surprise.
I find living on campus is more difficult than getting the education it's self.
I lived in the dorms my first year and had two random roommates in a triple that I we paid $3,000 collectively for. One would crawl home drunk at 4:00 AM every morning after partying with her frat boyfriend and the other would never leave the room because she was too busy setting curves in her engineering classes.
In a nutshell, I spent my Spring Quarter sleeping in various lounges and friend's floors to keep sane but I met some of the best friends I've never known doing that.
Seriously, part of the education you're going to learn in college is dealing with people. If they just wanted you to learn from a textbook, you'd be doing everything online.
Oh of course. It helps that I'm good friend's with my roommate, we've known each other for a while. And it's not so much that I can't be around people or that I argue or anything, I just don't have much to relate with them, and therefor it's been a pretty boring experience. I've tired to get out but there is just nothing around here to do, and social events are pretty between (although as opposed to missing out by doing laundry I'm going to try my hardest to go to one the next time).
I'm sure I'll meet more people that are into the same things I am. After all I've only been here for a week.
I've just noticed that most the people here are either drunk/drugged up or ghetto. My college ain't a hard one to get into. I try to avoid drugs since I cave into peer pressure fairly easily, and I'm a light weight drinker, so I usually leave once people start knocking back. Ghetto people just make me mad. I've got one guy who blares 50 Cent or some crap as loud as he can every day after classes. I'm thanking God I have my headphones.
Nothing is easier to get into than a community college. Anyway, you'll sort it out and be a little happier about things later. Trust me! You do not want to be struggling in the real world while going to college at the same time. Count your blessings! I'm supporting myself and I'm still counting mine.
Hey, I just had my first day of college classes today! Haha! From what I've seen so far, it's not -that- much better than high school. But I had a very, very, very wonderful time in high school, so…I don't know. The social scene here REALLY isn't my thing, but from what I saw today the classes are great!
But the whole being on your own thing is suiting me pretty nicely. Let's see how long I can last :p
That was an interesting thing that happens with college. People who were popular and well liked in high school (generally girls this happens to) in college, they feel out of place an awkward since they don't have their group think clique around them, and even then if they had their little group, their still just a small portion of a bigger group who doesn't give a shit about them. The dorky guys who can make refrences to Street Sharks or any obscure cartoon are suddenly seen as being "hipsters" rather than "nerdy dorks". Its an interesting shift to see happen. Generally takes a good month for the full effect to set in.
I for one love it when skinny blond girls feel alone and alienated by society. Although seeing a dork get some popularity isn't as good, because usually they start to become just as cunty as the skinny blond girls.
My brother recently started college and… apparently it seems that he's having a wonderful time over there. It must be pretty fun, I guess.
I'm a Sophomore in High School and like css said, it's not the best thing but hey, it beats the living crap out of Middle School.
The only thing I'd be concerned about is the place to live in… because where my brother's dorm room is; it's smaller than his room at the house. That and the bills.
Bills aren't hard. Actually supporting yourself, period, isn't hard. You just have to keep two things in mind:
1. Must have job. MUST HAVE JOB. Job good.
2. Never have more than four bills, utilities included. Electricity and gas usually can count as one bill, if they aren't combined already. Then there's your phone/internet, that can count as one, technically, also. That leaves two more bills for you to take on, if you want. Try not to let these things equal more than what you make in one week.
Basically if you can be responsible and budget your money, you'll be fine.
And college so far is very fun! My favorite class is Humanities. I get to go to a museum for an assignment! <3333
Hey, I just had my first day of college classes today! Haha! From what I've seen so far, it's not -that- much better than high school. But I had a very, very, very wonderful time in high school, so…I don't know. The social scene here REALLY isn't my thing, but from what I saw today the classes are great!
But the whole being on your own thing is suiting me pretty nicely. Let's see how long I can last :p
That was an interesting thing that happens with college. People who were popular and well liked in high school (generally girls this happens to) in college, they feel out of place an awkward since they don't have their group think clique around them, and even then if they had their little group, their still just a small portion of a bigger group who doesn't give a shit about them. The dorky guys who can make refrences to Street Sharks or any obscure cartoon are suddenly seen as being "hipsters" rather than "nerdy dorks". Its an interesting shift to see happen. Generally takes a good month for the full effect to set in.
I for one love it when skinny blond girls feel alone and alienated by society. Although seeing a dork get some popularity isn't as good, because usually they start to become just as cunty as the skinny blond girls.
I generally agree with you. I was by NO means popular in high school, I just had a set of, what…I don't know, maybe five to seven people who I was really close to and really bonded with. And through the power of the internet, I'm staying close to them. I also went to very, very academically intense high school that left me feeling like I had really accomplished something. And it wasn't just a feeling–I got enough AP credits to almost have sophomore standing this semester.
I just feel like where I am now is socially built more along the lines you're talking about, with big scowling groups of preppy or skanky girls and big dumb jocks, and isolated chunks of nerds-gone-hip. I don't feel alienated or anything, though; in fact, I rather like the excessive anonymity and solitude. As long as I manage to find a few people to make friends with, I couldn't be happier.
big dumb jocksYou know that's interesting… The "big dumb jock" is a mainstay of US pop-culture and a cliche that's actually pretty unique to the US because of the college athletics programs, "big dumb jocks" don't really exist much outside of that, whereas "preppy" kids, hipsters, etc are universal.
-I think that you might get them in specific situations elsewhere (rugby clubs?) and there may be individuals that resemble the archetype, but there aren't really the environments to support it. Most tertiary institutions elsewhere are focused on "higher learning" specifically, while sports are left to specialised academies. Even Rugby players have more emphasis on studies than sport.
Heh, I only mention it because it's funny that they actually exist in reality over there (as you've just said), and not just coming of age college sex comedies lol!
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