College life

[Ravencroft]

Well guys, how's it like? I'm graduating this Thursday and could you give me any idea what college is like?

Ravencroft

[Ice]

Well guys, how's it like? I'm graduating this Thursday and could you give me any idea what college is like?

Ravencroft

[Ravencroft]

OK...

I'm not sure about the last two, though. Here in my country, 10 years is basic education. I'm only 16...

And basketball is more popular here, ya know?

[naut]

I dunno about it in the rest of the world, but here at Uni I have 2 and a half days a week of classes, too many assignments and sooo much free time.

[Crazed Rabbit]

In a word...amazing.

For me, it has been harder and funner than high school. More challenging and more rewarding.

I'm in the US, though. Were do you live?

CR

PS - Natty light, Ice? Ick. Though I suppose cheap beer is definitely part of the US college experience.

[Ice]

PS - Natty light, Ice? Ick. Though I suppose cheap beer is definitely part of the US college experience.

I never said I enjoyed the taste.

[TinCow]

The basic novelty of college life is that it introduces you to personal responsibility. You'll have more work to do than you've ever had before, you'll have more free tme than you've ever had before, and no one will be around to tell you how to spend your time. You don't even have to show up to the classes if you don't want to. The challenge is in figuring out how to balance your life properly so that you get your work done and still enjoy yourself. The most significat difference with 'real' life is that you get paid for your work, instead of having to pay for it. College teaches you to be an adult by giving you adult responsibilies.

Work hard, but don't forget to have fun.

[Ice]

OK...

I'm not sure about the last two, though. Here in my country, 10 years is basic education. I'm only 16...

And basketball is more popular here, ya know?

That was a joke.

I don't know which country you are from, so I don't know how exactly I can relate college to you.

I'm a second semester student who is completing a 4 year major in accounting.

College consists of the following to me: Working 14 hours a week at my desk job, going to 13 hours of classes, working out 2-3 times a week, doing homework/studying, being with friends, and having fun on the weekends.

Oh yeah, football on Saturdays during the Fall Term.

[TinCow]

That was a joke.

Perhaps, but at least for me it is also accurate. Well, somewhat. Sports weren't big at my school, so substitute more alcohol, TV, movies, and video games for the sports.

[FactionHeir]

College is what you make of it.

I spent the first 3 years more or less secluded from the rest of college save for a few good friends and attending classes. Had a blast anyway though.

Current year is a bit more social, but nowhere close to what the average brit over here does. But then I prefer the comfort of my room and good home made food over noisy clubs with cheap booze any day.

As for studies, it depends on your course and your lecturers. I don't think I ever spent time revising and re-reading lecture slides except when I had an exam coming up or had to write some long essays (both of which are rare). It got me through pretty well too.

[Good Ship Chuckle]

I'll be going to college next semester, and I have no idea where I'll be going. But I've applied to lots of places. I have the grades, but I don't have the money. My Father recently got f***ed over by a series of lawsuits and now he's heavily in debt, and can't pay for a dime of my education. But I'm sure you Brits out there can't imagine my pain because you have socialized education (envious grumble...) and don't have to worry about money.

So I'm in the same boat as Ravencroft, just with out money. I'd love to hear the story of someone who went to college, when they didn't have the money. That's what my problem is in life. *sigh

[Ice]

I'll be going to college next semester, and I have no idea where I'll be going. But I've applied to lots of places. I have the grades, but I don't have the money. My Father recently got f***ed over by a series of lawsuits and now he's heavily in debt, and can't pay for a dime of my education. But I'm sure you Brits out there can't imagine my pain because you have socialized education (envious grumble...) and don't have to worry about money.

So I'm in the same boat as Ravencroft, just with out money. I'd love to hear the story of someone who went to college, when they didn't have the money. That's what my problem is in life. *sigh

Apply for federal aid. You can get pell grants, subsidized federal loans, and unsubsidized federal loans, not to mention all the private need based scholarship money.

[Strike For The South]

Drink Beer
Get Laid

[spmetla]

Don't forget to check out the Ramen topic we had going, no Ramen = no college life.

SFTS has the other two keys, just don't forget to put some studying in too.

[Zim]

My college experience consisted mostly of going to school all morning and working all night, with the occasional night out with friends.

It was a lot harder than high school (mostly from having to balance working 30+ hours a week with studies) but much more rewarding as well.

[Ravencroft]

This is where I'm going.

[Duke Malcolm]

From what I remember, jolly and drunken with the occassional laboratory session. Just coming to the end of my first year. Not that I've got much to show for it save a few port stains on my dinner jacket and gown...

[seireikhaan]

This may seem obvious, but get to know the surrounding area before you actually arrive for classes. Better to know before going so you don't have to figure it out on the run.

Now for me, that was relatively simple, because Cedar Falls, Iowa, is hardly a sprawling metropolis(even by Iowan standards ), but obviously Manila presents a whole other deal. By the way, I'm graduating myself in a little over a month, and then heading to UNI, where I then plan on spending the next 5 years getting my masters in Accounting(as well as passing the CPA too).

[naut]

next 5 years getting my masters in Accounting(as well as passing the CPA too).

Accounting

Haha, actually accountings fun if you get a good lecturer. I'll probably end up majoring in it, as well as whatever IT major I do.

[Northnovas]

Well the life of no responsibilities is over. It is amazing how much we are focused or life is centred on those 4 years of high school. It has been a long time since I have been a but it has already been said in the above post.

The world is opening up and the opportunities are limitless.
It's all about priorities:
Class that is why you are there in the first place to get an education for the well paying job when you graduate.
Employment getting some menial job now to pay for the shool expenses and your social life.
Social it is the only part where you can still act a bit of high school if you keep the first two priorities in check. You have to have an outlet to relieve the stress. This also applies to post graduate life. Network and meet people who will be from everywhere and enjoy yourself in that protected shell of student life. Because...

After you graduate it all comes down on you.

[Mek Simmur al Ragaski]

how old is it when you graduate from highschool??? Here in England we leave school for College or Uni at 18, or you can leave for college at 16, or stay on at secondary school for an extra 2 years. Confusing stuff

[Viking]

This is where I'm going.

16 y.o. and attending to a university?

[Ravencroft]

Refer to post #3.

[TinCow]

16 y.o. and attending to a university?

That's nothing. My law school class (average starting age 24) included a 17 year old girl. She lasted about 2 months before she quit.

[Sigurd]

Drink Beer
Get Laid

addendum:
Fall for the girl
Get married
Get laid a lot
Have children
Stop drinking beer
Stop playing games
Work beside school

Oh yeah, university was hillarious

Just savour it... the RL that come after university is HARD!!!
You complain now that you have much work. Just you wait ...

[Drisos]

I'm first year student. It'll probably be different with other subjects/other people, but it's all going very easy here. I've succesfully finished 6 of 7 courses I had so far.

Still a tough life though, I try to sport a lot, play video games a lot, and once or twice a week drink some (or sometimes a lot) beers and dance with some friends from my 'corporation'. (is that term widespread? )
So, I'm busy anyway, though usually not with college and such. It's mainly 6 weeks of doing nothing except the obligated rapports/practicals and such, then 1 week of learning, 1 week of exams. Very well doable.

[Tristrem]

I'm on my second term of Electrical Engineering.... I don't sleep much max 6 hours a night. I go to class and do work for about 70+ hours a week. Sports aren't so big up in maine, and our teams are horrible. It's freezing 6 of the 8 months of school so there are a lot of partys, and no one goes outside if they don't have to. I try to work those said partys into my schedule when I can.

My advice... don't be a engineer unless you really want it, because it will put a serious damper on the social life....

[Good Ship Chuckle]

Apply for federal aid. You can get pell grants, subsidized federal loans, and unsubsidized federal loans, not to mention all the private need based scholarship money.

I did do the FAFSA stuff, but I didn't get much. See, our recent president has decided that spending wasting billions of dollars in a futile war that has no clear end in sight, is a much more worthwhile venture, than sending our own kids to college. Thus as a direct result, he has cut down on a number of social programs; namely being student aid.
AS A RESULT: I was only awarded with a stafford loan that is worth about $2,750 per annum. This is a LOAN, so I have to pay it off eventually. The only way the government helps, is it pays the interest that accumulates while I am at college. Once I graduate, it becomes like any other loan. Btw, the only way you'll ever get a Pell Grant is if you are dirt poor. Even more so, the highest Pell Grant is something like $5,000 per annum, which is enough to send you through community college. Thank you America.

It's not that the system f**ked me, it's just that the system saw me getting f**ked, and didn't do anything to help me.

...Gee, that makes a good qoute.^ lol

[Ice]

I did do the FAFSA stuff, but I didn't get much. See, our recent president has decided that spending wasting billions of dollars in a futile war that has no clear end in sight, is a much more worthwhile venture, than sending our own kids to college. Thus as a direct result, he has cut down on a number of social programs; namely being student aid.
AS A RESULT: I was only awarded with a stafford loan that is worth about $2,750 per annum. This is a LOAN, so I have to pay it off eventually. The only way the government helps, is it pays the interest that accumulates while I am at college. Once I graduate, it becomes like any other loan. Btw, the only way you'll ever get a Pell Grant is if you are dirt poor. Even more so, the highest Pell Grant is something like $5,000 per annum, which is enough to send you through community college. Thank you America.

It's not that the system f**ked me, it's just that the system saw me getting f**ked, and didn't do anything to help me.

...Gee, that makes a good qoute.^ lol

I'm fairly sure Bush actually signed legislation that will decrease the interest you owe on your loan by half and raised the federal pell grants.

Most of the other stuff you said is correct.

Look at it this way, atleast the government is paying the interest on your loans while you are in school.

I have unsubsidized loans meaning I get nice little letter every couple months about my accruing interest.

[Good Ship Chuckle]

No matter what way ya look at it, $2,750 alone isn't going to send me through college. I'll probably go end up going to a small private liberal arts college, on a hefty academic scholarship.