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Post by Eternal Lobster on Jun 3, 2011 13:28:31 GMT -5
Or you could always do what Eternal Lobster and I did and band together against an annoying and evil force.... Fffff that annoying and evil force better not be in any of my classes. I wish we could see who else has registered for the same courses as us. Advice: there will be people you don't like. There will be annoying people and people you absolutely hate. I have yet to find a solution to this, besides leading them down a crypt with the promise of Amontillado. However, it does help to find somebody in your class you can bond and suffer through class with. |
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Post by Silva on Jun 3, 2011 13:30:35 GMT -5
Just a note to everyone, I have decided to have a roommate.
Aha, yeah, those people, for lack of a better term. I had so many of them in high school, and I hope they'll number less in college.
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Post by wildechild on Jun 3, 2011 17:05:07 GMT -5
If there is something you have always wanted to do, but never done, DO IT. At least, try and make it happen. For me, it was Ballroom Dancing, so I joined the campus club and have had an amazing time. If your school has an Organization Fair, go to it and check out all the club booths; you never know what you will find.
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Post by nahh on Jul 11, 2011 10:37:17 GMT -5
- Everyone drinks. You will too. Just be smart about it, and it's fun!
- Getting good grades is cool in college. Do it.
- You will meet a lot of people smarter than yourself.
- Read, like, a lot. Lock yourself in the library for a while without distractions.
- Make friends, but ones outside of your dorm. Just personal opinion, but that's coming from my hall mostly being condescending assholes.
- Don't be (officially) undecided for your major. I did coming in, and all that did was get me advisers that didn't have a clue. I only wanted to think about English and Comm, so I just ended up switching to English quickly. DISCLAIMER: It's totally fine to be really undecided, just be officially in some major at all times.
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Post by Dodger Thirteen on Jul 11, 2011 10:40:03 GMT -5
- Everyone drinks. You will too. Just be smart about it, and it's fun! Not always, on all accounts. Don't let anyone pressure you to drink, nor should you drink just because you think everyone else is. |
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Post by onlyaworkingtitle on Jul 11, 2011 18:18:31 GMT -5
- Everyone drinks. You will too. Just be smart about it, and it's fun! Not always, on all accounts. Don't let anyone pressure you to drink, nor should you drink just because you think everyone else is. Speaking for the significantly tinier minority: not everyone drinks. I, for one, usually* don't. Alcohol tastes like floor-cleaner, and those of us with more sensitive tastebuds will taste it -- even in food (people who say it "all cooks off" need to review their facts, because 10-25% of the alcohol remains alcoholic and floor-cleaner-flavored). Plus, if alcoholism runs in your family, be aware of it and extra-super-careful to avoid excess -- the habits formed in college have ways of sticking with you. /lecture *I say "usually" here because, every few months, I treat myself to a shot of Bailey's Irish cream in my cocoa. It's the only liquor that tastes decent to my tongue. I also make truffles, and sometimes add tablespoons of Bailey's or flavored liqueurs to help bring out the chocolate... but I've still never had enough of anything to feel the "effects" of the alcohol, so I feel rather secure up here on my high (long-legged rather than hallucinogenic) horse. ... Does this post have a point? I don't know if this post has a point. Someone please tell me. |
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Post by Dodger Thirteen on Jul 13, 2011 8:43:24 GMT -5
I would maybe say if you don't drink just accept that everyone else may, that way you don't look like a stuck up moron. Exactly! And don't associate with people who don't accept that around people who drink socially (or even just time to time) so you don't end getting ostracized from your study abroad group due to the fact that your roommate went with them to the local dive bar and criticized everyone for drinking thus leading them to believe that you, as her roommate and fellow non-drinker, would react the same way, leaving you to wonder for three weeks what the fuck you did wrong and why won't anyone talk to you? True. Fucking. Story. |
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Post by onlyaworkingtitle on Jul 13, 2011 12:59:30 GMT -5
The point is, I would exalt you for this post but your count is way too high already  Oh, hey, don't let that stop you. Really. I won't complain. |
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Post by andreaisabbbw on Jul 13, 2011 21:06:45 GMT -5
I just ended (or will end, in two weeks) my freshman year of college. All the aforementioned advice rings very true. I didn't join any clubs (mostly because my first semester was spent at a community college where the age demographic is far more variable, and the people in my age group were brainless potheads before I transferred to our traditional university) and I'm really shy, so I made no friends. I didn't spend much time on campus the second semester because I was sort of intimidated by everything, so I didn't get to experience many of the campus events where you can meet people and I sort of regret that. However, that did spare me the dreaded FRESHMAN 15 (THEY EXIST. HOMYGOD THEY EXIST).
Regarding the excessive amount of alcohol that is assumed that is consumed in college: it all depends on who you hang out with. There are the people who party every day and can drink vodka like water, but they're also probably business or psychology majors (I am totally not stereotyping). If you join a club, it will probably steer you clear of excessive partying. But I may or may not be wrong about that.
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