Pages: 1 2  Next -- Posted by violaghost at 11:18 am on May 10, 2008 Post away, helpful advice only please. Don't mess around here, we could learn a lot from this. If you are not in college yet, please, do NOT post -- Posted by gief at 11:19 am on May 10, 2008 watch out for mono -- Posted by snowcone200 at 11:19 am on May 10, 2008 That you can get scholarships even if you aren't poor. -- Posted by HatesYou at 11:20 am on May 10, 2008 Quote: from gief at 2:19 pm on May 10, 2008 watch out for mono what's mono?   -- Posted by the5e at 11:20 am on May 10, 2008 don't take 14 credits at once -- Posted by Decadence at 11:20 am on May 10, 2008 I'm at Uni. Time management. -- Posted by Another Chance at 11:22 am on May 10, 2008 Quote: from the5e at 11:20 am on May 10, 2008 don't take 14 credits at once That's like average here. Don't take more than fifteen. You're biting off more than you can chew. No class at a university is simple. They all require lots of time and devotion. -- Posted by robdude at 11:22 am on May 10, 2008 Quote: from HatesYou at 2:20 pm on May 10, 2008 Quote: from gief at 2:19 pm on May 10, 2008 watch out for mono what's mono?  an illness -- Posted by Lulu Nobody at 11:23 am on May 10, 2008 Don't underestimate how hard your classes may be because it will bite you in the ass. -- Posted by Another Chance at 11:24 am on May 10, 2008 Parking! I wish I knew how to park. Now I know how to park and I always get the same spot. -- Posted by Another Chance at 11:26 am on May 10, 2008 Don't be so eager to go and live on your own. Sure it's a great experience but think about it. If your university isn't far away from your home, like mine, then you don't have to live off ramen noodles. Why struggle when you don't have to. -- Posted by the5e at 11:28 am on May 10, 2008 Quote: from Another Chance at 11:22 am on May 10, 2008 Quote: from the5e at 11:20 am on May 10, 2008 don't take 14 credits at once That's like average here. Don't take more than fifteen. You're biting off more than you can chew. No class at a university is simple. They all require lots of time and devotion. the difficulty of credits varies through colleges I think. the average here is around 10 and all the teachers cringe when I tell them I take 14 -- Posted by Another Chance at 11:28 am on May 10, 2008 Network and interact with people in your classes as much as you can. They can really help you in times of need. -- Posted by Lulu Nobody at 11:30 am on May 10, 2008 Quote: from the5e at 2:28 pm on May 10, 2008 Quote: from Another Chance at 11:22 am on May 10, 2008 Quote: from the5e at 11:20 am on May 10, 2008 don't take 14 credits at once    That's like average here. Don't take more than fifteen. You're biting off more than you can chew. No class at a university is simple. They all require lots of time and devotion. the difficulty of credits varies through colleges I think. the average here is around 10 and all the teachers cringe when I tell them I take 14 Yours must be different, since all the universities and colleges I know of, the average is 15 credits. Most are also 120 to graduate with different criteria and whatnot. -- Posted by the5e at 11:31 am on May 10, 2008 Quote: from Lulu Nobody at 11:30 am on May 10, 2008 Quote: from the5e at 2:28 pm on May 10, 2008 Quote: from Another Chance at 11:22 am on May 10, 2008 Quote: from the5e at 11:20 am on May 10, 2008 don't take 14 credits at once   That's like average here. Don't take more than fifteen. You're biting off more than you can chew. No class at a university is simple. They all require lots of time and devotion.    the difficulty of credits varies through colleges I think. the average here is around 10 and all the teachers cringe when I tell them I take 14 Yours must be different, since all the universities and colleges I know of, the average is 15 credits. Most are also 120 to graduate with different criteria and whatnot. it's a community college (not sure if that's the reason) and I hear there's some kind of "exchange rate" with credits if you want to transfer to CSU -- Posted by Majo at 11:32 am on May 10, 2008 Your advisor is like...your best friend... You have to double and even triple check things...like say, why you didn't get any scholarships or grants even though you had a 3.9 GPA when you transferred into the school... Roommates...are a pain in the ass...be prepared to be a bitch, just in case... You can't always trust your professors even though you'd like to. There are those that will be, at best, extremely unfair. -- Posted by Charolastra at 11:33 am on May 10, 2008 Quote: from the5e at 2:28 pm on May 10, 2008 Quote: from Another Chance at 11:22 am on May 10, 2008 Quote: from the5e at 11:20 am on May 10, 2008 don't take 14 credits at once    That's like average here. Don't take more than fifteen. You're biting off more than you can chew. No class at a university is simple. They all require lots of time and devotion. the difficulty of credits varies through colleges I think. the average here is around 10 and all the teachers cringe when I tell them I take 14 yeah the average here is 16. they cap us at like 22 -- Posted by Duke at 11:42 am on May 10, 2008 Don't live in the frat houses at San Diego State! -- Posted by Charolastra at 11:45 am on May 10, 2008 Quote: from Duke at 2:42 pm on May 10, 2008 Don't live in the frat houses at San Diego State! if you're really from illinois, i suppose i could let that one slide, but it's kinda obvious lol if you're from sd or california -- Posted by Kayling at 1:25 pm on May 10, 2008 Check for yourself even if your advisors tell you to do something. The ones at my school are notorious for being complete morons. Actually go to class. Everyone has problems going at some point, but it's your money being wasted if you don't and you're not learning anything sleeping instead. Don't ever think you're too good to ask for help. Sometimes you will need it. -- Posted by violaghost at 2:18 pm on May 10, 2008 Thanks, this is all good advice! -- Posted by jiminic2 at 5:09 pm on May 10, 2008 When you're a junior start thinking about a job after college.  If you know what you want to do before you graduate, you won't be wondering "what do I do now". -- Posted by TheatreMinelli at 3:15 am on May 11, 2008 You can't always trust the friends you make. Have fun in your first year because you won't be able to do it after that. I have wasted my first year. -- Posted by swedger at 5:38 am on May 11, 2008 Don't miss every lecture in a subject then try to read the notes 2 days before the exam, it'l get you through the first semester the seconds a different story though. And oh yeah, learn to cook decent food, eating crap just makes you feel like shit after a while -- Posted by gief at 5:00 pm on May 12, 2008 Quote: from HatesYou at 2:20 pm on May 10, 2008 Quote: from gief at 2:19 pm on May 10, 2008 watch out for mono what's mono?   a really long cold -- Posted by HatesYou at 5:18 pm on May 12, 2008 wow, this is amazingly awesome. -- Posted by ssnumber19 at 5:29 pm on May 12, 2008 dont take hard classes during baseball season -- Posted by violaghost at 5:31 pm on May 12, 2008 Quote: from HatesYou at 8:18 pm on May 12, 2008 wow, this is amazingly awesome. Cause of my great idea =) Hope people keep contributing. -- Posted by bluerosedangel at 6:11 pm on May 12, 2008 Quote: from jiminic2 at 5:09 pm on May 10, 2008 When you're a junior start thinking about a job after college. If you know what you want to do before you graduate, you won't be wondering "what do I do now". <--i just graduated three days ago...still have no idea what i am going to do! -- also, it's okay to work, but dont work alot, otherwise you'll end up stupid and failing your major 5 times...   *also, show up for class -- most instructors dont have the time or 'memory' to remember what they talked about in class, so this brings me to another point to get to know the people in your classes, so if you do happen to miss, you can get together w/ them and find out any assignents or notes *dont waste any time doing assignments/papers/projects--the more you procrastinate, the harder it is to bullshit your way thru it (trust me, been there, done that) *if you live on campus, learn to deal w/ the cafeteria food *if you want to have a party, do it at someone else's place so you dont get kicked off campus and out of school if you get caught! that's all i can think of for now.   -- Posted by i r sekz at 7:06 pm on May 12, 2008 14-15 credits is perfect for a Freshman, allows you to drop 1 class and still remain a full time student. Befriend your roommate(s).   Pages: 1 2  Next