kids, when you’re choosing your college schedule, you’ll hear a voice saying “just take the 8AM class. it won’t be that bad. you’ve done it for this long” that’s the devil talking
Heed this wisdom.
I keep on seeing this post. As a college grad and a “morning person” here’s my two cents.
Don’t take 8ams! Don’t even take 9ams if you can help it. Always start your class going day at 10am or later. You can get up at 8am to eat breakfast and study/work on classwork if you like BUT DON’T SCHEDULE “I HAVE TO BE SOMEWHERE AND FUNCTIONAL” EARLY.
If you are going to be full-time, also don’t schedule night classes. Classes that start after 6pm are not fun either and leaving class to pitch black darkness will mess with you in a very different way.
As soon as you can, don’t take classes on Fridays. It boosts your morale to only have required classes 4 days a week, trust me. If Monday is easier to do this with then that works too.
If you work during the school year, don’t schedule more than a 4 hour shift on the same day you have class unless you want to be dead inside.
Random final note: Don’t forget to eat, shower, hydrate, sleep, and socialize. If you cannot breathe between class, work, and homework/studying you are over doing your schedule. You are going to make it through this. I believe in you.
When it comes to class times…I think it really depends on the person. I personally like to start all of my classes early in the morning and have my afternoons free for homework. That one shouldn’t be a hard and fast rule. If you’re the kind of person who operates best in the morning, taking an early class is just fine.
Also for me, I feel motivated after class. If I have a class and no time after it to do things, I end up wasting the motivation, but if I make time so I can use it, I get a lot more done with much less stress, so morning classes really work for me
Why Movies About College are Actually Full of Shit.
This is very important because my brother and I grew up thinking college was like this. Like we would live out a beer commercial.
And when I got to college and it DIDN’T happen, it stressed me out. I thought I was doing something wrong again. I had, apparently, messed up high school according to the media, and now college?! The supposed best time of my life?! It created a big depression, and living far from home made it worse as I had no friends or family I could immediately talk to. It took a long time for me to understand that movies and commercials and shows that portray college like that is complete and utter bullshit.
Also, a reminder:
Most Americans don’t have college degrees. Of the ones who do, tons of them don’t finish in four years.
Lots of people go to community colleges.
Lots of people live at their parents’ house while in school.
The TV and movie stereotype of college–even just the “everyone goes to college and lives in a dorm” thing–only a tiny minority of Americans actually live that out.
Hey guys! So in my college for success class today,my teacher told us that if you are a high school senior of a minority race (African-American,Hispanic,etc).with a 3.0 or higher gpa,you qualify to apply for the Gates Millinnium Scholarship. This scholarship pays for everything, including food and housing!! You can go from your undergraduate to your doctorate program and they will pay for everything!!! Please look into and apply if you’re a senior or work towards it if you’re a junior or under.
Please signal boost and help some kids access college!!
Pro-tip for college: Don’t use Pages files. I know all the cool kids have Macs but most institutions don’t and most professors will expect you to submit Word docs or PDFs because they’re a thousand times easier to read and comment on. Before you get worked up about “Well what if I can’t afford to buy Office??” here’s another thing to know: most universities will have a way for you to download Office for free with your student ID and it will make your college life (not to mention your professors’ lives) a lot easier. If you’re not sure how to get that software, talk to IT. Even if they don’t have Office, you can export a Pages file to PDF for free or download Word/PDF files from Google docs and your teachers will thank you.
Pages sucks, that’s all, don’t @ me
OpenOffice.org has free software that is completely compatible with Office (you can even save as a .doc, for example).
Seconded. Don’t know who would use Pages in the first place, that is a terrible program. Best to just use Google Docs. And then you don’t even have to worry about losing it when your computer crashes! 😀
As we come to the end of our senior year in high school, we thought we would share some tips that we learned over the past year for dealing with college/uni applications. We know the college process can be super stressful and confusing, so we hope you guys find this helpful! ❤
– Depression nap at noon
– “I haven’t been to that class in 2 weeks lmao”
– sometimes ya just see ppl crying and that’s okay
– sometimes ya just see ppl napping and that’s okay
– DOG DOG DOG DOG DOG SOMEONE IS WALKING THEIR DOG ON CAMPUS THIS IS NOT A DRILL
– “Is it free?”
– “will there be free food?”
– profs walking in late, hungover in pajamas
– profs saying the fuck word and the freshies being surprised
– *prof walks in 15 minutes late* “y’all want some milk duds”
– a second Depression nap
– finding a lost temple in the middle of the campus gardens and using it as a study and napping spot
– seriously why has no one else found this spot
– accidentally getting locked into a building because you studied until 3am and you have to escape through a fire escape on the second floor
– Hammock Squad™
– witnessing a mental breakdown at least once a semester
– IHOP at 2am with the squad
– having to throw away your favorite water bottle because it smells like the alcohol you drank that one time you almost died on homecoming week
– the apartment 2 doors down is having a party and they saw you walking to get your mail and invited you and now you’re drunk and sitting on the floor with their dog
– The Weed Smell
– The First Crossfaded Experience
– everyone’s gay
– that one prof you become best friends with and ppl wonder if y’all are fuckin but in reality y’all are probably just chillin and watchin cowboy bebop or some shit
Today I saw a nipple pasty chillin on the ground in the rain
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