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So im at College and dont really Like it. What are my options?
#4587835 - 08/27/05 03:44 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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im at college and i dont like it so far. i just came today but my roommates i do not like. I really dont like most people i met so far like i dont think i even met 1 person i like yet. I mean i understand its my first day but im really just not enjoying myself.
Im gonna give it some more time for sure. but if i still dont like it after a month or so what can i do? Can i transfer to Community College near my house? I dont want to waste my parents money though so is there anything i can do if i really dont like it? cause i dont want to spend a year at a college that im not having fun or anything at. I kind of want to just stick around my town and live at home or get an apartment and have a job and go to community college.
I need some advice. I mean i totally understand that its the first day and i might end up liking college a lot but so far i havent and i am worried. I need to know what my options are if i really dont like it after giving it a month or so.
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Re: So im at College and dont really Like it. What are my options? [Re: TysonTomko]
#4587838 - 08/27/05 03:44 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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Aren't you from NJ? Damn shame we can't go to college together.
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Re: So im at College and dont really Like it. What are my options? [Re: bukkake]
#4587842 - 08/27/05 03:45 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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Go to a Vocational School. Univerisities are overrated anyway. You can get a AS. Degree, and still earn a good amount of money.
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Re: So im at College and dont really Like it. What are my options? [Re: TysonTomko]
#4587847 - 08/27/05 03:47 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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Re: So im at College and dont really Like it. What are my options? [Re: TysonTomko]
#4587849 - 08/27/05 03:47 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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It's college. Fuck friends, do your homework, get good grades, get a degree, make lots of money.
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Re: So im at College and dont really Like it. What are my options? [Re: TheDude]
#4587857 - 08/27/05 03:50 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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i go to a community college, and work, got a nice apartment. im liking my situation, i recommend it to others.
and i agree that universities are overrated...at least for taking care of generals. im going for two years here at a fairly respectable community college, and im only gonna have like 8000 dollars of debt after im done. i may go on to a 4 year, but im not sure.
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Re: So im at College and dont really Like it. What are my options? [Re: dr_gonz]
#4587869 - 08/27/05 03:54 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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Re: So im at College and dont really Like it. What are my options? [Re: HELLA_TIGHT]
#4587878 - 08/27/05 03:57 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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Kazaa Lite.
That's a good reason to go to a university. Dumb drunk whores everywhere.
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Re: So im at College and dont really Like it. What are my options? [Re: FL_accciD]
#4587887 - 08/27/05 03:58 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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FL_accciD said: i go to a community college, and work, got a nice apartment. im liking my situation, i recommend it to others.
and i agree that universities are overrated...at least for taking care of generals. im going for two years here at a fairly respectable community college, and im only gonna have like 8000 dollars of debt after im done. i may go on to a 4 year, but im not sure.
yea if i dont stay here thats what im doing
But you guys arent answering my question. Can u just leave school and transfer your classes and not be out loads of money? Cause i dont want to fuck over my parents
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Re: So im at College and dont really Like it. What are my options? [Re: TysonTomko]
#4587898 - 08/27/05 04:00 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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I doubt it. I assume you live in the dorms?
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Re: So im at College and dont really Like it. What are my options? [Re: TysonTomko]
#4587916 - 08/27/05 04:03 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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FL_accciD said: i go to a community college, and work, got a nice apartment. im liking my situation, i recommend it to others.
and i agree that universities are overrated...at least for taking care of generals. im going for two years here at a fairly respectable community college, and im only gonna have like 8000 dollars of debt after im done. i may go on to a 4 year, but im not sure.
yea if i dont stay here thats what im doing
But you guys arent answering my question. Can u just leave school and transfer your classes and not be out loads of money? Cause i dont want to fuck over my parents
that is something YOU have to look into dude. it tends to be different depending on schools, tranfer policies, class dropping policies. personally i can drop a class up to two weeks in and get a refund..after that im fucked. i dont think im dropping any though.
go talk to someone who can explain it to you, student aid of some sort or something.
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Re: So im at College and dont really Like it. What are my options? [Re: TysonTomko]
#4587953 - 08/27/05 04:13 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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college aint about frinds and shit its about higher education. learn all you can while your there and make yourself a better person.
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Re: So im at College and dont really Like it. What are my options? [Re: TysonTomko]
#4587954 - 08/27/05 04:13 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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you've been there like, a day.
Chill out....
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Re: So im at College and dont really Like it. What are my options? [Re: TheDude]
#4587990 - 08/27/05 04:24 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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Re: So im at College and dont really Like it. What are my options? [Re: TheDude]
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Re: So im at College and dont really Like it. What are my options? [Re: HELLA_TIGHT]
#4588014 - 08/27/05 04:35 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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and anyway not everywhere is fun... fun is not such an imapartive to life...
and as soon as you realize that you can really start to learn about life staying home with my and dad is just biding your time... go out and explore!
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Re: So im at College and dont really Like it. What are my options? [Re: HELLA_TIGHT]
#4588018 - 08/27/05 04:37 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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I've been going to college for a week, I live off campus. I fucking hate it. I gotta get blowed everyday in order to get through the day.
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Re: So im at College and dont really Like it. What are my options? [Re: dr_gonz]
#4588032 - 08/27/05 04:47 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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TysonTomko said: But you guys arent answering my question. Can u just leave school and transfer your classes and not be out loads of money? Cause i dont want to fuck over my parents
JESUS FUCKING CHRIST dude, is this the first time you're out of mommy and daddys lil nest back home?? Grow a pair of fuckin balls and experience life on your own for once. It's your first day. You will meet plenty of new people, some you will like and some you won't. Give it some time. Don't fucking retreat after one day. fuck
And yes, if you transfer out of the school, your parents will lose their house. So don't do it.
u really have no idea the shit i went through and i assure that this aint nearly the first time without my parents. And what one day bullshit? it better to think ahead and consider the options rather then just making uninform decision
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Re: So im at College and dont really Like it. What are my options? [Re: TysonTomko]
#4588039 - 08/27/05 04:50 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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What have you gone through? I'd love a beerweed life story.
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Re: So im at College and dont really Like it. What are my options? [Re: TysonTomko]
#4588040 - 08/27/05 04:50 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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you've been there for no more than 6 hours guarranteed. you havent taken any classes. the only people youve probably met are your roommates....
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Re: So im at College and dont really Like it. What are my options? [Re: dr_gonz]
#4588051 - 08/27/05 04:53 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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All he posts about is some girl who he likes but she doesn't like him and blah blah blah.
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Re: So im at College and dont really Like it. What are my options? [Re: dr_gonz]
#4588080 - 08/27/05 05:02 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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Dude, you might think these guys are going hard on you, but, really, they are going quite easy on you.
It's all what you make of it. You probably went there with the mindset already made up that you weren't gonna like it.
Why don't you try and score a case of Milwakuees Best Ice and a dime bag of reefer and have a little party in the dorms?
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Re: So im at College and dont really Like it. What are my options? [Re: tomk]
#4588084 - 08/27/05 05:03 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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I'd suggest that if you want to get expelled or kicked out of the dorms. My friends brother had a half gallon of vodka and some people over, and he had to buy a house because he was kicked out of the dorms.
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Re: So im at College and dont really Like it. What are my options? [Re: dr_gonz]
#4588092 - 08/27/05 05:08 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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drgonz said: drop out of school and become a truck driver
i was looking into this the other day and it seems like its not worth it unless you have your own truck
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Re: So im at College and dont really Like it. What are my options? [Re: HELLA_TIGHT]
#4588102 - 08/27/05 05:12 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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HELLA_TIGHT said: What have you gone through? I'd love a beerweed life story.
well thats too bad dude. I dont really like talking about this shit.
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Re: So im at College and dont really Like it. What are my options? [Re: dr_gonz]
#4588105 - 08/27/05 05:13 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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Re: So im at College and dont really Like it. What are my options? [Re: TysonTomko]
#4588111 - 08/27/05 05:18 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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One time my house burnt down. That was uber-shitty.
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Re: So im at College and dont really Like it. What are my options? [Re: HELLA_TIGHT]
#4588113 - 08/27/05 05:19 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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HELLA_TIGHT said: One time my house burnt down. That was uber-shitty.
Not nearly as shitty as the shit that happen to me. I would make a post about it but no one would be serious about it so im not gonna
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Re: So im at College and dont really Like it. What are my options? [Re: TysonTomko]
#4588114 - 08/27/05 05:20 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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Lets hear it.
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Re: So im at College and dont really Like it. What are my options? [Re: TysonTomko]
#4588120 - 08/27/05 05:21 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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TysonTomko said: I would make a post about it but no one would be serious about it so im not gonna
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Re: So im at College and dont really Like it. What are my options? [Re: TysonTomko]
#4588126 - 08/27/05 05:24 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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Why would no one take you seriously? We've listened to all your other stories.
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Re: So im at College and dont really Like it. What are my options? [Re: TheDude]
#4588182 - 08/27/05 05:41 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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at first i didnt know wtf was up with that pic....then all of a sudden it hit me...
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Re: So im at College and dont really Like it. What are my options? [Re: LethalX5]
#4588185 - 08/27/05 05:42 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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like a sack o 9's
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Re: So im at College and dont really Like it. What are my options? [Re: HELLA_TIGHT]
#4588202 - 08/27/05 05:52 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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Maybe he's just saying that for sympathy .....
You know, he could just prove me wrong by telling us the story.
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Re: So im at College and dont really Like it. What are my options? [Re: abhi]
#4588337 - 08/27/05 06:36 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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what a great thread
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Re: So im at College and dont really Like it. What are my options? [Re: HELLA_TIGHT]
#4588598 - 08/27/05 07:33 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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HELLA_TIGHT said: Why would no one take you seriously? We've listened to all your other stories.
my sister was molested and killed when i was 9 and she was 6. im leaving it at that cause u seem to really want to know
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Re: So im at College and dont really Like it. What are my options? [Re: TysonTomko]
#4588606 - 08/27/05 07:35 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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TysonTomko said: my sister was molested and killed when i was 9 and she was 6. im leaving it at that cause u seem to really want to know
shit man why did you do that?
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Re: So im at College and dont really Like it. What are my options? [Re: TheDude]
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well.....it was a great thread
-------------------- *Divine Moments of Truth* "Limitless undying love which shines around me like a million suns - it calls me on and on across the universe" ~ John Lennon "Once in a while you get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right" ~The Grateful Dead "Religionists, with their guaranteed eventual paradise, of which they know nothing, taking it all on 'faith,' can't be expected to understand or sympathize with those with a yen to storm the Gate of Heaven and see for themselves what all the praying's about!" ~Robert Hunter
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Re: So im at College and dont really Like it. What are my options? [Re: TysonTomko]
#4588858 - 08/27/05 08:35 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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You could it either flip burgers the rest your life, work retail, get a factory, job or stick out in college and get a job with good pay and your ok.
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Re: So im at College and dont really Like it. What are my options? [Re: TysonTomko]
#4588872 - 08/27/05 08:39 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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Go to classes, do your fucking work, and get good grades. Who cares about friends and fun? Not me; that's for sure.
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Re: So im at College and dont really Like it. What are my options? [Re: Redstorm]
#4588882 - 08/27/05 08:41 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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college sucks
so do the coeds
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Re: So im at College and dont really Like it. What are my options? [Re: Redstorm]
#4588885 - 08/27/05 08:42 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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ANd, if you start feeling lonely, order a real doll with your federal loans funds and get a second job in the dorm cafeteria.
Best. Solution. Evar.
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Re: So im at College and dont really Like it. What are my options? [Re: goobler]
#4588891 - 08/27/05 08:43 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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College is great. I've never learned so much information in such a small amount of time. I'd stay here inefinitely if I could.
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Re: So im at College and dont really Like it. What are my options? [Re: Redstorm]
#4588914 - 08/27/05 08:49 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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/old man laugh.
Ha! Just wait 'til you get to real life. It's like mainlining college instead of smoking it. Oh, the lessons you'll learn.
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Re: So im at College and dont really Like it. What are my options? [Re: baraka]
#4588920 - 08/27/05 08:51 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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baraka said: You could it either flip burgers the rest your life, work retail, get a factory, job or stick out in college and get a job with good pay and your ok.
this is the big education scam.
there are plenty of good jobs that dont require a degree.
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Re: So im at College and dont really Like it. What are my options? [Re: buckwheat]
#4588951 - 08/27/05 08:58 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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Tech school is always an option. I like it alot better then I liked college.
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Re: So im at College and dont really Like it. What are my options? [Re: buckwheat]
#4588974 - 08/27/05 09:03 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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i am 1000% confident im going to make a whole fuckload more money with a degree in my field then the chance of maken it somewhere with out it.
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Re: So im at College and dont really Like it. What are my options? [Re: baraka]
#4588989 - 08/27/05 09:07 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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in your Field i dont know what that is but your probably right. but your other post is a huge generalization/myth
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BoneMan
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Re: So im at College and dont really Like it. What are my options? [Re: QuantumMeltdown]
#4589009 - 08/27/05 09:11 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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I had the same problem as you. I ended up getting pretty depressed and dropped a bunch of classes and failed a bunch too. I had to stay and finish out the semester because if i decided to leave i would have gotten no refund. but the money was lost anyway since i failed everything.
now i go to community college close to where i live and it only costs a tenth of the price of the univeristy i went to. I can transfer those credits to any state college, but any other universities get to decide whether or not to accept them (based on what? no one knows).
my advice is this: find out if you can get refunds for dropped classes. if not then finish the semester and do your best to pass.
let me tell you this though, living at home and going to community college is not fun. most of my friends from home have gone away to college and those that didnt are turning into junkies so i dont hang with them anymore. i never meet any new people, which is a big plus of living at college.
the point is my life still sucks, i realized it sucks due to me, not due to being at college and "not liking it". i was just too stubborn/shy to meet people and enjoy it.
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Re: So im at College and dont really Like it. What are my options? [Re: Bobo]
#4589136 - 08/27/05 09:45 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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Bobo said: /old man laugh.
Ha! Just wait 'til you get to real life. It's like mainlining college instead of smoking it. Oh, the lessons you'll learn.
hahahaha
hell yea
college was the only vacation I ever had
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Re: So im at College and dont really Like it. What are my options? [Re: TysonTomko]
#4589218 - 08/27/05 10:07 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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Maybe you shouldn't think college is for fun, but rather it is a propulsion towards getting a better career.
I think many people go into college with a very naive youth mindset that somehow, "the party never ends" so to speak.
Yet 4 years of goofing around can be costly in the end. Many people leave college with no sense of what they want to do or even towards any career directions.
And even though you COULD make a good living without going to a college/university, in the end, your chances are GREATLY increased by earning a degree in something that can help you find a job. The demographics of salary post-college don't lie. Many job outlets pay more SIMPLY because you have a college degree.
ANd i also never buy into the hype of college being the "best years of your life". THat's total bullshit. You'll only hear that from people who have made too many regrets along the path of life. People who live awsome lives outside of college will tell you that college was a bore, you were broke, and there was great limit and shelter towards what you could do.
I say, go work hard. Stop trying to emulate "Animal House" and try to achieve something greater in life. And get paid well doing it.
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Re: So im at College and dont really Like it. What are my options? [Re: LiquidSmoke]
#4589255 - 08/27/05 10:17 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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I've had some trouble staying at college. The "goal" of graduations always seemed too far, far ahead.
Now I finally think I've found a skill I can use full time and offers immediate gratification for learning. Dog grooming! After I get out of grooming academy I will be able to take that skill all over the world, wherever there are dogs. Pretty useful AND once I go professional I'll be able to set my own hours.
It's good enough to live on while I write and send in my stories.
What I'm saying is that I'd stick college out for a few more weeks. But maybe sitting in a classroom isn't for you. If that's the case, find a skill you can carry with you anywhere in the world and start learning it. I like to do things with my hands and I like animals, so that's why dog grooming is good for me. It even made me wonder if I SHOULD eventually go back to college to be a vech tech or something.
Good luck.
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Re: So im at College and dont really Like it. What are my options? [Re: MOTH]
#4589350 - 08/27/05 10:40 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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Trade school
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Re: So im at College and dont really Like it. What are my options? [Re: TysonTomko]
#4589622 - 08/27/05 11:33 PM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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Out of curiosity, what's your major?
If you haven't picked a major yet, you're wasting money by being enrolled. Just sit in on a few classes that you think will be cool and see if it's the sort of thing you want to do.
I wish I'd done that before wasting a year.
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Re: So im at College and dont really Like it. What are my options? [Re: buckwheat]
#4589770 - 08/28/05 12:02 AM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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Sure i could make livable money at my current job. I do almost 10 bucks an hour on a good day, but fuck no if i want to stick that out. What kind of jobs are you talking about. Id rather train for somthing that interests me and be a specialist to make good money doing somthing i enjoy.
People with college degrees make more money then people that don't. This is true.
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Re: So im at College and dont really Like it. What are my options? [Re: BloodNOil]
#4589772 - 08/28/05 12:02 AM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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school sucks. itll get better. i think it was made to suck alot. you can get used to anything.
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Re: So im at College and dont really Like it. What are my options? [Re: Kada]
#4589780 - 08/28/05 12:04 AM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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I dunno about you guys, but ive had/having(almost done:() a great time in college. Dank herb, party, psychadelics, girls. Shits gets hectic at times, but overall yeah i have to say its been good to me.
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Re: So im at College and dont really Like it. What are my options? [Re: baraka]
#4589841 - 08/28/05 12:32 AM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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man, take it from a guy who hated the school he went to and bitched out of it to go to community college..
STAY THERE! the only thing I dont regret is the amount of money i saved by going to community college.
I desperately want to go back and live on campus at a nice university thats home to many nice looking female women.
the independence, the freedom, plus more!
so its not what you're used to, but at least it shakes things up a bit. change is good, and i think you should definitely stay the course.
you could call it quits and go back home, feel safe for a while and know you have your old friends to go back to. but it gets boring very very fast.
I cant wait to get through this semester and transfer someplace where I can be on my own, meet other musicians to jam with, get some tail, and pass some exams while im at it.
Im fed up with the tedium of living at home and dealing with my parents and their "drugs are bad" bullshit slogans
yes i know some drugs are bad! but pot never hurt anyone.. never!!!\
anyway, hope you can learn from my mistakes
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Re: So im at College and dont really Like it. What are my options? [Re: QuantumMeltdown]
#4589859 - 08/28/05 12:37 AM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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QuantumMeltdown said: Trade school
Exactly.
You may just get an AS degree, but Skilled Labor is what is needed most in today's job market. You can easily make some good money, with just a year or two investment into a trade school.
Its what I'm doing.
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Re: So im at College and dont really Like it. What are my options? [Re: BoneMan]
#4590126 - 08/28/05 02:41 AM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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BoneMan said: most of my friends from home have gone away to college and those that didnt are turning into junkies so i dont hang with them anymore.
Seriously...what is up with that? I have noticed that too. My friends that didn't go to college but that got really good at something they were able to get a job at all moved away and are doing great. All of the people that didn't go to college and sat around my hometown are fucking drug addicts.
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Re: So im at College and dont really Like it. What are my options? [Re: RandalFlagg]
#4590305 - 08/28/05 06:34 AM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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Man, that is your decision. If I were you I would try to find a reason to make you want to go to school. I know I want to go back to school more and more all the time and regret leaving. I didn't stop because I wanted too... just me and this girl, I got kind of screwed up and all depressed for.. about a year.
90% of it is pretty boring, 10% fascinating. Years later I find my self finding useful information I learned in some BORING classes. Even if it is boring it still adds to your intellect and personality.
#1 Find a REASON that makes you WANT to go to school. Not to "get a job", but find a reason that really makes you want to go to school.
#2 Don't let the boring stuff bring you down. It is just your PERCEPTION of reality at the time. Later you might regret your perception of it not being worth doing.
#3 Don't live a lie... Unless its a damn good one! (ie I'm going to major in science because I'm going to be an astronaut)
Everyone is different... But there is no magic pill for life, you are going to have to deal with the decisions you make now for the rest of your life. Do you want to be a hippie, a business man, or a mega educated hippie business man....
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Re: So im at College and dont really Like it. What are my options? [Re: LysergicRide]
#4590397 - 08/28/05 08:39 AM (18 years, 7 months ago) |
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I wanna be a mega educated hippie doctor.
I think alot of college depends greatly on the friends you make.
For the first 2 years I used to only hang out with potheads who sat around and smoked and watched TV and ordered food all day. While this was fun, it did become monotonous and not really what I wanted to do with my time.
Towards my 3rd year I found a new group of friends through several classes I was taking. Now these guys were alot more fun to hang around.
I mean, the group as a whole consisted of probably around 35 guys with our individual sub-cliques. Although we were still basically one big family. We lived in places all around campus, and would take turns hosting get-togethers and parties.
Some of them had excellent hookups into clubs, bars in SF, where we'd not have to wait in line and didn't even have to pay cover. And once we got into the clubs, the bar tender knew us, so he would go out of his way to pour 2-3 PITCHERS of long island ice-tea or any other pricey hard mixture we wanted.
THen of course that would attract alot of attention from girls. And we'd simply pour two glasses for each guy, take our pick from girls, and head out to the dance floor.
See, I'm not much of a dancer, I usually hang around on the side of the dance floor just swirling my drink. But when you've got a slim, cute-faced brunett hugging up against you and tugging on you to go dance, that's all the motivation in the world.
On weekends before big parties, we'd gather at either a frat house (where some of my friends were the presidents of the house) or one of the larger apartments where this guy had had a 50 inch plasma TV. We'd sit around, invite some girls over, barbeque, and smoke blunts, drink beers, and just joke around.
Even after-parties consisted of us hanging out together with whoever girls we brought back from parties. We'd just sit around, play some cards with some good music in the backround, drink beers, smoke blunts again.
Everyone had each other's backs. If some random guy started talking shit to one of us, he'd be surrounded by 6-7 guys in a matter of seconds.
SO even though college was alot of work (for me i guess, being pre-med at Berkeley) it could have EASILY gotten to my head and I could've just become a depressed nerd through those four years. But instead I chose to focus on aspects of college that I greatly enjoyed. And the hard work DOES pay off, as I am currently attending medical school in Philadelphia.
Finding the right circle of friends can make the biggest difference in the world.
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