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Lol, yes and that was the point. A shout out to my little buddy!
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Lol, yes and that was the point. A shout out to my little buddy!
SepticeyePoe
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52520Andrew
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Just wait till double integrals, twice the fun
I leave for college in 4 days moving 1000 miles from La to Seattle. Any tips especially for the start?
Edit: ngl I’m hella scared
Edit: ngl I’m hella scared
Willbacker
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No tips but good luck.
Tank
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Have fun, stay hydrated. Don’t smoke too much dope.
Inqui
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You must have moved already or be moving soon. It's easy for me to say enjoy it, but it is a big adjustment and being nervous/scared etc is pretty standard fare. As far as homesickness goes I was more than ready to move out of home but the first half semester or so was a bit rough, but once I found my feet it was more or less smooth sailing, though ymmv.
College/uni whatever is one of those things where you get out what you put in - in basically every regard. High school is a bit cliquey but come college people are generally there to improve themselves so it's generally more pleasant. Don't be afraid to put yourself out there (because everyone else will be in the same boat) and don't be a dick and honestly you can't go that far wrong. Go to a whole bunch of orientation events (they're well worth it when you're getting started. Once you've got yourself set up... ehhh... less so imo...) and join clubs that interest you or you think might interest you (every single one of the political groups are just whiny circle jerks though, so I wouldn't bother unless your heart's deadset on a career related to elected office and you're a natural networker. But honestly even then). It's a great time to try new things and see what you enjoy and if you pick up any new interests you never knew you had.
As far as the assessments go, in my experience the powers-that-be are never trying to trick you or anything fancy - they just want to see that the concepts and skills they're teaching are sticking. You do get some brutal questions every now and then but they're usually there to root out the best of the best. Read every question and every task and think about how it relates to the course material. And if you get lost with anything, find a couple of keywords in the subject matter, plug them into YouTube and you'll be surprised how many resources come up. It can really help to have things explained in a different way. If you're doing business, Khan Academy's a godsend (he's terrific for maths and science too).
A good system is the sandwich thing, where you do the readings at some point before classes, turn up and listen to what the lecturer has to say, and then do the same readings again after class. It's like how when you watch a movie the second time everything sticks much easier. All that can be hard but time management is everything - I've just finished half a semester of working full-time and studying full-time at the same time so it's very doable. The key is just to be aware of what has to be done during the next few weeks and how and when you plan to do it. Map out the due date for every essay, test, tutorial assignment, presentation or whatever and you can start to visualise when you have to start doing everything. For my recent six weeks I had a test on the fourth week, two massive assignments for another course due in the sixth week (about 10,000 words combined), another pretty sad assignment due at some point (about 300 words because the lecturer's a lazy shit, which kinda worked for me) and then block courses (where rather than weekly classes you get bombarded with stuff for two full days and then have a test on the third) at the end of weeks six and seven respectively. Once I saw that mapped out, I knew I could spend a few days in week four focusing on nothing but that test and then pretty much put that subject to the side for a few weeks after that (aside from the usual readings stuff, but at that point the course was dead to me aside from doing the minimum routine stuff). After that I had two weeks to focus on not getting overwhelmed in the first block course and then one week to go hard on the other block. Exams are similar - if you have a two-hour test with 100 marks available you have just over one minute a mark so there's no point trying to win a Nobel Prize for a question worth 2 marks. It's all about time management and being aware of what you have to do.
All that stuff will come to you with practice, but the sooner you start that practice the better your mileage out of college (and beyond) will be. I'm on my third degree now and I can tell you how much of all that stuff I didn't do on my first time around.
Anyway, as the others said, have fun and good luck. Be excellent to the universe and all that good stuff.
As a wise man once said, there's a time and place for everything and it's called college.Have fun, stay hydrated. Don’t smoke too much dope.
SepticeyePoe
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You'll also want to establish some rules with your room/suitemates. Any drinking/smoking in your room, establish a bathroom cleaning schedule, shower times, other house rules, etc.
My roommate last year would take showers late at night, which would piss off my suite mates because they had to get up early. By the end of the year, my roommate was also leaving trash and uneaten food everywhere and it took me some time to get him to clean it up.
Try to get some rules established as soon as you can, and make sure you talk with your roommate as things come up.
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SepticeyePoe
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This actually might be some of the best all around advice I’ve ever received. Thank you so muchYou must have moved already or be moving soon. It's easy for me to say enjoy it, but it is a big adjustment and being nervous/scared etc is pretty standard fare. As far as homesickness goes I was more than ready to move out of home but the first half semester or so was a bit rough, but once I found my feet it was more or less smooth sailing, though ymmv.
College/uni whatever is one of those things where you get out what you put in - in basically every regard. High school is a bit cliquey but come college people are generally there to improve themselves so it's generally more pleasant. Don't be afraid to put yourself out there (because everyone else will be in the same boat) and don't be a dick and honestly you can't go that far wrong. Go to a whole bunch of orientation events (they're well worth it when you're getting started. Once you've got yourself set up... ehhh... less so imo...) and join clubs that interest you or you think might interest you (every single one of the political groups are just whiny circle jerks though, so I wouldn't bother unless your heart's deadset on a career related to elected office and you're a natural networker. But honestly even then). It's a great time to try new things and see what you enjoy and if you pick up any new interests you never knew you had.
As far as the assessments go, in my experience the powers-that-be are never trying to trick you or anything fancy - they just want to see that the concepts and skills they're teaching are sticking. You do get some brutal questions every now and then but they're usually there to root out the best of the best. Read every question and every task and think about how it relates to the course material. And if you get lost with anything, find a couple of keywords in the subject matter, plug them into YouTube and you'll be surprised how many resources come up. It can really help to have things explained in a different way. If you're doing business, Khan Academy's a godsend (he's terrific for maths and science too).
A good system is the sandwich thing, where you do the readings at some point before classes, turn up and listen to what the lecturer has to say, and then do the same readings again after class. It's like how when you watch a movie the second time everything sticks much easier. All that can be hard but time management is everything - I've just finished half a semester of working full-time and studying full-time at the same time so it's very doable. The key is just to be aware of what has to be done during the next few weeks and how and when you plan to do it. Map out the due date for every essay, test, tutorial assignment, presentation or whatever and you can start to visualise when you have to start doing everything. For my recent six weeks I had a test on the fourth week, two massive assignments for another course due in the sixth week (about 10,000 words combined), another pretty sad assignment due at some point (about 300 words because the lecturer's a lazy shit, which kinda worked for me) and then block courses (where rather than weekly classes you get bombarded with stuff for two full days and then have a test on the third) at the end of weeks six and seven respectively. Once I saw that mapped out, I knew I could spend a few days in week four focusing on nothing but that test and then pretty much put that subject to the side for a few weeks after that (aside from the usual readings stuff, but at that point the course was dead to me aside from doing the minimum routine stuff). After that I had two weeks to focus on not getting overwhelmed in the first block course and then one week to go hard on the other block. Exams are similar - if you have a two-hour test with 100 marks available you have just over one minute a mark so there's no point trying to win a Nobel Prize for a question worth 2 marks. It's all about time management and being aware of what you have to do.
All that stuff will come to you with practice, but the sooner you start that practice the better your mileage out of college (and beyond) will be. I'm on my third degree now and I can tell you how much of all that stuff I didn't do on my first time around.
Anyway, as the others said, have fun and good luck. Be excellent to the universe and all that good stuff.
As a wise man once said, there's a time and place for everything and it's called college.
I can’t say this will be a bad thing and I’m trying to keep an open mind, but my roommate is an international from China who doesn’t speak English and hasn’t answered any emails texts but or ways I tried to contact him... we can mutually swap rooms for the next week and there are some people I like a lot on my floor so I don’t know.. I’m extremely social and like being friends with someone I live with so this is tough for me
Inqui
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No worries, I hope it all helps. That's just stuff that I feel like past me would have benefited from knowing/paying attention to. If you're a really sociable person I think you'll be fine (just gotta make sure you don't get behind in your degree!). And college accommodation is a great option starting out. I've got friends for life that I met like that.
The roommate situation sounds tougher though. Living with someone's always a roll of the dice (even people you know) and as @SepticeyePoe says there's no substitute for good comms.
52520Andrew
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Hurricane Dorian looks to be a doozy for the state of Florida. This guy is a pretty good follow for information on the storm
allblackraven
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windy.com has a pretty scary path projected for Dorian