[boy:mentality]

i'm not sure if there is a thread for this already but oh well. sorry (:





anyway, i've picked up a few... bad, i suppose... habits after a few semesters at college. i've also acquired some knowledge useful outside of the classroom. i thought i'd share them (in celebration of my 300th post) for my own personal amusement even though i should be studying 2 chapters for my accounting class.


1) i am able to make good guesses on multiple choice tests
2) to procrastinate even more
3) to skip class without remorse
4) the library is a perfect place for a nap, comfy chairs!
5) to use ratemyprofessor when registering for classes




so, what have you "learned" in college?

[angelqian]

man, it's still surprising everytime I see how other majors actually get multiple choice tests...

[boy:mentality]

i've only had a few classes with MC tests... that is if i'm lucky. right now i'm just taking required core classes, i'm not in my major yet.

[koneee]

soooooo since I'm a Language Studies/Linguistics Major...
I learned that..... the people who made up this major really had a lot of time on their hands to DEFINITELY over-analyze languages (how we speak, why it sounds the way it does, syntactic structures, semantics, phonology how does blah blah blah work blah blah blah blah blee bloo blep blip blop blee)

seriously.. OVER-ANALYZING TO THE MAXX!!! but it's still interesting...... it hurts my brain though.


OH and time passes by too quickly :[

[koneee]

ohnoes! double post SO SORRYYY T___T
dumb soompi being laggy!

[Piscesgrl389]

What i learned so far...

- that studying 4 chapters of biology that has 7 sections each in 1 days is close to impossible.
- Coffee or red bull becomes a necessity
- you have all this free time that can be put into studying but you end up just procrastinating neways
- having 2 science a math class and a language can make you wanna shoot yourself hdfbjhebfvjbfv
- having bangs is a good thing when u start falling asleep in class
- never take classes 6 days a week
- never just trust you notes some prof. are unorganized gives you the wrong info in lecture and screws you over on a test
annndd..
- hahaha and to use ratemyprofessor when registering for classes XDDDD




._. iono i still suck at guessing MC questions >.< lol

[GO!zilla]

after 2 years of college... i learned im not a good morning learner. i have to take classes after 10 to be effective o_O

[mainweather]

Don't get smashed the night before an exam?

[aaandy]

5) to use ratemyprofessor when registering for classes

hahah omg truth.

[oceansportrait]

1) use ratemyprofessor (but then this year I learned I shouldn't always rely on it 100%...I'm taking Anthro100 this year and I forgot to check the prof on ratemyprofessor and when I did I found out from a rating of 1-5 people rated him 3 on the easy scale [which meant he was pretty hard!] but then those people who rated him were taking his upper level courses. This was his first year teaching first year Anthropology. We just had our first test and it was very...VERY easy. Everything he said we should study was in there, and he didn't emphasize on the details he added on to his lecture notes.)

2) sign up for clubs or it will be difficult, if not impossible to make friends (this holds especially true for first year classes...when you're in a course with 100+ students, even if you get to know someone a little bit, the next class you have no idea where they're sitting! And even if you did, chances are, the seats around will already be taken by people who got there earlier than you X_X)

3) do not NOT talk in the library. Especially in the "silent/quiet area" or you'll get a string of swear words your way (this wasn't a personal experience. I was studying there that time, and these guys started talking and whoa...you should've seen it XD)

4) try not to go to the washroom during the ten minute break in between classes, but if you HAVE to go, go to the ones that are located in hidden pockets of the buildings (otherwise, massive lineups result! The main ones always have about 7-8 people waiting [the lineup extends out the door!] during the breaks, but if you know which ones to go to, you don't even have to wait, there's always some open )

[sixth.]

to skip lectures whenever i feel like it

[xstarBURST]

if theres a novel thats required in your book list, read it first -- there is most likely a paper assigned with it.

i got screwed over.. i haven't even finnished my paper T___T

[awdark]

I learned I don't know what I want to do in life.

I was so mentally set on never thinking about physics or high levels of math again that once I switched majors my GPA dropped a whole point.

Ratemyprofessor is relative. I took an engineering class with a professor with GLOWING reviews... got a D. Just couldn't understand that stuff!

When you commute, school is never social like on TV as a matter of fact it sucks far more than highschool and the girls here suck.

Lastly getting things done in school is like fighting THE system. Two signatures from people who are impossible to find.

At least we have wifi now.

[itrayya]

TO SKIP CLASS WITHOUT REMORSE!!

what a way to put it.
im trying to avoid remorse... so i go to class.

- ratemyprofessor too. fun.
- MLA citing.

I ALSO LEARNED THAT ON THE JERRY SPRINGER SHOW, THEY HAVE GIRL BODYGUARDS NOW!!
woop! woop!!

- just do it. sign up first and get it over with.
- talk to your professor, they help a lot. even when they fail you, they try, right?

so much to list... but my brain is slow.

I ALSO LEARNED THAT IM LOSING MEMORY. I CANT EVEN REMEMBER IMPORTANT THINGS ANYMORE.

fun, huh?

[saolaoane]

so far all i've learned:

1) college instructors are wayyy more weird and bizarre than high school teachers.
2) you're not spoon-fed like when you were in high school
3) i can cuss all i want w/o getting a detention! lol but i barely cuss at school anyways. =/
4) i like having ONE night class

[Take Five]

basically learned a lot of bad habits. and that i don't know myself very well or what i want to do in life, people can be hard to trust and real friends are hard to make, etc. i guess college killed any self-esteem i had and made me a worse person than before. hooray.

[SUperLong]

lets see what i learned...

1)use ratemyprofessor to get good teachers
2)don't skip class - pay way too much to not go. and if i do skip, i feel really bad afterwards
3)learned a lot about my major for sure (computer engineering)
4)don't procrastinate, its a no no

[dahanizzle]

1. how amazing it feels to NOT procrastinate - i see everyone staying up till the wee hours of the morning doing work whiile i'm sleeping in my comfortable bed I go to an art school so the HW takes AT LEAST 4-5 hours to complete..
2. i found out that i shouldn't eat too much in one week hahaha.. i found out this morning that my meal plans were all gone for the week -.-;;
3. i learned how much i missed korean food.

[ibooyou]

things i learned:
-i have no idea what i want to do with my life
-i want to major in many subjects but i can't think of any good job(s) that would result from them... except being a teacher, which is just bleh
-i procrastinate and stay on the internet alot
-i don't eat enough and when i do eat, it's mostly just junk food and soda
-it's hard to make friends b/c i'm awkward with people when i first meet them
-the weather here sucks
-the internet also sucks
-i sleep at odd hours and stay up all night
-i've already skipped classes a couple of times b/c i just didn't want to go
-i have so much time but yet not enough
-i've gotten alot lazier than i was in high school
-having two pc's in a dorm room generates too much heat
-there are alot of small flying insects around campus... ugh

[sulfuric_ACID]

- engineering sucks
- engineers have no social life and are nerdy
- procrastinating is a part of uni life
- uni students are all sleep deprived
- "friends" studying the same units are useful