[Velocitii]

how long did it take most of you to figure out what you wanted to do as a major?

[Lebanese_Blonde]

i'm doing an engineering major, if i don't take math my 1st qtr (freshman) i'm not gonna fall behind am i ? because i realize theres a lot of math to cover but ...
it was a problem w/ qualifying for the class i want and i'm sure by now most of the good ones are closed. so i'm not trying to avoid it or anything.

[`faded]

hmm I'm a music major, and all those performances and stuff..how much practice do I need to put into..I know alot just don't know how much >.<...

[novemberbaby]

how long did it take most of you to figure out what you wanted to do as a major?

Well, I knew what my major was going to be since freshman year of high school. But if you're unsure, you could apply as Undecided. Take a variety of courses and try to figure out which area you're interested in.

[manderley_angel]

- it helps to know people:

~get to know older students, students who took a class that you're prolly going to take, students from other majors, TAs and people who look like they're smart or at least know things
~its easier to find our easy/hard a class or professor is from a friend ^^;; helps steer away from nasty profs and hard classes.
~make sure your professor knows you (especially when your in a class of like 100+ people) it makes a difference when he/she is deciding whether its a B+ or a A- etc.

- cup noodles

standard, easy to cook food. instant gratification for a hungry stomach when youre trying to finish a 70 page paper the night before its due (yea, 70 pages... i'm a nursing major)

- coffee

same as above XD

- know what needs to be read, and what really is just crap.

trust me when i say that sometimes 60% of the "required reading" is not really needed. Read only info that you know youre going to need for tests and exams.

- know what works best for you.

~if ur a study group type of person then find a good (non chatty) study group. if your like me who likes studying by herself... find a good place to sit down and focus (i personally prefer this one secluded cubicle in the back of our school library... quiet, has AC, and nobody walks around)
~ find out if your a visual, auditory, kinetic etc. (i was a visual learner, the became a kinetic one after being a nursing student... it fits!)

- be humble and dont be afraid to talk to the prof
- live with people you can deal with

[Laxntiga]

Dont wander the halls at 2 AM drunk. Just go to bed.

[janex06]

i'm taking calc, chem 212, bio 200, and physics my first year. i want to die.

[minjiluvmickey]

i having difficulties in some subject >_< only 16 but college student already and yet in foreign country T.T

[coffeecup06]

i'm kind of worry that i won't be able to make friends. school starts in a few days, but during orientation students are beginning to make friends real quick.

any suggestion?

[ronmexico]

i having difficulties in some subject >_< only 16 but college student already and yet in foreign country T.T

What subjects are you having trouble with? How did you wind up in a foreign college at the age of 16??

i'm kind of worry that i won't be able to make friends. school starts in a few days, but during orientation students are beginning to make friends real quick.

any suggestion?

Don't worry about it. I don't think I really made any friends during orientation. Try talking to the people on your floor. Once you kind of know them, you can eat together. But the important thing is to just relax.

[Annersx3]

i am really quiet and shy, esp around teachers and in class. im scared about discussions and well just plain talking in college. when i talk in school i tend to speak in a soft voice which i cant control. i have confidence but when it comes time to show, i lose it ALL and i get all nervous and talk either low or really fast. any advice?

[manderley_angel]

i am really quiet and shy, esp around teachers and in class. im scared about discussions and well just plain talking in college. when i talk in school i tend to speak in a soft voice which i cant control. i have confidence but when it comes time to show, i lose it ALL and i get all nervous and talk either low or really fast. any advice?

when u have to so speeches... just focus on one person...

[_follow_me ~~]

^ oh wow, good advice. im going to try that but won't the one person feel like he/she is being singled out?

[alive]

You need math all throughout an engineering degree, but you can take summer classes. It's not the end of the world.

Velocitii, most people change majors at least once. College is the time when you can explore fields and find the best for you, but let me give you a word of advice, figure out your major by the end of sophomore year or you may find yourself graduating a little late. Your first two years are mostly spent fulfilling requirements, i.e. general ed. After that point, if you switch majors you'll be accumulating classes that can only be used as electives. I would personally recommend going to the local college and testing the waters there rather than spending thousands at a uni.

Anners, take a speech class. That'll cure you. ^.~ Also, just relax and remember that everyone's got their own problems. The students will have forgotten your nervousness -if they noticed it at all- by their next lecture, lol.

[_ambrosia]

If you're going to buy used books, buy it off of other people; they usually give better deals than at the *official* bookstore lol. If you're going to buy it at the bookstore, just buy it new, there's not much of a difference unless the book is beyond used.

[xosandy]

What's the best place to purchase used books online? Ebay?

[yumei]

I am pre-med biopsychology major this upcoming fall.

My schedule :
Chem 1A + Lab
Chin 1
Math 34A
Writ 1

Will I be behind if I don't have Bio the first year ?

[FRUITYCHEESECAKE]

I am pre-med biopsychology major this upcoming fall.

My schedule :
Chem 1A + Lab
Chin 1
Math 34A
Writ 1

Will I be behind if I don't have Bio the first year ?

The thing is that if you are talking about the basic biology classes, they are a year long sequence. I think prerequisites for biology classes differ by schools so check your handbook to make sure that you can still take the basic biology (they should offer every quarter/semester). So basic classes, you can take almost every quarter/semester.

IF you are taking about upper division, they usually require the 1st semester/quarter class of the sequence to be taken before the second/third ones so if you don't take the 1st one at the beginning of the year, you have to wait until the next year to take it.

Good luck to you.

[yumei]

^ thank you very much!!!

[Rainie]

I've been practicing the skill of skimming...-____-...boy, but how do you figure out whether what you skimmed will or will not be on an exam? The people tell me to skim to save time, because you'll never be able to finish all those texts...but the thing is...how do you figure out what it's important or what's not? Like what if the prof squeezes in one of those details in the exam? That's what I'm kinda afraid of...