EPTand just wondering how college is like...more specifically how is Cal State Long Beach (For you CA residents) i plan on going there and want to know how the campus etc
What is college like?
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FiRe)
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and just wondering how college is like...more specifically how is Cal State Long Beach (For you CA residents) i plan on going there and want to know how the campus etc | ||
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AcrossFiveJulys
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pubbanana
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selboN
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On May 09 2010 13:18 pubbanana wrote: I don't learn anything and when I'm there, all I think about is leaving and coming home and sitting on my computer. Also, most of the people are boring and shitty. But that's just my experience. I can see why you would be a social butterfly, not to mention a boy prodigy! | ||
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lazz
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Xtal
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On May 09 2010 13:22 selboN wrote: I can see why you would be a social butterfly, not to mention a boy prodigy! hahahaha well played. | ||
LosingID8
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if you're business or humanities you'll have a fun and not stressful 4 years | ||
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Wings
United States999 Posts
On May 09 2010 13:36 LosingID8 wrote: if you're premed or engineering it'll be a fun but stressful 4 years if you're business or humanities you'll have a fun and not stressful 4 years if you're in business/financial engineering you'l have a not fun and stressful 4 years ='( | ||
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littlechava
United States7221 Posts
On May 09 2010 13:36 LosingID8 wrote: if you're premed or engineering it'll be a fun but stressful 4 years if you're business or humanities you'll have a fun and not stressful 4 years if you're in a humanities/liberal arts program at long beach you might have a stressful 4 years because the programs are in the shitter | ||
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Disregard
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EPO
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On May 09 2010 13:36 LosingID8 wrote: if you're premed or engineering it'll be a fun but stressful 4 years if you're business or humanities you'll have a fun and not stressful 4 years cool you've done all those degrees? | ||
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Thegilaboy
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He's LosingID8 man, he's done all those degrees and made a few of his own for kicks  | ||
Carnivorous Sheep
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On May 09 2010 13:36 LosingID8 wrote: if you're premed or engineering it'll be a fun but stressful 4 years if you're business or humanities you'll have a fun and not stressful 4 years I'm business pre-med. What happen? | ||
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pubbanana
United States3063 Posts
On May 09 2010 13:22 selboN wrote: I can see why you would be a social butterfly, not to mention a boy prodigy! You don't know me, so what you just said doesn't mean anything. Anyways, eat me. | ||
mahnini
United States6862 Posts
On May 09 2010 13:48 Disregard wrote: No love for CS/CNT or CIS? :/ we only get credit when things go wrong! | ||
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Chairman Ray
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GrayArea
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GrayArea
United States872 Posts
Being non-science major pre-med is the way to go. You don't have to deal with the premed students and their gunner, know it all, gung ho, screw you, bastardly, competitive, "i'm the best" qualities. But it's still stressful. In fact, I would say that if you have plans to go on to further studies, it's always going to be stressful since everything depends on how well you perform. | ||
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GeMicles
Canada307 Posts
so start practicing your singing and dancing. and remeber catching quickly on to lyrics is a must | ||
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coV
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FiRe)
United States98 Posts
On May 09 2010 14:23 GeMicles wrote: its like high school musical, except its in college lol i plan on being a graphic designer (70 percent) and a little bit of buisness | ||
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Cambium
United States16368 Posts
If lucky, you'll even learn something directly from the classes you take (but don't count on it). | ||
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Garnet
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LosingID8
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pre-health, biology major, east asian languages and cultures major On May 09 2010 13:59 Thegilaboy wrote: He's LosingID8 man, he's done all those degrees and made a few of his own for kicks thats true, i almost made my own major but then decided instead to double major in two existing ones | ||
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LosingID8
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On May 09 2010 13:42 littlechava wrote: if you're in a humanities/liberal arts program at long beach you might have a stressful 4 years because the programs are in the shitter haha that could definitely be true i'll give you a 100% serious answer. a business/premed combo is pretty rare but i've met a few of them at my school. they generally tend to be a bit more laid back than your average science premed. that may just be due to the personalities of my limited sample size of people i know with that combo, but my personal guess is that because they are able to balance out their bio classes with non-bio classes, especially during their jr/sr years they tend to be able to focus more on their upper-div science classes since those are generally more time-intensive than business courses (both in terms of hours of class per week and amt of studying required) | ||
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Always
United States376 Posts
except when you get to the finals... then it's like 3 papers, 3 exams, and 2 class presentations F-F-F-F-F-FFFFFFFFUUUU... unless you're the type who can just blow things off. for me, it's stressful, and the absolute worst part of college. unfortunately, it happens twice a year, and never, ever gets any better. and then when you start applying for internships, you don't have summer to look forward to. I don't even feel encouraged to do my work because I don't get to go home right after finals. I gotta stay and do manager training for next year until mid June. This really makes college seem like no fun, but it's not always this bad. I don't handle stress well. Haha. | ||
OneOther
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Floophead_III
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I'm just finishing up my sophomore year as a Electrical Engineer and Virginia Tech. It's so stupid hard that I went from being a straight A top of the class student in HS to a pretty average B student. My GPA this semester may be as low as a 2.5, and I might have to retake a course or two. I think having goals is really important. I've noticed my GPA dropping as I've had less and less of an idea of what I'm actually trying to do. As with all things, it's an experience and your attitude will play a big part in how you view the experience. I know people who enjoy it and work twice as hard as I do. However, whatever you do, do the hardest thing you can and stick with it. The difference in salary and career options with an engineering (especially EE/CPE) degree over a psychology degree is outrageous. Just don't expect to have any non-ugly non-azn chicks in your classes. =P Also, in college you'll meet a lot of people. Most of them will be completely different from you. However, if you go to a fairly large school you'll still find a lot of people who have similar interests and outlooks. It also might take a while to find those people, but you will. | ||
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LosingID8
CA10828 Posts
On May 09 2010 17:51 Floophead_III wrote: College sucks if you have a real major. The worst thing is you see lots of people who dick off, goto parties, play around outside and goto the gym and still get good grades because they have bullshit majors. Most schools this is humanities/business/soft sciences (sociology, psychology, biology). It's really depressing. oshi- wtf you did not just group bio majors with sociology and psychology wtf wtf wtf lol no i'm not really raging but i'm curious as to why you would group bio with psych/soc and i 100% agree with the GPA and not knowing what you're going to do correlation. it's really hard to have the motivation to study for 4 years without a clear career goal in mind. | ||
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Cambium
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On May 09 2010 17:51 Floophead_III wrote: Also, in college you'll meet a lot of people. Most of them will be completely different from you. However, if you go to a fairly large school you'll still find a lot of people who have similar interests and outlooks. It also might take a while to find those people, but you will. To expand on this point a little bit, Join clubs that you are interested in (not the ones your future employers are interested), that will most definitely help. | ||
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Luddite
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+ Show Spoiler + not really | ||
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Enfold
United States110 Posts
On May 09 2010 13:36 LosingID8 wrote: if you're premed or engineering it'll be a fun but stressful 4 years if you're business or humanities you'll have a fun and not stressful 4 years This | ||
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KOFgokuon
United States14899 Posts
On May 09 2010 17:51 Floophead_III wrote: College sucks if you have a real major. The worst thing is you see lots of people who dick off, goto parties, play around outside and goto the gym and still get good grades because they have bullshit majors. Most schools this is humanities/soft sciences (sociology, psychology). It's really depressing. . but then they can't find a job so who cares | ||
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Floophead_III
United States1832 Posts
On May 09 2010 18:03 LosingID8 wrote: oshi- wtf you did not just group bio majors with sociology and psychology wtf wtf wtf lol no i'm not really raging but i'm curious as to why you would group bio with psych/soc and i 100% agree with the GPA and not knowing what you're going to do correlation. it's really hard to have the motivation to study for 4 years without a clear career goal in mind. Biology is a useless major, at least here. Biochem is the real major you do, or premed. Any real job you'd have use for a biology degree, either of those two degrees is better suited for. It's actually a dying program because it's too generalized. | ||
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3clipse
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On May 09 2010 22:14 Luddite wrote: have you ever seen animal house? It's exactly like that. + Show Spoiler + not really Try going to a mediocre Uni and staying in first year res. It is like that for awhile. My roommates had 0.2, 0.5 and 2.0 GPAs. | ||
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Servius_Fulvius
United States947 Posts
First of all, why are you going to school? Is it enabling a future career in graphic design, or is it just something to do after high school? Keep focus on your main reason for going to school, or else you're just wasting a lot of money. Next comes the balance of a social life versus studying. You can certainly stay in all the time and study. You will probably graduate with high academic honors. Alternatively, you can meet many new people, join lots of clubs, get ultra-involved, and have less time for classwork. Most students, myself included, try and balance between the two. You will meet a lot of people on that continuum. They are independent for the first time and experience all the trials that come with adult responsibility. You make good choices, you make bad choices, and you have the opportunity to learn from yours and others' mistakes. Many options will be available to you. Choose the person you want to become and make it happen. Will it end up the way you envisioned? Probably not, but you will understand yourself and others better than you ever have. | ||
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yesplz
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Then at night go get fucked up. Repeat several times a week. Obviously not if u have a test. This will make college super fun, and you won't fail. Will also kill your liver. | ||
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FiRe)
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Cambium
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On May 10 2010 08:06 FiRe) wrote: so is graphic design a useless major...i plan on going to school cause i want my major get a good and live how i can after college...of course im going to college....I also plan on doing a little buisness so i can negotiate and stuff. I like being creative designing though i am not those really good desinger but im getting there. i do want to be socially active as i am joing club and dorming. i heard if you dorm you get better grades rather than commuting? is this true? plus i heard graphic design makes a good amount of money There not really a "useless" major, if you are good at what you do, regardless what you study, you will most likely be "successful" (relatively, I guess) in life. I think you have the general misconception that you will learn lots of practical skills from the courses, but that's not really the case. You will learn much more through the interactions between you and your peers and on the job than what the courses could teach you. By "dorming", do you mean strictly living on campus because there are lots of off-campus housings that are just as close to campus. The effect of living on campus is largely dependent on the individual. Some people who are less social prefer to study by themselves, and living off-campus will often result in a quieter environment that allows you to focus better. The trade off is obviously the social aspect: both the partying and collective studying. | ||
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shindigs
United States4795 Posts
On May 09 2010 18:03 LosingID8 wrote: oshi- wtf you did not just group bio majors with sociology and psychology wtf wtf wtf lol no i'm not really raging but i'm curious as to why you would group bio with psych/soc and i 100% agree with the GPA and not knowing what you're going to do correlation. it's really hard to have the motivation to study for 4 years without a clear career goal in mind. OH NO HE DIN'T | ||
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Kezzer
United States1268 Posts
 I would like my career to be something math/business. What would my majors be? Maybe something like an account as a career? I'm very new to this stuff(obviously) so any help would be appreciated | ||
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FiBsTeR
United States415 Posts
On May 10 2010 09:25 BDF92 wrote: I would like my career to be something math/business. What would my majors be? Maybe something like an account as a career? I'm very new to this stuff(obviously) so any help would be appreciated You could be an actuary, those are pretty much the two skills you need to do well as an actuary (at least from the stuff I've read/heard). But you have to take a whole bunch of exams to be a certified actuary, so if your school doesn't offer an actuarial sciences program, you'd have to self-study for these exams on top of your coursework. Not saying this isn't possible, but I'm sure it would help, not to mention it would make getting internships easier if you come out of a well-known actuarial sciences program. | ||
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decafchicken
United States20069 Posts
On May 10 2010 09:25 BDF92 wrote: I too am going to college next year and I have a few questions if someone would be so kind as to answer I would like my career to be something math/business. What would my majors be? Maybe something like an account as a career? I'm very new to this stuff(obviously) so any help would be appreciated Accountants hate their jobs. Go into business school unless you know what you want to do with your math major. College is fucking awesome, and don't let anyone tell you otherwise. #1 Advice JOIN A FUCKING CLUB/TEAM/GROUP/JOB. You will instantly have a group of friends that you can relate to, hang out with, party with, and extend your social network from. Make friends often, there is very little downside to being friends with everyone. #2) Probably more important than #1 but not as relevant to enjoying college: NETWORK. You can literally get anything in life with the right connections and college is a great place to do that. Theres all sorts of meetings, groups, events, and stuff like that where you can meet people that you will want to know when you need something. #3) Be Motivated: I dicked off my first year and got a 3.0 until i realized i had to get into my business school. having that motivation raised to give a shit about my classes raised my GPA significantly. #4) Know the system: Each class has its own way to be successful in. Some classes have absolutely meaningless lectures and all you need to do is read the book and rape the test. Some classes you need to go to everything, have the professor review your work, etc etc to get an A. Read online about the class (i know my school has a website where people comment on all the classes/profs more or less) or ask someone who took it before. Find the path of least resistance to be successful #5) Have fun. You can still study your ass off and go out on the weekends. It's all about time management. Currently a junior at michigan state, lemme know if you have any more questions. Oh yeah make sure you bang a ton of sleezy college girls. | ||
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