a lot of sex and drugs

a loooooot

do whatever you feel like all day and study fun stuff

Oh and give up gaming in college, noone likes gamers except for gamers.

Insanious

Canada1251 Posts

December 15 2010 18:54 GMT

#62

Things to bring:
1) Duct tape: things break, for me, the screws fell out of the chair my school provided me in my dorm room... duct tape fixed that until they brought a replacement. Duct tape also lets you hang things without putting holes in the walls.

2) Multi-tool: You need a screwdriver? Saw? etc... why bring a bunch of tools that take up a bunch of room when you can have 1 tool that does everything you need?

3) Laundry hamper/basket... simple enough, but tonnes of people needed to buy them their first few days in my dorm because well... you need to do your own laundry and you need to have a way to take your laundry to the washers/dryers

4) Cups, simply I know... but you will want them for drinking (not just booze, water or juice or w/e too) not having them really sucks when you have to use a water fountain all the time.

5) Mini-fridge = amazing, you will need one. with this you can get a water filter, juice jug, milk, butter, ketchup, etc... and keeps your beer cold. there will always be things that you can put into a minifridge and buying stuff like milk and cereal from a grocery store rather than the caff will save you tonnes of money.

6) Lamp, bring a lamp... depending on how your rooms are set up, having to turn on the room light to see anything at mid-night sucks for you (bye bye night vision) and sucks for your room-mate (especially if you have "traditional" rooms)

7) alarm clock, you will need to set alarms, and sometimes your phone will die... having an alarm clock plugged in and ringing will help

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Onto tips for college...

Really I only have one... be out going. It doesn't matter how you act in a class, as long as you meet people. If you make a fool of your self no one will remember the next week, a month later, next semester class sizes are so large and campus is so big people wont know you were the guy that made a fool of himself in first year math unless you tell them... if you are outgoing you can meet people from all walks of life, if you talk people will naturally talk back to you.

At university, especially first year, everyone is off on their own, knowing few people at the school. People want to make friends, especially ones that can help them out in a pinch (from "hey bro, i don't know how to do this and have my exam tomorrow", to something simple like "do you have a band-aid I cut my self".)

Just be your self, and be out going.... people will like you for you, at least some people are... this isn't high school, there are tens of thousands of people going to your university, and most of them don't care who you are. You can be you and there will be no popular kid bullshit. People hang out with everyone, because at the end of the day it only matters who made it to graduation and who didn't since you don't want to piss off a peer because you never know who will be your boss one day

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Just have fun, be your self, you will be invited out, you will make friends, doesn't matter what you are into or what you hate, there will be hundreds of people at your university that like the same things you do...

LosingID8

CA10828 Posts

December 15 2010 19:03 GMT

#63

my advice would be to not play or if it's too hard to go cold turkey, play computer games sparingly during your 1st year.

i played too much during my freshman year and i regret it. this isn't to say i didn't have a social life, but if i could redo my college experience over again i would have limited my SC to something like once a week. i uninstalled it from my computer during soph year and a) my gpa for that semester went up by around 0.3 and b) i had more time and spent more time with friends

Nervegas

United States45 Posts

December 15 2010 19:28 GMT

#64

I guess I was an exception in college, all of my friends played halo/sc etc and we would spend a few nights a week gaming, or watching sc shoutcasts and football, filling my bedroom/living room and dining room of the apartment with people and just play/hang out. I had the added benefit of working while in college, as a firefighter no less, but looking back I definitely enjoyed the 4 years.

Anyway my tips are this:

1) NEVER stay up so late you sleep through class, get rest, its important.

2) Use the on campus health center as soon as you start feeling remotely sick, don't wait until you have the flu during your psych final.

3) Keep water handy, get 2 nalgene water bottles and keep them full in the fridge, drink water before and after alcohol, hangovers in an advanced stats class at 8am are not fun. Plus, bring a bottle in class, drink water all the time.

4) Workout at least 3 times a week, not only will you just be more in shape, you will be able to focus in class and when studying, plus not get sick as often.

5) Find how you study best, don't use the cookie cutter advice, find what works for you. For me it was a quiet bench under a tree outside the student union with my ipod. Take breaks when studying, don't just cram.

6) Read in advance, don't wait til the night before. Take notes in class when the professor teaches from a powerpoint or just talks about stuff that isn't necessarily in the book.

7) Find which classes are going to be a cakewalk, and which are harder and budget your study time accordingly.

8) If you have a meal plan, then use the cafeteria as often as you can, just don't overeat since its an all you can eat, still get your fruits and veggies. Budget your monthly income, don't waste it all on booze!

9) Study hard for finals, give yourself an incentive, like getting a new game, or new mouse for yourself after you are done for the semester.

10) HANG OUT WITH FRIENDS!!! Don't become a recluse and study and play sc all day in your dorm. College is also about the social aspect, even it means having a LAN party with other gamers. GET SOME SUN! Go outside every day!

11) Avoid stimulants like caffeine and sugar on a regular basis, they don't help you study or focus for exams, also don't take adderol(unless you have a prescription for it), I knew students who got into using it to focus for exams and two of them were denied top internships because of it.

12) HAVE FUN!!!! Don't become a study rat and never let loose, you will lose your mind from the stress.

PS: Even with work and gaming and a social life I graduated Cum Laude with a 3.6, so it is possible to do it.

HeavOnEarth

United States7087 Posts

December 16 2010 03:07 GMT

#65

On December 16 2010 02:30 Servius_Fulvius wrote:
I'm being the douche? You mocked me in your first post and called me names in the second. Chill out, will ya?

I'm sorry you've experienced a lot with a sleeping condition. However, you've further emphasized my original point - if you have something wrong, do something about it. For me, that included thousands in medical bills to diagnose and treat general anxiety disorder, an ulcer, and a number of lifestyle changes that greatly aggravated the condition before making it better. No, it was not an "easy fix", it was two very hard years, but the summary of what works is terse (the process leading to it would take about 5 pages). Things like this don't "go away"; I'm living with it the rest of my life. Because of this I know a ton about relaxation and gave a bunch of advice about it. Evidently you know more about sleep, so you could probably give some great pointers!

The OP asked for college advice. You have given none. Stop trolling for a fight, act like an adult, and give some meaningful contribution

Your first post you explained nothing about your sitatuion so i responded accordingly. You can be childish and assume im mocking you, sure.
In your response you failed to list you did anything other than spend 20$ on a tiny lamp to fix your problems, while asserting you "know exactly what you're talking about"
So again i called you out on your shit.
Only now you are saying you spent thousands on medical bills and spent 2 years fixing "anxiety disorder" Which i wouldn't have obviously made my previous post if u had listed that.

I responded to your lack of information and condescending speech the way anyone else would have.
Stop projecting , you're the one trolling for a fight, as you even said so yourself, you responded to my first post ( that wasn't even directed at you) because you took offense to it. I was just giving advice to the OP, not talking to you. But it makes sense because u claim i never even gave any advice so you mustve just skimmed it and posted out of frustration.

why don't you grow up and act like an adult?
I mean talk about hypocritical , calling out someone for contributing nothing with a post of yourself that contributes nothing. hahaha.
why don't you PM me unless you're done.