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On April 09 2012 12:38 Livelovedie wrote:
As someone who is about to go to college I wonder how people just decide not to go to class? Is this some idea that you get in college or were you itching to do this in high school because I can't imagine myself doing that. Anyways, good read.
or you just feel sick and done go to class one day, you realize how much more open your day becomes...dont go to class the next day and so on.
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On April 09 2012 12:38 Livelovedie wrote:
As someone who is about to go to college I wonder how people just decide not to go to class? Is this some idea that you get in college or were you itching to do this in high school because I can't imagine myself doing that. Anyways, good read.
Reserve this for the most mundane of classes only. For example, I'm taking Introduction to Computer Programming since I'm 1st year but I already took 2 years of programming classes in high school. Needless to say, I already know everything in this course and more. My prof posts notes on our course website and I read over them before class. If I understand everything, I don't show up.
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On April 09 2012 10:27 N.geNuity wrote:
Make sure if you're living in a dorm with random roommate that he isn't a dick. Lay groundwork out early on if you have any reasonable particular preferences (like say, preferring people to use headphones to listen to music or not playing instruments after midnight or something). Don't be a dick yourself, but if you haven't lived with anyone else before: even if you assume someone is perfectly reasonable and rational after a few months they may stop being reasonable.
Otherwise you could end up with a dude who plays his guitar all the time at like 2 AM when you want to sleep and refuses to use headphones and plays music on his speaker 24/7 when you have 9 am classes.
Even if you just have flatmates, setting groundrules early is good. Noise does carry and having some kind of agreement to keep any bathroom/kitchen clean is necessary.
Extra rules in my flat include:
No roadkill or other found wildlife
No pig's heads
No passive aggressive notes
On April 09 2012 12:38 Livelovedie wrote:
As someone who is about to go to college I wonder how people just decide not to go to class? Is this some idea that you get in college or were you itching to do this in high school because I can't imagine myself doing that. Anyways, good read.
If all the notes, lecture recordings and slides are online, you won't gain anything more from getting up for a 9am lecture than you will from watching the lecture at 3pm. Also, some lecturers are best heard at 1.4-2x speed and some courses are near devoid of content.
Plus when people are in deadline mode, a 5pm assignment can seem more important than a day of lectures.
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Oh another thing I could add as a freshman... if you go to class, don't fuck around... like the OP said, you're paying for that shit and you might as well pay attention if you're going to class. If you just sit there and talk the whole fucking time, might as well get out. I've even walked out mid-way through some of classes either because I was sleepy or I just wasn't paying attention and I couldn't... so it's just pointless and a waste of time if I'm not really getting anything from it while being in class. (that sounds kind bad though lmao)
Oh and I emphasize picking out a roommate... it's good and all meeting new people like your new roommate, but some of them aren't so fun to live with. Having slobs as roommates is pretty fucking annoying, especially when they smell.
But then, you never know, your new roommate may be your new best friend...
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Additional rule: No elitism.
Think you're better than someone because you went to a more prestigious highschool? Think your education is more valuable because you're in Engineering and your friend is in History? Nobody likes these types of people, don't be one. For some reason this is one of the more popular changes I see of people who go through college, and it really bugs me.
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On April 09 2012 13:32 -_-Quails wrote:Show nested quote +On April 09 2012 10:27 N.geNuity wrote:
Make sure if you're living in a dorm with random roommate that he isn't a dick. Lay groundwork out early on if you have any reasonable particular preferences (like say, preferring people to use headphones to listen to music or not playing instruments after midnight or something). Don't be a dick yourself, but if you haven't lived with anyone else before: even if you assume someone is perfectly reasonable and rational after a few months they may stop being reasonable.
Otherwise you could end up with a dude who plays his guitar all the time at like 2 AM when you want to sleep and refuses to use headphones and plays music on his speaker 24/7 when you have 9 am classes. Even if you just have flatmates, setting groundrules early is good. Noise does carry and having some kind of agreement to keep any bathroom/kitchen clean is necessary. Extra rules in my flat include: No roadkill or other found wildlife No pig's heads No passive aggressive notes Show nested quote +On April 09 2012 12:38 Livelovedie wrote:
As someone who is about to go to college I wonder how people just decide not to go to class? Is this some idea that you get in college or were you itching to do this in high school because I can't imagine myself doing that. Anyways, good read. If all the notes, lecture recordings and slides are online, you won't gain anything more from getting up for a 9am lecture than you will from watching the lecture at 3pm. Also, some lecturers are best heard at 1.4-2x speed and some courses are near devoid of content. Plus when people are in deadline mode, a 5pm assignment can seem more important than a day of lectures.
Deadline mode is awful. I would also suggest avoiding procrastination. I'm the worst at this, so I can't lecture, but I can suggest.
Take this for example: I have a project due at 11:59 tonight. I'm like 3/4 of the way done and instead of finishing last night, I watched IPL (which was much more satisfying, made me feel so aLive [bad pun]). DON'T DO THIS! Learn from my mistakes young ones...
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On April 09 2012 15:04 ShinyGerbil wrote:
Additional rule: No elitism.
Think you're better than someone because you went to a more prestigious highschool? Think your education is more valuable because you're in Engineering and your friend is in History? Nobody likes these types of people, don't be one. For some reason this is one of the more popular changes I see of people who go through college, and it really bugs me.
But the elitism Physics kids show towards Biology kids is hilarious to watch.
+ Show Spoiler +For us Maths/CompSci kids. Purity - f*ck yeah! Relevant
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