College Life

[C-$]

This is my second week of college and I have to say it's easier than I thought it was going to be(probally because i go to a community college). The girls are hotter even though most of them dress like ****s. One of things I hate about college is that everyone smokes outside so I can't sit down on the benches and relax. The second thing I don't like about college is that it takes a while to connect with people becuase of your class schedules.

If you're just starting college, How are you enjoying it so far?

 

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[The Fonz]

Community colleges suck major buttcrack. I went to Normandale Community College in Bloomington, MN for a while and let me tell you, it's major bullcrap. It's a lot like high school, except people aren't all crammed in one damn building all day because they have to; you can come and go as you please.

As far as meeting people goes, hang around with people in your classes. Now that your in the real world you're gonna learn sooner or later life ain't about peers and hanging out. You're an adult now son, start acting like one. Most adults don't have any close friends, if any friends at all. I basically don't have any friends I can really talk to and open up because I've got no time for hanging out on a regular basis and neither do they. Also, say goodbye to most, if not all, of your friends from high school because whether you want to break friendship with them or not, they're gonna be gone by a years time. You can't do squat about it. That's the way life after grade school goes. Sorry kid.

But my advice on community college is to take easy courses you know you'll pass then raise your GPA and go to a real college. Community colleges are too much like high school. Real colleges are a blast! Trust me.

 

[Victor Creed]

Community colleges suck major buttcrack. I went to Normandale Community College in Bloomington, MN for a while and let me tell you, it's major bullcrap. It's a lot like high school, except people aren't all crammed in one damn building all day because they have to; you can come and go as you please.

As far as meeting people goes, hang around with people in your classes. Now that your in the real world you're gonna learn sooner or later life ain't about peers and hanging out. You're an adult now son, start acting like one. Most adults don't have any close friends, if any friends at all. I basically don't have any friends I can really talk to and open up because I've got no time for hanging out on a regular basis and neither do they. Also, say goodbye to most, if not all, of your friends from high school because whether you want to break friendship with them or not, they're gonna be gone by a years time. You can't do squat about it. That's the way life after grade school goes. Sorry kid.

But my advice on community college is to take easy courses you know you'll pass then raise your GPA and go to a real college. Community colleges are too much like high school. Real colleges are a blast! Trust me.

I got to a community college here in Dallas, and it I have no complaints. All of my professors also teach at other "real" colleges (SMU, UNT, UTD, TCU, etc.), so it really depends on what area the community college is in. I assume that your community college didn't have a wealth of other nearby universities to draw some professors into.

 

[C-$]

Community colleges suck major buttcrack. I went to Normandale Community College in Bloomington, MN for a while and let me tell you, it's major bullcrap. It's a lot like high school, except people aren't all crammed in one damn building all day because they have to; you can come and go as you please.

As far as meeting people goes, hang around with people in your classes. Now that your in the real world you're gonna learn sooner or later life ain't about peers and hanging out. You're an adult now son, start acting like one. Most adults don't have any close friends, if any friends at all. I basically don't have any friends I can really talk to and open up because I've got no time for hanging out on a regular basis and neither do they. Also, say goodbye to most, if not all, of your friends from high school because whether you want to break friendship with them or not, they're gonna be gone by a years time. You can't do squat about it. That's the way life after grade school goes. Sorry kid.

But my advice on community college is to take easy courses you know you'll pass then raise your GPA and go to a real college. Community colleges are too much like high school. Real colleges are a blast! Trust me.

Your a 100% right about community college being like high school.

 

[Leto Atrides]

I'm on week 1 of "real" college, and connecting with people is very easy when you're in a dorm (well, technically residence hall). We all just do our work all afternoon, and hang out in the evening/night. That's why I'm barely on lately. I personally (maybe I'm just having a particularly good experience) recommend the "real college" life. Great times.

 

[Boom]

Ah college. Those were my glory years.

 

[C-$]

I kept telling myself in high school once I get in college I'm going to get a lot of girls but of course I haven't yet.

 

[vindrow]

Get out of community college quickly, and get into a university...its like night and day between the two.

 

[Anita18]

Depends on the college, really. In my college, people didn't date - they either hooked up for a night or were joined at the hip. I found myself in a joined-at-the-hip relationship, but it was nice. I liked how friendly people were in college too. They weren't clique-ish like in high school, nor were they aloof like working people are. It's a nice middle ground.

I'm working now and I still talk to my college friends, even if we can't hang out all the time. I'll get together sometimes with classmates who live close by every so often. It's not too bad.

I've heard that most people who hated high school love college, and it was true for me.

 

[KingOfDreams]

Get out of community college quickly, and get into a university...its like night and day between the two.

I'd have to agree. I've only done summer school at a community college but I can tell just from that that a real university is better.

 

[Magneto29]

I'm on my first week of my sophomore year. My college is rather big (10,000 students) so its exetremly hard to end up in classes with people who are actually your friends :/ Or live near them. My dorm is 20 stories high.

 

[Kaboom]

how i miss college. i am an alum of The University of Florida.

c'mon gators get up'n'go.

 

[Gamma Ray]

Do the people who smoke in college go on smoking for the rest of their lives? I've been wondering that for a while.

 

[KingOfDreams]

I'm on my first week of my sophomore year. My college is rather big (10,000 students) so its exetremly hard to end up in classes with people who are actually your friends :/ Or live near them. My dorm is 20 stories high.

That's not so big. My school has 27,000. But yeah, I agree with you about rarely being in classes with your friends. I've met most of my friends through the student orgs I belong to and through roommates.

 

[BatMatt]

college kicks ass, my books this semester cost only 100 dollars, I have class only three times a week, I'm truely having the best week ever. Sophomore year is off to a rockin' start

 

[Leto Atrides]

That's not so big. My school has 27,000. But yeah, I agree with you about rarely being in classes with your friends. I've met most of my friends through the student orgs I belong to and through roommates.

That's what's good about about my smaller (~650 in the class) school. Every one of my classes has someone I'm friends from my 40-person dorm; Greek Archaeology has 5.

 

[PWN3R]

I go to a community college as well, and it is not the "college life" at all.

Its like High School on crack.

still fun, I do nothing...

 

[KingOfDreams]

my books this semester cost only 100 dollars

How'd you manage that? Mine have always been at least $200 each semester, usually more. But I have a kick ass schedule this semester too. I have no morning classes and no Friday classes.

 

[hippie_hunter]

How'd you manage that? Mine have always been at least $200 each semester, usually more. But I have a kick ass schedule this semester too. I have no morning classes and no Friday classes.

My books cost about $400 in total and my schedule rocks also. No morning classes and no classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays

 

[BatMatt]

How'd you manage that? Mine have always been at least $200 each semester, usually more. But I have a kick ass schedule this semester too. I have no morning classes and no Friday classes.

just luck. Split one book with a classmate, another one was only 35 and the other two weren't books but xeroxed pages so they ran for only 17 and 10 dollars a piece. Last two semesters were about 300 a piece like most normal students

 

[amazingfantasy15]

Wish I never had to leave college, the real world sucks.

 

[Mr. Credible]

Community colleges suck major buttcrack. I went to Normandale Community College in Bloomington, MN for a while and let me tell you, it's major bullcrap. It's a lot like high school, except people aren't all crammed in one damn building all day because they have to; you can come and go as you please.

As far as meeting people goes, hang around with people in your classes. Now that your in the real world you're gonna learn sooner or later life ain't about peers and hanging out. You're an adult now son, start acting like one. Most adults don't have any close friends, if any friends at all. I basically don't have any friends I can really talk to and open up because I've got no time for hanging out on a regular basis and neither do they. Also, say goodbye to most, if not all, of your friends from high school because whether you want to break friendship with them or not, they're gonna be gone by a years time. You can't do squat about it. That's the way life after grade school goes. Sorry kid.

But my advice on community college is to take easy courses you know you'll pass then raise your GPA and go to a real college. Community colleges are too much like high school. Real colleges are a blast! Trust me.

i've been out of high school for 5 years and i still talk to all of my friends from high school, with one or two exceptions.

and i havve plenty of new friends now, too.

i don't know what you're talking about, being an adult means not having any friends? where'd you get that?

 

[Joker]

I start next week, so i'll let you know then, if this thread is still around

 

[Magneto29]

My books for this semester cost $600. And they were all used....