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I'm interested in hearing everyone's college experience stories: where you went, what it was like, what you majored in. I'm graduating high school this year, and I've read everything about what to expect, but I like to here more personal experiences.
 
I'm still in college and its a blast. Iv met so many new friends and the classes are actually teaching me something new. Not like high school where they teach you the same crap every year. I'm majoring in Pharmacy but I'm thinking about changing it to journalism.
 
Great to hear some positive feedback about college life. High school was always a bore to me, because of the constant drone of stuff we already knew. What college do you go to? I'm planning on majoring in Journalism at University of North Texas.
 
Yah, in college, you will actually want to learn (cuz it's not the parents saying so, its the really expensive bill you pay at registration that says so). The things you learn are so much more broad than high school. And, though I don't condone drinking and devil's weed, there is a time and a place for everything... and it is called college.
(addendum - The above was just a joke)
 
I have two more years left then Im going to Ming Shuan University in Taiwan. My brother is going to Ming and My boyfriend is going to St. Carlos III university in Spain. My boyfriends girlfriend is going to Osaka University in Japan......... They graduated yesterday but I have a whole summer to spend with them in Japan so Im not complaining.
But my oldest brother graduated from U.C.L.A last year and said his college years were the best.
So I thing you will have loads of fun!!
 
I'm in College but in the UK, so its 16-18. University here is like your version of college and I'm looking forward to that.

But actual college is far more laid back then high school (or at least mine) and you only do four subjects, which in theory you should all like because you picked them.
 
I fininshed my first year of college, and I didn't like it. People treat college like it's some magical experience, it's not. It's the same football players you went to high school with, plus frats. Whoopie!
 
I'm not holding my breath as far as college experience goes. It's actually one of the few things I'm pessimistic about. I wasn't able to go to my first college of choice, but UNT is the closet thing to it that still had an excellent journalism program. Despite this, I don't think I'll be as happy. I was looking foward to a very liberal, quirky, music-oriented town to be in, and Denton doesn't really strike me as such, at least not as much as Austin. I'm going to make the best out of it, though. My biggest fear is being stuck with a roomate I despise....
 
I currently go to NIU (Northern Illinois University).

You will hear a lot of lies about college life... and basically, it's only what you make it. Personally, I am a homebody and I like to stay in and watch tv and movies on the weekends with popcorn. And , gasp! I actually go to class and do homework.

Classes are okay, because after the two years of gen ed, you will be taking classes that correspond with your major, and you will hopefully enjoy them. Even your general education classes can be fun, because you get to pick what you want.

It's a lot of resposibility, and it hopefully will give you an 'adult' grasp on life.

And good luck with the roommate thing... I've had sucky ones in the dorms for two years. I have an apartment now, so I don't have to really talk to my roommate because I stay locked in my room doing homework and other such things.

Good luck. College is only what you make it, and how you approach making decisions.
 
Well I went right out of High School.

I went to a local University, The University of Ottawa. But I lived on my own with roomies the entire time.

I have two degrees, one in English Lit and one in Biochemistry. It took me five years.

During that time, from second year on, I worked marking up online manuals for IBM, Boeing, Bombardier, as well as Canadian and US Gov'ts in HTML to put them online. This was with a company and I worked 44 hours a week.

So I went to school from 8:30 am to 3:50 pm, then rushed to work 4:00 pm to Midnight. And 9-6 on Saturdays.

But I came out with great work experience and zero student loans. I'm happy with my choices.
 
Jenny said:
...But I came out with great work experience and zero student loans. I'm happy with my choices.
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Yeah, student loans suck! That's probably the WORST part of college.
 
University was a non-experience for me. I went to the University of Western Ontario here in London. It's known as PartyU for all the rich kids that come here. Good medical school, good alumni association, great football team, but the people...man they give new meaning to the words "stuck on themselves". Western really promotes that "Money+education(at Western)=better than everyone else" mentality. That really soured the experience for me, seeing as I was a "townie" too and saw the way the other students acted when they were out in the community. All the important stuff I've ever learned, I either learned in elementary school, after university, or out in the working world. You get what you give, though, so if you really want something, study hard, take your breaks when they come, and don't get sucked in by lifestyles that won't get you where you want to go.
 
killerdwarf said:
University was a non-experience for me. I went to the University of Western Ontario here in London. It's known as PartyU for all the rich kids that come here.
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Just had to point out that this is so true. The guidance councellors even warned students in our HS about applying there! Out of the Ontario Universities, this is by far the "party-school."

Love your sig too! 🙂 🙂 Go Flames Go!
 
I loved my time at uni. I was just talking with one of my friends about it last night.

It was my first day and I was sitting in the canteen feeling very nervous, what if I made no friends? What if I made friends with people no one liked and then they didn't like me?

Then I decided to go to my first class and as I was walking out in a crown of people I spotted a girl infront of me, I didn't know if she was on my course or not but I thought she looked nice so as I was about to stop her and ask if she was doing law she stopped me. Her name was Gemma and she was from Bermuda, by the time we walked into class people thought we were at school together.

We were just saying last night that we were meant to be friends, turned out I ended up in the most popular group which is strange for me as I was always with the people that were considered 'weird' in school. We had a blast and such great fun at uni. So many people I missed and turning up hungover and the lecturers, the phone calls at 3am stressed and the Ann Summers party in my flat that the police turned up to.

Ahh the good old days!
 
I'm about to graduate and next year I'll be attending the Radboud University in Nijmegen (the Netherlands) where I'll be studying English Language and Culture.
 
Community college is the way to go. Cheaper and not as crowded. Get that done in 2 years (or in my instance 4), and move on to a University. I've made some friends there, but not as many as high school. People are a lot more accepting. There isn't as many good experiences as there were in high school because it's not as personal. But still...college is very very fun.
 
Jenny said:
Just had to point out that this is so true. The guidance councellors even warned students in our HS about applying there! Out of the Ontario Universities, this is by far the "party-school."

Love your sig too! 🙂 🙂 Go Flames Go!
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Yeah, but as a "townie" with little cash, my choices were limited. Got my B.Sc. in Biology, though...

I've been a Flames fan since they were in Atlanta, but I was in Calgary the summer before they move there...what a party. Then they lost the cup in '86, won it in '89, and have virtually been out of the playoffs ever since! I'm a happy guy this year!🙂 🙂
 
Faith said:
and the Ann Summers party in my flat that the police turned up to.
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I woulda liked to be a fly on that wall 😉

I thoroughly enjoyed my college years - not all sex and drugs and rock 'n' roll: some work actually got done 😉 City of Birmingham Polytechnic in the late 70's/early 80's was a good place to be even though the college itself was a dump. The courses and lecturers were good and the social life was excellent. Happy days!

It seems to me that students in the UK today have it a lot harder than we did though - loans instead of grants, tuition fees, greater financial hardship etc.
 
Mr. Pointy said:
I woulda liked to be a fly on that wall 😉
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I might tell you about it sometime ::evil2::

I completely agree with what you are saying about students not having it so easy. The amount of people that said to my face that 'I had an easy life' well lets just say I would heartily argue back.

The only financial help I got was student loans which I have to pay back (and I don't even want to know how much I owe), and through my entire university career I had a part time job, even working 7 days a week during the summer with 2 jobs.

Sure my first year was pretty easy going, I was out drinking all the time, but I hit second year and I worked hard.....and at the end of it I can't get a job because i've over qualified and under experienced 😉
 
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