What does one say after that?

Taking the original question seriously (and having thoroughly enjoyed Jafo's version of the Desiderata!) I'll go the practical route and say - be sure you know what the college's general education requirements are, and DON'T FALL BEHIND on them. I've seen waaaay too many students finish up a major and expect to graduate - but oops, they didn't do X. Or Y. Or Z. Or all of the above. And all of a sudden it's not a June degree but an August one. Or December. Or the following June, even.

For instance, Wheaton requires two Physical Education credits. Don't wait until you're a senior to take those!

Show up.......


I currently have a 4.0 in my Jr. year and all I have done is show up to every class. As said above that's where you get the info that will be on the tests. Also some colledges use attendance as part of your grade.

Build a repore with your professors by asking questions and acting interested that will also get you better looked apon if your scores put your grade on the edge. Notice I didn't say kiss the professor's @ss.. Just paticapate in class.....

#18 by TasT - 8/16/2004 3:38:07 PM Show up....... I currently have a 4.0 in my Jr. year and all I have done is show up to every class. As said above that's where you get the info that will be on the tests. Also some colledges use attendance as part of your grade.

Bingo!!! Show up and do the homework. At times you won't even have to study at all!!! Oh and try to make a portfolio of what you learned (really important!!!), try to keep all the books you will need and create your own small library of knowledge (sell the ones you know you can get for less).


Participate in class is key to understanding what is going on. So participate. And finally read, read, and read some more. get used to it because whether you have a degree or not, in order to live and have an actual life you most be able to:

Read
Write
Do research
Ask intelligent educated questions

With those 4, you'll be able to do anything whether you finish school or never gone to one.

Good luck! Finish what you start and stay in school till its done! (unless you become a rich millionaire or something....)





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Well, just visiting class was enough for me. I used to sit in the back and play cards during classes. Others were reading the news papers and one of my friends always spent classes sleeping.

Ah, good old times.

Oh, and never lend your books to friends. You'll find you're always in need of the books one of your mates just carried off.

#21 by craeonics - 8/16/2004 5:33:36 PM Oh, and never lend your books to friends. You'll find you're always in need of the books one of your mates just carried off.

YEAH!!! Whats up with that anyway????

They still owe me books

Dont but the book till you find out you're actually using it in class. I laugh at all the people in my class in the end when they find out only 1 of the 150 dollar ea books they bought was needed of the 3 they ended up with, then I laugh harder when the bookstore says they'll buy them all back for 10 bucks each.

Father type Parental Realistic hat pulled out of box and dusted off before placing upon head.

.................

might sound stupid, trite or even down right off...

but...

I don't care what you think you feel about her, or what she has told you, use protection...

seriously, neither of you are there to stop the paths you are on or to change course because of one moment of passion...

ok, fatter thoughts boxed back up and stuffed into closet again...



Enjoy yourself but keep your mind about you at all time
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Thanks for all the tips guys!

dont eat yellow snow ...

dont spit in to the wind ..

dont stik ur tongue to a pole in winter

add pizza hut to speed dial...

and no mater how drunk ya get .. dont lick the wall socket to test polarity...

hehe, oh and Live Goldfish are not in the food groups

Don't take 8:00am classes.  Just don't do it.  You may *think* that you'll get up and go, but you won't, especially since 8am classes tend to be boring ones, anyway.

Try to avoid Friday classes.  You won't go.  You'll be too hung over from Thursday bar night.

Don't lend anyone anything- you'll never see it again.

Don't use the dorm laundry unless you really don't like your clothes.

Make friends with upper classmen.  They have cars and most are over 21.

Go to class and do whatever is needed to pass.  You don't want to have to take classes over (god that sucks) or worse yet- get put on academic probation (that will really tick your parents off).

Avoid people who have a bar called "Margaritaville" in their apartment.  It's just bad news.

Avoid cheap beer and cheap wine.  It's just a headache.

Take pictures of your RA as they are bringing in too much beer into their dorm room.  They will leave you alone after that. 

Decorate your door with odd things.  It makes people know who you are.  If somebody ticks you off, put their face on a pink bunny.  If they rip it down- put another one up and say "watch it!  Bunnies multiply!"  If they do it again, put about 150 pink bunnies with their face on it all over the dorm.

if you can avoid the thursday night drinking stuff, you have a real advantage the following day especially if it happens to be an exam day. you breeze thru while your friends are trying to do calculus by counting on their fingers.
it IS inportant to have personal contact with the prof: somehow in conversation you pick up a key that unlocks everything you've been struggling with
if you have a difficult course with a brilliant prof who can't communicate what (s)he knows to save thier life, RUN for the ta's. they're closer in age & experience to you so can usually do a better job of communicating complex subject matter.
this sounds trite, but keep a positive attitude. it's easy to feel overwhelmed at times, but simplly remind yourself that you have what it takes to get you there in the first place, so you surely have what it takes to graduate.
finally, graduate. i know several individuals who are one course shy of their degree (they were drinking thurs nights and flunked it five or six times) and as a matter of pride didn't want to go back when they were 22 or 23. just plain stupid: employers like it when you finish what you began.
call home once in a while to tell your family that you love them and are grateful that you get to go to college. that just makes you a better person. good luck!