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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: Ħ on March 29, 2011, 06:41:56 PM
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So I'll be honest, I failed two classes last quarter, am on academic probation, and need to get my act together. I suspect I'm not the only one in this type of situation, so I want to make this thread to help motivate me and maybe others. So, by way of introduction, I'm a second year at UC Davis, studying Biochemistry. This quarter I'm taking Intro to Sociology, Social Problems of the Food Industry, Introduction to Biology, and Statistics for Biological Sciences. My goal is all A's, to attend all lectures, to do all the work, and to not procrastinate. I know I can do it, but I just need to push myself.
So does anybody else wanna join in?
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I'm dealing with senioritis at the moment, I guess. Jesus Christ, this is awful. I have to fight myself to do any actual schoolwork. :P
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I don't do nearly as well in school as I should. As smart as I am, I try to focus myself on the things I enjoy doing in school, which is a really stupid thing to do. Which is probably why I have an A+ in English and a low B in Math. I can't force myself to enjoy mathematics.
Anyway, the American education system is a piece of shit. I had to go to a private school just to put up with a marginally smaller amount of bullshit then I got at my public school.
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I slacked last semester. It was the first semester ever that I did not have a math class, and had all education classes. I like math classes. I ALWAYS have a math class. So last semester was boring to me.
This semester I have an education class that counts as a math class, and we do enough cool stuff that I stay interested. Basically, we learn how to teach things we already know. Well, it seems like I'm the only one in that class that remembers most things from their college level math classes...so much so that they all think I'm some sort of math whiz.
I graduate this fall with my B.S. degree. Any more slacking can only be done in the next few weeks, because that last semester is gonna be so much work. So much that I won't be able to have a job.
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Social Problems of the Food Industry sounds like a potentially fascinating class.
Anyway, I've had some major problems with motivation. My first semester of freshman year I pulled 4 Cs and a D. I did really well in high school with little effort and I was immature enough to think that skipping class every week and not doing my work would pay off the same way in college.
I recovered mostly, but I'm still a chronic slacker. I'll be graduating with a 3.0 GPA which is pretty darn disappointing considering the high grades I've had to get to bring the average up to a measly 3. I'm in my last semester now and I'm only taking 3 classes, one of which is group piano instruction. So while my workload is considerably less than it once was, I find I'm not doing ANY of it. I just can't get myself to care about my college coursework anymore even though I know it still matters. I'm going to be starting law school in the fall and I just want a fresh start. I plan on busting my ass and staying at the top of my class. But now? Even doing reading for classes I'm interested in seems like nothing short of torture.
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I didn't give two shits about high school. It was awesome. My grades varied... freshman year I pulled Bs and Cs, sophomore year I did terrible and actually failed a class (which I had to retake next year... wasn't that bad actually), but my last two years of high school I did really well and I made highest honors and got mostly As and Bs.
College is a whole different beast. I never ever studied in high school. I never tried at all, except for a couple of math tests I had. I'm still adjusting to having to study and do work... it's kind of a shock. I'm completing my second year of college now, and to be honest, the workload/stress is becoming wayyy too much for me. I skipped all my classes today because I needed to just take a breather. I'm still getting really good grades (I made dean's list a few times, last semester I just missed it because I got a B-) but I'm pretty worried now that I've narrowed down my studies to business.... not sure if that's the best field for me.
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Social Problems of the Food Industry sounds like a potentially fascinating class.
Well, it's one of the classes that I failed if that tells you anything.
Anyway where are you guys attending?
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High School here. Doing great. Getting all A's this year, got all A's last year with the exception of a B in French. Graduated 12 out of 860, and at the end of this year, I plan on being around 6 or 7, and by the time its all said and done, around 4th. I want to go to NYU to major in philosophy and minor in film and potentially go to NYU Law school or any other top law school in the country. That's the plan. We shall see how it works out.
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Oh yeah, I made Dean's List a few times as well.
I am so very glad I picked the degree I have now, because it is opening up so many job opportunities with math education jobs (much prefer to tutor, I like one on one interaction, not facing a group). But still, in this program I have learned that I love math, much more than I had previously thought (which is really funny because I always scored higher in English than in math). I think something clicked in a college math class (maybe calc 3 or Number theory), but it's like my passion now. Really wanna get my PhD as a mathematician. I have professors already lined to write me letters to get into school for free and be a teacher to the undergrads there (teaching calc).
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Here's what motivates me: If I can do a great job in school then I would have a better chance in gaining political power and what not. This way I can take the people who make the shit up and beat the shit out of their ideas with what I like to think are more efficient ones. If they can fuck us in the ass for 12 - 20 years with their idea of education I figure I can take a giant shit on their ideas. Excuse my french but I don't like to just let bullshit happen.
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Senior reporting. I have a really great work ethic, and I'd definitely study for everything if I really needed to. High school is just way too easy. Looking forward to actually having to do some work next year at university.
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Senior reporting. I have a really great work ethic, and I'd definitely study for everything if I really needed to. High school is just way too easy. Looking forward to actually having to do some work next year at university.
I thought you were already in college.
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Nope. I'm accepted, approved to the music program, and they've got a spot reserved for me at the university, but I've still got 2 more months of worthless horse shit to plow through before I can get on with my life.
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Nope. I'm accepted, approved to the music program, and they've got a spot reserved for me at the university, but I've still got 2 more months of worthless horse shit to plow through before I can get on with my life.
Now I remember I think you posted that in the chat thread. What school is it anyway, I don't remember?
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I struggle a lot with school. I never actually learned to study growing up. I breezed through 12 grades without ever really having to open a book. I find a lot of college instructors I have had either really suck at explaining material, or they have too much stuff in the curriculum and can't get to it all in class. Whenever I try to sit down and teach myself something, it is nearly impossible. If it is something I am really into, I have no real problems with it other than getting myself to do it. If it is something that I have no interest in and have no need to learn it other than it being required, I can't sit there and read. My mind wonders every third word and I begin to get really discouraged after a while of not being able to force myself. Really negative thoughts start racing around my head to the point I get overwhelmed. I end up just closing the book and trying something else. Another problem I have in school now, all the homework is online. It's weird, in highschool I had my homework journal where I had all the assignments I had due written down and I could check them off as I did them. I have 5 classes with 5 different website for handling my homework. Professors tend to add stuff at completely random times, and never follow their initial syllabuses. I end up missing homeworks and online quizzes all the time.
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It's a very awesome university in Ohio, very well-recognized for its music program (Can't say here otherwise Numbers will find out).
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https://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/music/
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I struggle a lot with school. I never actually learned to study growing up. I breezed through 12 grades without ever really having to open a book. I find a lot of college instructors I have had either really suck at explaining material, or they have too much stuff in the curriculum and can't get to it all in class. Whenever I try to sit down and teach myself something, it is nearly impossible. If it is something I am really into, I have no real problems with it other than getting myself to do it. If it is something that I have no interest in and have no need to learn it other than it being required, I can't sit there and read. My mind wonders every third word and I begin to get really discouraged after a while of not being able to force myself. Really negative thoughts start racing around my head to the point I get overwhelmed. I end up just closing the book and trying something else. Another problem I have in school now, all the homework is online. It's weird, in highschool I had my homework journal where I had all the assignments I had due written down and I could check them off as I did them. I have 5 classes with 5 different website for handling my homework. Professors tend to add stuff at completely random times, and never follow their initial syllabuses. I end up missing homeworks and online quizzes all the time.
And I am sure you never check dream theater forums when you do the online work.
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It's a very awesome university in Ohio, very well-recognized for its music program (Can't say here otherwise Numbers will find out).
https://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/music/
UMH is all like
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NO NUMBERS NO
and Numbers is all like
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what you gon do beotch??? i no ur game
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I'm just at the end of my first year of university (I'm taking Honours Chemistry) and honestly, I could be doing better. I breezed through highschool (although I did put the required effort into it) and actually got better grades each year.
But now, at university, everything's different! There's so much more studying to do. On their own, each of my classes are probably a piece of cake... but taking them all together, at the same time, is definitely a chore.
Like Chino was saying, I can hardly read a text for class without becoming extremely discouraged, and I find I'm wasting more and more time doing nothing/posting on this site :biggrin: instead of working and studying..
However, I've been receiving B+ to A- range grades this term, as opposed to C+ to B- last term, which is nice. But I could definitely do better.. but I'll have to kick myself in the ass so I stop procrastinating.
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Dude, come to Louisiana Tech. You'll never have to worry about failing a class ever again...as long as you're not an engineering major.
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I also wish I had majored in something useful.
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I also wish I had majored in something useful.
I thought you were getting your doctorate in love?
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I also wish I had majored in something useful.
I'm an English major.
lololololol
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I wish an English Major had applications. Fucking hell, it would be perfect except for that.
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I'm minoring in marketing, so I consider that my crutch. If it turns out I can't do shit as an English major...I can always say "hey, but I minored in marketing! That's useful right?"
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I also wish I had majored in something useful.
I thought you were getting your doctorate in love?
I am, but my major, political science, has been largely useless. I feel like I should have gotten some sort of computer science degree or something.
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I also wish I had majored in something useful.
This.
I'm a major in Classics, so essentially I study things which ceased to be relevant a thousand years ago. I really need to get my act together when it comes to my Ancient Greek class (I've been sleeping through a lot of class, falling behind, marks aren't too good) but other than that doing good.
April can't come seen enough though.
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I also wish I had majored in something useful.
I'm an English major.
lololololol
I really wanted to be an English major... but yeah, there was nothing I could think of to use it with.
I went with business because it seemed vague enough that I don't need to figure out what the fuck I am gonna do with my life now. :lol
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How about.. don't make this thread to motivate you.. get off the internet.. and study.
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How about don't be a jerk about it.
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How about.. don't make this thread to motivate you.. get off the internet.. and study.
I'm sorry mom I'll get off the internet in like 5 minutes I swear
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Just being honest man, if I was failing my classes I wouldn't be spending my time here but rather in tutoring. It's nice to have a "support" group, but we have that accomplishments thread don't we? If he posted there "I did an extra hour of studying today" I think that'd just be as rewarding. But maybe that's just my opinion: you just gotta do it. And calling someone a jerk isn't nice either.
Edit: I wasn't posting to sound mean.. but if he needs motivation.. then I'll tell him to get his ass up and study, cause that's what he needs, doesn't he?
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I also wish I had majored in something useful.
I'm an English major.
lololololol
I really wanted to be an English major... but yeah, there was nothing I could think of to use it with.
I went with business because it seemed vague enough that I don't need to figure out what the fuck I am gonna do with my life now. :lol
Ah, so they ended up letting you go past the deadline?
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I also wish I had majored in something useful.
I'm an English major.
lololololol
I really wanted to be an English major... but yeah, there was nothing I could think of to use it with.
I went with business because it seemed vague enough that I don't need to figure out what the fuck I am gonna do with my life now. :lol
Well maybe you'll find a career that works in sync with that. :laugh:
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I also wish I had majored in something useful.
I'm an English major.
lololololol
I really wanted to be an English major... but yeah, there was nothing I could think of to use it with.
I went with business because it seemed vague enough that I don't need to figure out what the fuck I am gonna do with my life now. :lol
Ah, so they ended up letting you go past the deadline?
Yeah, the lady who I went to was a super bitch at first but I think she saw I was a nice person cause she ended up apologizing to me and went out of her way to ask the chairman to let me in, which was really nice of her!
So that's one less thing I have to worry about now, I guess!
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Cool beans. :tup You must have turned your swag on.
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My first semester of college was straight C's. I was pretty disappointed in myself, but college was also an hour and a half drive away and my first class was at 8:30, so I was tired on top of being unmotivated. My second semester was about the same, but I dropped a class because I wasn't doing any work in it. Boy did I feel useless. And I still didn't do much work. Then I took a summer semester and did really well at that, pulled A's in every class.
First semester of Sophomore year (this past fall) I moved and started at a new college, and it's pretty cool because it's only a ten minute drive away. I did pretty well and applied myself, got mostly A's and one C I think (which was from my bullshit English professor, I had never gotten anything lower than an A in anything English related in my whole life) and now I'm in my second semester and doing pretty well I guess. I do all my work on time (if just barely) and the only trouble I have is with my Algebra class. It's not that hard or anything, I just don't study as often as I should. When I do study, though, I get good test grades.
I admit that I do skip class sometimes, but I'll usually only skip a particular class once or twice as it sucks to fall behind on things.
I'm also going to be moving to Orlando to go to a big university this fall, I guess I should figure out how to declare a major before I end up in ZBomber's shoes.
Oh, did I mention I'm doing all of this without a single clue as to what I want to major in?
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Cool beans. :tup You must have turned your swag on.
I have a way with words when communicating with menopausal women.
Doesn't translate as well with girls in their 20s, however.
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Sonata you should post the "I'm not a good student" comic.
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My first semester of college was straight C's. I was pretty disappointed in myself, but college was also an hour and a half drive away and my first class was at 8:30, so I was tired on top of being unmotivated. My second semester was about the same, but I dropped a class because I wasn't doing any work in it. Boy did I feel useless. And I still didn't do much work. Then I took a summer semester and did really well at that, pulled A's in every class.
First semester of Sophomore year (this past fall) I moved and started at a new college, and it's pretty cool because it's only a ten minute drive away. I did pretty well and applied myself, got mostly A's and one C I think (which was from my bullshit English professor, I had never gotten anything lower than an A in anything English related in my whole life) and now I'm in my second semester and doing pretty well I guess. I do all my work on time (if just barely) and the only trouble I have is with my Algebra class. It's not that hard or anything, I just don't study as often as I should. When I do study, though, I get good test grades.
I admit that I do skip class sometimes, but I'll usually only skip a particular class once or twice as it sucks to fall behind on things.
I'm also going to be moving to Orlando to go to a big university this fall, I guess I should figure out how to declare a major before I end up in ZBomber's shoes.
Oh, did I mention I'm doing all of this without a single clue as to what I want to major in?
I thought you were already majoring in film?
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That's the old sonatafanica from a few months ago
you're looking at the new one with no direction in life
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:lol Chris, you might want to look into that. I'm pretty sure at my school, you need to have your major declared by first semester, junior year. Of course, we're in different schools and states, so you probably don't fall under that rule, but still look into it. Even if you just declare something now, you can change it at any time. It also helps you get into some classes.
Again, thats just how it is done at my school, so that may be completely irrelevant to you.
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That's the old sonatafanica from a few months ago
you're looking at the new one with no direction in life
Major in math or science education...there are always jobs for those degrees. My friends in the same program get hired BEFORE they are done with their last semester. It's insane.
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I guess my big deal with picking out a major is that I don't really want anything to do with the jobs associated with any that I've come across.
I've never really wanted a lot of money and a nice house or anything like that. To be honest, my only real sort of vision for how I'd like to live is to move to a city or close to one like New York or something, live in an apartment, and work at a book store or something while continuing my comics.
At this point I guess it really doesn't matter what I get my degree in because I probably won't end up doing it anyway. I'm pretty much getting a college education just to have one.
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Wow, where to start...
I'm a second year Journalism student at the University of King's College in Halifax, NS. All my life I've wanted to write and I've been pretty set on journalism for the last four or five years. But here I am in second-year not enjoying my program at all. These days I just feel unhappy with a strong feeling that I'm heading down the wrong path in life.
So here's what I'm going to do: I'm moving back to my hometown (Ottawa, ON) in three weeks (once the school year finishes) because tuition and living expenses are cheaper. I'm transferring to Carleton University and switching majors to Psychology. I'm going to stay in Ottawa until February 2012, when I hope to have enough money to move to Australia. In Australia (probably Brisbane or Melbourne), I intend to work and go to school part time. I'll stay for at least a year but if I fall in love with the place I'll probably stay for good.
But as it is, all this upcoming change is really stressing me out.
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Wow, where to start...
I'm a second year Journalism student at the University of King's College in Halifax, NS. All my life I've wanted to write and I've been pretty set on journalism for the last four or five years. But here I am in second-year not enjoying my program at all. These days I just feel unhappy with a strong feeling that I'm heading down the wrong path in life.
So here's what I'm going to do: I'm moving back to my hometown (Ottawa, ON) in three weeks (once the school year finishes) because tuition and living expenses are cheaper. I'm transferring to Carleton University and switching majors to Psychology. I'm going to stay in Ottawa until February 2012, when I hope to have enough money to move to Australia. In Australia (probably Brisbane or Melbourne), I intend to work and go to school part time. I'll stay for at least a year but if I fall in love with the place I'll probably stay for good.
But as it is, all this upcoming change is really stressing me out.
Hey, I've got a few friends who go to Carleton!
Hope it all works out for you bro
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Cool, who? Are you from Ottawa?
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Ah just a couple people in the english program there
And I'm from just outside of Windsor :D
Parlez-vous français?
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Nah, not really. I stopped taking French partway through high school because I hated the way it was taught. I regret it these days, though.
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Global, I feel you on the journalism thing. I had decided by 10th or 11th grade that I wanted to major in journalism, so I jumped right into it. Within two quarters (or roughly one semester for everyone not on the quarter system) I realized it wasn't for me at all. I began dreading it and I quickly realized how unhappy I would be if I kept at it. So I switched to English because it seemed like a natural transition, and I'd still like to make a living being a writer of some sort. Whether or not I stay an English major is up in the air at the moment. It may only be temporary. I'm also considering switching my minor with my major. That is, major in marketing and minor in English. I feel like I could do more with marketing.
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I'm studying to be a sound technician so the ''real'' school is pretty much behind me, i have a few classes of maths and shite during the week but mostly stuff that actually interests me.
I don't do nearly as well in school as I should. As smart as I am, I try to focus myself on the things I enjoy doing in school, which is a really stupid thing to do. Which is probably why I have an A+ in English and a low B in Math. I can't force myself to enjoy mathematics.
On the american grading system my english would be an A and maths D, so go figure. ::)
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Nah, not really. I stopped taking French partway through high school because I hated the way it was taught. I regret it these days, though.
Yeah, it's not taught very well in school. The only good way is practice.
Thank god the majority of my family are Québecois, otherwise I'd forget the language :lol
I do watch the french broadcast of the Habs games, though. They're much better than the english ones.
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Right now, I go to Drake University. Sometimes it is really hard to want to go to certain classes, especially accounting. It's an annoying class that's long, boring, and easy. Yes, easy. And it's this easiness that makes it worse. It's another reason to skip class/not care. The problem is that i still have to learn the easy material, which I have no drive to do outside of class. :/
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Global, I feel you on the journalism thing. I had decided by 10th or 11th grade that I wanted to major in journalism, so I jumped right into it. Within two quarters (or roughly one semester for everyone not on the quarter system) I realized it wasn't for me at all. I began dreading it and I quickly realized how unhappy I would be if I kept at it. So I switched to English because it seemed like a natural transition, and I'd still like to make a living being a writer of some sort. Whether or not I stay an English major is up in the air at the moment. It may only be temporary. I'm also considering switching my minor with my major. That is, major in marketing and minor in English. I feel like I could do more with marketing.
Ever thought of being an Editor and using that to transition into being an Author? Or would that be too difficult?
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In order to graduate on time, I need atleast 16 credits each semester.
yay
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In order to graduate on time, I need atleast 16 credits each semester.
yay
I need 15. Which seems like bullshit because my friend at FSU only has to take four classes per semester and I have to take five.
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I need 15.
Same here. I have to take a summer class to catch up on credits, because I dropped a class.
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I have been taking almost 8 years to get my 4 year degree. I spread it out (I work a lot) and took about a year and a half off though.
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Honestly, I just wanna get school over with. As much as I'd love to take a break/take an easier workload, I know I could not deal with another year or two on top of this.
Although I dont know what I'll be doing when I get out of school, so....
warbgle
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Global, I feel you on the journalism thing. I had decided by 10th or 11th grade that I wanted to major in journalism, so I jumped right into it. Within two quarters (or roughly one semester for everyone not on the quarter system) I realized it wasn't for me at all. I began dreading it and I quickly realized how unhappy I would be if I kept at it. So I switched to English because it seemed like a natural transition, and I'd still like to make a living being a writer of some sort. Whether or not I stay an English major is up in the air at the moment. It may only be temporary. I'm also considering switching my minor with my major. That is, major in marketing and minor in English. I feel like I could do more with marketing.
Ever thought of being an Editor and using that to transition into being an Author? Or would that be too difficult?
That's the thing. I don't necessarily want to be an "author"; I don't want to write books for a living. I would love being an editor, but in journalism, you have to have a specific type of personality (aggressive, pushy, nosy, etc.) and I'm not like that at all. My dream job is to write columns or editorials for magazines and/or websites. Something that would involve more actual writing VS. searching for and obtaining stories and information from people.
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Global, I feel you on the journalism thing. I had decided by 10th or 11th grade that I wanted to major in journalism, so I jumped right into it. Within two quarters (or roughly one semester for everyone not on the quarter system) I realized it wasn't for me at all. I began dreading it and I quickly realized how unhappy I would be if I kept at it. So I switched to English because it seemed like a natural transition, and I'd still like to make a living being a writer of some sort. Whether or not I stay an English major is up in the air at the moment. It may only be temporary. I'm also considering switching my minor with my major. That is, major in marketing and minor in English. I feel like I could do more with marketing.
Ever thought of being an Editor and using that to transition into being an Author? Or would that be too difficult?
That's the thing. I don't necessarily want to be an "author"; I don't want to write books for a living. I would love being an editor, but in journalism, you have to have a specific type of personality (aggressive, pushy, nosy, etc.) and I'm not like that at all. My dream job is to write columns or editorials for magazines and/or websites. Something that would involve more actual writing VS. searching for and obtaining stories and information from people.
I didn't mean just be an editor for journalism, but rather an editor for novels ._. and sorry I thought you meant writing as in wanting to be a creative (fiction) book-writer.
@_@ I'm reading this thread and I feel like one of the few/ only people who is getting into something really specific and knows what I wanna be already.. (well technically.. getting out of.. since I'm graduating in about a month) I guess I'm lucky for that @__@
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I plan on getting a Minor in Music starting this Fall. I finished my Pharmacy Tech schooling, so now I'm just gonna do some "recreational" school. I'm gonna get an AA Degree too though, so I don't feel like I'm wasting time. :lol
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I graduated from my degree last year, got a 2.1 (second highest class) in Music (specialised in musicology, theory and analysis) and got firsts (highest grade) for half of my final year modules (wooh! they were my dissertation on gender and progressive metal, and an animal rights philosophy module). I slacked in my second year, then in my final year thought actually yeah, I need to really get my act together in order to get a 2.1... it was really tough, REALLY tough... but once I got my degree and my fancy hat and robes it was worth all the all nighters, all the leaving the pub early and sober, all the stress/tension migraines and sleepless nights... I knew if I didn't get that grade I'd feel I'd wasted the £20k it cost. Never gonna use the degree though after all that :laugh:
I would never EVER go through it again though now I know what it was like.
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Currently in my first year of Bachelor in Physics. Failed four out of my five classes first semester (6, 7, 9, 9 and 12 (on 20)) which sucks pretty hard. I'm trying to do better this semester though! I hope I can keep it at four re-exams (?) this year.
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9 average first semester in High School... working on a 92-93 this semester. I'm taking two grade ten classes in addition to three grade nines (AD Math and Civics/Careers)... still not occupied 24/7. My plan at this point is to take all of the University Sciences and Maths and finish HS a semester early, giving me time to make some money working or find a useful co-op placement. Hopefully I'll go to a good University (most likely in the States or elsewhere - I don't know of any schools in Canada for what I'm looking into) and get a masters in Engineering Physics (at some point also a Ph.D), and end up an Engineering Physicist working in the area of Nanotechnology.
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my dissertation on gender and progressive metal
Love it.
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I've had the same experiences others have shared here, mostly regarding the realization that college is actually hard...
I'm enrolled in a special program combining my first year of college with my senior of high school, and was enough of a dumbass to choose solely Gen Ed. courses there, since they didn't have a degree program in Physics (funnily enough, they have several Engineering programs, which I elected not to take). I finally got into a 3rd year Modern Physics course, and was doing well... until we finished with relativity and got into atomic theory and quantum mechanics.
I never had to study before this class, but I failed my last test and the lectures are just flying above my head...
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Just found out that I have to take two more semesters instead of one like I had thought all along. FFFFUUUU...
I generally do pretty well, but I have never liked school. The system sucks, the classes are often disconnected from reality; I'm just ready to move on already. Not that having to find a job is thrilling, but I'm not happy at all that I have to go back for more.
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Ah just a couple people in the english program there
And I'm from just outside of Windsor :D
Parlez-vous français?
Bien sur. ;)
I'm doing a major in economics at Université Laval. I love it.
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9 average first semester in High School... working on a 92-93 this semester. I'm taking two grade ten classes in addition to three grade nines (AD Math and Civics/Careers)... still not occupied 24/7. My plan at this point is to take all of the University Sciences and Maths and finish HS a semester early, giving me time to make some money working or find a useful co-op placement. Hopefully I'll go to a good University (most likely in the States or elsewhere - I don't know of any schools in Canada for what I'm looking into) and get a masters in Engineering Physics (at some point also a Ph.D), and end up an Engineering Physicist working in the area of Nanotechnology.
Have you looked into the University of Waterloo? (In Canada) They have a good engineering program (very specialized), I hear.. reeeally competitive though (only accept people like an average of 90%+ ) I know my brother's waiting to hear back from them to see if he got accepted or not.
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School is poop, they're taking out electives possibly. :P
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I do watch the french broadcast of the Habs games, though. They're much better than the english ones.
I'll bet! *is jealous despite being a Flames fan*
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Since I dropped out of school last year I haven't really done much, but my big plan has always been to continue study this fall.
However problems started to emerge as soon as I started meeting with Studying-counselors. (not sure if that is the proper English word for it)
Anyhow, since I live like 200m from the city-border to the city where I'm aiming to study in, I need to print out a form, write a personal letter and send in to my city, and get them to sign it - allowing me to study over there.
Hopefully I'll get it done during the weekend, but it's kinda frustrating. :/
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my dissertation on gender and progressive metal
Love it.
So did the examiners :metal
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Ah just a couple people in the english program there
And I'm from just outside of Windsor :D
Parlez-vous français?
Bien sur. ;)
I'm doing a major in economics at Université Laval. I love it.
Do you mean bien sûr? :D
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Studying Economics (NOT BUSINESS DAMMIT :censored NO GRANDMA, I DON'T LEARN TO MAKE BALANCE SHEETS), second/third year now (doing courses of both years, since I failed a couple last year :p). Not quite sure what I want to do after my bachelor, but I'm looking into a masters degree in Behavioural Economics at the moment because I really enjoyed the course on it that I had. Might go for a phd, but I'm not sure if they would want me with my average grades :p.
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Ah just a couple people in the english program there
And I'm from just outside of Windsor :D
Parlez-vous français?
Bien sur. ;)
I'm doing a major in economics at Université Laval. I love it.
La belle province :metal
my dissertation on gender and progressive metal
Love it.
So did the examiners :metal
:tup
I do watch the french broadcast of the Habs games, though. They're much better than the english ones.
I'll bet!
Yeah the English commentators sound like idiots compared to the RDS guys
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I'm a second year at UC Davis
Take a class taught by Dr. Charlie Bamforth. if you can't get motivated to get an A in one of his courses, you are completely hopeless as a human being.
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Can someone who's good at math and/or pharmacy/medical related subject please PM me? I'm doomed. :sadpanda:
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MATH! PM me.
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Haven't read the rest of the thread, but for the OP, I was in a similar situation a couple semesters ago (hell, my GPA is still crappy because of that, trying to recover). It can feel daunting but you can lift yourself out of the hole.
This is my first semester outside of community college. Geography major (B.Sc.)/Anthrop. minor at UMKC. I've got all A's and one B right now...so things are going pretty good. It's kinda funny, I'm doing way better at uni than I was at comm. college. Taking Music Appreciation, American Fiction, 'Understanding the Earth' (physical geography, basically) + lab section, and Human Geography. Really enjoying the classes for the most part.
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Can someone who's good at math and/or pharmacy/medical related subject please PM me? I'm doomed. :sadpanda:
I could help you with math...
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Yeah the English commentators sound like idiots compared to the RDS guys
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This semester is kicking my ass. I am taking more hours than ever before, and have more work in all my classes than ever before. I have also been making careless mistakes here and there when it comes to assignments and due dates, which is uncharacteristic of me.
But you know what? I'm busting my ass like never before trying to make sure I do well and meet all my goals. Whatever happens happens.
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9 average first semester in High School... working on a 92-93 this semester. I'm taking two grade ten classes in addition to three grade nines (AD Math and Civics/Careers)... still not occupied 24/7. My plan at this point is to take all of the University Sciences and Maths and finish HS a semester early, giving me time to make some money working or find a useful co-op placement. Hopefully I'll go to a good University (most likely in the States or elsewhere - I don't know of any schools in Canada for what I'm looking into) and get a masters in Engineering Physics (at some point also a Ph.D), and end up an Engineering Physicist working in the area of Nanotechnology.
Have you looked into the University of Waterloo? (In Canada) They have a good engineering program (very specialized), I hear.. reeeally competitive though (only accept people like an average of 90%+ ) I know my brother's waiting to hear back from them to see if he got accepted or not.
I was thinking something better than that...
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Yeah the English commentators sound like idiots compared to the RDS guys
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I'm completely serious. All the English sportsnet/tsn/etc. hockey commentators and analysts I've heard sounds like buffoons.
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9 average first semester in High School... working on a 92-93 this semester. I'm taking two grade ten classes in addition to three grade nines (AD Math and Civics/Careers)... still not occupied 24/7. My plan at this point is to take all of the University Sciences and Maths and finish HS a semester early, giving me time to make some money working or find a useful co-op placement. Hopefully I'll go to a good University (most likely in the States or elsewhere - I don't know of any schools in Canada for what I'm looking into) and get a masters in Engineering Physics (at some point also a Ph.D), and end up an Engineering Physicist working in the area of Nanotechnology.
Have you looked into the University of Waterloo? (In Canada) They have a good engineering program (very specialized), I hear.. reeeally competitive though (only accept people like an average of 90%+ ) I know my brother's waiting to hear back from them to see if he got accepted or not.
I was thinking something better than that...
Sorry wouldn't know. I didn't get into that ._. I'm doing traditional classic animation. Good luck, though!
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I'm a second year at UC Davis
Take a class taught by Dr. Charlie Bamforth. if you can't get motivated to get an A in one of his courses, you are completely hopeless as a human being.
Did you go there?
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9 average first semester in High School... working on a 92-93 this semester. I'm taking two grade ten classes in addition to three grade nines (AD Math and Civics/Careers)... still not occupied 24/7. My plan at this point is to take all of the University Sciences and Maths and finish HS a semester early, giving me time to make some money working or find a useful co-op placement. Hopefully I'll go to a good University (most likely in the States or elsewhere - I don't know of any schools in Canada for what I'm looking into) and get a masters in Engineering Physics (at some point also a Ph.D), and end up an Engineering Physicist working in the area of Nanotechnology.
Lol you're a freshman in high school and you've already got your entire undergraduate and post-graduate career planned out? :rollin Take it easy, bro.
I didn't even THINK about college until the second semester of my senior year, and I still got into a great school. Sounds like you get good grades, and you'll likely have no trouble doing the same, not that your undergraduate institution makes much of a difference in anything. I'm in medical school right now, and I didn't even decide on that until I was a junior at university. I had changed majors like six times before that. Then I got a Master's degree before starting med school, because I STILL wasn't sure.
Point is, you might be a very rare exception (and I probably am an exception in the other direction), but almost nobody knows what they want to do with their life at your age. You just don't have experience in anything. And that's nothing personal, I and everybody else were the same way at...what are you like 14?
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9 average first semester in High School... working on a 92-93 this semester. I'm taking two grade ten classes in addition to three grade nines (AD Math and Civics/Careers)... still not occupied 24/7. My plan at this point is to take all of the University Sciences and Maths and finish HS a semester early, giving me time to make some money working or find a useful co-op placement. Hopefully I'll go to a good University (most likely in the States or elsewhere - I don't know of any schools in Canada for what I'm looking into) and get a masters in Engineering Physics (at some point also a Ph.D), and end up an Engineering Physicist working in the area of Nanotechnology.
Lol you're a freshman in high school and you've already got your entire undergraduate and post-graduate career planned out? :rollin Take it easy, bro.
I didn't even THINK about college until the second semester of my senior year, and I still got into a great school. Sounds like you get good grades, and you'll likely have no trouble doing the same, not that your undergraduate institution makes much of a difference in anything. I'm in medical school right now, and I didn't even decide on that until I was a junior at university. I had changed majors like six times before that. Then I got a Master's degree before starting med school, because I STILL wasn't sure.
Point is, you might be a very rare exception (and I probably am an exception in the other direction), but almost nobody knows what they want to do with their life at your age. You just don't have experience in anything. And that's nothing personal, I and everybody else were the same way at...what are you like 14?
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Not entirely true. I knew what I wanted to do when I was 14-15, too. I think it's better to think about it than put it off, or you'll just end up wasting a buttload of time, effort, and money. Why tell him to take it easy when all he's doing is sorting out his future? I say.. go for it!
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I do watch the french broadcast of the Habs games, though. They're much better than the english ones.
I'll bet!
Yeah the English commentators sound like idiots compared to the RDS guys
No comparison needed. The English commentators just plain sound like idiots. :P
Nice to see a fellow Habs fan. :)
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Nice to see a fellow Habs fan. :)
How 'bout that missed call on Gill during Tuesday's game? What a bs call (or lack thereof)
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In my junior year of high school. Trying to get my GPA up less than a point to a 90, but it's kinda hard with three AP classes, horrible procrastination, and horrible sleep habits.
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I'm a second year at UC Davis
Take a class taught by Dr. Charlie Bamforth. if you can't get motivated to get an A in one of his courses, you are completely hopeless as a human being.
Did you go there?
No, but I know Dr. Bamforth and he is THE pre-eminant scholar of his field (look it up, and you'll see why you shouldn't fail)
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I think it's better to think about it than put it off, or you'll just end up wasting a buttload of time, effort, and money. Why tell him to take it easy when all he's doing is sorting out his future? I say.. go for it!
This amounts to a little bit more than just planning ahead. Nothing wrong with thinking about it, but the level of detail there was astounding for somebody with (presumably) no idea what his already-chosen profession actually entails on a day-to-day basis, or a million other things. Yeah, in early high school you may know the general kind of stuff that interests you, but that's usually about it. It's fine that he's thought all this through with such gusto, I'd just warn him to expect that a good bit of it (possibly ALL of it) will almost certainly change. Just seems like he ought to be having some fun and enjoying these next couple of years (not that he necessarily isn't) instead of being so preoccupied with all this kind of crap so early. Just my opinion. *shrug*
I'm not saying he should slack off in school, or not work hard. But waiting to iron out the details until you actually have some information and experience is not irresponsible in the least, and I'm not sure how it would lead to "wasting a buttload of time, effort, and money". ??? A well-rounded person with good grades can do whatever they want.
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I'm not really preoccupied with what I want to do right now, I just sort of know what the plan is at this point. I do enjoy my time at school, however that has nothing to do with the classes I choose. I'm sure that my idea of my future is going to change in some way or another, but it didn't seem like a bad idea to me to plan it out according to what I want to do right now. For example, right now I don't have a girlfriend or anything like that, but if I did, and it was serious, that would change a lot of things.
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I'm a third year mechanical engineer at UCSB, currently studying abroad at Imperial College London.
I'm also lazy as fuck, and probably belong in here.
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I think it's better to think about it than put it off, or you'll just end up wasting a buttload of time, effort, and money. Why tell him to take it easy when all he's doing is sorting out his future? I say.. go for it!
This amounts to a little bit more than just planning ahead. Nothing wrong with thinking about it, but the level of detail there was astounding for somebody with (presumably) no idea what his already-chosen profession actually entails on a day-to-day basis, or a million other things. Yeah, in early high school you may know the general kind of stuff that interests you, but that's usually about it. It's fine that he's thought all this through with such gusto, I'd just warn him to expect that a good bit of it (possibly ALL of it) will almost certainly change. Just seems like he ought to be having some fun and enjoying these next couple of years (not that he necessarily isn't) instead of being so preoccupied with all this kind of crap so early. Just my opinion. *shrug*
I'm not saying he should slack off in school, or not work hard. But waiting to iron out the details until you actually have some information and experience is not irresponsible in the least, and I'm not sure how it would lead to "wasting a buttload of time, effort, and money". ??? A well-rounded person with good grades can do whatever they want.
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Early in high school I started to see that I wanted to do something with math. At the time, I was in geometry and wanted to see what architecture was like, and started saying that that would be my major. By junior year I was dead set on high school math education, and I will be getting my degree in it this coming fall.
But, you are right, I was ready to change majors 6 times before I decided to stay with it. But I was like 19-20 years old and unsure with life in general.
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Currently going through the decision making of deciding which Uni/College I'll be going to next year.
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I'm not really preoccupied with what I want to do right now, I just sort of know what the plan is at this point. I do enjoy my time at school, however that has nothing to do with the classes I choose. I'm sure that my idea of my future is going to change in some way or another, but it didn't seem like a bad idea to me to plan it out according to what I want to do right now. For example, right now I don't have a girlfriend or anything like that, but if I did, and it was serious, that would change a lot of things.
Yeah, I was just kinda rambling off my first impressions. But based on your posts in this thread, it sounds like you'll be successful at whatever you decide to do. Good luck! :tup
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So I just gave myself the shittiest schedule for next year. All the business people I had to get sign off on it were like "Uhhhhh that's probably not a good idea". But I'm doing it anyways. Joy.
Principles of Accounting
Analytical Techniques in Business
Intro to Microeconomics
Intro to Macroeconomics
Business Communications
Statistics
I've never had a class in any of those before, so I'm going in blind to everything.
Yeah, and I also was trying to get a job for next semester. I am not a good student by any means. I don't know how this is going to work.
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^Dude, just drop one of those if possible. If you don't know jack about any of those, that is a lot of weight to carry.
3 weeks until this semester is over, although only two more weeks of actual school. Except that when the semester is over, I then have to rack up my 20 hours/3 lessons taught of internship at a high school, since I am the only one in the entire college that did not get placed with a cooperating teacher. Sucks
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I kind of have to take them. I really don't want to spend any more time in college than I have to because I absolutely hate it, and right now I'm off track in terms of credits/won't graduate on time. Also, I need to get all of those classes done with now so I can take the higher level classes in my major. If I picked my major awhile ago, I wouldn't have to take everything at once, but since I suck and am lazy I have to take 18 credits this semester, and then another class this summer. :P
Did I mention I'm probably going to become addicted to adderall next semester? :\
Are you doing your internship during the actual school year or during summer school? And what class? If it's an upper level math class... you're in my thoughts! :lol
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Oh, I see...I was in the same boat, where I all of a sudden had a lot to take at once. I literally developed so much anxiety that it manifested physically into not being able to breathe properly. Really sucked. Just keep your head in check.
My semester ends April 27th, but public school (high school included) is done beginning in June, so I have 6 weeks to rack up the hours, which shouldn't be bad...but I just don't wanna do anything over the summer. :lol
Actually, I have the opportunity to do about 85% of my coursework over the summer so that when Fall hits, all I have is my final internship (full-on teaching). But the workload over the summer is pretty big, but I can spread it out so it's not too bad. Plus I work A LOT, so....yeah. A lot to do!
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So I just gave myself the shittiest schedule for next year. All the business people I had to get sign off on it were like "Uhhhhh that's probably not a good idea". But I'm doing it anyways. Joy.
Principles of Accounting
Analytical Techniques in Business
Intro to Microeconomics
Intro to Macroeconomics
Business Communications
Statistics
I've never had a class in any of those before, so I'm going in blind to everything.
Yeah, and I also was trying to get a job for next semester. I am not a good student by any means. I don't know how this is going to work.
No offense but you're going to burn out. I say drop Analytical Techniques and one of the Intros.
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So I just gave myself the shittiest schedule for next year. All the business people I had to get sign off on it were like "Uhhhhh that's probably not a good idea". But I'm doing it anyways. Joy.
Principles of Accounting
Analytical Techniques in Business
Intro to Microeconomics
Intro to Macroeconomics
Business Communications
Statistics
I've never had a class in any of those before, so I'm going in blind to everything.
Yeah, and I also was trying to get a job for next semester. I am not a good student by any means. I don't know how this is going to work.
No offense but you're going to burn out. I say drop Analytical Techniques and one of the Intros.
No offense taken, and you're probably right. I've got another week to figure out if I want to change anything. Again, I got kind of fucked over since I need to play catch up since I hadn't taken any classes that count toward my major before this semester, and I'm in the second semester of my sophomore year, so I don't have much time left.
Does anyone know if I should take micro before macro, or if they are two different beasts and pre-set knowledge of one isn't required for the other?
EDIT - Also, I need AT LEAST 5 classes. I've been taking 4 classes and that's why I'm falling behind in credits.
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Does anyone know if I should take micro before macro, or if they are two different beasts and pre-set knowledge of one isn't required for the other?
I'd advise taking micro before macro.
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Does anyone know if I should take micro before macro, or if they are two different beasts and pre-set knowledge of one isn't required for the other?
I'd advise taking micro before macro.
In that case, I might just drop macro and keep everything else. Maybe even add another easy class.... or take private music lessons for a credit.
I've never taken a stats class, but most people say it isn't that hard, and I'm not too bad with math. The Business Communications class is actually an English/Business class, and I had the professor before and he loves me, so I should be fine in that. The others I'm a bit worried about, because I don't even know what they are about really. :lol
OH, COLLEGE.
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College reminds me every day that one day the earth is going to catch fire and be consumed by the expanding, indifferent sun that gave it life.
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College reminds me every day that one day the earth is going to catch fire and be consumed by the expanding, indifferent sun that gave it life.
No, working in food service will do that. College is nice.
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Just finished my first year of university, and it is not for me. I don't think I will return next year, I just don't care enough to try. :\
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College reminds me every day that one day the earth is going to catch fire and be consumed by the expanding, indifferent sun that gave it life.
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College reminds me every day that one day the earth is going to catch fire and be consumed by the expanding, indifferent sun that gave it life.
No, working in food service will do that. College is nice.
Agreed. I wish I could go back in time to college.
Of course, I'd like to do so knowing what I do now.
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College reminds me every day that one day the earth is going to catch fire and be consumed by the expanding, indifferent sun that gave it life.
No, working in food service will do that. College is nice.
Don't get me wrong, college is a pretty cool guy (I'm very excited about my move to a bigger university) but all I can associate with college is stress most of the time. And usually the stress is my own fault.
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College reminds me every day that one day the earth is going to catch fire and be consumed by the expanding, indifferent sun that gave it life.
This could be a good a good idea for a feelafraidcomic