The University Thread

[Driving Park]

Welp, I just graduated.

It's pretty hard to describe how it feels, except that it's every emotion at once.

What a ride that was.

 

[Grandea GTR]

Turns out, I didn't even need English II to progress through the plan on qualifying for associates for engineering. As a result, the class would be considered an elective.

Good news, I guess?

 

[Swagger897]

Turns out, I didn't even need English II to progress through the plan on qualifying for associates for engineering. As a result, the class would be considered an elective.

Good news, I guess?

well if it was a grade good enough for you, and didn't hurt the GPA, yeah... that's a success.

 

[Eunos_Cosmo]

Eight classes aren't that bad. It's once you get to twelve classes, though.

Our Master of Urban Design program is a one year FIFTY-TWO credit-hour degree.

 

[Grandea GTR]

Our Master of Urban Design program is a one year FIFTY-TWO credit-hour degree.

Errr......... How many classes is that worth?

 

[Team THRT Drift]

Our Master of Urban Design program is a one year FIFTY-TWO credit-hour degree.

What? How does that work?

 

[phillgt2002]

This semester is probably the worst.

I'll probably come out with two Ds and two Bs.

Having a D isn't passing at all so I'll have to do retakes of those classes.

Biology - D
Math - C (that's going to drop down to a D after this test is graded for sure)
2D design - A or B? I have no clue.
Career garbage 1 credit class - B

Man, I'm screwed.

You don't know how bad I just want to give up and put all my energy into other things.

I don't feel good about anything right now.

Took my math test and started doubting myself.... I probably got a D on it.. Or worse.

Just got my Biology test back, but I got a 63℅ on that. Just going downhill rapidly.

Definitely sitting at a 2.0.

 

[Team THRT Drift]

This year went to 🤬

Calculated my Bio grade if I get a 100% on my Bio exam on Friday.... Would be a B.

I would be sitting at a D, D+, C, C+, C+, B, B, and wait on Anthro which might be an A.


🤬 year.



🤬





I feel like I'm going to throw up.

 

[AnthonyD1993]

I've just made the decision to take online classes over the summer in hopes that I'll be able to do my internship (which is a requirement for me to get my degree) in the fall. I also have a mandatory dorm meeting in about 3 hours. I have no idea what it is about.

 

[phillgt2002]

I feel like I'm going to throw up.

It may be the end of the year, but It's not the end of the world.

I'm just owning up and admitting that I've messed up in school. I used to blame my teachers, and maybe I could place some blame on one, but I'm mainly the reason why my grades are like this.

That said, I'm still ****ing tired.

 

[Grandea GTR]

Let's see..
I'm making one A, two B's, one C, one D, and one F.

I'm surprised I'm making a 2.6 GPA right now.

 

[phillgt2002]

Let's see..
I'm making one A, two B's, one C, one D, and one F.

I'm surprised I'm making a 2.6 GPA right now.

Lol, that's what my grades may look like.

 

[Grandea GTR]

Lol, that's what my grades may look like.

For some reason I was expecting myself to go down into the dreaded academic probation zone. So glad I was wrong.

 

[phillgt2002]

For some reason I was expecting myself to go down into the dreaded academic probation zone. So glad I was wrong.

That may happen to me

 

[Team THRT Drift]

It may be the end of the year, but It's not the end of the world.

It certainly is not the end of the world, but that didn't hold the rush of adrenaline and anxiety I got that is now churning up my stomach....

Converted my GPA from the 9 point scale to the 4 point scale.

2.35.

🤬

 

[AnthonyD1993]

I just found out that the two classes I was planning on taking online are the two classes I need to get my Associate's Degree. I also need to do a work-experience program as well, but that can wait until the classes are taken care of. If I can get the classes done in the summer and do the work-experience in the fall, I will have my Associate's Degree in Business Management by the end of the fall quarter.

 

[Grandea GTR]

Let's see..
I'm making one A, two B's, one C, one D, and one F.

I'm surprised I'm making a 2.6 GPA right now.

CHANGE THAT.

I'M MAKING ONE A, TWO B'S, TWO D'S, AND AN F.

SCREW THIS SEMESTER.

AGH





Lessons to learn:

1. DO NOT FILL UP YOUR SEMESTER CREDIT LIMIT TO THE MAX.
2. CHOOSE THE RIGHT PROFESSOR BEFORE REGISTERING.


Sigh.

Question.

Seeing how I had a 3.00 GPA last semester and a 2.00 GPA this semester, giving me a 2.4 GPA for freshman year, is it possible to bring it up back to a 3.00+ GPA by the end of next year? I have planned to transfer back to my old university after two years of community college, and I need a 3.0 minimum to get that started, so... Help?

 

[Team THRT Drift]

Umm work your ass off for next year. Focus more.

Also, choose classes that are necessary, yet have a lot of credit value. Take chunkier courses and aim for A's.

I screwed up this year so I gotta work harder next year.





Also, you know what I hate the most?


These guys that brag about a 4.0 GPA when all they're taking are BS bird courses.


It's no longer about education. It's about GPA's and wages. That's where you get pharmacists starting at $80k a year that know basically nothing.....

Your life will depend on this guy one day, and he will not deliver.

 

[AnthonyD1993]

It all depends on effort. I went from a 2.0 GPA to a 3.0 in a year because I busted my ass and made the Dean's List for 4 of the last 6 Quarters (My college uses quarters, but is planning on switching to semesters in a couple years from what I've heard). None of the classes that I've taken were fluff crap either- all were needed to get my degree. I made the Dean's list for 2 straight quarters after I had a 2.0 and had a 3.0 at the third quarter after my GPA was a 2.0.

 

[Grandea GTR]

Umm work your ass off for next year. Focus more.

Also, choose classes that are necessary, yet have a lot of credit value. Take chunkier courses and aim for A's.

I screwed up this year so I gotta work harder next year.





Also, you know what I hate the most?


These guys that brag about a 4.0 GPA when all they're taking are BS bird courses.


It's no longer about education. It's about GPA's and wages. That's where you get pharmacists starting at $80k a year that know basically nothing.....

Your life will depend on this guy one day, and he will not deliver.

It's the fact that there are people that have the lenient teachers, and there are people who end up having the teachers that want to fail you. I'm one of those people.

It's utterly ridiculous seeing teachers pull off inane and ridiculous motives such as giving no credit credit at all on quizzes for being barely late, as well as telling you to look over a specific section, and give you an exam that goes over a completely different section.

Like, I understand that college classes are meant to be hard, but don't make it to where everything is within disproportionate standards.

Speaking of zero credit...

I asked my teacher about it, and she won't do anything.
Complained to the dean, nothing has happened so far.

This semester was a complete living hell for me.

 

[Team THRT Drift]

Complained to the dean, nothing has happened so far.

 

[Swagger897]

1. DO NOT FILL UP YOUR SEMESTER CREDIT LIMIT TO THE MAX.

I knew this...

2. CHOOSE THE RIGHT PROFESSOR BEFORE REGISTERING.

And I forgot about this going into my previous semester, especially after transferring to a different campus. A lot of people may say that "ohh you just want a teacher to automatically pass you." My response is not exactly. I want an instructor who knows what they are doing, and acknowledges those who may be struggling and help them.

I don't want a teacher that's contracted by the school and gets paid by salary...

Which is what my literature teacher was...

and give you an exam that goes over a completely different section.

Failed my English final because of this. Literally he split up the semester in two. First 8 weeks were to be over short story, the rest was poetry. We never looked at comedic short stories, or poetry, and yet on the final, 8 out of the 10 questions were all about comedy, and they were just definitions... That I never looked up. (You may say that wow, only 10 question final!?! Well, the other two questions were drop down questions that had ten with them, so you would only get tenths of a point if you scored correctly...)

I will be starting my summer semester next Monday. Only two classes though, one art (which the book is around $250) and the other will be another accounting class. The art class is only on one day, from 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm... so it's gonna be like 10-11 before I even walk back into my house.. The accounting is T and TR, sometime around noon... Not too bad. Now I should be able to get a summer job though...

 

[Grandea GTR]

I will be starting my summer semester next Monday. Only two classes though, one art (which the book is around $250) and the other will be another accounting class. The art class is only on one day, from 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm... so it's gonna be like 10-11 before I even walk back into my house.. The accounting is T and TR, sometime around noon... Not too bad. Now I should be able to get a summer job though...

I'll be starting my summer class at the start of next month, retaking history. The ratemyprofessor website said that my teacher gives out study guides and is actually comprehensive with her lectures. I better make a better grade in that class, or else that F will screw me up bad.

 

[AnthonyD1993]

I just realized that my three year run here as a dorm student will come to an end since I'm going to switch to online classes after this quarter. I've started working on my orientation for online classes that the college requires, and it's already irritating me because I don't want to do the thing. I have to though or else I won't be allowed to do online classes.

 

[Beeblebrox237]

Wait a minute,

my teacher gives out study guides

Are you serious? That's not uni, that's primary school. Nobody who needs a study guide belongs at university.

 

[Grandea GTR]

Wait a minute,

Are you serious? That's not uni, that's primary school. Nobody who needs a study guide belongs at university.

Let me rephrase that.

Not really study guides, but outlines on what to look over. We weren't provided those in the class I had, and we ended up getting left in the dark almost all the time.

 

[Beeblebrox237]

Let me rephrase that.

Not really study guides, but outlines on what to look over. We weren't provided those in the class I had, and we ended up getting left in the dark almost all the time.

That's why you take notes in the lectures. You note what the lecturer says is important and what you feel are the key points. There are also textbooks, hundreds of online resources, tutors, your peers, your lecturer, and the notes you're given. You should not need a study guide. An outline of what to look over is exactly the same thing, just by a different name.

I'm currently in the middle of revising for two of my exams, I've got one tomorrow and the second one on Wednesday, and we're not given study materials. We're expected to look over the lecture slides and lecture notes, the examples given, the equations given, and any other notes/problems/solutions we were given over the course of the entire year. Nobody gets a study guide because that's not how it is in the real world. When you get a job nobody will hand you a sheet of paper with all the things you need to know; you'll have to pick out that information based on interactions int eh workplace, the equipment, the written material given to you, and the training you receive.

If you can't get by without all the information neatly laid out for you, you're going to have a very hard time in the real world. It's your job to make the study guide.

 

[AnthonyD1993]

The thing with study guides are that they're supposed to be used as crutch material for lecture instead of the lecture themselves. Typically, most (note, most) of the terrible instructors I've had used study guides as the main lecture source. I had one instructor (best instructor I've ever had) use them as his main source as well, but he could easily explain the material in laymen's terms so it was easy to understand. That same guy allowed notes in his exams, but I (and most others in my class) never had to actually use the note cards I made because I knew the material and answers. Most of the time, when I have a study guide handed to me, I know I'm in trouble because the instructor cannot teach well.

I still laugh when I see people complain when they failed an exam despite the presentations because they didn't know how to apply the material. The lecture notes/ presentations can only explain it, but it isn't worth jack 🤬 if the person can't actually apply it. Personally, I prefer application based exams for that reason- it shows whether or not people truly know the material instead of who knows the most answers.

 

[Grandea GTR]

That's why you take notes in the lectures. You note what the lecturer says is important and what you feel are the key points. There are also textbooks, hundreds of online resources, tutors, your peers, your lecturer, and the notes you're given. You should not need a study guide. An outline of what to look over is exactly the same thing, just by a different name.

I'm currently in the middle of revising for two of my exams, I've got one tomorrow and the second one on Wednesday, and we're not given study materials. We're expected to look over the lecture slides and lecture notes, the examples given, the equations given, and any other notes/problems/solutions we were given over the course of the entire year. Nobody gets a study guide because that's not how it is in the real world. When you get a job nobody will hand you a sheet of paper with all the things you need to know; you'll have to pick out that information based on interactions int eh workplace, the equipment, the written material given to you, and the training you receive.

If you can't get by without all the information neatly laid out for you, you're going to have a very hard time in the real world. It's your job to make the study guide.

That's what I do. The thing is, my previous professor's lectures only end up covering a smidge of the exam (plus rambling), while the rest of his exams go over something else completely different from what he goes over or tells us to look over in the book, leaving many of us confused and lost.

There were some people in that class who managed to pass the class, either by barely getting by the class (D is passing in his class) or by cheating (guy next to me used his phone in every exam, got A's in all of them) but most of the time, the difficulty wasn't with the note taking and reading, but what to go over for the exam.

 

[Beeblebrox237]

If that's the case, the lectures need to be reevaluated. There's no point in testing on material that doesn't need to be learned, or lecturing about material that will never be useful. But unfortunately for you, that's not an excuse. You have to find a way to pass, preferably without cheating. People think uni is about learning a subject. They're wrong. It's about learning the skills needed to work in the real world. And sometimes you'll have a boss just like that lecturer, and they'll expect you to do the work. And if you don't, you're fired. Learn from the experience now, rather than being content with blaming someone else.