The University Thread
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- Crash852
Work hard, pay attention, learn the material. It's so easy to just blow off a class here and there because you don't feel like going, as no one is taking attendance, and soon enough you didn't go to half the classes and trying to play catch up. Resist the temptation to skip and go to class.
Don't procrastinate. Start assignments as soon as you can so that you can ask questions if needed before having to cram it all in at midnight the night before the assignment is due. Utilize office hours. They are there for you to get to know your professors or TAs and ask them questions.
Meet new people and have a good time. With your fellow freshmen, everyone is in a new environment, and will be looking for and making new friends. Enjoy university life and the freedom that comes with it.
There are a lot of examples of what not to do in this thread. Remember, you are now responsible for your own education and success. There won't be anyone hand holding you through the classes. There won't be anyone telling you you have to do this or do that. University is what you make out of it. Enjoy the freedom, but don't forget that it is on you to shape the experiences and opportunities that you want.
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BobK
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Not only four, but four in one week?!?
Hollow
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Sounds like life hasn't been favorable to you. If your dad is still with us, I hope he sees the end of this mess.TLDR: I failed loads of times.
Not in one week, I meant I start the semester in one week.
The one problem I see here, is a lack of career goal. Now, that could never really be stated here, but it seems like you flipped and flopped but never said (this is not getting me anywhere near closer where I wanted to be).
And just to begin with, I would've rained hell on earth at the first school for various reasons. That's such 🤬🤬 that you couldn't actually attempt the class.
I like thermodynamics a lot too, and it is a hard class, but it seems to me you like A.) you're being too hard on yourself at times, or B.) You're not really focusing while in class.
To fail that many times and be able to originally receive a full ride (that's also a question because the US does offer free/reduced schooling costs for some foreign students) just makes me question that all a bit, but I can't really as it has already happened...
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- Automotive_Buff
I genuinely dislike my Uni. I'll hold out for one more year and see if I can transfer to another one. Such a hostile and depressing environment.
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- MRT_Cinnamon
First week of actual classes, good so far (Homework and all that are caught up).
Started without knowing any of my classmates but I made some pretty good friends
Started without knowing any of my classmates but I made some pretty good friends
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We do, but it's three days of academic orientation and the other two are for sports and outdoor activities.
Every day is packed with awkward ice breaker activities to do, though.
I don't how it is over there.
Every day is packed with awkward ice breaker activities to do, though.
I don't how it is over there.
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- haitch40
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We get events. Mostly club orientated every night as the legal age is 18 here. During the day there are sports etc and the societies trying to advertise themselves. You don't have to do anything if you don't want to though.
Last year and this I am going back for this. Not because I am a fresher but because it is a good time to make friends and catch up with old ones before class starts.
I think I managed to get through uni without joining a society.
Just 1 year to go. Now I am the odd one out that will have nothing but his degree to show. 
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Really unfortunate time to get injured. Wasn't it possible to claim extenuating circumstances? Seems really harsh including that scholarship charge at a difficult time for you personally. So much for them trying to help you financially, more that they put you in financial ruin. Hope your Dad is feeling better now.
Know that feeling personally, doing well and not meaning much any more and also failing things that one should really get top grades for. Your post reminded a lot of my bad memories too so know how you might have felt. Also is inspirational at the same time on not giving up. Do you have to start all over again at your new college? Wish you well and hopefully you like it and are feeling better. Will be racing to sort my life out too.
She did appear to have a career goal reading her post.
Being in a lot of stressful situations can have a really big impact in one's performance.
I think the biggest problem of these whole college is the monetary issues which can make a dominoes of problems.
Its, interesting. High School sounds cynical when in process but outside of it its a good fun. College is less cynical in process but outside its tough act to follow to the high school. Ironically the majority of online communities i take part of consists on mostly college students. Probably because college gave more free time than high school, maybe.
Or maybe because i started too early.
Its, interesting. High School sounds cynical when in process but outside of it its a good fun. College is less cynical in process but outside its tough act to follow to the high school. Ironically the majority of online communities i take part of consists on mostly college students. Probably because college gave more free time than high school, maybe.
Or maybe because i started too early.
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I know that I have way more free time in college now than I did in high school because my online classes are work at your own pace with set deadlines for all assignments while high school usually has an assignment due every day or every other day. I usually get the big assignments due done in a couple days and spend about 15 minutes of the weekdays doing discussion boards.
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Don't get used to the free time. They'll slowly ramp up the workload until you've got almost no free time at all.
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I can swear that I just bombed my first math test.
It's only the start, but that feeling sucks. The material on the test was easy starter stuff and I forgot most of it.
Doesn't help that I basically did ZERO homework from the section. Considering I did most of my homework last year, I can back the fact that if you don't do the homework, you will fail the class. It's time to get back into the ******** grind that is college.
It's only the start, but that feeling sucks. The material on the test was easy starter stuff and I forgot most of it.
Doesn't help that I basically did ZERO homework from the section. Considering I did most of my homework last year, I can back the fact that if you don't do the homework, you will fail the class. It's time to get back into the ******** grind that is college.
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So pretty cool moment for me at school today. As some of you may know, I am going to school for radio broadcasting and communications. Today in class we were doing a bunch of voice exercises, and near the end we did a Projection practice.
Simple huh? Project your voice as loud and as clear as possible. We said our name age and town of where we live. About 6-8 people went ahead of me. When it was my turn, I felt like I had pronounced just as loud if not louder than everybody else. Professor tells me to go even louder, and I tried harder. He wasn't satisfied. At this point I am kinda pissed off about the circumstance because I knew I was louder than everybody else.
He tells me to do my diaphragm excise and talk quickly after the exhale. I do so and my voice explodes into this beautiful loud sound of projection of words. He quickly said "very good" and the whole class clapped for me, including my professor.
He then proceeded to read my mind and asked me if I thought he was an ass. I told him yes I was kinda thinking that. Then he proceeded to tell me why he had do that. He wanted my full potential. And then I told he was not an ass anymore.
Pretty cool moment for me.
Simple huh? Project your voice as loud and as clear as possible. We said our name age and town of where we live. About 6-8 people went ahead of me. When it was my turn, I felt like I had pronounced just as loud if not louder than everybody else. Professor tells me to go even louder, and I tried harder. He wasn't satisfied. At this point I am kinda pissed off about the circumstance because I knew I was louder than everybody else.
He tells me to do my diaphragm excise and talk quickly after the exhale. I do so and my voice explodes into this beautiful loud sound of projection of words. He quickly said "very good" and the whole class clapped for me, including my professor.
He then proceeded to read my mind and asked me if I thought he was an ass. I told him yes I was kinda thinking that. Then he proceeded to tell me why he had do that. He wanted my full potential. And then I told he was not an ass anymore.
Pretty cool moment for me.
Cale
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After having failed out of college twice already I start going to school for a trade next week. I'm kinda terrified to fail for a third time, plus this is the most I've spent on school thus far so it'll have a bigger impact on me financially. I'm worried that working overnights might hurt my performance in class but I need to keep working.
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So earlier on this thread I moped the hell outta my last year. Ended fishie year with a 2.00 GPA.
So after that happened:
I retook my history class last summer, which replaced the F with an A.
I now have a 2.68 GPA.
In order for me to transfer to the university I want to go to, I'll need a 3.00 GPA by the end of sophomore year.
I started the year yesterday, and made an A on my PreCal beginning exam.
I'm off to a good start on getting my 🤬 together, I guess.
So after that happened:
I retook my history class last summer, which replaced the F with an A.
I now have a 2.68 GPA.
In order for me to transfer to the university I want to go to, I'll need a 3.00 GPA by the end of sophomore year.
I started the year yesterday, and made an A on my PreCal beginning exam.
I'm off to a good start on getting my 🤬 together, I guess.
