College Tips

[Rain]

I have a Do's and Don'ts list...

First off, the Do's:
- Take professors not classes. Ask around which professor are good. Don't avoid the "hard" ones because believe it or not, they will be the ones you'll learn from the most.
- Ratemyprofessors.com is a good place to start but be aware that these students are either really happy or really pissed off with the professors they are rating. For example my fave writing professor has one of the worst rating I've seen.
- Avoid buying your books from the bookstore. Check out half.com, amazon.com, betterworldbooks.com (my fave), for book prices.
- If you have a netbook/laptop and you don't mind eBooks, iChapters is also a cheap way to get books since you can pay by the chapters. Remember, you won't be able to go through the whole book in 14 weeks so pay for only what you need.
- Get the partying out of the way early. Specially of your school has "freshmen forgiveness"
- Join as many clubs as you want. Not only is this a good source of free food, you can also meet a lot of people who share your interests.
- It's never to early to know where the Career Center is. If you're not sure about your major, a career assessment might help.
- Eat well. The freshman 15 isn't a myth specially when you live on campus.
- Attend class. Attendance may not be required but it is necessary to pass.
- Go to office hours. Get to know at least one or two of your professors specially in your major.

As for the don'ts...
Do not:
- Party on a weekday.
- Pick a Friday class unless you absolutely have to. The college weekend starts on Thursday nights so you'll probably end up ditching the Friday class or show up hang over. Don't do it.
- Procrastinate. You'll only stress yourself and in the end, you still have to do the work anyway.

[fujiwaru]

Originally Posted by Rain

As for the don'ts...
Do not:
- Party on a weekday.
- Pick a Friday class unless you absolutely have to. The college weekend starts on Thursday nights so you'll probably end up ditching the Friday class or show up hang over. Don't do it.
- Procrastinate. You'll only stress yourself and in the end, you still have to do the work anyway.

Originally Posted by YAR1S

As a new college graduate let me give you a few tips:

Dont piss off your teachers, they will be good references for a job, and they always get back to your teachers to see how you are as a person.

The only difference between getting your basic classes at a private college versus a community college is A LOT OF WASTED MONEY.
Trust me, if you can go to a college transfer program you will be in a lot less debt.

Procrasination is terrible, dont do it.

Dont let the Freshman fifteeen turn into the freshman thirty.

Thanks everyone for the advice. Keep them coming!
Also thanks Rain and YAR1S for the good list of tips and advice.

One thing i gotta work on is procrastinating cuz i've been procrastinating my whole senior year of high school and found out the hard way how tough it is haha i guess it was just cuz i wanted to graduate school already