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The first thing you need to do is find a reliable drug dealer. J/K
Well, i'm going off to college at the University of Tennessee in a couple of week and don't know what to expect. So I have a few questions:
-How's college compared to High School?
-Are the classes much harder than the ones in high school?
-Is it true that you have to join a frat to get a lot of friends?
-Is it hard to get help about school work?
-What activities did you do on your free time?
-Any suggestions to what I need to bring to my dorms?
The first thing you need to do is find a reliable drug dealer. J/K
That is actually a good piece of advice...I may have to do that. Crystal meth could come in handy.
im still in high skoo but my ninjas didnt have enough money to go to college so i dont know namean
- Different world
- No.
- no.
- No.
- , drink and , not necessarily in that order.
- As little as possible. Clothes, computer and you.
For me they were both pointless attempts to maintain focus in classes that were boring and lacking challenge. Not too much difference.
Depends on the class, of course. Mine weren't.-Are the classes much harder than the ones in high school?
My school didn't have a Greek system, so it wasn't an issue. Most of my friends were off campus anyway.-Is it true that you have to join a frat to get a lot of friends?
Shouldn't be. Most prof's have pretty decent office hours.-Is it hard to get help about school work?
. A lot. Got wasted and passed out. Also spent a lot of time laughing at the idea of going to class and, therefore, creating more free time.-What activities did you do on your free time?
Patience.-Any suggestions to what I need to bring to my dorms?
I like DisgruntledLionFan#54,927, he gives sound advice.
That's hottt.
Well he's going to the right school for that.
First of all, if you want to have fun in college you need to quit being such a . Secondly, quit being a little . Thirdly, drink a lot and anything. Lastly, quit being a .
Conflicting advice.
To avoid being a , you'd want to specify ing only anything of the opposite sex.
My apologies. I overlooked that.
- a lot different. make sure you show up to class, it's easy to get in the habit of missing a class a week or so.
- depends on the class, a lot of the math/science classes are graded on a different curving system since the intro classes are so large. if you take decent notes and read the material you'll be fine.
- no ing way. depends on what kind of friends you are looking for though i guess.
- lots of available help at large universities, and most professors are willing to help if you take the time to show up in office hours and are serious about learning.
- drinking was my specialty, but i always did my homework in the afternoon so i could hang out at night.
- 2 sets of sheets, shower shoes if its a dorm community shower - athlete's foot can run rampant. at least 4 towels and a laundry hamper or basket too.
-How's college compared to High School?
Way more fun. In college, your professor will many times teach so that the best student in the class gets something out of it, whereas is high school your classes pace was usually limited by the worst student in the class. Plus, in college you're spending a lot of your time doing subjects that are enjoyable. The teachers are waay more interesting, and there's much more debate. Also, you most likely won't be given long, mindless, repe ive assignments like you were in high school. For instance, you might be given 5 math problems due every Friday, instead of the usually 50 or so nightly you would get in high school. There's no busy work to force you to try to learn things; you have to be responsible for working through the material until you understand it.
-Are the classes much harder than the ones in high school?
Most certainly yes. At almost any college you're competing with the equivalent to the top 2-30% of your high school class. For instance, almost all of my classmates at UCLA had 4.0 GPAs in high school.
-Is it true that you have to join a frat to get a lot of friends?
I think it's stupid to pay for friends. Just go out and have fun, and don't spend all your time studying and playing XBox, and you should be fine.
-Is it hard to get help about school work?
Definitely not. Schools invest a lot of money in you, and therefore will bend over backwards to try to help you succeed. Your prof will have office hours, the teaching assistants will, and there will usually be lots of tutoring available.
-What activities did you do on your free time?
Go to the beach, go to bars, go out with chicks, play my friends at NBA Live, jerk off in the room, study more interesting books than the ones from my classes, etc.
-Any suggestions to what I need to bring to my dorms?
Refrigerator, stereo, computer
-You have freedom the likes of which you would not believe.
-Depends on whether you go to class or not. Unless you're gifted, you have to do some studying to get the grades you want.
-No. But because of their parties and how they only let chicks in who wanna , joining a frat increases your rate by at least 1000%.
-Not at all, there is always help for those who seek it.
-Basketball, inhaling nitrous oxide, spraying weesatch, video games, driving across town to buy whippets.
-A nice bong will impress your future stoner friends and also make you a valuable member of the gang. TV, MP3 player, fridge, and a glock are optional but nice.
- "UT" is a whole lot bigger than your high school. Expect larger classes, especially your first couple of years. Don't be surprised to walk into English 301 and find a couple hundred people there in an auditorium. The whole social and athletic scene is a much larger part of what goes on.
- Depends on the class and the instructor. Many of your lower division classes will be taught not by true profs but by graduate teaching assistants. Once you get into your major and especially your upper division classes you will start to enjoy things more as class sizes will be smaller and you will be able to get more face time with our prof. But to answer your question, yes courses will be harder.
- no.
- There are usually various alternatives, study groups, tutoring services, classmates, etc.
- music, work, sports, study, and crap I don't need to talk about here.
- money. clothes. computer. iPod.
Just remember in college you'll have FREEDOM! so don't let it get you into too much trouble.Other than that enjoy it because my first year, I remember thinking I'll never be done with college, and now I don't want to leave!
I don't have much else to say, and I probably won't have much of the same experience you will have since Tennessee is so much bigger. But do get involved in some activities pretty quickly, or else things will get lame pretty quick. I know some people end up locking themselves up and don't meet new people. Whether it be a relgious organization, a Greek organization (social or service..which you don't have to join to meet people, find parties, etc), do something to get out there and meet people.
As for things to bring, most places like Bed Bath and Beyond should have a pretty little list on their website of things to bring (or the Tennessee Residence life site specifically) should have some things to bring. As for things some things I remember I forgot to bring, over packed, I ended up bringing way too many clothes (maybe pack for a season, fall then winter when you go home for Thanksgiving?) and I also brought too many things to remind me of home (which I ended up not needing, like yearbooks and things). They just took up too much space. Find out if your bed can be raised or not, if not maybe you should buy some bed risers (then you can slide things under your bed, like boxes and such).
I think that's all I can think of for now. Everyone else hit the classes and activities on the head, I think.
Hottt enough for a bruise?
And, usckk, enjoy your time in college. College is just as much about meeting new people and learning new things outside of the classroom as it is inside it.
It will be over before you know it and damn if it wasn't the best 9 years of my life...
Think plural.
Think tenderized.
usckk, best wishes as a Volunteer - sounds like a lot of fun! My only regret about college is that I didn't go to one with a D-1 football program... you've got that covered! Have a great time and enjoy every moment.
Think 'oh my god'.
Think again.
Repeatedly.
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