How is college treating you so far.

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#1 Mercenary848
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I have been enjoying it, living on my own, working hard, and finding new opportubities.

I am getting ready to start my third year, but I plan to transfer to a better university for my third semester. Just focused on keeping my lans on tact, maintaing scholarships, and hopeing my transfer goes through.

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#2 tryagainlater
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It's boring but I'm not really trying to make it exciting so I don't really care. I seem to be doing fine with exams and assignments doing jack shit which gives me lots of free time so I'm fine with it.

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#3 coolbeans90
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A lot of ups and downs, but mostly ups recently.

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#4 Allicrombie
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it's okay. It would be a lot easier if I wasn't a chronic procrastinator.
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#5 dodgerblue13
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Like a bully who takes my lunch money but instead of my lunch money it's money I haven't even earned yet and won't earn for years.
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#6 Foxi911
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It's ok. I'm just ready to graduate..and I'm only a sophomore.queenflopga.gif

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#7 Blood-Scribe
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It's been going very well as of late. I'm pretty excited for next semester.
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#8 coolkid93
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I'm enjoying it. My only con is that I have to get up early.
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#9 deactivated-5b1e62582e305
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One more year and it's off to law school. So good, I guess.

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#10 Fightingfan
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It's just school - what's there to say?
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#11 Commander-Gree
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I'll also be starting my third year next month. It's been going pretty well actually. I'm getting good grades and enjoying myself. I'm hoping to go on to grad school.
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#12 xdude85
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It sucks.
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#13 chrisrooR
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Just graduated from Uni. Trying to figure my sh*t out :P
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#14 cain006
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Finishing up my fourth semester right now. Because of the co op program I'm always working or in school after my first summer off. Classes definitely got much harder but at the same time I'm far more motivated to actually learn because I can see how almost every class can be used in the industry. I'm going back to work in two weeks and am very much looking forward to it. I hate the pressure of exams.

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#15 mrbojangles25
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Its over, and I could not be happier about it.

I get paid to work now, instead of paying to work.  And I don't have to take my work home with me lol.

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#16 ferrari2001
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I'm done. I got my degree, my last semester I moved back home to save money and I'm still here. Currently searching the job market and working retail. Those politicians who claim the economy is getting better have lied. Tough as hell to find a good paying career. I'm damn glad to be done with school though.
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#17 mrbojangles25
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I'm done. I got my degree, my last semester I moved back home to save money and I'm still here. Currently searching the job market and working retail. Those politicians who claim the economy is getting better have lied. Tough as hell to find a good paying career. I'm damn glad to be done with school though. ferrari2001

hang in there.

took me 6+ month to find a job I enjoyed.

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#18 ferrari2001
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[QUOTE="ferrari2001"]I'm done. I got my degree, my last semester I moved back home to save money and I'm still here. Currently searching the job market and working retail. Those politicians who claim the economy is getting better have lied. Tough as hell to find a good paying career. I'm damn glad to be done with school though. mrbojangles25

hang in there.

took me 6+ month to find a job I enjoyed.

I've got a job now that get's me by. I don't necessarily hate my job currently. I work with a lot of great people and I'm extremely good at it. It pays the bills fine at the moment, enough so that I was able to purchase (via loan) a new vehicle. Although I would very much like a higher paying job so I can move out. But I'm not in any hurry. Something will pop up eventually.

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#19 Nibroc420
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I'm done. I got my degree, my last semester I moved back home to save money and I'm still here. Currently searching the job market and working retail. Those politicians who claim the economy is getting better have lied. Tough as hell to find a good paying career. I'm damn glad to be done with school though. ferrari2001
It really depends on the degree. There've been people with a masters in 17th century English literature looking for jobs for years.
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#20 theone86
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[QUOTE="ferrari2001"]I'm done. I got my degree, my last semester I moved back home to save money and I'm still here. Currently searching the job market and working retail. Those politicians who claim the economy is getting better have lied. Tough as hell to find a good paying career. I'm damn glad to be done with school though. Nibroc420
It really depends on the degree. There've been people with a masters in 17th century English literature looking for jobs for years.

I know someone with a BA in 14th Century English literature that got a job straight out of school.

Anyways, love the classes, hate the people.  It honestly feels like high school with how seriously people take their classes, but I guess that's what I get for going to a party school.

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#21 ShadowsDemon
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Ups and downs. Stupid lecturers so full of $hit and their own dumb philosophy that they try to pass off as facts that we should adapt to our lives personally. (Even though this is English :| ). But there's also awesome classes and great people. Gives me something to do as well. I get bored in the holidays in all honesty.
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#22 HyperWarlock
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Went straight from High School into work. Best decision I ever made.

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#23 TwistedShade
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Getting ready to start beginning of September. Pretty nervous, I haven't been in a classroom forever and so, I have forgotten much of what I learned Highschool level wise, just trying to cram everything in before I take an Accuplacer and hopefully that'll be enough.

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#25 Wasdie  Moderator
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Well I graduated 2 years ago now and I've had a stable job since. I think everything went well.

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#26 rocinante_
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it's okay. It would be a lot easier if I wasn't a chronic procrastinator.Allicrombie

same, i could be more social too, but that's something i'm actively workin on

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#27 johnd13
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Enjoying it so far. The freedom, focus on a particular field, made some very good friends, great grades. Only minus the lack of cute girls-apparently they don' t choose Computer Science. :P

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#28 Lonelynight
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can't afford college.
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#29 Ricardomz
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I'm super excited. I'm only starting on September though.

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#30 Mercenary848
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can't afford college. Lonelynight

Not to delve into your situation but there is always a way to get your foot in the door. programs, loans, grants, etc.

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#31 Lonelynight
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[QUOTE="Lonelynight"]can't afford college. Mercenary848

Not to delve into your situation but there is always a way to get your foot in the door. programs, loans, grants, etc.

I don't live in the US. My parents are nearing retirement age, and already supporting two of my brothers, and the loan I can get doesn't even cover half of the school fees. If I really want to go, then I'll have to work for 8 years first to save up.
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#32 ShadowsDemon
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[QUOTE="Mercenary848"]

[QUOTE="Lonelynight"]can't afford college. Lonelynight

Not to delve into your situation but there is always a way to get your foot in the door. programs, loans, grants, etc.

I don't live in the US. My parents are nearing retirement age, and already supporting two of my brothers, and the loan I can get doesn't even cover half of the school fees. If I really want to go, then I'll have to work for 8 years first to save up.

I guess you don't wanna go? :P
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#33 The_Lipscomb
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Amazing.

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#34 Lonelynight
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[QUOTE="Lonelynight"][QUOTE="Mercenary848"]

Not to delve into your situation but there is always a way to get your foot in the door. programs, loans, grants, etc.

ShadowsDemon
I don't live in the US. My parents are nearing retirement age, and already supporting two of my brothers, and the loan I can get doesn't even cover half of the school fees. If I really want to go, then I'll have to work for 8 years first to save up.

I guess you don't wanna go? :P

I really really want to go. I feel depressed every time I see some college students walk by.
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#35 AbstractRadical
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College is treating me decently.
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#36 comp_atkins
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it was 12 years ago. i can't remember.
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#37 BuryMe
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Like crap.

They've left me in a pretty bad situation, and I've been spending the whole summer putting in applications at other school just to get out of that hell hole.

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#38 psn8214
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I'm getting into the sh!tty parts of being Premed (MCATs, research, shadowing, O-Chem, etc)  but I've had a good time and held a good GPA so far so I can hardly complain. My next semester is going to be hell though. :( O-Chem 2, Physics, Biology, and two Chemlabs in addition to Biolab, and Stat. 

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#39 cain006
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I'm getting into the sh!tty parts of being Premed (MCATs, research, shadowing, O-Chem, etc)  but I've had a good time and held a good GPA so far so I can hardly complain. My next semester is going to be hell though. :( O-Chem 2, Physics, Biology, and two Chemlabs in addition to Biolab, and Stat. 

psn8214

Ah labs are the worst. 1 credit hour but you're expected to do like 7 hours of work a week.

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#40 psn8214
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Ah labs are the worst. 1 credit hour but you're expected to do like 7 hours of work a week.

cain006

I know right? You have a five hour class, homework, and a pre-lab assessment to study for before every class and they can only give me one freakin' credit? Sh!t sucks. I still have so many to go too. Chemlab 2 next semester, then O-chem lab after that.

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#41 Darthkaiser
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Seems endless right now I'm only a year and a half to finish it but these 4 years have been quite long
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#42 Pvt_r3d
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Taking 4 courses over the Summer is rough. It was a bad idea to take Calculus II along with those courses.
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#43 cain006
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[QUOTE="cain006"]

Ah labs are the worst. 1 credit hour but you're expected to do like 7 hours of work a week.

psn8214

I know right? You have a five hour class, homework, and a pre-lab assessment to study for before every class and they can only give me one freakin' credit? Sh!t sucks. I still have so many to go too. Chemlab 2 next semester, then O-chem lab after that.

I enjoy the labs because you actually get to do stuff but the amount of time involved is just too much for the credits.

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#44 gameboy343
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almost finished collage, it's sucked pretty badly so far, and i'm sure the remainder will suck equally as hard.

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#45 Guybrush_3
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I graduated last fall. It was a mix of awesome and meh.