College Thread • Page 62

- a sociology class
- a psychology class
- an economics class
- a marketing class

i actually just found out that i was added to the Marketing class about 5 minutes ago. i was on the wait list and they said they would email me by Sunday (yes, yesterday) if i would be able to join or not. got no email. still have no email. and only found out because i thought i clicked on the psychology link but ended up in the marketing class. now my monthly payment for tuition just shot up another 200 bucks

 

I bought a time lock safe for this exact reason. I'm hopelessly addicted to my phone and it's been a huge help. This is the one I got: The Time Lock Safe

Totally worth the $50.

 

you know maybe this is just me grumbling as being a semi old college student but like some people upset me a lot.

I had a quiz today and the teacher constantly announced it was going to start at 8 and this dude showed up 20 minutes later so he missed the quiz. We followed that up by doing our next chapter notes and he was just texting the whole time and I'm like???

like I learned from my last time in college that is the wrong way to go about college and idk I'm just rambling as an old man.

 

i agree 100%.

my first thought is always, "you're paying for this asshole. pay attention".

but then i get angry thinking maybe his parents or the government is paying for him and he's just gonna fart around the whole time so he loses nothing monetary.

 

Only the 3rd day here and I'm already tired of this shitty food lol. Probably gonna go home Friday cause its a 3 day weekend.

 

I chose to live in an apartment off campus so now I walk 30 minutes to a dining hall 3 times a day. At least I'm walking off some of the calories.

 

Soooo... I'm waiting on my last two textbooks to arrive. One was apparently delivered today somewhere in North Carolina, literally 600 miles away from my home in NYC. For the other, the last shipping notification was that it was in Kentucky on Friday and there hasn't been any word about it since, so I'm assuming that one's also lost somewhere. What is happening right now?

 

One of my professors is this woman in her 50’s or 60’s and she’s totally covered in tats. Love it.

 

I was just ranting about that. I honestly wouldn't mind at all parking away and taking a lyft but the campus is so huge there is nowhere nearby to park. like everything is at least 10 min away from my classes' building.

ah I'm definitely feeling overwhelmed already. it's only the second week and I have 2 papers due this weekend. thats on top of all the other stuff I have to do, too.
There's no way I can continue to work 32 hours a week on top of this.

 

oh also I got my financial aid today so the temptation is definitely real to quit my job because I could have a little cushion room to find antoher.

 

My first history document I got a 5/10 and I was so bummed. I did my second history document and I got an 10/10 and I feel on top of the world. It also helps I aced the history quiz we had today. College is cool for about 10 seconds right now.

 

3 hour classes are not my friend. Thankfully the latest they go is 6:45 unlike the ones I’ve had in the past that would basically go to 10.

 

Oof. I knew I had to do 30hrs of fieldwork for one class. Did not realize I had to do 20hrs in another class. Fack.

 

I kind of miss wasting an hour a day wondering what I was going to do with all my free time on a regular basis. Now it’s like, “do I watch an episode of The Office or fart around on YouTube for 20 mins before my day is up?”

 

really not feeling college today (it's fucking day 3 )

i like learning, but it gets old just watching videos and reading and doing papers that serve no purpose. i get so restless sometimes. and then part of me starts badgering about how I'm already 30 and i like what i do and what would i do once i graduated? would i find a new job? probably not. so then what am i doing this for? i don't want to be a manager of a department or be in charge. i want to fly under the radar and just keep busy and get shit done like i do right now.

and i'm already in like 7k of debt, why am i adding more? maybe i should take less classes at a time and pace myself instead of jumping in with 5 classes at once. but if i go slow that makes me feel like it's even more pointless lol.

i'll probably just end up slacking off today and regretting it tomorrow. and part of me wants to email my advisor and be like, "yeah, forget these three classes i'll try again later for those".

 

Yeah, remember when I said that I was looking forward to this semester? Well, after spending four hours on a five question physics assignment and still not being able to finish it in time for class, the feelings of excitement didn't exactly last long. Interestingly, my social life has been way better than normal so far (it's strange walking around campus and actually seeing people I know on a somewhat regular basis), while my academic life has been way more stressful than it usually is the first week.

 

Lmao. Glad to see we are all overwhelmed on fucking day 3, Jesus Christ. That’s what this thread is for. Feeling miserable together.

 

I got a 20/20 on my first quiz. It was open book, but I'm still happy. Everything in this class is open book except for 4 tests that make up like less than 20% of the total grade. Should be a breeeeze.

 

Lmao. It’s amazing what college will do to the human spirit

 

I have been telling everyone that I still have good grades despite it only being three weeks in

let me be happy before it gets bad

 

Also overwhelmed, let too much homework stack up already.

 

I'm just really happy that my professor drops the six lowest homework grades for the semester. I may have already used up two of those in the first 4 days

 

Fucking lol this sounds about right.

I swear, I can talk myself into anything. Six days ago I was like, “great idea! Let’s take FIVE classes AND work full time if possible! And let’s take summer classes next year to speed this up! And maybe then get my masters too because what the fuck!” And now I’m like, “yeah, life is good without a degree, let’s go back to eating a can of Pringles for dinner and watching The Office again for another 20 years. Who needs to be productive.”

 

Last semester I took five classes and worked full time. I passed all my classes and survived but oh my god...I was on the brink of insanity. This semester I’m taking four classes and working four days instead so, we’ll see how that goes.

It’ll be worth it though dude. Is this your first jump into college or are you jumping back in?

 

I gotta say though going to college now sucks because like my co-workers are all counting on me to do good and get the hell out of my current job and it is like please dont add this kind of pressure