College Thread • Page 7

I'm 26. Are there any other people around my age that are going back to school and feel completely hopeless about it? I went back for 2 semesters part time and then took this semester off. It just seems like a too long of a journey and with what I want to get into it seems like I'll have to do an internship and I don't have the time to do that while working a full time job or the means to do it without working. Maybe I'm just being negative.

 

I hate the word internship so much unless it is accompanied with "paid."

 

not gonna copy and paste everything, but i live tweeted my statistics class. today was the first day of classes.

 

syllabi before college never made sense to me but then i got here and i need them now

 

I went to college once. But only because Seahaven and Touche Amore were playing a show on the campus.

 

i maintain it's an elaborate scam but you know, it's not so bad anymore

 

About to start a 30 hour greyhound bus ride home for spring break. I wish I didn't like my family so much so I could stay in the city

 

You're on spring break? In February? Whoa

 

It's called winter break here (or reading week), but I thought that sounded too much like Christmas break. But yeah, this is our week off for the semester. We have one at the end of October, one now, and then exams at the end of April

 

Oh man wow that sounds kind of rough. I don't know if I could survive like that, my month long winter break is necessary for me to start the semester not in a burnt out haze. Have a great break though!! Downtime is necessary

 

Thanks man! And don't worry about me, I don't think I was clear. Semester one is September until December, with a week long break in October, then after exams in December we have a two and a half week Christmas break and then semester two starts. It's not so bad. Most universities in Canada don't have any sort of break in the second semester

 

Oooh yeah no this is a lot better than I originally thought, I thought maybe you were like on the quarter system or something haha. Sounds like you've got it pretty alright, nice

 

Hey man. This is a late reply but I'm 25 and finally transferring from a community college to state school this fall. I took a long break after high school and then had a lot of personal things happen that kept me out of school, but hey, it is what it is. I just got the letter the other day that I was accepted into Cal State Long Beach and man, I never thought that day would come. I too work a full time job, over 50 hours a week, I'm exhausted as fuck all the time....but pull though, it'll be worth it

 

It is 9 am and I just finished a paper for Brit Lit that is due in two hours. I did not plan for this to be an all nighter, but here I am, exhausted

 

Bask in the glory man. It's done

 

I did for all of ten minutes before I ran for the bus. Forty minutes later I'm on campus, eating a biscuit, resigned to staying awake the rest of the day. Hope coffee is in my future

 

You're going to have a damn good sleep tonight I reckon

 

Dear God I hope so. I have a test tomorrow but. I can't bring myself to study, the thought is bringing me to the edge of tears in my fragile emotional state haha

 

As someone who recently finished undergraduate at a private university, and is now going for an MBA at a public university, I'm starting to feel contempt for any type of higher education institution in general.

 

It's a scam for sure but it's not the worst scam most days

 

It's not as much about the blatant extortion of the students financially, but the complete lack of regard for students in general. Both universities I've attended have placed the university above the student in moral dilemmas. If it wouldn't be a terrible move for me financially, I would try and transfer to a different university.

 

I have a paper due tonight that I haven't started. Unfortunately I have to do all the reading first before I can even begin to write it lol. Good times.

 

How long does the paper have to be?

 

Maaaaaan senioritis is real. Especially when I'm only taking 13 credits. Like.... just get me out of here.

 

Honestly, not that long at all, like 4 pages. I have accomplished much greater feats (like writing 15 page papers the night before and into the morning of lol). It's just all the reading I have to do that sucks, but I am a master bullshitter so I think it'll be ok haha. He thing is, it's not due until like midnight but I'm going to be busy around 6 so really it's due then