Colleges!

[t to the maxx2]

Who here is in the process of applying to schools? I finally finished that process, I got accepted to all 4 I applied to! Now my decision is between Indiana University and University of Colorado at boulder. I'm thinking boulder. Anyone else applying? Anyone else have any ideas or insight into either of these schools?

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goto boulder, u dont wanna be in the middle of podunk in IN

[DAVEC-NITRO-RS4]

We are appliying now.

[Sh1nn3r]

Harvard?

[FreeRideFrosty]

Haha. I love Illinois but sometimes I wish I went to a school that had good mountain biking in the area. (Colorado, Utah..... something out west.) Flat sucks but the school is awesome.

[t to the maxx2]

Haha. I love Illinois but sometimes I wish I went to a school that had good mountain biking in the area. (Colorado, Utah..... something out west.) Flat sucks but the school is awesome.

one of the main reasons I chose it(besides academics), I love mountain biking and snowboarding.

[DAVEC-NITRO-RS4]

Harvard?

Harvard, IL maybe....that's near DeKalb.

[motoxer4life]

Im HOPING ti go to Notre Dame, its a longshot but it would be great. PLus the area is awesome, my brother has baseball tournaments in South Bend, right there and the campus is sweet.

[mikeh]

How can you tell if a guy went to Notre Dame.....?


He'll tell ya.

[mikeh]

I said it once, and I'll say it again.

Beginner's Tips for college:

#1: Freshmen get screwed on their schedule. If a class is offered at 7:20 AM, you will get the 7:20 AM class - everytime. Best to identify and enroll in a class that is ONLY offered at that time - then drop it promptly after you schedule is set. Now you can sleep in. Ahhhh.

#2: Know when to identify a total prick of a teacher - and drop the class. If it is a manditory class, see if you can take it Pass/Fail only. This way you get the credit for the class if you pass it, but it wont hurt your GPA if you Barely pass it.
Look for teachers who say things like,"Many of you, I am sure, think this class will be easy..." Drop it like a turd or you will NEVER work so hard for a D+ in your life. It is never worth it.

#3: Do not join a fraternity - at least not as a freshman. School is hard enough without all the parties, booze and dope! I am an expert on this one - trust me. As a member of a very social Fraternity, I have seen so many freshman pledges drop out or get forcibly removed by their parents. We ate freshman pledges for breakfast.

#4: Find a very quiet, secluded section of the library to do major papers or studying in. Distractions are a disaster.

#5: This is the most important thing you can possibly do. This will make or break your college career. ONLY DATE GIRLS WHO CAN TYPE! Who do you think is going to type up that hellacious research study you just completed at 3:00 AM and is due by 10:00 AM??? You??? Forget it, your brain is fried by now. Thats when finding the right girl is essential! She will do it for you every time. Phew! Arent you glad you got all that great advice?

[mikev]

go to a junior college for the first 2 years, save your folks some money and then go away after you have your associates

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the class thing isnt true, i got a bad ass schedule, first class at 10 am

[mikeh]

Oh yeah, you just reminded me of a very very important one.

#1.5: ALLWAYS sit at the FRONT of the class, if possible. This is worth an increased letter grade. The teacher will know your face and connect it with your work and recall how dutifully you sat up front paying attention and think "well, he may not be entirely on the mark with this paper, but he tries so hard...I guess its worth an A- instead of a B."
Sitting up close also forces you to pay attention and stay alert and undistracted.
I know this is true. I upped my GPA 1.5 points just by doing this alone. I did better than friends in the same classes, who were better students than I.

#4.5: How to pass a test you are choking on. Don't panic! First rush through and scribble out any useful notes on any question that you remotely understand. Then go back and do it again, but refine your notes a bit. Then answer all the questions you actually know the answer to. Then use your notes along with the questions and answers that you already completed to piece together a defensible answer to the questions you have no clue about. Except for multiple choice, you will at least get partial credit here and there and this will increase your chance of passing.
On a side note, once I had a history final exam that consisted of just two essay questions. Thats right, two questions determine my final grade in the whole course. I only know the answer to one of them.
How did I pass?
I was honest. "Dear Professor Muller, I do not know the answer to this question. I glossed over this part of the course, thinking that you would place more emphasis on the other topics. But this is what I DO know....." and then I proceed to white an essay about a question of my own that I thought was important and related to the course. He accepted my ad libbed question and answer.

Once I was so fried from finals, that during my English Lit final, I forgot the names of the main characters in the novel. I knew the plot, the motives, the analogies and subtle criticisms of the novel to society and eveything EXCEPT the actual names of all the main characters! So I fudget it by using terms like "the protagonist, and antagonist, and our ill fated lead, and his love interest, etc, etc. And I got an A!!! LOL!!!!

[mikeh]

go to a junior college for the first 2 years, save your folks some money and then go away after you have your associates

This is totally true!

Also, if you bomb two semesters, making that up is going to be tough. Better to transfer to another school. Transfers are easier than initial applications for some reason and only your good grades will transfer to the new school. Nothing below a C will get credit. So you loose some course credits, but save your GPA and start fresh.

I transfered from N.C. State with a 2.0 to DePaul! And graduated with a 3.7 from DePaul of all things!

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ur talkin about test with essay questions or short answers, tyring taking that approach to a chem test or some bullshit linear algebra and computer programming

[mikeh]

Yeah, that doesn't work so well with Chem and all. With Math, write down all the formulas you can recall on the back of your test before your brain fries.