College

You read and write. A LOT. Read books you enjoy the style of, read new books, and play around with the writing styles to see what fits your writing best.

In regards to clubs, it's probably a bad idea to juggle a major-heavy sem along with a varsity. But I also love what I'm doing back at the var. Is it worth the risk?

So what's the culture like on college campuses these days. From what i've seen on the news I'll ether be hanging out with hyper political nutcases who think the cafeteria food is cultural appropriation and will call you racist if you sneeze in their general direction. Or hyper racist rapey ignorant fratboys with no regard for anyone but themselves.

...You seem to only focus on the most pessimistic stereotypes.

Outside the frats and clubs it's pretty meh for the most part.

Cuck Follege

Still online college is a thing.

So I managed to make it on to honor roll which has never happened to me before. Kind of interesting as I went from a horrible first semester to good enough to get honor roll via getting As and Bs.....

If you do well in your classes and they happen to coincide in a single semester or quarter, you can unexpectedly get honor roll for that term. I got that too.

Online college is not my thing. You have to scrutinize all the more whether it's a legitimate institution. And for me, it's harder to keep up with a diligent schedule for an online class.

Soooooo, I will have to retake my algebra class because 1) I'm EIGHT CHAPTERS BEHIND on homework thanks to the stupidly finicky website that keeps forcing me to redo half of my homework assignments, 2) I tanked both of the tests and I only have one test left, and 3) I only have one more week of class to catch up on the 8 chapters.

My mom wondered why the other people who have tech issues (at least five or six of them) are fairly caught-up on homework by now, and I told her "...Because they're GOOD at math, so tech issues aren't slowing them down even more?"

I took a hybrid class because I thought it would be less trouble than going to class every couple of days, but that's assuming NO TECH PROBLEMS.

I am finding it really hard to not hate math right now.

Should do I a background check on the Online Colleges? I know my community college has an online course.

Iunno, maybe?

University of Phoenix.

God bless that noble online institution.

Doesn't University of Phoenix have a reputation as a scam? Or at least very questionable.

Is that true?! I may need to look that up. I do not want to lose money as I could land in how water,

Hey guys. So, I'm in my freshman year in college, but I've skipped through 11th and 12th grade. My problem is that my executive functioning deficits are making the transition from high school to college difficult, and as much as I'd hate to admit it, high school (or at least 10th grade) was already hard for me. I struggle especially with online classes, and (since I'm a design student in a college where it is mandatory for design students to have a blog) blog-posting.

Any tips?

edited 4th Nov '16 4:50:31 AM by fdiaperhead

I'm currently in my second year of college. I'm majoring in business with an emphasis in marketing and minoring in Ancient, Renaissance, and Medieval Studies (or as the history department refers to it, "ARMS"). I might also do a minor in Nonprofit Management if I can get the necessary credits in time.

Meanwhile, I'm missing my Medieval Faith, Power, and Order class because I underestimated how long my microeconomics assignment would take and need to study for a psychology exam. School is fun.

(jk fuck Wednesdays, they're always my busiest days. I have a disability rights group meeting tonight and I have to find a bunch of anthropology sources on perception of the female body by tomorrow night).

Also, in regards to clubs, my best advice is limit yourself to a few to be active in. I'm the secretary of the disability rights organization and an active member of the LGBTQIA+ alliance, and that's honestly overloading my schedule a bit as it is. You can probably still keep active in clubs without going to all the meetings. If you can go to meetings every once in a while (or at least once or twice a semester) and help out with or attend events or at least stay on top of information, people will understand. It doesn't depend on the group, though, so check the constitution or membership guidelines or whatever you have first before deciding.

edited 16th Nov '16 2:17:55 PM by Explosivo25

Well if you really think that what you're doing right now is what you really want to do in life, then by all means go for it! It sounds cliche, but it's one of the classics. Also, better time management is essential. Oh, and don't forget to look after your health as well! You can do it! Just prepare to work hard since the road won't be easy, but you'll get there.

(Sorry if I can't advise you on something actually relevant to your course. I don't have anything on designing and blogging, but I do think what you guys do is totally awesome.)

Tell me about it. I tried majoring in sciences, being active in a nationally-competitive debate varsity, and an academic club officer, and my body just noped several semesters later. It's making me envious that people like you can keep up with such things. But hey, at least you're still having fun, right? I mean, you probably meet lots of cool people in the club, being in that position and all.

edited 18th Nov '16 6:59:17 AM by Jamiester

I applied to UNT a few weeks ago.

I got accepted this week.

I didn't announce it elsewhere because Ich bin sehr faul.

I applied to a college and they have this thing where the admissions officer comes to my school and tells me on the spot whether I get in or not. It's cool because I don't have to pay money to send SAT scores or whatever, but I'm nervous because my essay sucks (worst part about a sucky essay is that I am an AP Lit student)

A bit of a cross post, I wonder when it is too late for adults to go back to school again? Or even get any finanical support?

In my art college, there's a good amount of beyond early-20s ex-military dudes who are adults and even have children and whatnot. I'm pretty sure there's a 60-year-old man who takes fine art classes. And I believe there's no age limit on the FAFSA, you just have to apply for aid.

Does this usually happen to some people concerning college and school?

I'm nearing the end of high school. Assuming I passed the third year(still waiting for the results), I only have the fourth year of high school left before I graduate. And honestly, it scares me a lot. Given how I constantly struggle with certain key subjects in high school, I'm deeply afraid of not surviving in college. Or even managing to get into one at all.

When I was younger(13-14), being a game developer was always my biggest dream, as my favourite pasttime was imagining video game concepts that I'd love to play one day. When I switched over to my current high school, I found out you must choose a course based on what you intend to specialize in when you graduate and become an adult. Well, lo and behold, programming was one of the options. Given how nothing else appealed to me, I picked it.

...As of the writing of this post, to say I'm completely and absolutely terrible at programming anything to the point that just the act of me starting to type code ends up making programmers around the entire world enter panic mode and shiver in fear due to my oncoming tragedy train wreck would be a massive Understatement. So that left me in a huge emotional crisis because specializing in programming and/or game development is off limits for me^note (I'm not good enough with art, and have zero experience and knowledge about modelling and composing. I also don't have a lot of passion for those. I do have passion for writing, though).

However, someone indicated a field that I'm actually pretty interested in: ecosystem restoration and treatment of endangered species. It was sort of love at first sight because I quite enjoyed biology back when I still had those classes, and I've often been worried about destruction of ecosystems and certain species being endangered or outright extinct. I heard it's also a field in high demand, which is nice.

But at the same time, I'm concerned. How exactly would such a college program be like? What would the jobs I'd qualify with said program require me to do? Will it require worldwide travelling on a regular basis? Would it demand me to get into close quarters with dangerous or disgusting/creepy animals/insects? How hard would it be to enter such a program and get a job that the program qualifies me for or helps me get?

All of those problems are even further exacerbated because the college I really want to attend for this program is in Canada, a place I do not live in. There's a logical reason for this: living there is one of my biggest dreams^note (college might help by serving as a "stepping stone" for moving there and qualifying for permanent residency), and colleges down here where I live are either crippingly underfunded, expensive as hell, or incredibly difficult to get accepted into - and even harder to stay in them.

But I'm super afraid of this being a Tragic Dream for me. While I already have a general idea of how to stay there if I ever get to move over there and join that college^note (find roommate to share the bills of the house I'm in, and work a part-time job to pay for the bills and college tuition if it's required; it will also grant a work visa with help of the student visa, allowing me to stay in Canada even after I finish college), actually getting there is another can of worms, given how there's little chance of me ever managing to scrounge up enough money for all of this, and my parents are not interested in helping me achieve this dream^note (not that I mind too much, as I kinda wanna get away from them permanently).

There's the possibility of scholarships helping me afford this, but I don't really know how they work exactly. Assuming they're based on my school performance, I'm practically boned, because my grades in Java practically destroy any status of "this student is dedicated, judging by their grades" in the third year alone. Now factor in my awful grades in physics and chemistry in the second year, and math in the first year.

On the other hand, however, I got better grades in math after the second year, and I improved in physics and chemistry a lot in the third year. I also got very high grades in english this year^note (90% -> 100% -> 100% -> 100%, spiffy for someone whose first language is not english), and the remainder of my grades are pretty good. I just fear they're not good enough to make up for my worse grades, scholarship-wise.

edited 23rd Dec '17 9:17:00 PM by Minmus

Is it too late for me to return to school?

No one is ever too old to learn.

If you have a guidance counselor or college advisor at your high school, I'd suggest bringing up concerns with them. Usually when colleges see grade improvement in transcripts, they think it's a good thing: you've improved and have initiative.

The "job" that someone brought up to you sounds more like a specific field. College programs are a bit more general. Environmental science could be a program.

Finding money is gonna be tough, though. Bring up scholarships and concerns with your counselor.

edited 27th Dec '17 7:02:45 PM by electronic-tragedy