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Bayley:

--- Quote from: ruyi on 17 Jul 2008, 02:08 ---Congratulations! I'm a transfer at Cal too, it is pretty awesome. Do you know where you're going to be living yet (apt/co-ops/dorms)?

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I actually found a room with a family on Warring St. Get myself a bike (a fixxy if I wanna fit in [hah!]) and I'm setttt. The presentation at CalSO made the co-ops sound awesome though. I hope to live in one of those at some point. What about yourself? Major?

monkeybiz:
Ah, college. I miss it. A lot.

First off, get it out of your head that you're joining "the real world". College is about as far removed from the real world as is possible without being under the influence of one or more psychotropic substances. In college, starting your weekends at noon on a Wednesday is considered normal. In the real world, if your weekends start at noon on Wednesday, you're either unemployed or will be shortly.

Go to class. GO TO CLASS. Whatever you do, go to class. It's why you're there. Everything else is secondary.

Join a club. There are lots of them. They're usually free, and callout meetings always have free pizza.

You need to know how to make three things: ramen noodles, mac and cheese, and soup. Don't get Easy Mac, it tastes like ass. You need only know how to boil water. It opens up more options than you think.

A case of beer is more economical than a six pack. Also, you're too young to be a beer snob. That's reserved for people with paychecks.

Never directly ask your parents for money. Hint that you're doing okay, but missing out on a lot of "other opportunities" because you're budgeting so well and staying under.

If you have to get a credit card, only get one. ONLY ONE. Don't get two, or five, or eight (true story: I knew a girl that graduated with 8 credit cards and $20k in debt. She declared bankuptcy at age 22). If you don't, don't.

As a former fraternity man, I wanted to respond to this:

--- Quote from: Plasticity on 19 Jun 2008, 17:01 ---Do not join a Fraternity unless you are excited about a culture that glorifies poor treatment of women, and occasionally sexual violence. I am not saying that all members of fraternities do this, but it is part of their party culture, and their power hierarchy.

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Frankly, it's crap like this that perpetuates the stereotypes of Greek Life. I'm not going to say it's for everyone; it's not. However, it's not nearly that bad. When I moved to Chicago, I had an instant support network of former fraternity brothers. They helped me move, showed me where to eat and drink, and introduced me to a lot of people. When I was in school, there was always someone to split a pizza with, and the shared experience made it a little easier to live with 60 other dudes. Moreover, when you meet people from other houses, especially in the real world, there is a certain camraderie because, truthfully, the experience from house to house doesn't differ a lot. If it's something you're interested in, don't let misguided opinions based on old stereotypes color your judgement. Give everyone a chance. If it's right for you, it'll be clear immediately.

If you have a car, be careful about offering rides. People will take advantage of you whenever they can.

One last piece of advice:
If it's free, you must drink it.

jhocking:

--- Quote from: monkeybiz on 17 Jul 2008, 12:06 ---Never directly ask your parents for money. Hint that you're doing okay, but missing out on a lot of "other opportunities" because you're budgeting so well and staying under.

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telegram home:
no mon
no fun
Your Son

response:
too bad
so sad
Your Dad

just17n8:
im happy to find this... im going to university in a week... but im going with a schoolarship and to another country...
and so that this post is not worthless, ill write the only advice i´ve seen proven time and time again.

my grandad once said: you´re only as good as your enviroment is... and you're in college to graduate, the rest is expendiable (sorry for bad spelling... users with english as second language FTW) bad friends lead to skip a class, ditch em'; bad job leads to skip a class, ditch it... and so on and so forth..

Patrick:
If I ever do decide to go to college, I'm joining a fraternity for no better reason than that it will teach me the Greek alphabet for way less money than taking an actual class would.

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