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Barmymoo:
Reading this thread, I realise just how much UK and US colleges must differ. Although some of this stuff sounds really useful, like the budgeting thing. I really have to learn to do that before I start university.
Scrambled Egg Machine:
Thank you, all of you. What were your experiences in college like, I need all the data I can get!
benji:
--- Quote from: Barmymoo on 01 Mar 2009, 11:42 ---Reading this thread, I realise just how much UK and US colleges must differ. Although some of this stuff sounds really useful, like the budgeting thing. I really have to learn to do that before I start university.
--- End quote ---
Yeah, Americans use the word college like English use the word University. Note that the OP is going to Texas Tech University, and yet still says he's going to college.
tania:
there are options sometimes for staying in residence when you are no longer a freshman, but i would recommend moving out into an apartment or house or something like that asap because that way you will learn all the million and million of tiny little important things you need to know how to do when living on your own that you wouldn't get from living in residence, like how to pay bills on time and cook for yourself and get along with your neighbors and check your mailbox on a regular basis and keep your kitchen clean and regularly have groceries in your fridge and basically how to be completely responsible for everything in your life.
some of it sounds pretty obvious and almost patronizing, but it really is all incredibly important stuff that at first is always so much more overwhelming than people think it will be, and then you figure out how to sort it all out and have time for it all and manage your life and really, the sooner you can figure it all out the better.
benji:
While you are living in the dorm, learning to discipline your time can be difficult. It will never be easier to socialize in your life. You can literally step out of your room and be surrounded by people your age, many whom will share something in common with you. This is fun, but it can eat your time and you do have to make sure you find time to study. My strategy was always to study in the morning and afternoon so I could hang out at night. But I didn't drink much and I was pretty disciplined about it.
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