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Hello, I'm starting community college in the fall and was wondering how is it going to be? I have 14 units (math 130, computer science 130, histoy of rock and roll, and english 100) and was wondering if I should pick up another easy class. I'm just a little nervous because it's going to be so different. About how much homework should I get for those classes? I think my major will be in business, information technology (more so computers, but that's what it's technically under). If anyone could answer some questions, I would be grateful just to have some peace of mind. Thanks
 
Community College won't be that much different than High School. 14 is an ok number, if you are worried. And stay the hell away from IT. It is a hellish career that has no future in the U.S.
 
College is not all that bad. It takes time to get used to though.

Personally I find it to be a little easier than high school, but that is only because I can set my own hours and do not have to wake up at 6 AM
 
That load shouldn't be terrible...college is much better than high school because you don't have to be IN class as much. I was a major slacker freshman year (not Comm. Coll.) and I still held the 3.2 with about 17 hours....go ahead and add another easy class--you'll thank me later when classes get harder and you won't have to take as many.

Homework will be minor....some reading and a couple papers for english, most likely some non-mandatory homework every night in math, with tests and quizzes...not sure about the other 2, but entry level classes aren't terrible ever :)


hope that helped
 
[quote name='Tromack']Community College won't be that much different than High School. 14 is an ok number, if you are worried. And stay the hell away from IT. It is a hellish career that has no future in the U.S.[/quote]

Who knew?

/throws away the two dozen pages of classified ads for IT business he's gotten in the past three weeks.
 
College is great. Classes are easy (except Bio, Damn you Bio :evil:) Flexible times, tons of fine girls just walking about (makes Miami liveable, that does) and just plenty to do
 
It won't be bad.... you are not in class very many hours, only 14 a week. My advice is go to CLASS! All the people I know who flunked out of college were people who skipped class because they thought they had something better to do than going to class. If you want to graduate show up for your classes.
 
[quote name='PsyClerk'][quote name='Tromack']Community College won't be that much different than High School. 14 is an ok number, if you are worried. And stay the hell away from IT. It is a hellish career that has no future in the U.S.[/quote]

Who knew?

/throws away the two dozen pages of classified ads for IT business he's gotten in the past three weeks.[/quote]

Well, Its still hellish. In my opinion at least.
 
[quote name='PsyClerk'][quote name='Tromack']Community College won't be that much different than High School. 14 is an ok number, if you are worried. And stay the hell away from IT. It is a hellish career that has no future in the U.S.[/quote]

Who knew?

/throws away the two dozen pages of classified ads for IT business he's gotten in the past three weeks.[/quote]

That's bull. Companies will ALWAYS need people onsite, since they're people are never smart enough not to mess up thier computers.

Of course, having a BS in Computer Science does give a little more leway than a CC degree in IT or a BS in IS.
 
I found community college easier than high school, simply because you weren't in there for 9 hours a day. Unless there is alot of things to do around you, try to schedule all the class close together, or on the same day. It sucks to sit around for 2-3 hours between classes, and it's also bad to go all the way to school for one class.
 
[quote name='JSweeney']That's bull. Companies will ALWAYS need people onsite, since they're people are never smart enough not to mess up thier computers.

Of course, having a BS in Computer Science does give a little more leway than a CC degree in IT or a BS in IS.[/quote]

You callin' me a liar, Sweeney? 'Cause we'll fight, I swear we will.
 
I'm also heading for college this August in athens. Go Ohio University. Yay....I guess. At anyrate, I was also looking for some tips and words of advice on college life. Help out a youngin' here!
 
College is alot different than HS imo, but not in a bad way. For the first time in your academic career you get to dictate the pace at which you go. It takes a little getting used to. My best advice would be to go to the classes you sign up for (otherwise you waste tons of money), but most improtantly give it time. My freshamn year there were like 5 guys from my dorm floor that dropped out in the 1st 8 weeks or so saying college wasn't for them. All of them regret it and many of them tried to reapply the next year. My advice is even if you have a rough start give it at least a semester or a year before you do something rash.
 
[quote name='PsyClerk'][quote name='JSweeney']That's bull. Companies will ALWAYS need people onsite, since they're people are never smart enough not to mess up thier computers.

Of course, having a BS in Computer Science does give a little more leway than a CC degree in IT or a BS in IS.[/quote]

You callin' me a liar, Sweeney? 'Cause we'll fight, I swear we will.[/quote]

I don't have to fight. I can program robots to do that for me. :)
 
[quote name='suprsaiyanMAX']College is alot different than HS imo, but not in a bad way. For the first time in your academic career you get to dictate the pace at which you go. It takes a little getting used to. My best advice would be to go to the classes you sign up for (otherwise you waste tons of money), but most improtantly give it time. My freshamn year there were like 5 guys from my dorm floor that dropped out in the 1st 8 weeks or so saying college wasn't for them. All of them regret it and many of them tried to reapply the next year. My advice is even if you have a rough start give it at least a semester or a year before you do something rash.[/quote]


What are your thoughts on Campus life? I'm more concerned with there being an amount of morons equal to that of my old highschool.
 
[quote name='JSweeney'][quote name='PsyClerk'][quote name='JSweeney']That's bull. Companies will ALWAYS need people onsite, since they're people are never smart enough not to mess up thier computers.

Of course, having a BS in Computer Science does give a little more leway than a CC degree in IT or a BS in IS.[/quote]

You callin' me a liar, Sweeney? 'Cause we'll fight, I swear we will.[/quote]

I don't have to fight. I can program robots to do that for me. :)[/quote]

nah, just drop me a pm JS.
 
Campus life will vary from school to school. You cannot escape morons. Well...you could, I guess, but you'll need to wait for that private space flight company to get up to speed.

Seriously, a lot of people re-invent themselves in college. If you weren't part of the in-crowd or whatever group in high school, that can change easily and you get a lot of control over that. Guys I knew in college told me stories about their high school life and it was as if they were talking about another person.

Advice: Don't do anything stupid to impress anyone. I'm primarily talking about drinking and drugs. I can count on one hand the number of people who partied hard with drugs and/or alcohol and then later went on to be successful. I cannot count the number of people I saw fail (that includes leaving college, and at least one almost dying) because they did the same.
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[quote name='CaseyRyback']f'd in the a[/quote]

rofl

At my college, if you miss a day, you get 20% deducted from whatever you score on your make-up assignments/tests.

I lost my 4.0 last semester because of a car accident. Bunch of dicks.
 
[quote name='BigNick']I had a blast for two years when I lived at school. I got high and drunk everyday! Still managed a 2.8 gpa.[/quote]

And BigNick comes along with my counterpoint.

*sigh*

*pulls out Death Ray Beam Cannon(TM)*
 
Shoul I take my precious, precious consoles (theft)? And just how loose are college girls? Is the food good, or did I basically waste an extra 3,000 bucks?
 
Reality's Fringe said:
Shoul I take my precious, precious consoles (theft)? And just how loose are college girls? Is the food good, or did I basically waste an extra 3,000 bucks?
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Some are loose. STD city, wear a rubber. The food at my school was decent. Most campuses are politically correct, so there are lots of choices. I had a single room, so theft was not a problem for me. Its not your room mate you have to worry about, its his friends.
 
[quote name='red flare graf'][quote name='CaseyRyback']f'd in the a[/quote]

rofl

At my college, if you miss a day, you get 20% deducted from whatever you score on your make-up assignments/tests.

I lost my 4.0 last semester because of a car accident. Bunch of dicks.[/quote]

my college was cool about my wreck. My one teacher deducted ten points from your final grade if you missed more than 3 days. Others had similar policies.
 
Reality's Fringe][quote name='suprsaiyanMAX']College is alot different than HS imo said:
What are your thoughts on Campus life? I'm more concerned with there being an amount of morons equal to that of my old highschool.
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Psyclerk pretty much hit the nail on the head when he said all campuses have their fair share of morons. That's not going to change whether you go to some small school or some outrageously large university. You mentioned that you were going to Ohio U, I've mever been there but if I remmember correctly it has at least 10,000-15,000 students if not many more. Sure there will be some obnoxious morons among the thousands there, but there also be many people you have something in common with and can become great friends. and the morons tend to stay away more so than in high school, you don't even notice them after awhile.

As for the consoles, bring'em you'd be surprised how many people do game in college. We used to have big Halo and madden tournaments on the dorm floor. There are certainly some "loose girls" at college, you may need a quick background check to make sure you don't hook up with a burner. As for the food, it varies place to place. Heres they make excellent italian food as dinner entrees and the grill is good too. Also, there are often one or two restaraunt chains that have places to use points at on campus. Here we have a Chick'a'fila, a mcdonald's, Taco bell, and Sabbaro Pizza. Yet needless to say the food isn't all that health concious.
 
never go for I.T. you spend about 10,000 in college to work in small small officie n the red light district making 25,000 a year with no fututre.
 
I'm heading to Duquesne University here in Pittsburgh, PA. I doubt I'll have to work... but who knows. Going for accounting, btw.
 
Oh yeah theft is not too big of a problem for me either. DO make sure and lock that door when you leave for awhile. If you are that cocnerned, you may consider one thing a friend of mine did. He built a two part TV stand/cabinet with doors that fit his three consoles on one side, and the other part had his movies and games in there. Then he went to Lowes and bought a $4 lock to place on the doors and bam you got yourself some extra protection. He just unlocked it, open the doors and he was ready to play. It's a lot of work and he's good at building stuff like that, but if it really concerns you then it's an option. Like I said I didn't ever have any problems. Another thing to consider in keep them in a box in the closet or something hidden that way they aren't in plain view all the time.
 
[quote name='JSweeney'][quote name='PsyClerk'][quote name='Tromack']Community College won't be that much different than High School. 14 is an ok number, if you are worried. And stay the hell away from IT. It is a hellish career that has no future in the U.S.[/quote]

Who knew?

/throws away the two dozen pages of classified ads for IT business he's gotten in the past three weeks.[/quote]

That's bull. Companies will ALWAYS need people onsite, since they're people are never smart enough not to mess up thier computers.

Of course, having a BS in Computer Science does give a little more leway than a CC degree in IT or a BS in IS.[/quote]

The onsite computer help people are typically paid jack.
 
[quote name='suprsaiyanMAX']Oh yeah theft is not too big of a problem for me either. DO make sure and lock that door when you leave for awhile. If you are that cocnerned, you may consider one thing a friend of mine did. He built a two part TV stand/cabinet with doors that fit his three consoles on one side, and the other part had his movies and games in there. Then he went to Lowes and bought a $4 lock to place on the doors and bam you got yourself some extra protection. He just unlocked it, open the doors and he was ready to play. It's a lot of work and he's good at building stuff like that, but if it really concerns you then it's an option. Like I said I didn't ever have any problems. Another thing to consider in keep them in a box in the closet or something hidden that way they aren't in plain view all the time.[/quote]

I was considering getting a militart-style footlocker to lock my stuff in; I just wanted to see what other people thought about theft on campus. I guess I'm just "freaking" a little bit. I'd like to say that I'm totaly cool with going away to college, but it's making me a little nervous as the time gets closer. However, I do appreciate the advice, so if you or anyone else has more words of wisdom; let 'em fly.
 
At a community college, your taking mainly core classes, so the best thing to do is find out/ask around for the easiest teacher, since several will teach it. Once you get to a university, you'll have to start taking your required classes from whoever teaches it, depending on 1 or 2 teachers that usually will. If your resourcefull (like my b/f), you'll already have all the homework solutions, notes, and old tests from former students or off the internet, so it wont be so bad.
Community college classes only take attendence because the classes are so small. Most univeristy classes wont, do to size. It all depends on the teacher though. Some make it mandatory, some make it part of your grade, while others make it extra credit. One class my b/f took, they used these little remotes (www.eInstruction.com) to take attendence and quizes, so all you had to do was find someone who goes to class all the time, and give them your remote. Hope that helped.
 
I would look up hoe many reports of theft there were.

I do not know about theft on campus, but two people at my University were just brutally murdered(the first homocides in almost 60 years)
 
Don't worry about theft. And no need to padlock your stuff either. People won't steal a GC, when you have a computer sitting right beside it. Best advice is, just lock your door when ever you go to class, Narf? Food ALWAYS sucks, best you can hope for is an all you can eat cafateria, but those are usually reserved for the smaller campuses, OhU isn't one of those. Drinking, there is always the time and place to do it, e.g. before philosophy. But yeah, if you want to get to some, its definately easier at college. Just remember 1/3 of all college students have an STD, if you just meet the girl, make sure you double bag it. Any other questions just let me know. Been in college 6 years now, spent 4 years in a dorm.
 
I wonder if more people here are/were in community college or a university.

Anyways, from what I know based on classes my friend took and the one I took, college is high school with more freedom and cigarettes. I guess it really depends on the class, but not too hard.
 
[quote name='Graystone']never go for I.T. you spend about 10,000 in college to work in small small officie n the red light district making 25,000 a year with no fututre.[/quote]

Actually as much as I hate IT that isn't true. I am just an intern at my IT company and if I worked all year I would make 32,000 and the real people get paid twice as much as me. That being said, the shit I have to deal with is not worth 32,000. And the customers I deal with are supposed to be smart. I'd hate to imagine what a real IT job is like.

And there are definitely idiots at every school. I have gone to two top ten universities now, and there were idiots at both. Not as many as in highschool, but they were still there.
 
Oh man, my second roommate and I had all the consoles hooked up. This was back when they were new (Saturn, PSX, N64 era). We also had a Genesis/Sega CD/32X, a SNES, two GameGears, a GameBoy, and a Virtual Boy. We were the arcade for the dorm. I never had anything stolen except for a game I lent out to some dude. Just always lock your door if no one is in the room. That goes for those two minute bathroom breaks (if the bathroom is not connected to your room directly).
 
[quote name='CaseyRyback']at my college most professors made you come to class or you got f'd in the a[/quote]

I've had quite a few classes like that.

14 creds should be more than manageable. Last semester I took 14 and it was cake. Then again, I took 18-19 per semester every semester before that.
 
[quote name='6669'] If your resourcefull (like my b/f), you'll already have all the homework solutions, notes, and old tests from former students or off the internet, so it wont be so bad.[/quote]

Um...that sure sounds a lot like cheating. I mean studying from an old test and getting help from a former student is one thing, but getting the solutions from someone else sure doesn't sound right.

Oh and a side note. If you are in two similar classes, and you have an assignment in each class that is similar to the other, do not, I repeat DO NOT, write one paper and turn it in to both classes. Most schools consider this plagiarism, and I have seen numerous students be busted for this.
 
I just graduated from UC Santa Cruz, and for me college was a joke. It was much easier then high school. Most of the classes were large so attendance was mostly optional. I was a history major so for me college was mainly just writing a couple papers a month and the rest was free time. The reading load was probably heavy, but I quickly learned you didn't need to do much of it to pass. I don't know if your school has sections for the classes (mine did), but if possible take classes without them, sections were a complete waste of my time, basically some grad student T.A tries to lead a discussion about the material that you already went over with a bunch of students that either A. don't want to be there and don't say a word, or B. care way too much and make up B.S to try and impress the T.A.
 
holy shit! History of rock and roll actualy exists????!?!?!?? I thought it only existed in the movie school of rock.
 
Hell yes it exists. Well, for all those complaining of IT, my degree I think would be in business, so I could branch out from there, but I always here from everyone that the computers are where the money's at. Also, I think someone mentioned about it being easier with a BS in something than a CC certificate...that's what I'm doing, I'm going to transfer to CSULB junior year. I planned on getting my computer science degree, but I heard that programming is hellish and boring and I'd have to take a lot of calculus. Thanks for all your help, you've been most assuring. ROCK ON
 
I used to think I wanted to be a programmer. Got into the courses in college and found out quick that it's one of the most tedious things EVER.

The management and administration side of IT is pretty lucrative. If you are willing to relocate, you can make insane money. Great for those young years when you aren't tied down.
 
[quote name='BasketCase1080']holy shit! History of rock and roll actualy exists????!?!?!?? I thought it only existed in the movie school of rock.[/quote]

you'd be surprised what you can actually get credit for these days, a few of my more choice classes were Music of the Beatles, Music Business, Japanese Popular Culture, Intro to PC's, Drug Wars in the Americas, 80's Film and TV, and supposedly one of my old professors is going to teach a Buffy class once season 7 gets released. There was also a Simpsons class that I wasn't able to get into. All of those classes were good for 5 units a pop.
 
Eh, I'd hope that when I get my degree I wouldn't have to relocate. I live in Huntington Beach, CA and hope to get a job at Boeing about a half mile from my house, since my whole family has worked there. 80's TV! I'll have to check into that at my college
 
[quote name='BasketCase1080']holy shit! History of rock and roll actualy exists????!?!?!?? I thought it only existed in the movie school of rock.[/quote]

I've seen that and "History of Hip Hop" in both my old and new college
 
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