Advice for college

[augie00]

I see you are a White Sox fan, so you will probably go far in this world. White Sox fans are quality people.

Here is some advice:

Don't fall in love. All women are whores.

[Bradyams]

Some of these will be repeats of others' suggestions.

1) Go to [censored] class. Life will be much much easier if you do. I cannot stress how badly you need to go to class.

2) It does not count as going to class if all you do is sleep through it. Stay awake.

3) Look for books online before you buy them at the bookstore. You can get them used on Amazon for a lot cheaper sometimes.

4) Read those [censored] books you spent so much money on.

5) Use www.ratemyprofessors.com

6) I recommend not joining a frat. I'm not going to explain why since I'll probably get flamed by those who are or were in a frat.

7) Go to [censored] class.

[samjjones]

Also, make at least 3-4 friends (more are preferred) in each of your classes. I went to business school at Rutgers (NJ state school), where a small class was 100+ people (most were 300-400 people). You'll be able to help each other prepare for any projects, and study groups are extremely helpful in preparing for exams. Business school isn't terribly hard, but it is competitive, so I'd second the suggestion of building your GPA up early. FWIW, my finance major has very little to do with my current job (software developer), which I've been doing for the 8 years since college...so don't take things TOO seriously. Have fun and best of luck.

[Wintermute]

Best piece of advice I can give is don't be a puss when you have a hangover. This means that during the week, you go to class hungover if need be. On Saturday, get up and resume drinking after some KFC or whatever... don't stay in on Sat night just because Friday night was rough. On Sunday, study hungover. Don't skip practice if you're hungover, too. I faked a shoulder injury when I was too drunk to execute a flip turn (swimmer) once--the other 500 odd practices I got through no matter what my condition. And somebody said it, I'd suggest taking it easy on Sundays party-wise with the obvious exceptions of Super Bowl and the like, and getting some work done.
Anyhow, if you whine/decide sleep it off when you're hungover, it'll cut into your time a LOT because you'll be hungover a lot.

[turnipmonster]

best advice I ever got was to go to class, every day. the guy that told me that got 3 degrees (EE,CS and history!) in 4 years, and I asked him how he did it. he said he went to class, "you don't always have to do your homework, you don't have to study, but just go to class every day".

--turnipmonster

[DemonDeac]

ill keep this short and sweet:
1)go to class

2)join a club. preferably a club sport cuz ull build some good friendships through the sport and women always like an athelete even if ur not on the varsity team. also, u can become an executive member of the club which'll look good on ur resume

[Matt24]

The business school isn't as hard as everyone makes it out to be. Your junior year will suck when you take I-CORE, but besides that, it isnt overly difficult. And by the way, that Business Administration class is X100 I think not X101, and the professor you want is Heslin or something close to that name.

[Vote4Pedro]

cocaines a hell of a drug

[Vote4Pedro]

DEFINITELY check out pickaprof and ratemyprof. Words cannot describe how much theyve helped me through my first 3 years

[Vote4Pedro]

I'd like to hear your reasoning for #6.