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Originally posted by: ric1287
Originally posted by: DLeRium
Fridays and Saturdays are not the only party nights. Thursday nights is where it's all at. Schedule your Friday classes so you have it light in case you get messed up on Thursday night.
C-s are the devil. If you're about to get a C-, and you can afford a retake, just fail the final so you get that D or F and then you can retake for a better grade. Otherwise that 1.667 is gonna kill you.
i don't know where you went/go to school, but getting a D or F is NOT better than a C-.
Originally posted by: simms
Originally posted by: ric1287
Originally posted by: DLeRium
Fridays and Saturdays are not the only party nights. Thursday nights is where it's all at. Schedule your Friday classes so you have it light in case you get messed up on Thursday night.
C-s are the devil. If you're about to get a C-, and you can afford a retake, just fail the final so you get that D or F and then you can retake for a better grade. Otherwise that 1.667 is gonna kill you.
i don't know where you went/go to school, but getting a D or F is NOT better than a C-.
Failing a course, staying back a year, and retaking the class is MUCH worse than a C-.
Also try explaining an F to your employer.
Originally posted by: joshsquall
Originally posted by: ric1287
Originally posted by: DLeRium
Fridays and Saturdays are not the only party nights. Thursday nights is where it's all at. Schedule your Friday classes so you have it light in case you get messed up on Thursday night.
C-s are the devil. If you're about to get a C-, and you can afford a retake, just fail the final so you get that D or F and then you can retake for a better grade. Otherwise that 1.667 is gonna kill you.
i don't know where you went/go to school, but getting a D or F is NOT better than a C-.
Some schools only allow repeat/forgive if you get a D or an F.
Also, all of this not skipping class stuff is BS. If you're relatively intelligent, you can get atleast a 3.0 going to 20-30% of your classes.
Originally posted by: simms
Originally posted by: ric1287
Originally posted by: DLeRium
Fridays and Saturdays are not the only party nights. Thursday nights is where it's all at. Schedule your Friday classes so you have it light in case you get messed up on Thursday night.
C-s are the devil. If you're about to get a C-, and you can afford a retake, just fail the final so you get that D or F and then you can retake for a better grade. Otherwise that 1.667 is gonna kill you.
i don't know where you went/go to school, but getting a D or F is NOT better than a C-.
Failing a course, staying back a year, and retaking the class is MUCH worse than a C-.
Also try explaining an F to your employer.
Originally posted by: GoCobbers1
life on campus...
You sir must not be in a very difficult major. I could not skip my Organic Chem class and hope to do well.Also, all of this not skipping class stuff is BS. If you're relatively intelligent, you can get atleast a 3.0 going to 20-30% of your classes.
It depends on the class and the textbook. If I didn't go to my Differential Equations class, I'd be dead in the water. The examples the textbook gives are meaningless. Other professors teach almost directly out of the textbook, and don't add much of anything else to it. You're basically paying them money to read to you, and then test you on what they read.Originally posted by: joshsquall
Also, all of this not skipping class stuff is BS. If you're relatively intelligent, you can get atleast a 3.0 going to 20-30% of your classes.
Yes, this is important. When you go for help, you are supposed to have tried it yourself first. If you stroll in and ask for help, and the professor asks what work you've already done, and you've put forth no effort, you can't really expect much effort back from the professor.Originally posted by: DLeRium
READ EVERY NIGHT. Don't fall behind. This was why I didn't go to OH. I felt stupid and if you don't know your stuff, you can't just go in and expect to be taught. You need to have SOME knowledge of what's going on so at least you can discuss and ask meaningful questions.
That sort of thing amused me. One Friday, hardly anyone showed up for my Dynamics class. The professor wrote the new subject on the board, looked around at the rather minimal audience, and told us we were having a pop quiz. "Write your name and the new subject we're discussing today on the paper, and pass it in."Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
2. Dont skip class (some teachers get pissed when your not a regular, many like to give random quizzes instead of taking attendance)
Ugh, I know. When the cinder-block walls vibrate from the music, you know it's too loud.4. Dorms are evil (ass hats pulling fire alarm at night weekly, death metal music, people acting like idiots)
Yup. If you don't learn it on the homework, good luck on the tests. Have fun in higher courses too that rely on that material.5. Cheating is pointless (you are cheating yourself if you do not know it)
Quite true. If I don't get enough sleep, I get stupid. Really stupid. It should not take 2 minutes to figure out how to find the area of a rectangle. Now with that vibrating alarm clock, I get to sleep when I choose to, not when the rest of the apartment finally shuts up.6. Studying the night before a test is pointless (you should learn in increments in the time before the test), sleep is superior that night
And without that constant alcohol expense, you'll have more money.7. You are there to learn, not to destroy your liver (I have seen many people fail college this way)
Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
college in college computer Science / Biology dual major:
1. Dont get arrogant (STUDY)
2. Dont skip class (some teachers get pissed when your not a regular, many like to give random quizzes instead of taking attendance)
3. The library is your friend
4. Dorms are evil (ass hats pulling fire alarm at night weekly, death metal music, people acting like idiots)
5. Cheating is pointless (you are cheating yourself if you do not know it)
6. Studying the night before a test is pointless (you should learn in increments in the time before the test), sleep is superior that night
7. You are there to learn, not to destroy your liver (I have seen many people fail college this way)
8. Dont get a girl pregnant, you might have to drop out to support the child (has happened to people I know)
You sir must not be in a very difficult major. I could not skip my Organic Chem class and hope to do well.Also, all of this not skipping class stuff is BS. If you're relatively intelligent, you can get atleast a 3.0 going to 20-30% of your classes.
Originally posted by: joshsquall
Also, all of this not skipping class stuff is BS. If you're relatively intelligent, you can get atleast a 3.0 going to 20-30% of your classes.
Originally posted by: Tuktuk
Originally posted by: joshsquall
Also, all of this not skipping class stuff is BS. If you're relatively intelligent, you can get atleast a 3.0 going to 20-30% of your classes.
With total class time usually only 3 hours per day, why skip? If you have morning classes you're in such a daze that by the time you get back you don't even realize you went to school. Yet you have a notebook full of notes and that day's lesson on your mind, which saves you the added work of cramming at the end of the semester.
Its true you can get by and get a better GPA than the example I just showed, but skipping increases your chances at missing random assignments and also makes you fall behind in the course. There really is no reason to skip if you aren't working while going to school, to not be able to handle a 3 hour day is pretty pathetic.
3.0 is pretty shtty if you're interested in going to a good graduate school, atleast that's the case for medical schoolOriginally posted by: joshsquall
Originally posted by: Tuktuk
Originally posted by: joshsquall
Also, all of this not skipping class stuff is BS. If you're relatively intelligent, you can get atleast a 3.0 going to 20-30% of your classes.
With total class time usually only 3 hours per day, why skip? If you have morning classes you're in such a daze that by the time you get back you don't even realize you went to school. Yet you have a notebook full of notes and that day's lesson on your mind, which saves you the added work of cramming at the end of the semester.
Its true you can get by and get a better GPA than the example I just showed, but skipping increases your chances at missing random assignments and also makes you fall behind in the course. There really is no reason to skip if you aren't working while going to school, to not be able to handle a 3 hour day is pretty pathetic.
I meant going to 20-30% of the scheduled class periods, you would get a 3.0 overall.
Edit: You realized it and edited your post already.
C-s are the devil. If you're about to get a C-, and you can afford a retake, just fail the final so you get that D or F and then you can retake for a better grade. Otherwise that 1.667 is gonna kill you.
Originally posted by: Mo0o
3.0 is pretty shtty if you're interested in going to a good graduate school, atleast that's the case for medical schoolOriginally posted by: joshsquall
Originally posted by: Tuktuk
Originally posted by: joshsquall
Also, all of this not skipping class stuff is BS. If you're relatively intelligent, you can get atleast a 3.0 going to 20-30% of your classes.
With total class time usually only 3 hours per day, why skip? If you have morning classes you're in such a daze that by the time you get back you don't even realize you went to school. Yet you have a notebook full of notes and that day's lesson on your mind, which saves you the added work of cramming at the end of the semester.
Its true you can get by and get a better GPA than the example I just showed, but skipping increases your chances at missing random assignments and also makes you fall behind in the course. There really is no reason to skip if you aren't working while going to school, to not be able to handle a 3 hour day is pretty pathetic.
I meant going to 20-30% of the scheduled class periods, you would get a 3.0 overall.
Edit: You realized it and edited your post already.
Originally posted by: CPA
Hit it with as many girls as possible, because once you get out of college and get a job you will most likely get a wife and never see that much action again your entire life.