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How has University changed your life?

SilverFeniks

SilverFeniks

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This is a bit of an open-ended question, I'm just going to thrown in a few random bits about myself.

I had no intention of leaving my home state for school, but I also really didn't care one bit where I went .. I was just a 16-year old high school student when everyone told me to think about college, what did I know?
I ended up checking out my current school in AZ after my parents suggested it. I applied here early, got in, got a free scholarship, and ended my search right there .. I didn't care where I went!

But had I stayed in California, I can't possibly imagine how different (and, I think, worse) my life would be! As much as I bitch about where I am now, it really has helped me out. It's given me a sense of independence, being so far away (yet false, since I don't support myself fully).

Partially due to finally growing up out of my teen years, I've come to appreciate so many things ... the value of life, the struggles we all go through, the natural beauty of the world, etc.
Had I stayed in CA, I don't think I would have taken everything for granted .. but at a bigger school I'd have partied a lot more and not had all these wonderful opportunities to explore myself and the world.


So, how has attending University opened up your eyes and mind to new ideas and experiences?
Do you have any regrets or wish things had turned out differently in some way?

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College life has probably had an overall very negative effect upon thus far into my experience. I'm not the most outgoing or social person, so being thrust into an environment where I do not know many people has proved difficult for me. I just am not good at meeting people. I have been forced to try and change this, however, and I can slowly see myself improving. I actually met someone tonight, actually.

On a different side of the spectrum, I have also become much more unhealthy than I used to be. I do not eat nearly as good as I should. My diet is pretty pathetic, to be real honest about it.
 
I planned on staying in Richmond,VA all my life. Needless to say, i was a rebel, but raised in a conservative environment, and had no want to really leave and was pretty conservative myself now that i think back (look up posts by Meatpuppet, you'll see what i mean)

Anyways, i had some friendships go sour, a long term relationship end, and i ran away.

Going to school in Atlanta, was probably the best move i've ever done. I went to a tech school, and realized i only liked technology when i taught myself and only as a hobby. I got into humanities and met quite a few open minded people (who directed me to this board), and it's changed who i am a great deal and in almost everyway imaginable.

Going to a tech school made me realise how much i desire to get educated in something else, spending 4 years doing something i dislike, really helped me find my focus in life.

So i'm going to get further education at some point, in something i truly enjoy. And i got DeVry to thank for that :D lol fuckers.

But beyond that, moving away from my hometown allowed me be me, allowed me to grow and change, rather than fit the image everyone expected me to be. I went from extremely shy and introverted, to a very socialable, partying, date-able guy. (Now that i'm in a long term relationship the latter has been destroyed)
 
Uni has definitely changed me for the better. I have the ability to really focus when I need to now, which is something that I really didn't have going through high school. It hasn't really changed me socially, but has definitely strengthened my self-confidence :)

CB :)
 
I have alot more time and freedom now. And i don't have to get up so early anymore. But i don't think it has really changed me.
 
It's made me bitter, and jaded. I hate being broke. I work all the time, and go to class, but no money, and no free time. I'm sick of school. I'm a future drop out if I can't pull myself together in AZ... I don't know if I want to continue my education. I owe a crap load of money, and need to pay it back.8(

I'm taking a hiatus... Mind you, I don't get stressed very easily, but I can't stand being inside all the time. :p

Sorry, I had a bad day.
 
I was completely disenchanted by college (so far...). I thought it would be my social panacea, that the kids would have grown out of their high school retardedness. But no, i face the same social difficulty here (read: unwillingness to get blasted-ass wasted every night of the week, and even further ostracism for being an honors student) as I had all through middle and high school. All I have to say is thank god I got in to one of the best schools in the country for my major (Biochemistry, well... i'm doubling with spanish, but that's really an afterthought). If I didn't think that the quality of the school was worth it, I would have booked it outta here like a bat outta hell....:p fuck this place...
 
its restricted me from doing anything that i really really want to do... isnt it supposed to open doors and such?

ugh i hate school so much right now, ive got zero motivation...

jaded as well :(
 
college itself hasn't really done a damn thing *for me*, then again i never asked for college to do a damn thing for me or anyone else for that matter. i've improved immensely through the college experience mostly through challenging myself, college has given me a lot of opportunity to become a more culturally conscious individual and i've definitely taken advantage of that... if it wasn't for college i would likely be in some sort of middle-management position that i would struggle to hold for the rest of my life while people with degrees pass me by left and right.
 
College life has affected my lifestyle in huge amounts. I have disconnected myself from any part of the college scene as much as possible and chill with non uni people as much as uni people. Since moving away from my friends I've re-discovered the internet, joined bluelight, went to some huge raves and done some fun drugs. I haven't learnt as much as I'd hoped, but I'm positive about the future. :)
 
I haven't experienced college yet but i can't wait. I hope it changes my life, because right now it sucks.
 
College has totally changed my life.. in bad and good ways. I've become much more social, was introduced to 'hard' drugs, found faith in God, had a falling out with my father, struggled with and finally quit drugs, made up with my father, and became a Christian.. all in 4 years...
 
bong420tripper said:
College life has probably had an overall very negative effect upon thus far into my experience. I'm not the most outgoing or social person, so being thrust into an environment where I do not know many people has proved difficult for me. I just am not good at meeting people. I have been forced to try and change this, however, and I can slowly see myself improving. I actually met someone tonight, actually.
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I feel pretty similar to this. I'm not good at meeting people either, and I think part of the reason for that is that I love my old friends so much.

I had to start over alot as a younger man, when I was seven I said goodbye to all I knew (lived in england) and went to live in texas. Then, when I was thirteen my family decided they wanted to move again, and I had to say goodbye to all my closest friends. I had to start over in San Marino. Then I started over in South Pasadena. Now I am in the process of starting over in Santa Barbara. Its going just like the others...slow and stagnant at first but I can feel it picking up.

My roommate is really bland though and that certainly hasnt helped. If I had gotten a roommate I enjoyed spending time with I think I would have been able to get myself out more and meet more friends.

I also wish I hadnt gotten into the dorm I thought I wanted. They are new so they have the nicest facilities, but they are also way smaller and I dont really like the kids in my dorm so I choose not to hang out with them. Had I gotten a bigger dorm I would have had way more people to choose from.

All in all, I dont have enough friends at this point. I want to meet more people who are interested in drugs and in electronic music. Hopefully it wont be too long.
 
you know, one day you might grow out of drugs and electronic music and find some great friends who aren't into them either. =)
 
Wow, I don't recall making this thread at all.
Judging by the date, I was probably slamming OCs at the time.

Now I'm done with Uni, graduating tomorrow, ready to ship off far far away to a [hopefully] better place.

Things went rather downhill in my last year and a half; I picked up a healthy OC addiction, messed with some other shit and overdid it, etc. All occuring during my hardest courses, but somehow I made it through [though I certainly should have failed].
Only friends were coworkers (who I didn't see outside of work), save one good homie who'd disappear six months out of the year consistently. Not that I wanted many friends, I was too wrapped up in myself.

So long, school! You've taught me much, and I'm damn glad to be rid of you.
 
kittyinthedark said:
I was completely disenchanted by college (so far...). I thought it would be my social panacea, that the kids would have grown out of their high school retardedness. But no, i face the same social difficulty here (read: unwillingness to get blasted-ass wasted every night of the week, and even further ostracism for being an honors student) as I had all through middle and high school. All I have to say is thank god I got in to one of the best schools in the country for my major (Biochemistry, well... i'm doubling with spanish, but that's really an afterthought). If I didn't think that the quality of the school was worth it, I would have booked it outta here like a bat outta hell....:p fuck this place...
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Yep that's my experience aswell. Even though I have only done one year, coming to university I assumed that everyone would be up for partying, goling nuts and all that. Yet if you so much as have a cigarette at my university you get stared at. Well that's what I get for going to one of the best in the country. Oh well, I'm taking a year off next year and doing Japan :D

Has it changed me? Well, I now realise that the future leaders of this country (Australia) are pricks and intolerant of anything which their mummies and daddies didn't advocate. To be honest it has crippled my spirit significantly.
 
Has college changed my life? Yes. Has it changed me? Probably.

I graduated from a liberal prep school and was one of the biggest "hippies" there. Then I went to a fairly conservative jesuit school in california and met some alright people...kids on my floor that I smoked weed with.
I also:
learned about the contraband trade
got addicted to meth..twice..and went into psychosis once and a full blown manic episode another time
had a HUGE falling out with all of my uni friends and hung out exclusively with bluelighters and my girlfriend for my last year in cali
fled california and moved to southern new mexico
dropped out and taught pre-school for a year
am now back in school, out of a 2.5 year relationship and about to work on an organic farm and start a renewable energy business

I have learned ALOT about myself, others, and the world in general in the last 5 years.
 
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I'm with Ewok on this one. I thought coming to uni I'd finally meet some new people into partying and drinking and with a more open mind on drugs that at high school. So far, it seems to be even more straight laced! So far, uni's just been somewhere I go for classes, I never stay around to socialise. Ewok, any chance you go to Melbourne uni?
 
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