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To those that say college is way better than highschool

RegisteredStoneeer

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this is a bit embarrassing but wanted u happy college attendants opinions. All my life ive been told that just wait till college and its way better. Well i didnt get into a really nice school or anything like that(didnt even apply), just been taking a few community college classes.

I hate this shit practically. All my life everything has been pretty easy if i put in the effort, the problem is coming up with motivation. Now in college sure the classes are relaxed, and there is work thats simple(but time consuming) but it all sucks.

The teachers are just working there job, and im sitting there learning nothing. The kids sit next to me as if there's a wall seperating us and no talking is allowed.
I havent even met any friends at school yet.
I could do the work but whats the point? waste 5 years of my life doing boring learning with no friends. id rather be dead. :p
 
If you don't want to learn, there's really no reason to go.

That said, I hate the social scene at college. The parties aren't half as fun as they were in high school, or rather they are the same thing and certainly no better.
 
^^ I agree with both of those things.

You have to want to learn or else none of the information you cram is gonna stick. I have a biology class right now that I have no interest it and I'm a senior about to graduate in May. So this shit is brutal right now.

It was actually nice to go to parties and know a bunch of people in high school. But now, it seems like I go to these huge co-op parties or out to the bar and know nobody. I don't have a large enough contiguous group of friends anymore to have a massive party. College is different like that I guess.

But I would would have to say that I like college infinitely more than high school. I love being relatively anonymous and blending in to such a large community. I feel like it really enables my sketchiness and allows me to do what I want to do. I like not having to wake up at 6:15 am every fucking day and I like living on my own. I also really like my classes (for the most part) and I am generally excited about learning and getting my next degree.

I can't imagine not going to college.
 
College isn't all about the social scene and partying. In fact for many people it isn't about that AT ALL. Especially if you are at community college. From my understanding of Community Colleges and the US system in general, people go to Community Colleges to go as well as they can, get as high a grade as possible so that they increase their chances of getting into a better 4-year college. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

So I wouldn't really be surprised if people aren't really into a social scene at Community College (although I'm sure that there are people who treat it as a 100% party zone...).

If your goal is to just get your 2 year associates (?) from CC and go out into the workforce from there, then sure, slack off, have fun, go party... but if you are trying to increase your chances of getting in somewhere better, then work your goddamn ass off, and once you get to the better place, you will almost definitely find that they have a better party/social scene. It's all about delayed gratification.

Personally I found high school to be fucked.

I found University to be awesome, both in terms of academia and social scene. As with anything, you get out of it what you put in. But yeah, at CC, you have to realise that many people aren't there to party.

CB :)
 
Chaos Butterfly said:
From my understanding of Community Colleges and the US system in general, people go to Community Colleges to go as well as they can, get as high a grade as possible so that they increase their chances of getting into a better 4-year college. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
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You're quite correct. There are people who go to Community College and then to the Ivy League etc.

You only get from it what you put in, and it's generally worth the effort.
 
RegisteredStoneeer said:
this is a bit embarrassing but wanted u happy college attendants opinions. All my life ive been told that just wait till college and its way better. Well i didnt get into a really nice school or anything like that(didnt even apply), just been taking a few community college classes.

I hate this shit practically. All my life everything has been pretty easy if i put in the effort, the problem is coming up with motivation. Now in college sure the classes are relaxed, and there is work thats simple(but time consuming) but it all sucks.

The teachers are just working there job, and im sitting there learning nothing. The kids sit next to me as if there's a wall seperating us and no talking is allowed.
I havent even met any friends at school yet.
I could do the work but whats the point? waste 5 years of my life doing boring learning with no friends. id rather be dead. :p
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You didn't happen to just start going to college, did you?

It sounds like you need to find some organizations that interest you on your campus like clubs, greek life, etc.
 
Shit man, you are wasting your time and money. Society is doing an injustice in making students think that you have to go to college or that you have to at least try college.

If you don't like learning then don't go to college. Find an area of interest that you like and get involved with an applicable business. Or learn a trade. If you are good at what you do you will make money that will probably be as much or perhaps more than what you will make going to college.

With that said, my college is lame as hell. A ridiculous amount of the students define themselves solely by drinking, like it automatically makes them awesome or something. Drinking was a loads of fun in college, but there are better ways to alter my mind without toxic substance or hangovers. I really need to transfer to a private university with students of similar interest. But I really like the idea that at this point in my life my job is to learn. I mean once I enter the real world I will have the rest of my life to work at one thing.
 
BurnOneDown said:
Shit man, you are wasting your time and money. Society is doing an injustice in making students think that you have to go to college or that you have to at least try college.

If you don't like learning then don't go to college. Find an area of interest that you like and get involved with an applicable business. Or learn a trade. If you are good at what you do you will make money that will probably be as much or perhaps more than what you will make going to college.

With that said, my college is lame as hell. A ridiculous amount of the students define themselves solely by drinking, like it automatically makes them awesome or something. Drinking was a loads of fun in college, but there are better ways to alter my mind without toxic substance or hangovers. I really need to transfer to a private university with students of similar interest. But I really like the idea that at this point in my life my job is to learn. I mean once I enter the real world I will have the rest of my life to work at one thing.
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It sounds like you and the OP may need to take some time off from college to figure out what you want to do. I felt the same way you both did years ago, and I'll be honest with you. I've been in the real world. I've worked real jobs, and honestly, it sucks. You make shit for money and work shit jobs, unless you just happen to be lucky, like I was, and land yourself a decent job that paid well and paved a path for you in a well-respect industry.

Or maybe either or both of you haven't found people that you share interests with?
 
College should be about education first and foremost. While cramming in as much partying as you can without sacrificing your education. I think there's a huge false impression that college is like Animal House.

I've worked a lot of shitty jobs during the summers and it really makes you value your education while you're learning. But that being said, study something you enjoy, otherwise you'll be hating every minute of it.

Then again I went to a catholic all boys highschool, after 8 years in public school, so anything beats that.
 
I don't know too much about the difference between how the American (I'm assuming you are American from the term "highschool" :\) college system differs from the UK's college/university system, so I can't comment too much on that - but I will say, if it's mainly the social aspect (or lack of it) that you're not happy with, you'd have an infinitely better chance of meeting people you like if you applied to live in student accomodation (that is if you don't already, again, making an assumption here).
 
Community college isn't college dude. While technically it's classes, you aren't getting the "College Experience".

To get the college experience you need to live on campus, in dorms, with a bunch of other young kids who don't know what it's like to live outside of home for their first time.

College is way better than highschool, how can you compare? You can pick classes anytime you want and pursue to learn what you want to know in life. I love learning my major, and most people do. I get to wake up basically anytime I want, it's like living on your own except no job. Sure, you have to study a lot, but you can do it whenever you want.

Plus the social scene. Everyone here is just lonely, or was, and so picking up friends and new cliques is so easy. It's so easy just to make new friends, from asking people to study in your classes to sitting at a random table at lunch and saying what's up to a stranger.

People in college - true college, where you live on campus, that is - are desperate to meet new people. If I were to sit next to a beautiful girl and say "hey I have no one to eat lunch with, you mind if I sit here?" anywhere but college, you'd get a rude no. I love college...
 
TheodoreRoosevelt said:
Community college isn't college dude. While technically it's classes, you aren't getting the "College Experience".

To get the college experience you need to live on campus, in dorms, with a bunch of other young kids who don't know what it's like to live outside of home for their first time.
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Exactly!

There are so many huge differences between a community college and a university. Completely different student body, way better professors (WAY better!), much more challenging but useful coursework...just to name a few.

Entirely different atmosphere dude. You're talking about a community college that probably isn't much bigger than a few squared acres , if that. The opportunities, available courses, social atmosphere, and quality of education that a 4 year college/university offers over a community college are unparalleled imo!
 
Having attended both community college and university, I loved them both, far more than I ever liked HS. Getting out of the cliques, narrowness, and rote instruction of HS was tremendously freeing; when I started, it didn't feel like going to school at all. True, my school party experience was (and remains) next to nil, but I wouldn't trade my worst college course for a whole year of my best HS classes.

Find your college niche, and it can only get better.
 
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Agreed if your not meeting anybody or doing anything social your not going to have a fun time. A lot of it may be the college your going to. I encourage you to look around and join some groups. My first month at college sucked ass. I had a few friends from high school but that was it, but after I started getting into some groups I met a bunch of awesome people including the one who turned me on to bluelight. I'm having a great time so much so that I'm probably going to turn into Van Wilder and never graduate lol. Bottom line your college experience is only going to be as fun as what you put into it
 
eras3r said:
It sounds like you and the OP may need to take some time off from college to figure out what you want to do. I felt the same way you both did years ago, and I'll be honest with you. I've been in the real world. I've worked real jobs, and honestly, it sucks. You make shit for money and work shit jobs, unless you just happen to be lucky, like I was, and land yourself a decent job that paid well and paved a path for you in a well-respect industry.

Or maybe either or both of you haven't found people that you share interests with?
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I hear you on this. My summer job is the only thing that keeps my interest in school right now. I do carpet cleaning, mold remediation, water damages, and fire damages. The money and academic ambition are great, but the work sucks.

Right now it's finding people with similar interests.. I know I have been blaming the school for a while, so I have been questioning myself as well. But I am an active, social student. The problem is that the large majority of students can only identify themselves with alcohol (as if that makes them awesome), and they simply find any form of deep conversation uncool. It's the most shallow group I have ever been around. I've made some friends but nothing significant. I really should have spent more time figuring out where I want to go to school.
 
The problem is that the large majority of students can only identify themselves with alcohol (as if that makes them awesome), and they simply find any form of deep conversation uncool. It's the most shallow group I have ever been around. I've made some friends but nothing significant. I really should have spent more time figuring out where I want to go to school.
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Had same problem first semester
I almost pledged for a frat my first semester. An older friend who was out of school told me a bunch of crazy stories from his days in one particular frat. I was excited about joining but once I started hanging out with the frat I found out that they were pretty much what burnonedown described above I'm a hippie at heart and just didn't fit in
 
Lets see. I despised high school. Without band and Japanese class, I would've gone nuts.

It wasn't until I returned to college a few years ago that I really appreciated it. I hated it when I went right out of high school, though.

I truly believe you have to be happy with yourself and happy with your choice in school to make the best of it.
 
I love university many times more than high school.

This general view that uni / college life is accomanied by an awesome social circuit and party scene is odd to me. Maybe it's different in the US.

But here in Aus, most people don't tend to live on campus unless they foreign exchange or something. It's also not the norm to attend campuses far away from home. I mean people do it. But my perception is that many people do this in the US.

Anyway. "Partying" never played much of a part in my decision to go to university. I party now about as much as I was partying before I attended uni. If I hadn't gone to uni and instead has entered the workforce, I believe that I would still be partying in pretty much the same fashion, except that I would be going out more as I would have more funds and wouldn't be worrying about study and assignments.

Basically I have the same group of friends now as I did before I started uni. I didn't go straight from high school to uni so this probably has something to do with it.

I love uni. I love the flexibility. I love that it does not require routine for routines sake like high school did. I love that I am doing subjects I find immensely interesting. And I love that the responsibility to succeed is my own. I love that most of the people that are also taking my classes genuinely want to be there and want to learn.

High School doesn't even rate compared to uni for myself.
 
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