ShadowTiger
08-31-2004, 08:57 PM
So how are you all enjoying the new school year? I know it's only the beginning, (With today being my second day of attending Queens College.) but there are undoubtedly some fun times ahead of us all. School is a time for personal enlightenment, in many, many ways.
Here's a sample of what I've seen so far of College life Versus High School Life. (Quoted directly from another thread I just wrote somewhere else.)
Okay. I've been going to college regularly (for two days) now, and I can give you a brief overview of what it may be like. Now, obviously, none of you will be exploring my college using my schedule using my body, so this will vary immensely for you all. But this is a given. :rolleyes: So I'll do my best to tell you about how College life seems to differ from High School life.
1) You take MANY less classes. I have five or six classes in all. However, they are all much longer. I'll give you a rundown on my schedule. Monday: 9:15 --> 12:15 Biology Lab. 1:40 --> 2:55 Intro To Philosophy. 4:00 --> 5:50 English 110 (College Writing, whatever that is.) Tuesday & Thursday: 9:25 --> 10:40 Introduction To Ethics (Philosophy.) 12:15 --> 1:30 Biology (Lecture, huge lecture hall, TINY desks.) 1:40 --> 2:55 Anthropology. Wednesdays, my schedule is identical to Mondays, just minus the Bio Lab, so I can sleep late. :D
2) Work Loads: (the part you've all been waiting for.) In College, they don't really make you do homework. They Make You READ]. And they make you Read, A LOT. :freak: They don't discuss your last night's reading in class to overview it. Instead, the lecture / class the next day is meant to build on it, which if you hadn't read, will make you wish you had. And as for research reports, all I've heard, is that only half of my classes, (AKA 2, thank god, maybe 3 if I'm a bit more unlucky.) are making us do research reports. And thankfully, (At least as a Freshman.) they're only 2-3 and 3-5 pages long, depending on what it's for. In English 110, you do 4-5 3-5 page research reports. Meh. (No final though, as the last one IS your final.) Yes, so the main point, is to both study, and read your books ahead of time. Do these two, and you'll do fine. (Oh yeah, and be sure to take notes.)
3) Walking. You'll be doing A LOT of walking in college. They have pathways and walkways and jogways and runways ALL OVER the place! .. OMG, walk. Yes, many pathways. You'll be needing to walk all over the campus in a hurry. Many different buildings for many different things. And the classrooms are kinda small, to kinda massive. Lots of descs fit in to all. Some classrooms have very few students. (My bio LAB has 21. My Bio LECTURE has 201, probably nearing to 501.)
4) The Commute. Your commute will probably differ quite much from mine, as you can either live on or off campus somewhere, or you can commute from home. Myself, I take the N4 bus to Jamaica station (50 minutes. @_@ .. geez..) and then the Q44 bus to Main Street, where I walk to Queens College. All that takes about 1.5 hours. (Of course, it takes 20 minutes to walk to the N4 station. :sweat: And then a few minutes to get from place to place in the college, so that's about two hours.) But YOURS will be different, naturally. So I wish you luck, and plan well. :)
So how are you enjoying school? :)
Here's a sample of what I've seen so far of College life Versus High School Life. (Quoted directly from another thread I just wrote somewhere else.)
Okay. I've been going to college regularly (for two days) now, and I can give you a brief overview of what it may be like. Now, obviously, none of you will be exploring my college using my schedule using my body, so this will vary immensely for you all. But this is a given. :rolleyes: So I'll do my best to tell you about how College life seems to differ from High School life.
1) You take MANY less classes. I have five or six classes in all. However, they are all much longer. I'll give you a rundown on my schedule. Monday: 9:15 --> 12:15 Biology Lab. 1:40 --> 2:55 Intro To Philosophy. 4:00 --> 5:50 English 110 (College Writing, whatever that is.) Tuesday & Thursday: 9:25 --> 10:40 Introduction To Ethics (Philosophy.) 12:15 --> 1:30 Biology (Lecture, huge lecture hall, TINY desks.) 1:40 --> 2:55 Anthropology. Wednesdays, my schedule is identical to Mondays, just minus the Bio Lab, so I can sleep late. :D
2) Work Loads: (the part you've all been waiting for.) In College, they don't really make you do homework. They Make You READ]. And they make you Read, A LOT. :freak: They don't discuss your last night's reading in class to overview it. Instead, the lecture / class the next day is meant to build on it, which if you hadn't read, will make you wish you had. And as for research reports, all I've heard, is that only half of my classes, (AKA 2, thank god, maybe 3 if I'm a bit more unlucky.) are making us do research reports. And thankfully, (At least as a Freshman.) they're only 2-3 and 3-5 pages long, depending on what it's for. In English 110, you do 4-5 3-5 page research reports. Meh. (No final though, as the last one IS your final.) Yes, so the main point, is to both study, and read your books ahead of time. Do these two, and you'll do fine. (Oh yeah, and be sure to take notes.)
3) Walking. You'll be doing A LOT of walking in college. They have pathways and walkways and jogways and runways ALL OVER the place! .. OMG, walk. Yes, many pathways. You'll be needing to walk all over the campus in a hurry. Many different buildings for many different things. And the classrooms are kinda small, to kinda massive. Lots of descs fit in to all. Some classrooms have very few students. (My bio LAB has 21. My Bio LECTURE has 201, probably nearing to 501.)
4) The Commute. Your commute will probably differ quite much from mine, as you can either live on or off campus somewhere, or you can commute from home. Myself, I take the N4 bus to Jamaica station (50 minutes. @_@ .. geez..) and then the Q44 bus to Main Street, where I walk to Queens College. All that takes about 1.5 hours. (Of course, it takes 20 minutes to walk to the N4 station. :sweat: And then a few minutes to get from place to place in the college, so that's about two hours.) But YOURS will be different, naturally. So I wish you luck, and plan well. :)
So how are you enjoying school? :)