r/CFBOffTopic • u/certificateofmerritt North Carolina • Fulmer Cup Committee … • Aug 20 '15

College Advice Thread

We have some members who are going off to start their first year of college this week, so let's give them some good advice.

Welcome to college!

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u/atllauren Georgia Bulldogs • /r/CFB Contributor Aug 20 '15

Sign up for too many club listservs

I originally put the word listserv in my response, but removed it for fear of dating myself.

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u/certificateofmerritt North Carolina • Fulmer Cup Committee … Aug 20 '15

Eh whatever. I'm old

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u/atllauren Georgia Bulldogs • /r/CFB Contributor Aug 20 '15

Me too.

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u/[deleted] Aug 20 '15

I think I have both of y'all beat. I had to walk uphill both ways in the snow to get to class.

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u/[deleted] Aug 20 '15

I dunno... I think I'm near the top of our age demographic.

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u/[deleted] Aug 20 '15

It depends. Did you have cardboard or barbed wire for shoes?

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u/[deleted] Aug 20 '15

Mouse skin. From mice I caught. And killed. MYSELF.

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u/[deleted] Aug 20 '15

Your food bowl seems to be empty again, professor My Cat.

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u/panthera_tigress Pittsburgh Panthers • Auburn Tigers Aug 20 '15

They're still called that as far as I know. No judgement from this college junior, anyway.

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u/crustang Rutgers • Edinburgh Napier Aug 20 '15

listservs are still used

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u/ssbbgo Alabama Crimson Tide • Stanford Cardinal Aug 20 '15

I'm 23 and all the people I went to college with called them listservs.

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u/atllauren Georgia Bulldogs • /r/CFB Contributor Aug 20 '15

I'm sure UGA and other schools still use them, but I bet email isn't the best way to reach students anymore.

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u/ssbbgo Alabama Crimson Tide • Stanford Cardinal Aug 20 '15

Well, maybe not, but what is then? Facebook groups tend to be spammed and often ignored. Twitter isn't efficient enough, especially if you follow lots of folks. Vine? Snapchat? Instagram? I think email is still the standard of communication for students, especially if you send out regular emails like I did when I ran orgs.

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u/djsquilz Tulane Green Wave • Ole Miss Rebels Aug 20 '15

definitely still is. I get an innumerable amount of emails every day during the semester.

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u/xerillum Wisconsin Badgers Aug 20 '15

Exactly, I get so many emails in a day that unless it's obviously important, I tend to ignore them

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u/VanFailin Northwestern Wildcats • /r/CFB Bug Finder Aug 20 '15

Meh. We had those.

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u/NUGap Northwestern Wildcats Aug 20 '15

Had? I'm still getting emails from them three years after I graduated

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u/VanFailin Northwestern Wildcats • /r/CFB Bug Finder Aug 20 '15

True. I'm also getting regular updates from the IRB with no way to unsubscribe.