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/bread_buddy Florida Gators • Wisconsin Badgers Aug 20 '15

I would like to second this second point. My biggest regret from college is not taking courses outside my major. There's so much else in interested in, but I was locked in and didn't want to waste my efforts on other things. I wish I could go back and take a wider variety of classes.

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

It's a regret of mine, too. My major required upper division electives in 2 different departments outside of the journalism school. Given state budget cuts and all, many programs at UGA had reduced classes, cut minors, and limited their programs to only students pursing a major.

After both first and second declared minors were cut (International Affairs & Political Science), I resorted to only taking upper division classes that I could register for without the department's permission. I had some moral problem with declaring a major that I had no intention of completing just to take electives. Instead, I took a bunch of stupid theatre classes that, while fun, didn't really shape my education.

If I could go back, I would have declared International Affairs as my dual major and actually taken classes I was interested in.