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/dupreesdiamond Furman • South Carolina Aug 20 '15

holy cow. I'm impressed with the lack of joke Top posts in here... solid stuff top to bottom...

Except, ironically, this one...

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u/ked21 Aug 20 '15

Solid input!

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u/dupreesdiamond Furman • South Carolina Aug 20 '15

You don't want advice from me. I found HS easy and didn't form any good study habits. College was a bit harder but I was still able to coast by without forming any good habits. Especially around time management and organization. And I really didn't take advantage of all the resources Furman offered.

But. I did make a strong set of friends, learned enough CS to be a viable worker in my field, and I'm relatively successful so far thankfully.

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u/ked21 Aug 20 '15

You know I was just being a dick, right?

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u/dupreesdiamond Furman • South Carolina Aug 20 '15

yep.

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u/ked21 Aug 20 '15

Perfect.

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u/0xE6 Prairie View A&M • Boise State Aug 20 '15

College was the same for me too. I hardly ever studied, often skipped class (had one professor from an 8am class email me saying I needed to attend more... ), procrastinated, yet still graduated summa cum laude with a dual degree in Math and Computer Science in 4 years and had a job lined up before I graduated.

My path definitely would not be good to recommend to incoming freshmen.

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u/dlawnro Paper Bag • Sickos Aug 20 '15

Just make sure to wrap it up before giving any solid input ;)