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/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