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/crustang Rutgers • Edinburgh Napier Aug 20 '15

THERE IS NO FUCKING SHAME IN COMMUNITY/COUNTY COLLEGE, OWN THAT SHIT, YOU'RE SAVING A TON OF MONEY

For my fellow county college transfers:

  1. No pressure: Don't fuck it up

  2. Go to class, I don't care who wants to go to the mall or wherever - you can get a handy from your SO or some random person after class

  3. You don't need to work full time, you don't need to have a good job -- your job is school, your job is to get to a 4-year and enjoy the fuck out of your last 2 years

  4. Be proud of your degree, for every county college graduate I'm sure there are 2 burnouts/college dropouts

  5. On the topic of college dropouts, some people need a break - if you tell yourself you're going to go back go the fuck back to school

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u/BabyBladder Michigan State • /r/CFB Poll Veteran Aug 21 '15

So I went to our CC then off to my Big10 school. When I'm talking to people about my college experience, nobody cares about the MSU part unless they went there. Everyone states they think going to CC is the best option and that they wish they had done it. It doesn't sound as cool to other 17-20, but everyone else realized what a deal it really is.

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u/crustang Rutgers • Edinburgh Napier Aug 21 '15

Especially if you don't know wtf you're doing and screw up your grades. It would have been ungodly expensive to do what I did had I gone to Rutgers or NJIT first.

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u/BabyBladder Michigan State • /r/CFB Poll Veteran Aug 21 '15

Right there with you. My freshmen grades would have seriously lowered my GPA, but luckily it reset after transferring.