Balance the partying with the work. College is fucking cake if you do the reading, just don't drink til 6 am every day and you'll be fine.
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Balance the partying with the work. College is fucking cake if you do the reading, just don't drink til 6 am every day and you'll be fine.
01. Pick a major you really like or else you will hate life. I know this from experience. Also, virtually any major can get you virtually any amount of pay. Dont think you need to major in engineering to make $55k out of college.
02. Join clubs and organizations.
03. Party as much as possible. You really will never get another chance like college again; the amount of partying, booze, women, and shit that all happens once in a lifetime.
04. Dont worry about grades unless you plan to go to grad school. Your 3.7 doesnt matter once you enter the working world. And you know what? It doesnt really matter in college, either.
05. Figure out what you want to do when youre done early! Jeez I cant stress this enough. I also learned this from experience.
06. Visit lots of colleges before you make your decision. Also from experience.
07. Dont live with your friends unless you dont care about not having them as your friend later on. Living together destroys relationships of all sorts.
08. Dont sacrifice your social life for schoolwork. Succeeding in life is moreso about being able to hold a conversation and having charm then it is about being book smart. You ultimately need both but keep it in balance.
This is a misconception. GPA matters, and will dictate the kind of job you'll be able to get out of school. The good companies with the really good jobs are very selective and will probably not move past your resume if they see anything less than a 3.5. I had a 3.7 and couldn't even get interviews at some places, my friend with a 3.9 got the interview and got hired. Everything else on our resumes was equal, we had all our classes together and did all of our big projects together. You need GPA to get noticed off the pile of people graduating who look just like you.Quote:
Originally Posted by diffusionx
I hear you, but after the first job it definitely doesnt matter. And everybody can get some sort of intro job out of college. I have a friend who got a shitty job doing work for a bank out of college, and then he got one of those high-level selective jobs youre talking about.Quote:
Originally Posted by stormy
And plus, depending on the profression, it REALLY doesnt matter. For example, if you want to do actuarial science, just pass the tests. Once you pass one or two, it doesnt matter one bit what your GPA is. Which is why I talked about knowing what you wanna do - if I knew I wanted to do that horse shit a year ago, I wouldve passed a test already, and gotten a job no problem, so I can fuck around and smoke weed all I want.
Besides, its all working for the man anyway. Who gives a fuck.
Ok bitches, WHERE, ARE, CHEAP places to buy text books online?
get with it assholes, I need to know, like, NOW
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I haven't bought a book for the past two semesters. When there is an open book exam I'll buy the book and then return it after the exam. luckily my work/study job has a photocopier that i can use for free, so when i do have the books in possesion i copy all the stuff i will be needing later.
I put off checking my grades for this past semester because i was worried i might have failed my science class. so last night i looked up my grades and saw that i got a b+ in that course. There must have been some sort of computer or human error because all my exam grades were 88, and one of them should have been zero since i purposely left it blank because they drop the lowest grade.
Since that anecdote had no real advice, here's a tip: Don't jerk off with shampoo.
That's what I'm saying, B.Quote:
Originally Posted by diffusionx
If you are uncertain as to what you want your major to be, or what you want to be in life (as we all are), then for the love of God, choose something that will allow you to acquire and develop transferable skills. People skills are a must. If you don't have any, work on developing this skill. It's fuck or walk. Hell, take a stint as a salesmen. You will have to sell something everyday for the rest of your life in some capacity. Better learn how to do it effectively.
Whatever your major is in school, take some classes to learn about money. In a world where money talks, you goddamn well better be financially literate. Do this or guys like me will take your fucking money from you and we won't leave you with a pot to piss in or a window to throw it out of. Basically, we'll shit on your head and make you say "thanks for the hat!" The more you learn about money, the more ways you can make it work for you. You should at the least know that if you're getting 1.5% in your money market but inflation is 3.5%, then you are losing, not winning, you stupid douchebag cunts.
Also, our educational system is great for developing the future employees of America, but it is terrible at building the future employers of America. Think outside of the box. Leverage what you learn and what degree you will earn, but don't solely focus on the employee quadrant in life. Keep an eye on the opportunities that present themselves in the business owner and investor quadrants. Be unique, be weird, be eccentric. Rich people are typically weird, not normal individuals. Normal is average. Don't be a sheep like everyone else. Sheep get slaughtered, which is the only fate they deserve.
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Originally Posted by Gooch
It's just so awesome that your avatar is from Wall Street.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gooch