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A fun observation that Ive noticed in college is that some way or another people act like their major. I don’t mean in a very stereotypical way but in a more nuanced way where the way they approach a class is totally differs. I have to share a French Foundation course with a lot of people from media departments and I come from the department of international studies, political science and history. The way we analyse something is so empirical and research based to a level where it might sound boring to most people (thus us history and political science students getting the boring branding) while most of the media students have a more opinionated way of approaching things. same goes for science based and business/commerce students. Even though most of us in my class don’t agree with each other politically we always come to the answer through a similar thought process. The most funniest thing is that people from my department are always too eager to answer questions, most of us raise our hands before we even have our answers formulated while people from other departments ive observed usually spent a second to ponder over it, which always seemed ironic to me. If anyone’s in college the best thing to do if you’re bored is to people watch, you find the most fascinating things.

@tiramisu

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weird small liberal arts college classes as entertainment

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@benattwood

Feb 5, 2024

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Make sure you want to go to college in the first place

I wasted a lot of time overfour years in college because I wasn’t there for any particular reason. So step one in preparing for college is to want to go to college. Another thing is to know “you’ll find your people” isnt quite right. You can find your people but you have to look for them! Try lots of things and meet lots of people. Balancing your people and your studies comes down to discipline. I don’t think there’sa universal answer to that. If you’re in a nerdy major at a nerdy school, it’ll be easier than if you’re taking sociology at Arizona State or whatever a big party school is nowadays. I think failing is a valuable part of college. Whether that’s literally getting an F or just not getting the grade you want or the person you want, etc. Just like it’s a great place to meet people, it’s a pretty safe place to make mistakes as you figure things out. Especially because you’re surrounded by other people doing the sane thing! No one knows how they’ll do at college, you just figure it out. I recommend watching the Psychology ofWell Being before you go. It’s free on Coursera and is a popular course from Yale that teaches important things about what does and doesn’t make us happy, and how our minds trick us into emphasizing the wrong things. It’s really good!

@bee1000

Jan 11, 2025

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be open to trying new things and meeting people with different histories

college is where I learned how to ski (was formerly terrified), rock climb, write about music, etc be open minded when it comes to people, don’t think things like “well this person is in this club/this major so they must be like this” most importantly, don’t take your academics too seriously 💖 they matter but what matters more is your experiences, learning through actually working (internships), and making connections in the field you’re interested in. ofc varies based on what you intend to do after college. if no grad school then have fun and work!! the goal after college is employment so whatever gets you there