Work your ass off your first year at college.

yeah, i can study my ass off for an hour or two, forget what i studied and then remember it when i need to.

have direction too. im in my third year of going to a community college, but i havent picked a major yet. ive dropped a few of the classes ive taken, im not even sure how many credits i have. i think ive decided ill major in business management, and stick with working at grocery stores, and working my way to the top.

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Originally Posted by Lethal G

I would give the same advice. My first year at college, I didn't do very well (my GPA first semester was a 1.98, and a 2.6 the second). I was constantly lazy and unmotivated (and, to think, this was BEFORE I started smoking pot). Well, the next year I decided to buckle down and study harder. I ended up with a GPA of 3.2 the first semester and a 3.6 the second semester (and this is about the time I started smoking pot regularly...take that, amotivational syndrome! :stoned:).

I just got done with my first semester of my third year today. Overall, I did fairly well (although not as well as what I would have liked). My official grades aren't in, but I know the average for this semester will be around a 2.8 .

Good luck next semester, JE.

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dude our stories are identical. i had a 1.98 exactly last year and this year i have damn near straight A's. you just have to figure out that there is a magic key to college and that is knowing what is expected of you. you dont have to do hella work but you need to do well on exams.

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have direction too. im in my third year of going to a community college, but i havent picked a major yet. ive dropped a few of the classes ive taken, im not even sure how many credits i have. i think ive decided ill major in business management, and stick with working at grocery stores, and working my way to the top.

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Haha exactly I have changed majors 3 times and have finally gone back to English. I figure it would open the most doors for me considering I'm still not sure what career I would like. I would be able to get a visa to live in Germany or maybe even the Netherlands (here I come amsterdam) for a few years teaching english. Decent way to get ouf this country.


I noticed on facebook the other day my major was listed as Finance and Marketing. I never even actually declared that major or taken a class twords it... It was just what I thought I wanted to do when I created the account.

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Originally Posted by JaggedEdge

For all of you kids that will be heading to college soon, let me give you some advice. Make sure you make good grades that first year. You can go out every night, I did, but make sure you do what you have to do.

My first semester in college I made a 3.5 GPA and my second semester I made a 3.2.

Took the next year off and went back this semester. Well I really fucked up this semester and only passed one class. I ended up with a 0.79 GPA or something to that extent and my cummlitive gpa is at 2.00.

Talk about a lesson. One point lower and I would be on probation and all kinds of other shit. Now I'm at a 2.0 and can still hope to graduate with a GPA close to if not even a 3.0.

The moral of this story is this. Get as high a GPA as you can that first year, so if for some reason you completely lose motivation for a short time you won't completely screw up your GPA and may escape with out getting placed on probation and having a letter sent home to your mom.

I'm really happy right now, I've been so stressed out lately worrying and now I see it isn't has bad as I thought it was and come next semester I can hit the books again and get the hell out of school. ;)

I hope I get some weed tonight I really need to celebrate, this is a huge load of my chest. :rastabong:

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sorry mate im not to sure about us colleges and what not but......so if your grades drop abit they call your parents???

isnt that abit harsh?

i mean cmon so what if your not as good as everyone else..........does that mean your in trouble? that sucks.


"oh no johnny's grade droped by 1 mark CALL THE POLICE! TAKE HIM DOWN!



i might be way off here it just seems abit harsh u know

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Originally Posted by chisme

sorry mate im not to sure about us colleges and what not but......so if your grades drop abit they call your parents???

isnt that abit harsh?

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A lot of colleges and universities in the US have some sort of probation period, usually a semester, they will put you on if your GPA drops below a 2.0. Whoever pays the university's bills and recieves statements and stuff will get the letter for the probation period, etc. So if your parents pay for your college and their mailing address is the one used, yep.. they sure will find out.

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Originally Posted by chisme

sorry mate im not to sure about us colleges and what not but......so if your grades drop abit they call your parents???

isnt that abit harsh?

i mean cmon so what if your not as good as everyone else..........does that mean your in trouble? that sucks.


"oh no johnny's grade droped by 1 mark CALL THE POLICE! TAKE HIM DOWN!



i might be way off here it just seems abit harsh u know

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No man, but my school sends you letters for everything. If your overall GPA drops below a certain amount you get placed on academic (If I spelled that wrong that would be very ironic) propbation. I think you have a certain amount of time to get your GPA up before they give you the boot. They send a letter out saying you are about to fail out of college (I think all that happens at a 1.5, so not very high standards.) You could just change your adress to where you live, but i never bothered to do that. I never get anyting important.

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No man, but my school sends you letters for everything. If your overall GPA drops below a certain amount you get placed on academic (If I spelled that wrong that would be very ironic) propbation. I think you have a certain amount of time to get your GPA up before they give you the boot. They send a letter out saying you are about to fail out of college (I think all that happens at a 1.5, so not very high standards.) You could just change your adress to where you live, but i never bothered to do that. I never get anyting important.

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thats harsh.


where i am its like i go to clas you learn ...you take the test.....you get whatever

you just get what you get.

man i wouldnt fit in in the us

The US babies everyone, it's kind of sad. My college is a lot like a highschool. They take attendence by policy, but most professors don't care. They actually had a bill through the uni's congress proposing a ban on cell phones on campus. WTF? There would have been riots. They also mismanage money just like most highschools do. It works for me though. I need a boot in my ass from my mom still sometimes. I'm natuarlly an unmotivated person and still need someone to bitch at me to get my shit together.

I honestly don't disagree with it if the parents are paying the tuition. They do have a right to know how they are spending there money.

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thats harsh.


where i am its like i go to clas you learn ...you take the test.....you get whatever

you just get what you get.

man i wouldnt fit in in the us

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thats why that system is better than ours, it places an emphasis on actually learning whereas ours the sole emphasis is on the grade and they dont care if you go away with no new knowledge.