<p>Excellent thread, thanks for all the great advice..keep em coming!</p>
<p>Tax guy, you are awesome.</p>
<p>Thanks for the post.</p>
<p>Also, stay away from the opposite gender? :(</p>
<p>"Forget about the opposite gender. They only complicate things."
No.
"Study alone."
Heck no.
"Pay attention in class."
Yes
"By the way, the "parents" on this forum are really twelve-year-old boys."
Feeling guilty?</p>
<p>Why would I feel guilty?</p>
<p>Studying alone is the only way to study because when you study with others, you get distracted and start talking about something else.</p>
<p>If you're a girl and worry about guys, you will spend your time worrying about pointless crap.</p>
<p>If you're a guy, don't bother chasing after girls. Most of them are unintelligible, immature, and focus on... guys.</p>
<p>"If you're a guy, don't bother chasing after girls. Most of them are unintelligible, immature, and focus on... guys."</p>
<p>thats really unfair and rude and a pretty extreme generalization. i dont know if you are a guy or a girl but thats not really cool either way.</p>
<p>Thanks taxguy!</p>
<p>Perusing through hardballer's posting history he looks like a fine upstanding fellow who really know's how to treat a girl*.</p>
<p>*What I mean is he's a misogynistic chronic whiner.</p>
<p>I think its safe to say that Deluxe Hardballer needs to experience the opposite sex.</p>
<p>Hi guys. (15 chars)</p>
<p>don't listen to DeluxeHardballer, he's just bitter that he can't get a girlfriend. </p>
<p>The opposite sex shouldn't overwhelm your life (it only complicates things then), but you can still flirt and date around! It's part of that whole "have a social life" thing everyone tells you to do in college. It's important to have some interaction with the opposite sex, well, so you know how to act around them and get more comfortable with it. I don't know about yall, but I was super mondo shy in high school and had never had a boyfriend before I went to college, and didn't have any guys friends (except one guy that was VERY gay). I had to interact with guys TO figure out how to interact with them... if that makes any sense. Now I'm totally comfortable around guys and have alot of guy friends. Makes all the difference in the world.</p>
<p>Who said I even attempted to get a girlfriend? You guys are getting too personal when, in fact, you don't know crap. I make generalizations, not attacks at individual people.</p>
<p>generalizations turn into attacks at many individuals.</p>
<p>It's just how it works. People will think you're talking about them and take it personally.</p>
<p>My only big piece of advice is:</p>
<p>Do not buy your textbooks from the college bookstore unless you are crazy rich. You save a ton of money by buying off of amazon marketplace. I got a political science book used off of amazon for $4 when the bookstore had it used for $60.</p>
<p>Go to church on Sunday.
Every Sunday.
It helps keep everything in perspective.</p>
<p>^ If you're religious, a great point. For those of us who aren't, friends are the best remedy for stress, in my opinion. Don't let school overwhelm you - most consider their college days the best time of their life.</p>
<p>Also, know your limits. If you like to get your drink on, don't drink foolishly (i.e. in the halls) and know how many drinks you can handle. Don't take more classes than you can handle. As a general note, don't try to do everything at once.</p>
<p>And keep your health up, for goodness sake. Going to the gym twice a week and running goes a long way toward preventing the good old "freshman fifteen". Also, SHOWER! No one wants to smell your "musk".</p>
<p>Wow...most of this advice brings to mind the Delt House at Faber College in that old National Lampoon fav. </p>
<p>So here goes mine...and it involves learning to say no, but not necessarily related to drinking, sex and drugs. It's related to setting up a budget and sticking with it. Learn to say no when everyone else is heading to the shore or the slopes for an expensive weekend when you know that it is going to blow your budget for the week, month or whatever. Don't be afraid to suggest inexpensive alternatives when others budgets are way fatter than yours. DD ran with a lot of wealthy kids this year (she is poor by their standards) but they were pretty good about keeping the spending within reasonable limits. As a group they would often dine on the cheap....say, to celebrate a birthday...and then maybe go out for nice dessert somewhere. DD went a little over her budget during first semester but did fine during her second.</p>
<p>Don't listen to what most people on these boards say. I know I wouldn't want to be like them. </p>
<p>Paradoxically, I do have something to say. Its the best advise anyone can give you here: Have lots of sex, drink alot, go to classes when necessary, falling behind in classes is inevitable so just be aware that there will be times when you have to buckle down, If you cant concentrate go out in the hall and hang out with other people for 20 minutes it will clear your head and they can even help you out, stay away from kids who play too much video games-they have nothing to talk about, avoid pot around tests it slows you down contrary to what potheads tell you -smoke in moderation in general, drink redbull whenever you wake up with a hangover or just tired from being up all night drinking and you know you have to study that day, don't commit to a relationship unless there's nothing else out there, Beer before liquor makes you sicker, keep condoms near your bed at all times, Your friends are the best escape from any type of stress college puts on you so be sure to put going out and hanging out ahead of studying on the weekends, try to go out every weekend-3 times a weekend is good unless you REALLY have to study, college is your chance to live life by your bodies schedule so after first semester understand that you cant force yourself to do certain things at certain times so plan your schedule accordingly-you'll end up doing better in school and socially, most importantly-don't let college stress/freak you out- it's the best years of your life</p>
<p>Another thing about drinking, don't do it with a bunch of people you barely know because they won't take care of you if you get sloshed and need to throw up and crash out somewhere. They will most likely leave you where you are and maybe draw on your face while you're passed out. (no this hasn't happened to me, but I saw it happen to some poor dude) I only drink with people I trust, even if I go to a big party I always have some friends with me in case something happens. (use the buddy system, girls!)</p>
<p>*even if you're with people you know, if you pass out, you could very likely get drawn on all over your body. it also happens with strangers, but friends write strange secrets all over you. just my own personal experience.</p>
<p>this is one way that i have developed my artistic ability. i'm an amazing artist when drunk and skin is my canvas and sharpies are my tool. sober and given a pencil and paper? my stick people look deformed.</p>
<p>Okay, well, that was for GIRLS I guess. I'm sure guys would be ridiculous enough to write all over their own friends. A girl would never do that to her true friends.</p>