<p>Life is a pie-eating contest where the prize for winning is eating more pie.</p>
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In response to chestergumbo...you don't know what route I have taken or what challenges I have faced...I shouldn't have used the word "sissy" but I am trying to say people bring it on themselves, so don't complain about being tortured by school because it is your choice to take difficult classes...I definitely didn't take the easy route in high school with 17 IB/AP classes...right now I am an engineering major (usually considered more difficult than average) and have no intention of switching out
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No one was complaining. I was just stating that college isn't easy breezy (at least for most people). Your response was completely inappropriate. Grow up.</p>
<p>Is college cliquey? Only if you make it... in my eyes, college is a great place to stop caring whatever the hell other people think about who you are and what you do. Learning not to care is something that'll help you for the rest of your life.</p>
<p>some people really need to lighten up</p>
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People who waste time trying to get into top schools are wasting time. They are fools.</p>
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<p>Why is it a waste to want to go to a top school?</p>
<p>hahah this site is funny</p>
<p>I can't say that "college rocks", but MY college experience has rocked and I would not be anywhere else. One common complaint I have heard from a lot of people is that they thought college students would be a lot more mature from high school. On the whole, they have been--but I can guarantee you there are drunken idiots, disrespectful students, bad boyfriends and girlfriends, and people having sex loudly EVERYWHERE.</p>
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drunken idiots, disrespectful students, bad boyfriends and girlfriends, and people having sex loudly EVERYWHERE.
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<p>lol, what school do you go to?</p>
<p>by everywhere, I mean at all schools. Sorry for the ambiguity.</p>
<p>PS: Duke. On second thought, maybe I should keep the ambiguity. Might help recruitment.</p>
<p>I need to transfer to a school with loud sex</p>
<p>Uhm... at first no, college wasn't all I had hoped, but then I realized it really is what you make it. I mean, you have to really just be out there in the way of traffic and have thing comes to you and if they don't you have to go to it. Its something people ALWAYS tell you, but you realize it when you actually go there.</p>
<p>Some colleges have bigger, more obvious opportunity traffic than others. I think that's why you go to college. So you can be in the way of that heavy traffic.</p>
<p>And I call BS on the "take IB / AP classes". They help only if you ace the exam.</p>
<p>IB/AP classes are great...i'm basically done with my gen eds because of my success on those exams...they help you develop better work ethic which makes college seem a lot easier...if you are pre-health/vet/pharm track and taken AP chem, bio, and calc in high school, general chem, bio, and calc1 will seem like a piece of cake when you take them instead of covering them with AP credit</p>
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<p>So you think you should take the college course even though you passed the AP test and get the college credit? I thought the purpose of AP exams was to get the college credit so you don't have to take the course in college. Why do you think the college course should be taken anyways?</p>
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So you think you should take the college course even though you passed the AP test and get the college credit? I thought the purpose of AP exams was to get the college credit so you don't have to take the course in college. Why do you think the college course should be taken anyways?
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Um the problem is that some med schools prefer that you retake these courses like bio, chem, and physic in college/ they dont accept the ap test score to satisfy premed requirements. Trust me, college science courses are tougher than high school AP, but if you have taken the ap/ib course, you have a bigger advantage to students who never taken the test. more importantly, retaking these courses prepare you for upper division stuff.</p>
<p>also be reminded that a lot of these intro courses are used to weed premed students, so taking the ap/ib tests seriously is to your advantage. also, if you are doing prehealth and prelaw, you end up becoming a gpa whore just like high school</p>
<p>To answer in one word: YES. In fact, I'll go for two: HELL YES. :)</p>
<p>I didn't "torture" myself during high-school, but I DID do a lot of "good for college apps" things because I really, really enjoyed them. So I guess I did the work, but with a different outlook? Honestly, I didn't even know I was applying out of the country/state til' August of my senior year, and to get in a college where I'm from, you just need good grades, or even just okay grades, and stuff. No awards or community service or anything is taken into consideration. There aren't essays to be written either. Much easier app process, lol.</p>
<p>Anyway, college is WONDERFUL and AMAZING and I LOVE it and I can't wait to get back; I'm currently on break. It's also helpful to have a realistic attitute towards college; it's not like you'll be magically cool, or have everyone love you, or have EVERYTHING be different from the way it was in high-school. College is a lot of what YOU put into it, and how YOU look at it.</p>
<p>I'm at home in California on semester break. I too can't wait to go back to NYU for the spring. Since I didn't **** up as much I thought I would.</p>
<p>agreed chamilitarymayne, on the wanting more loud sex at school. smith is a ****ing convent, or at least my house is.</p>
<p>I commute from out of town, so no. It's kind of lame. I'll hopefully live on campus, or near it, starting next year, though.</p>
<p>i think many students who want to go to college are just want to get a good job!</p>