<p>The idiot I am enrolled in a summer term. Unfortunately, my mom also put in the $200 housing deposit. It's been elucidated to me that unless my grandmother or some other family member suddenly decides to kick the bucket, I cannot change terms.</p>
<p>I'm really trying to change my perspective on this, but to do so is grueling. Anything. Is there ANY benefit to starting this school at this time?</p>
<p>I think it is an advantage. When you come in summer, everything moves at a much slower laid back pace. Classes always seemed funner to me and easier even though they were accelerated. Nothing like cramming a semester long class into 6 weeks. Besides going to Lake Wauberg after classes was always a blast. So my advice to you, embrace the summer sessions and have a blast.</p>
<p>It’s time to grow up. Be less dependent on your mother who was kind enough to pay for your deposit and be more independent. You already have this negative attitude about coming to the University of Florida while many students who have been denied would appreciate the opportunity.</p>
<p>Most people prefer summer term. It’s awesome</p>
<p>Check some current UF students perspectives about summer:</p>
<p>[Summer</a> B - Swampt It](<a href=“http://www.swampit.com/topic/358]Summer”>http://www.swampit.com/topic/358)</p>
<p>From what I hear, everything is more laidback and it gives you a chance to settle into this new school and get to familiarize yourself with the town, without being too distracted by class work. I’m starting summer here and am quite excited to know I have the advantage to get to know the campus and make friends at a less stressful rate than fall. There’s really nothing extremely “horrible” about summer so you really shouldn’t make it sound like it’s torture. Lol</p>
<p>BAC-- “any benefit…” heck yes, your mother gets you out of the house and into a
room in Gainesville several months sooner. </p>
<p>.02 David</p>
<p>why don’t you want to do a summer term? you’d rather just hang around all summer and do nothing or work?</p>
<p>“The idiot”… “My mom also”-- am I reading this correctly?? Please advise. D</p>
<p>@aforautumn</p>
<p>I’d rather sit around all summer and do nothing. :P</p>
<p>Of course there is a benefit! There will be much less people during summer when you’ll arrive, which, personally for me, is going to be a huge advantage because all those “cool college kids” won’t be there, and thus it will not feel as humiliating, and I’ll have few weeks to adjust myself to the new environment.</p>
<p>The benefit is that, if there any disadvantages you will learn about them THIS summer rather than possibly the summer after freshman year when many rising sophmore decide to stay in school because they have nothing better lined up. I myself took classes the summer between freshman and sophmore year and regret it, I would have much rather had that experience before freshman year began and used that summer to work, intern, or do ANYTHING other than school. In fact, I feel like my freshman and sophmore years are blended together because I had no summer break in between them.</p>
<p>The benefit is that you get a better transition into your college experience that is more laid back and you can take take dumb, annoying classes (like Stats 1 and Pre-calc) ASAP and get those out of the way (believe me, you want to). They will also give you a rough idea of college level expectations so you are not shell shocked in the fall.</p>
<p>ADVICE TO EVERY ENTERING FRESHMAN: Unless you flipped majors, need to make up classes you failed, or want to graduate early, DO NOT take summer classes after freshman year!! Especially if you came in with a mountainload of college credits from AP! Go home. Go work. Get a job. Do an internship. Work on a cruise ship. Do a summer program for college students. Get one of the summer research scholarships UF offers and work in a lab. Be a camp counselor. Be a lifeguard. Do anything other than stay in school when you do not need to. If you seriously have no idea of something better to do then go talk to someone like an advisor, counselor, mentor, Oprah, etc.</p>
<p>I would stick with Summer B. My first summer was the best semester of college so far. The classes that are typically taken are easier intro classes, so they don’t take up too much time and aren’t particularly stressful. There is a ton to do in Gainesville, even in the summer, so the only way you’ll be bored is if you sit in your room all day and never meet new people.</p>