<p>College is a time to indulge, nothing more.</p>
<p>"I was at 2 regular colleges for 2 years and just didn’t get it, didn’t like it, thought college was overrated, stupid…etc…</p>
<p>and i dropped to community, and in retrospect, I can TOTALLY say that if you compare the two, i deeply regret not appreciating what I had!!</p>
<p>They say you don’ tknow what you had til you lost it. SO TRUE. "</p>
<p>I started at a community college and can tell I appreciate all this a lot more than the people around me now at the university, so I definitely agree with you there.</p>
<p>watching everybody around you have the college experience while being stuck in the middle of it and locked in a spell of social invisibility and isolation… college has been a pretty lame experience, comparable to the high school experience. I can’t wait to graduate and really get out of high school version2.0</p>
<p>Avoiding drunkeness and smoking and everything beyond that are all reasons that made me join the substance-free dorm hall. It’s clean and quiet [we have quiet hours], and everyone on the hall has befriended each other. It could be just the population that I’ve interacted with, but so far I haven’t spotted too much unwarranted immaturity. I’m having an amazing time so far and I haven’t even been to a party/drank/smoked. My school <3</p>
<p>Asher Roth said it best- “Man I love college (aye); I love drinking (aye), I love women (aye), man I love college (aye).”</p>
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I think you’re on to something here. For those current students reading the thread, think of this as a real-life illustration of the principle of Cognitive Dissonance at work (google it to find out more). You’ll learn about this in your intro psych courses, but isn’t seeing it play out in front of you more interesting? The OP knows that many people around him are getting, as he terms it, “the full college experience”. And for whatever reason(s), he is not. </p>
<p>How to resolve the dilemma of explaining why he isn’t getting what almost everyone else seems to be getting? Well, one explanation would involve considering the possibility that there’s something about the OP that explains why, but that would be at odds with the belief almost all of us hold that we’re just fine. The principle of CD provides an out; there’s no problem with me, its the so-called experience itself that’s not anywhere near what its cracked up to be. Who would want that? So don’t push the guy; as long as he can convince himself that he’s not missing anything, that in fact any reasonable person wouldn’t even want “the full college experience” he’s got a coherent & consistent story about himself and the world around him. Crack it at his peril…</p>
<p>coming from an OP who couldn’t spell ridiculous, I’d say college is definitely overrated for him.</p>
<p>no hard feelings.</p>
<p>Wow. This thread really brought out the true douchiness of most of you. </p>
<p>How many *<strong><em>ing times do I have to say that this thread doesn’t have to be about me? *</em></strong>ing search google about this, there are thousands of varying opinions. </p>
<p>BMWdude, coming from a spoiled ■■■■■■ who couldn’t live without the <strong><em>ing BMW his parents bought him when he turned 16, I’d say the right to a higher education is definitely not for you either. Get a life, dumb</em></strong>. No hard feelings.</p>
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<p>And who are you to claim that what we’re all saying is douchy?</p>
<p>Honestly, you came off as a bitter **<strong><em>. That’s just how you sounded, whether or not that’s what you intended. Proof of this lies in how pretty much everyone on this thread responded to you in a way that suggests they thought you were a bitter </em></strong>.</p>
<p>You made a thread basically insulting all of us. Many of us were looking forward to college for years and honestly it wasn’t because we couldn’t wait to get such a great education. That might be part of it, but for many of us, the “full college experience” is something we’ve been looking forward to for a long time. And then you come in and talk about how much ******** it is. You basically say that everyone who goes to college for reasons other than academics and enjoys the lifestyle is an immature idiot.</p>
<p>And you claim that we’re the ******s?</p>
<p>You’re right, there are people out there that agree with you. You’re right, you can just run a Google search. I don’t understand how that makes you invulnerable to critical response. That’d be like running into a feminist convention, yelling over a loud speaker, “Women are all slutty *****es who should be in the kitchen!” and then when they all angrily chew you out, saying, “What? Don’t make this about ME. Just search Google! There are tons of opinions on the issue!”</p>
<p>And as big of an ******* as BMWdude is, his attack on you was much more valid than yours on him. You’re talking about how stupid other people are and how you value an education and you can’t even spellcheck your title. Sorry, but calling him a spoiled ■■■■■■ sounds really weak when at least he can spell.</p>
<p>Most of you took this thread in the completely wrong direction. The point was to post your opinions. The first part of my OP was the question. The second part was my response. Most of you just directly responded to my response instead of responding to the prompt. I don’t know how a spelling error makes my opinion and thread invalid as well. Maybe some of you have the real issues. Should I sit here and say that BMW’s post is invalid because he didn’t use correct capitalization?
****.</p>
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<p>And we didn’t take this thread in completely the wrong direction. We all DID post our opinions. Our opinions just happened to disagree with yours, and since making comments in a vacuum is really boring, we related our opinions to your opinion. Also, your “opinion” is somewhat insulting (which is your right), so don’t be surprised when we respond to it.</p>
<p>You implied that BMW’s post was invalid because he’s a spoiled ■■■■■■. BMW calling out your spelling error is annoying, but you took it to a whole 'nother level, and whereas his criticism was potentially valid (you’re calling people idiots yet you can’t even spell), his being a “spoiled ■■■■■■” has nothing to do with anything he said.</p>
<p>rofl. this whole thread IS invalid. there is no point to it anymore.</p>
<p>Rofl. It was invalid from the beginning. There never was any point.</p>
<p>P.S. - Internet Tip #29: Laughing (rofl, lmao, lol, etc) before responding to someone who criticizes you is a good way to try to fake superiority of thought, especially if you can’t find anything to actually say.</p>
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<p>Notice how my post had no profanities, no emotions. It was simply an observation. An observation that definitely speaks the truth (ar31791 spells like a five year old).
But hey it’s fine with me.
And then look who responds with blatant vulgar and profanity. Look who becomes all worked up and angry.
Some people reek of insecurity. Seriously.</p>
<p>Back on topic, ar31791, since college is overrated to you (whether you’d like to think so or not, it’s the case), maybe a job at McDonald’s is actually underrated. You can start out flipping burgers and become CEO, no college necessary (theoretically).</p>
<p>@gutter
Thanks for the defense. I got your back.</p>
<p>I do not see the harm in having a different view or opinion in the college experience. Assuming that every freshman is going to be an enlightened independent is pretty ridiculous in the first place. </p>
<p>The op expressed his opinion and the only argument anyone has against it is personal insults, but is to be expected on at least every forum.</p>
<p>In my opinion, the college experience is definitely overrated, but for the average kid who has spent his whole life in a strict household it can seem like a sort of paradise.</p>
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<p>Not true. Check out the first page. Pretty much everyone gave reasons why the college experience isn’t overrated…So yeah.</p>
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<p>You need to realize there is a difference between reason and opinion.</p>
<p>Thanks for the response darko, and I agree with some of that. I definitely agree about how your family life was impacts how you view your college experience. For me, I was pretty free at home, and my parents didn’t do THAT much for me. I’ve held 2 jobs the past 2 summers that also helped me gain independence. So that is why /I/ say that when I come to a place that is full of wild kids that don’t care about very much, it isn’t exactly paradise for me.</p>
<p>It really depends on a variety of things I guess. The living conditions, what people are like around you, etc. Someone who goes to a school living in apartment-style housing might not be able to compare to a person living in “jail-cell” dorms. Also someone who is at a big party school or a large state school might not be able to really compare the ‘wild’ aspect with someone who is going to a smaller private school. Just some of my thoughts.</p>
<p>“Thanks for the response darko, and I agree with some of that. I definitely agree about how your family life was impacts how you view your college experience. For me, I was pretty free at home, and my parents didn’t do THAT much for me. I’ve held 2 jobs the past 2 summers that also helped me gain independence. So that is why /I/ say that when I come to a place that is full of wild kids that don’t care about very much, it isn’t exactly paradise for me.”</p>
<p>I have been working, buying my own food and clothes, doing all my own cooking and laundry, and basically doing everything EXCEPT paying bills since I was about 12. While I agree that for more independent and responsible folks, being surrounded by wild college kids isn’t exactly a picnic, I still say there’s more to the college experience than that and you are DETERMINED to hate it no matter what without giving it a chance. Your threads have made that much clear. You do nothing but ooze negativity and you haven’t even been there that long.</p>
<p>Twisted, stop posting about me, and post about your thought on the topic. Why can’t people get this through their heads. Trust me, I don’t HATE my entire college experience, i’m not going to tell you how much I like it or hate it, and I don’t want anyone to tell me how much I hate it or what to do. I’m dealing with it myself. </p>
<p>Anyone else have anything relevant to the actual topic to discuss?</p>