I've seen a bunch of references to college, so I figured I'd make a thread about it.

Where do you/did you/will you/do you want to go to college? Do you have any funny stories you'd like to share from campus?

This is a pretty self-explanatory thread, I guess.

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Anyway, for those that want to know, I'm a rising sophomore at Dickinson College, a small liberal arts college in the vicinity of Harrisburg, PA. Incidentally, I arrive tomorrow to help out with Orientation. I'm stoked.

I'd really like to attend the Art Institute. I've got my eyes set on the one located in Santa Monica, although San Francisco is a lot closer to where I live.

I went to Florida Gulf Coast University.
I'm now at Broward Community College/Florida Atlantic University finishing up my AA.
And, I hope to be at the University of Central Florida in the Spring.


I need to choose a school and stay there lol.

I start nursing school at Weber State University in Ogden, UT next monday. Yeah, yeah, say what you want but I'll be laughing when I'm pulling in 6 digits after specializing. I've already got my AA degree in generals, but what does that say?

Nursing is where it's at.
Shame I could never do it.
Good luck. :]

All credit to you, seriously.

Wow, different response than I was expecting. Thanks guys.

I'm a physics major at Northwestern University just outside of Chicago.

I am a senior at the University of Rhode Island majoring in speech-language pathology. I have three semesters left then it's off to grad school for two years, where I want to go yet I don't know.

I'm a senior this year, so yay, I get to start applying!

My top choices:
University of Southern California
Chapman University
California Institute of the Arts
Pepperdine University
UC Santa Barbara
UCLA

Yeah, I love southern California. My mom wants me to go to San Jose State, but I don't even want to apply there. We had a huge conversation or argument about San Jose vs. SoCal just this morning.

Go URI! I was there for 6 weeks this summer, participating in the IEP's Deutsche Sommerschule am Atlantik. I really enjoyed my time there.

And Rob, if Meet the Parents taught me anything, it's that male nurses have a fair amount of street cred. No worries, you've got my respect, as well.

I think that's awesome, nurses do way more than they get credit for. I wish I had what it takes to be a nurse but I am not too keen on needles and such so I'll stick to speech pathology haha

I'm a music performance (alto sax) major at RIC (Rhode Island College). I think I'm gonna do this semester, and like someone above said, I wanna go to New England Art Institute and major in audio production/engineering. That's where my heart, but not my head, is at right now.

Oh really? That's really cool. I transferred to uri from a school I loved for financial reasons so I'm probably biased but I am not to fond of the URI campus in the year I've been there, it's a party school and that's not particularly my scene

i'm a senior at grand valley state university in allendale michigan. we're the most dominant school in division 2 athletics. i'm graduating in december with a bachelors of science degree in history. my original plan was to work as an archivist for grand rapids/lansing but i've applied to become the deputy city clerk for the city of grand ledge. so that's what you do with a history degree that's not related to teaching. if all that falls through, i'll probably look into the "teach for america" program and get a masters. or i could be lazy, mooch of my girlfriend and make money working on my friends cars.

anyway, funny stories from college:
my freshman year, the girls that lived next to me in the dorms were pains in the asses. one day, they decided it would be funny to ruin a couple guys' mattresses and sheets with spoiled milk, toothpaste and ketchup. this didn't go over well. newer dorms were poorly designed, and the peepholes could be unscrewed from the outside. the guys got wind of this, peed in a water bottle, poked a whole in the top and sprayed it through the peep hole all over the girls. hysterical because it was all caught on tape.

last year i lived right off campus, and it was my first day at my new circuit city (after an internal transfer), and there happened to be a mandatory staff meeting that morning. there had been a lot of partying at my apartment complex the night before. i got up early to get to my new store early, and i find a girl passed out in the parking lot in front of my car. no biggie, i had to back out anyway. i started my car (it's absurdly loud) and she tossed around, but still didnt get up. i try backing up, and my steering is abnormally stiff. so i get out to check my car, and find that i've got a flat right front tire. so i get out my spare and my jack and get working on it. meanwhile, drunk girl realizes she's got company now, and tries to strike up a conversation. "OMG Didn't i have a class with you freshman year?!" i try to avoid small talk, hoping to avoid being late, but she's persistent and keeps trying to help me. i get the spare on and limp to work, barely making it. but it was a fun story to tell at my new store.

later on that year, it was my 22nd birthday, and my friends drove me back to my place. when we got there, there were about 7 cop cars in the parking lot. turns out that one of the apartments around me had a party. had 2 kegs (banned at our apartment complex, 500 dollar fine), and were all minors. lots of fines, MIPs and distributing to minors citations handed out. i just sat on my porch and watched, happy birthday to me!

I'm a sophomore at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, VA.. and I feel like I have so many stories I could tell, but I can't think of any

Kristen and dk, Thanks for the compliments guys. I guess that I just took my major for granted. You give me a little confidence heading into school. Probably lame, but I already like this community!

Fender, dude, music major?!?!?! That's sweet. I wish I was talented enough on ANY instrument to major in it. I have an aunt that majored in piano performance and I went to her final recital, that stuff is TOUGH. Props, G.

It's a lot more time consuming than it is tough, IMO. Rehearsals everyday and little to no free time. This may be my last semester there, I'm gonna see how this month or so goes.

Well good on ya bro. Doesn't it effing suck that most music classes are the most time consuming and the least credit hour? I took a guitar class that took a lot of my time a couple years ago and all I got was one effing credit. A person could go insane that way (hopefully you haven't)

Speaking of challenges, I start Chinese this year. I'm real excited, as I've always had a real interest in East Asia (East Asian Studies is my major). I'm just hoping I don't get totally owned. I've got the drive and passion though, so hopefully that'll count for something!

And speaking of funny stories, during the 2nd or so week of school last year, one of my roommates came back drunk as hell. He climbed up to his top bunk, threw a sock on the floor, and then totally freaked out. He apparently became worried that a CSI team would bust in the room and find out who threw the sock. It was absolutely hilarious.

Chinese? That's intense.
I was going to take Hebrew, but it was only offered for night classes. :[

I'm a chemical engineering major at the university of cincinnati, and a 4th year junior (it's a 5 year program)

I leave tomorow for my freshman year of college at University of Iowa. Hawkeyes baby!

If you're from MN why go to Iowa? Probably got a scholarship or they have a special program you're after.

Well, to be fair, Iowa's football team has some pretty sweet jerseys.

Maybe their jerseys can make up for all of the high expectations they haven't lived up to the past few years.

(go bucks )

The Hawkeyes got owned in that post. Jeez.

And for the record, I finished my Orientation training today. The majority of freshmen move in tomorrow. I'm looking forward to helping them out.

Florida State. I am a senior and will have a degree in History and one in International Affairs with concentrations in Spanish and Geography. All of that so I can hopefully get into Law School.

Old Dominion University

Junior...should graduate by December 08....

Majoring in Communication!

I would like to major in either game arts or animation. It's been my childhood dream. A lot of my family members, however, are kinda hinting at my cousins and I that they want a lawyer in the family and a doctor or dentist. So there's a debate about chasing your dreams and reality. All of them always ask which will make more money.

One thing I learned in my three going on four years of college is do what it is that you want to do. My dad wants me to be a teacher for some reason, after one semester of being an education major I was bored to tears so I switched to the major I was interested in and I am much happier now even though I have to go to grad school now. Money isn't everything you have to be interested in whatever it is you decide to do with the rest of your life.

That's true, if money is your driving force you'll hate yourself. Doing things you're interested in helps a LOT. That's what picked up my grades and renewed my interest in education.

I'm staying on in my secondary school to do Sixth Form college - for most of you, I think it's the equivalent of twelfth grade? (at least that's what wikipedia told me ) I'm studying Music, Music Tech, Physics, Further Maths and (the compulsory) General Studies. That's 6 A levels altogether (Further Maths count as 2), so chances are I'll have to drop down into Regular Maths and maybe even drop another subject if it's too much. I'm hoping to get a place into a Music University once my Sixth Form is over but I'm not sure which one yet.

My uncle is a professor at Florida Gulf Coast University, Arthur Rubens...know him? lol :-)

I will be attending either Gustavus Adolphus in MN, Augustana in SD, or Luther in IA next year and I could not be more excited! I will be studying nursing. :-)

College works really diffrent here..

What does he teach?
I think I've seen his name.
Maybe my roommates took his classes or something?

He teaches something either health or business related. I'm not sure exactly. He taught for a few months in Germany this past summer. It's amazing how small this world is, isn't it? :-)

Yeah, the world gets smaller everyday, actually.
But, I never took a health or buisness class at that school.
So I never had your uncle as a prof. :[

Mmm. Well as long as my parents say that they're fine with whatever I do, it gives me a lot of support to pursue what I want.

Although I do want to go to an art school, most of my friends always ask why I bother taking AP classes. My reasoning is that I just go with the flow, where my councelors put me in and where my teachers recommend me to go. But sometimes I wonder if I should just stop with the AP classes, make the workload a bit lighter, and just focus on art. I mean, I know I want to pursue a career as a concept artist, but if it doesn't pull through, I've gotta have my fall-backs right? So am I wasting my time taking AP classes or what?

No, you're not wasting your time. Colleges, including many art schools, love to see that you challenged yourself in other areas. Do the best you can in high school and it will pay off in the future, no matter what college you apply to. After all, padding your resume is never a bad thing.

No you're not wasting your time with AP classes, do you best it will pay off no matter what college you go to.

I agree. Although I know this kid who took like... I think it was four AP classes in one year, and he took 6 classes total. So I mean, he stressed himself out way too much and had no time for fun at all.

oh well....I still think it's cool that now I know someone who went to that school. :-)

I'm currently a Junior attending Purdue University in Indiana. It's known for its engineering, business & management, and really anything technology related. I'm majoring in Computer Graphics Technology (or CGT) and am specializing in Manufacturing Graphics. So basically, I've been learning to do a lot of fun stuff with Computer Aided Drafting programs. I love Purdue football too, it's awesome. We have the best school mascot too, hands down. All I have to say is - does your school mascot go up to 60 miles per hour?

I started out at a small college named Clearwater Christian College in Clearwater, FL. Partway through my 6th semester, I was required to transfer elsewhere. So I finished up my schooling at the University of Kentucky graduating this past December with a degree in Accounting.

Funny thing about the schools is that Clearwater had around 600 or so resident students plus maybe 100 commuters, and my first semester at UK, I had a Marketing class that had over 600 people in it alone. Big jump.

It was while I was at Clearwater that a girl named Emily introduced me to Mae. We were talking about music and I mentioned Toad The Wet Sprocket - my all-time favorite, then she said her favorite was Mae. When she realized I had never heard them before, she let me borrow Destination: Beautiful. I ended up buying Destination: B-sides for her the day it came out as a thank you for introducing me to what is one of my favorite bands.

And it was after my expulsion in the 6th semester that I went to my first Mae concert in Ybor City where they opened for Relient K. As a student at Clearwater, we weren't allowed to go anywhere in Ybor, so if I hadn't been expelled, I wouldn't have been able to go to what is still one of my favorite concerts. It is still the only Mae concert that I have been to, but I hope to remedy that sometime in the near future.

Please, this is my college's mascot
Be jealous! haha

Lame for not going 60 miles per hour like Purdue's Boilermaker Special.

But if that's more of your thing, we've got it too.





Say hello to Purdue Pete, official mascot of Purdue Athletics.

And don't forget Rowdy!



Purdue is the place to be.

weird I was actually looking into purdue possibly for grad school

Thanks to school I've been a ghost here... stupid school.

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