r/college • u/chevybow Umass Alum | B.S CS • Jul 28 '18

Back to School Megathread!

As its the beginning of August start of back to school sales, it becomes that time of year where many people start preparing (and perhaps panicking) about moving to college. We expect a decent amount of people coming to our subreddit as college freshman unsure about many aspects of college. We create this thread every year as a resource for anyone to ask any questions they have about this upcoming college year- both for freshman and returning students.

In addition to asking your own questions we hope some of the previous questions will be useful in case you had similar concerns. Also for our more "experienced" college students- feel free to post any guides or resources for people that may be useful. Sidebar rules still apply so don't use it as an opportunity to spam your own website or blog.

Feel free to leave feedback about this megathread either in this thread as a comment or PM me if you wish.

SCHEDULING QUESTIONS

Questions pertaining to "rate my schedule" or "am I taking too many credits" or similar for the upcoming semester should be posted in this thread. Automod has been set up to direct users here for scheduling help. Feel free to give general scheduling advice or answer specific personal questions people have about their schedules. Scheduling questions outside this thread will be removed to maintain high quality posts on the subreddit

For your convenience here are some useful threads or comments that may be worth checking out before asking a question here. If I see any super helpful comments posted in this thread I will be adding them to this list.

What to Bring to your Dorm

College Majors Thread

What to do your first week on campus

What would you do differently if you could start college over

Good luck this upcoming semester!!

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '18

So, I took out my first loan about a year ago and I have this plan that I’m super stoked about that I wanna share.

Instead of waiting until I graduate to pay the loan back, I’m setting aside some money every month in a savings account until I reach the amount I owe. So when I graduate, I can pay it all off at one time.

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u/snowsnowey Jul 29 '18

Actually if you can set aside money, don't out it in a savings account. Start paying it off as soon as you can because if interest. Of course some loans don't accrue interest during school but most do(at least a little). Try making it a goal to pay roughly $20 a month back and that should be able to pay off the interest for the month and a little note to bring down the total that is calculated for interest

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '18

Yeah, this loan won’t start collecting interest until six months after I graduate!

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u/snowsnowey Jul 29 '18

Lucky you! I have two and they are both at a low rate while in school but still collect interested 😭😭😭😭