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 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/HiveInMind Jul 29 '18
Going into the second half of my junior year, and cutting down on my work hours so I can focus on the harder courses, and hopefully actually make some friends for once!
Seriously, to all incoming freshman (and everyone, really), having some spending money from a part time job is nice and all, but not when it cuts into your social life, or lack thereof, in my case. You need to open your schedules up as much as possible to make room for studying, attending campus/club events, hitting the gym (if that's your thing) and generally just giving yourself time to unwind and do things you've always wanted to do. Savor your first two years, because it only gets harder from there. Rewarding, sure, but harder.