Ok future college students, turn off this crap and listen right here. There's nothing more important than this: 1. Choose a subject you know you're interested in. Being a businessman or a lawyer is not for everybody and i've seen way to many people dropping out because of choosing something they're not truly interested in. College is not about knowledge. It's about becoming an adult, facing real life and self-disciplining yourself. Remember that line. 2. Study. Slaking off is always tempting and hard to fight, but at the end of the day it's a waste of time. College is a once in a lifetime thing. The only reason to skip on studying is to have really memorable experiences with your friends and future colleagues. There's nothing worse than looking at that half-assed diploma and wondering why you sat on your fat ass picking your nose in front of a computer or console instead of studying for at least an hour a day. You can always pass an exam, try to pass it well, discipline yourself, because once you start working nobody will give a shit weather you had a sudden need to do nothing for a day or not.
Dont forget to have fun once in a while. Dont drown your self in shit. Friday night you need a break go out with your buddys or wt ever. Friday and Saturday your choice have fun , or you will regret it.
+daniel nolte i tried, then i got to the point where the teacher's don't really teach you, and i get all my information from the textbook and examples. So i ended up skipping more, i still tried to go to class, but i ended up paying less attention to the teachers "rambling"
Go to class and take notes. Get your work done early. Go to office hours. You're there to learn, not goof off and waste money. You'll have plenty of time to be a DB after college. If you have extra time, have a good time. That's how you survive college.
niko stevens Thats exactly the point. The is supposed to be a blatent waste of a few years of your life. A few years of your life that you throw away in order to get a good job after.....
Don't go to a 4 year college/university right out the bat instead go to a community college, the first 2 years are just core college classes, so would you rather pay upwards of 20k for classes or pay about 4-5k for classes
My advise to those getting into college, it's not all work, some classes can be fun. Also don't be afraid to change majors if what you originally picked doesn't work out, find what interests you
I first saw this video before my first day of college in 2021. Now, as a college student who started his sophomore year, this video actually helped me out. Good job by the way.
better advice: DON'T GET LOANS!!!!!!!!!!! if you're going for any kind of art degree DON'T GO TO COLLEGE! trust me I've even got this advice from artist who work in the gaming industry etc. everything art wise you need to learn can be easily learned with a google search for tutorials, plenty of youtube tutorials, companies will not give too shits about your degree, whats important is a very good art portfolio or demo reel, companies only care that you can do the job and do it very well, thats it. anyone wanting to be animators, look up Happy Harrys animation tutorial 12 part series teaching everything i learned in animation classes. you'll improve faster on your own than in college since you'll be focusing on art only while college makes you waste time with non related classes for the next 2-4 years that you'll never use
@ #4... Every semester that I was in college I scheduled my classes two days a week only. People who go every single day just confuse me. Having a four day weekend with one day of rest in between your two days of classes is amazing.
Best advice: kick that High School bullcrap to the curb, and realize college isn't anything like it. It's not a place for all to worry about social status like being a jock, the pretty one, or the popular one. The hard working computer nerds, I guarantee outshine both in getting the good paying job when it comes to today's technology industry. Jocks, picking at them like you did in High School also gives them the right to drop a harassment charge on you, so I wouldn't risk it.. Plus cursing everywhere like a "badass" only makes *you* the joke of the school. ;] College is also a bridge to the *real adult world.* Teens, you walked the path of screwing around as a kid and typically reach the end of that road at 18. If you want to get a place of your own with a good full-time paying job, community college would be your best start. It mentally prepares you for whatever hard work gets dropped on you at a job. You can try and give it a shot with getting a good job at certain places without college, but even if you're a prodigy, it's definitely not guaranteed. Finally, be assertive, responsible, shoot for the highest grades, and just a small piece of advice: try and save the relationships *after* you get the right job when graduating. It will *not* be a fun time trying to focus on school if you get hit with drama from relationships, or raising a kid..
Social status is just as important and cliques are just as prevalent in college as in high school. Nerds are picked on and don't get laid at college - just like at high school.
@@andrewsmith74 So, you think it's more important to get laid, than to be smart and get a high paying job. You must be pissed that the kids you bullied in high school are doing far better than you in the job market.
10. Keep your head down. 9. Don't speak unless spoken too. 8... lol. JK. Meet new people, make friends in your classes, keep in touch with your current friends, always have someone you can study with, and don't expect partying. College isn't about going to parties, it's about educating yourself in preparation for a career. In other news, you shouldn't go to college unless you have a career in mind that REQUIRES a degree. Oh, and take it from me, have a piece of fruit with your coffee. And, always make the coffee yourself. Your stomach will thank you for it, and you'll end up feeling better. If you don't have time to make it, look for a 7-Eleven. If you have a 7-Eleven nearby, they have coffee for 2 dollars and under, and all refill sizes are fixed. For me it's $1.25. Keep your nutrition up, and take this time to practice portion control.
***** They can be studied on your own time online for free and don't result in jobs. Don't put yourself deep into debt for a piece of paper (degree) that isn't worth anything to an employer.
If anything really try hard to make A's your first two years, that'll save your GPA later on the way, cause I made a D in one class and it barely went down
I love this video because as of right now, I'm in college and my current class schedule involves me taking courses I've already completed in high school and hopefully when I'm a sophomore, I'll be able to do my desired major of study---mass communications.
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+gvirusqueen how??? I'm genuinely curious. I wish my school offered more classes online, I took all the ones online that I could. Nothing better than working on your own time when you want to.
+MDiPietro16 That's the thing though. I had every possible distraction available at my fingertips and I got caught up in thinking that I had all the time in the world, which led to a bunch of procrastination on my part. I only recommended taking a bunch of online courses if you're a person who has an excellent sense of self-discipline and time management. I had no choice but to do online course only because my financial aid got screwed up and I wasn't able to secure a dorm before the deadline. It was either do online or be a whole semester behind. Plus, I also had to travel back and forth between states just to take my midterms and finals since the test had to be proctored. Now THAT really sucked.
Graduated a private college in Science. MAJOR ADVICE: Always...ALWAYS, review the lecture that you attended the same day. Don't care if it's for 15 minutes, 30 minutes or an hour...REVIEW IT! While reviewing it take ONE sheet of paper out and write down concepts you DON'T know or understand. This way when the test approaches you use that one sheet per lecture to review.
Also, college isn't for everyone. It will certainly give you an edge, but there are plenty of folks who've been successful without it. Just remember that you'll still end up having to work your ass off, just in different ways.
"No shame in changing your major"? HAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! Just wait until your parents demand to know why it's going to take extra YEARS of expense to then graduate.
when I was in college last year all the classes pretty much were tuesday+thursday or monday+wednesday. I mostly opted for a purely tuesday/Thursday route. (it was a 2 year degree for a phlebotomy lesson. the phlebotomy class itself was actually only on Thursday nights from 6-9 for like 2 months. but I opted for an associates, and also took English, math, psychology, and some medical based classes like cpr+first aid and medical terminology. cpr was a refresher and only took one Monday afternoon though)
Ill tell you the the ways that matters the most in college. Find test banks, previous years midterms, finals, cheat in all quizzes, always go to your TA to complain about your grade no matter what you get. If ur not ready for a test dont take it at all, get a doctors note. You follow all these steps you will be doing a lot better, coming from a 4th year economics major
Travel with a friend: Chances are you will likely have to make a trip somewhere, be it a store or to a friends house. If possible, invite a friend along with you, as that way, you can have backup in the case that there is someone or something that could potentially harm you.
Based on the comments so far, taking a major in Film Studies means I'm screwed, even though internships at studios are recommended from the college I'm going to and being a film director requires a degree. I certainly hope I'm safe here
Well, #2 will be difficult, even impossible for foreign students, because at least in the UK, you're not allowed to have any sort of finanncial support unless you've live in the country for more than 3 years
About number 8. Coffee is a great help during school but buying coffee almost everyday can be incredibly expensive. If you love coffee stop buying from starbucks and go buy a coffee maker and a portable mug. You can try different and better types of coffee, have your coffee with you everywhere, and save A LOT of money!! I wish they had included this in the video.
on average my books are about $32 each. A better tip would be to RENT. Also community college is way cheaper so don't knock it because it can make it so you need maybe 10k in loans rather then 20k+
Yeah I'm going to CC right now and am extremely glad that I made that choice. I still live at home too, which is extremely nice. Don't have to pay for housing and i have time to eat real food.
In Berlin we nearly only have lectures and no classes. And you can not choose the lectures in which you want to write an exam (in my University). You can however just visit random lectures whenever you want. But you get credit for language lessons. Oh and ofcourse the only things you pay for are the ticket for public transportation and maybe books. However you can get all the books in the university library. By the way I never had to write an essay. Only short protocols for experiments we did.
My number one recommendation would be to pick a major that will 1) actually land you a good paying job and 2) has growth potential. So many pick majors that are simply fun or interesting without ever seeing if there's any future in it. That's why you run into people with college degrees working as waiters or waitresses; there are no jobs for their degree.
+cz luver there are jobs you just need to research. my school has counselors that help students pick their majors and select classes and yes even look at jobs that correspond with their major. even for classes with the word studies in them.
shygirl2927 I have a degree in Electrical Engineering so have never had a problem finding a job. What I'm saying is that a lot of kids pick a major without ever looking into whether they'd be able to get a job after college or they pick a major where after graduation, graduates are a dime-a-dozen. Comes down to supply and demand.
cz luver yes I know. I agree that it's a problem but i'm saying if that type of job is what someone really wants to do then they can they should just look into it. ask the seniors or ask professors with those majors what they are going to do/did or what one could do with that degree.
my 4 biggest advises for college/university( im a college student) 1.Dont stick with what the professor teaches or says ,study on different sourses 2.Cheapest food its better than no Food at all(as bonus.. exercise best stress reliever ) 3.We as college students are truthfully just "KIDS WITH ID" 4.(for women) its highly advisable(each one their own) to wait for finishing college to have kids (i have friends whose whole college life , and life in general was ruined, not to mention extra expenses and college abandonment . and ... ir you are reading this i wish you an awesome day ,and success on everything you do
i never got involved, its not something for me. I carry my one full time internship, and hang out with my engineering group every once in a while. If anything make friends in your major is key. If you don't understand they can help you out, you can all work on something together, and they will share a majority of your classes so if you ever skip or miss class, they have your back. I don't know what I would do if I acted like i did in high school in college and just did everything alone.
The real issue is finding a job afterwards. I have a scriptwriting degree and I can't find a job; filmmaking is more of a people business I understand that. But the jobs I've applied for I've been rejected because I've got no experience. It's a weird aspect of life that doesn't make sense. I studied something I enjoy, graduated and now find myself doing nothing all day because retail won't have me due to lack of experience and the indie filmmakers won't pay, in order to save money (and they have no budget). Writing shorts doesn't earn any money and it's a miracle if they even get made.
It's weird watching this as I am done with college. For people going in, I would say find a balance between studying and having fun. When you pick your schedule do what you think is best of you, or at least as close as possible. For me my attention span isn't great, so I would never schedule all my classes on one day, that would suck. Having classes on Friday isn't bad, actually it'll be hard not to have that.
(unfortunately instead of getting the degree I had to drop out because of abuse. I took the pure phlebotomy class in a completely different state. *sigh*. also I was only able to leave my parents because of the student loan they made me take out...soooo yay student loan debt. )
Definitely take a course in philosophy (maybe even a few courses). E.g. Logic, Ethics, aesthetics, epistemology etc. And if you're a science major, then definitely take a course in philosophy of science.
+The flying dutchman I've applied for mechanical engineering. Maybe i might change to other majors like aerospace in the following years but the "engineering" part is permenant.
Best suggestion for people entering college and deciding the professor. Look at the number of people who game each professor a positive review on rate my professor
Jesus...college for me was the absolute WORST experience of my life. I was up half the night almost every single night studying or doing a shitload of homework. The cost of everything, and just the workload bogged me down to the point where I realized "is this really worth it?" I dropped out and got a job
Three pieces of advice that I have. 1) Find a way to pay for college ahead of time. If you've served in the US Military for two years or longer after 9/11 and received a discharge that is better than dishonorable or bad conduct, you qualify for the post-9/11 GI Bill. They pay your tuition, pay you a stipend, and pay for your books. So, more or less a free ride as long as your school's VA office does it's job well. If not, you'll have to CYA from time to time. 2) Pick a college that is right for you, your goals, and has the right atmosphere for you. You don't want to go to a school that you're going to hate after a few months. If you're a conservative, go to a conservative school. If you're a liberal, go to a liberal school. If you're like me and have the attitude "Give me an education, don't try to tell me how to think," then make sure that you do your research. 3) If you're stuck in a class where you have a teacher that is more interested in indoctrinating you and/or is petty and grades you based on how much they like you, just smile and nod whether you agree or not. They're used to 18-20 year olds who have little to know experience with the real world and are, on some level, looking for validation. It's not worth fighting back against these teachers, as they will try to railroad you and the school will ALWAYS side with them.
Also don't be afraid to take the weird electives if they look interesting. You're just getting an elective credit anyway, so it's okay to "throw it away" on a class on werewolves or the complete history of Star Trek.
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Can someone give me an advice? Sorry for the bad english onwards, but I think I really need one as of now. Lately, I noticed that my girlfriend had lots of calls on her phone, and when I ask who is it, she always hungs it up quickly and she said it's one of her friends/business contacts. I also noticed that recently, she goes home in our rented apartment late, and when I ask why was she late, she always tell me that she went overtime because of her team building meet, although when I checked her slip, she had no overtime fee and I was a bit suprised since as far as I know, they didn't had any team building meets since 3 months ago. So, I went to her boss and asked about this, but her boss said that they only did team building meets only one time with her co-office mates a long time ago (which confirms that I was right), and as an extra, she's been absent on that meet, and her boss told me that she's been absent in her work a couple of days as well. The next day, she went out and told me she'll be attending her "urgent team building meet", so, keeping a distance, I followed her with my motorbike, and not far away from our place, a man fetched her on his car. I stopped my motorbike from a distance to make sure they won't hear me and observed them, and when they were going to drive out, I was about to follow then but when I start the engine, it died on me. So I want to ask for advice, where would the problem be? Is it the spark plug that caused the starting to fail, or is it on the main engine? The clutch, perhaps? Please give me a good advice. Thanks for noticing.
2 years cc then Chapel Hill. you can get your general education out of the way in cc and take those additional two years to figure out what to get a degree in.
+PureSparkles22 you'll miss them. i miss mine. i chose a school 2 hours away from home. it's not far but it's far enough. my car is also bad and going home every weekend is expensive so i try not to go as much as possible but i miss my mom a lot. though i'm not as much of a baby as my dormmates are. (my roommate is especially so.)
***** you will definitely miss them. my friend is from California too, the only time he ever went home is for Christmas. that's it. it was a month long break but it was still the only time he got to go home. though i'm pretty sure he missed the weather more than his family. (we go to school in iowa.)
***** a lot of kids are also from other countries too. if you live that far away (either) you will definitely miss them lots. i'm at least lucky enough to be able to go home to my family when I really want to.
#4 is a little dumb....how can you sign up for classes Monday-Thursday or schedule them all in one day? At my college, we have classes on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday and classes on Tuesday and Thursday. However, some classes are just Monday and Wednesday and you can just not sign up for classes on certain days, but there's no way you'll be able to do that all 4 years, or even 1 year, and expect to be able to graduate on time with all of your credits
I'm a university senior just months away from graduation *and I still need this video to survive.*
what college you go to if you don't mind me asking
Jordan Davis John Paul the Great Catholic University in Escondido, CA
You fucking got that right, mate. I've been floundering the whole time
Me too. I'm starting my sophomore year and I just rewatched it.
Ok future college students, turn off this crap and listen right here. There's nothing more important than this:
1. Choose a subject you know you're interested in. Being a businessman or a lawyer is not for everybody and i've seen way to many people dropping out because of choosing something they're not truly interested in. College is not about knowledge. It's about becoming an adult, facing real life and self-disciplining yourself. Remember that line.
2. Study. Slaking off is always tempting and hard to fight, but at the end of the day it's a waste of time. College is a once in a lifetime thing. The only reason to skip on studying is to have really memorable experiences with your friends and future colleagues. There's nothing worse than looking at that half-assed diploma and wondering why you sat on your fat ass picking your nose in front of a computer or console instead of studying for at least an hour a day. You can always pass an exam, try to pass it well, discipline yourself, because once you start working nobody will give a shit weather you had a sudden need to do nothing for a day or not.
Well said.
Dont forget to have fun once in a while. Dont drown your self in shit. Friday night you need a break go out with your buddys or wt ever. Friday and Saturday your choice have fun , or you will regret it.
BMW BROADWAY99 Next time try reading the whole thing before replying.
Емил Ефендулов AN HOUR A DAY?!
Maybe but college is still hell and hard so these tips are much more helpful than being a dropout
my luck, skipping a class when they were picking groups for a huge project. Ended up with the people that couldn't even speak English
lol
lol
I'm going to be a junior in college next semester and I have never missed a class before
+daniel nolte i tried, then i got to the point where the teacher's don't really teach you, and i get all my information from the textbook and examples. So i ended up skipping more, i still tried to go to class, but i ended up paying less attention to the teachers "rambling"
+delam617 I didn't care I just went every time so they don't have an excuse to give me a bad grade if I was on the end.
Go to class and take notes. Get your work done early. Go to office hours. You're there to learn, not goof off and waste money. You'll have plenty of time to be a DB after college. If you have extra time, have a good time. That's how you survive college.
N make the most of everything
+niko stevens Since when is school supposed to be fun.....?
+luigi180 since you now live at school and can't leave for at least a couple years.
niko stevens Thats exactly the point. The is supposed to be a blatent waste of a few years of your life. A few years of your life that you throw away in order to get a good job after.....
Collage sucks ass I have to leave my Diamond.
Who's watching this but not in college
me
Me I'm a senior next year tho
I'm gonna be a college freshman real soon so...
I'm not even in highschool
+Duangchan Thompson Totally me I really needed the advice
Don't go to a 4 year college/university right out the bat instead go to a community college, the first 2 years are just core college classes, so would you rather pay upwards of 20k for classes or pay about 4-5k for classes
My advise to those getting into college, it's not all work, some classes can be fun. Also don't be afraid to change majors if what you originally picked doesn't work out, find what interests you
I first saw this video before my first day of college in 2021. Now, as a college student who started his sophomore year, this video actually helped me out. Good job by the way.
here's one you forgot: CONDOMS!!!
+gocubs1815 and fapping, you need to stay relaxed while in boring classes.
+TheLaughIndustry Um... Save it for the shower
jacesman still a good way to stay relaxed
better advice:
DON'T GET LOANS!!!!!!!!!!!
if you're going for any kind of art degree DON'T GO TO COLLEGE!
trust me I've even got this advice from artist who work in the gaming industry etc. everything art wise you need to learn can be easily learned with a google search for tutorials, plenty of youtube tutorials, companies will not give too shits about your degree, whats important is a very good art portfolio or demo reel, companies only care that you can do the job and do it very well, thats it.
anyone wanting to be animators, look up Happy Harrys animation tutorial 12 part series teaching everything i learned in animation classes. you'll improve faster on your own than in college since you'll be focusing on art only while college makes you waste time with non related classes for the next 2-4 years that you'll never use
@ #4... Every semester that I was in college I scheduled my classes two days a week only. People who go every single day just confuse me. Having a four day weekend with one day of rest in between your two days of classes is amazing.
Best advice: kick that High School bullcrap to the curb, and realize college isn't anything like it. It's not a place for all to worry about social status like being a jock, the pretty one, or the popular one. The hard working computer nerds, I guarantee outshine both in getting the good paying job when it comes to today's technology industry. Jocks, picking at them like you did in High School also gives them the right to drop a harassment charge on you, so I wouldn't risk it.. Plus cursing everywhere like a "badass" only makes *you* the joke of the school. ;]
College is also a bridge to the *real adult world.* Teens, you walked the path of screwing around as a kid and typically reach the end of that road at 18. If you want to get a place of your own with a good full-time paying job, community college would be your best start. It mentally prepares you for whatever hard work gets dropped on you at a job. You can try and give it a shot with getting a good job at certain places without college, but even if you're a prodigy, it's definitely not guaranteed.
Finally, be assertive, responsible, shoot for the highest grades, and just a small piece of advice: try and save the relationships *after* you get the right job when graduating. It will *not* be a fun time trying to focus on school if you get hit with drama from relationships, or raising a kid..
Social status is just as important and cliques are just as prevalent in college as in high school. Nerds are picked on and don't get laid at college - just like at high school.
@@andrewsmith74 So, you think it's more important to get laid, than to be smart and get a high paying job. You must be pissed that the kids you bullied in high school are doing far better than you in the job market.
10. Keep your head down.
9. Don't speak unless spoken too.
8... lol. JK.
Meet new people, make friends in your classes, keep in touch with your current friends, always have someone you can study with, and don't expect partying. College isn't about going to parties, it's about educating yourself in preparation for a career. In other news, you shouldn't go to college unless you have a career in mind that REQUIRES a degree.
Oh, and take it from me, have a piece of fruit with your coffee. And, always make the coffee yourself. Your stomach will thank you for it, and you'll end up feeling better. If you don't have time to make it, look for a 7-Eleven. If you have a 7-Eleven nearby, they have coffee for 2 dollars and under, and all refill sizes are fixed. For me it's $1.25. Keep your nutrition up, and take this time to practice portion control.
Reiden Lightman haha keep your head down
DO NOT MAJOR IN LIBERAL ARTS, ENGLISH OR ANYTHING WITH THE WORD "STUDIES".
I'm studying to become a statistician so I'm safe :p
Studying art or Graphic Design so I should be safe for now.
***** They can be studied on your own time online for free and don't result in jobs. Don't put yourself deep into debt for a piece of paper (degree) that isn't worth anything to an employer.
+LetitHappen or any social science
this is the most sound advice, don't pay for something you can learn from anywhere
You should do community college
That's were im going in the fall
I have an exam tomorrow and I'm watching this...
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#1 You can't
It's almost.... like... WatchMojo knows their viewer age group!
I'm literally going into university next year
+umont13 Same. 😀
Umont12 How is senior year of college
just 4 or 5 years?
bachelor and master together here is 6 years
If anything really try hard to make A's your first two years, that'll save your GPA later on the way, cause I made a D in one class and it barely went down
You forgot about procrastination as its own subject
Highschool - small puppy
College - a Great Dane or Godzilla
sweet thanks for the shout out!
+Brothers Green Eats Which video was this? Love it btw
Good grief, the worst mistake people will make in college is buying textbooks from the bookstore. It's complete robbery.
Agree. First year of college I spend close to $300 for one text book ( and it was for world art history) 😑
why ?
I love this video because as of right now, I'm in college and my current class schedule involves me taking courses I've already completed in high school and hopefully when I'm a sophomore, I'll be able to do my desired major of study---mass communications.
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Try for online courses (Colleges today offer these in place of actually going to the university).
All from the comfort of your own home.
I did my entire first semester of freshman year online. I personally hated it haha.
+gvirusqueen how??? I'm genuinely curious. I wish my school offered more classes online, I took all the ones online that I could. Nothing better than working on your own time when you want to.
+MDiPietro16 That's the thing though. I had every possible distraction available at my fingertips and I got caught up in thinking that I had all the time in the world, which led to a bunch of procrastination on my part. I only recommended taking a bunch of online courses if you're a person who has an excellent sense of self-discipline and time management.
I had no choice but to do online course only because my financial aid got screwed up and I wasn't able to secure a dorm before the deadline. It was either do online or be a whole semester behind.
Plus, I also had to travel back and forth between states just to take my midterms and finals since the test had to be proctored. Now THAT really sucked.
Graduated a private college in Science.
MAJOR ADVICE: Always...ALWAYS, review the lecture that you attended the same day. Don't care if it's for 15 minutes, 30 minutes or an hour...REVIEW IT! While reviewing it take ONE sheet of paper out and write down concepts you DON'T know or understand. This way when the test approaches you use that one sheet per lecture to review.
Dang. this is so useful since i'm starting my college next month.
same here
I actually agree with this list
Same here.
Also, college isn't for everyone.
It will certainly give you an edge, but there are plenty of folks who've been successful without it.
Just remember that you'll still end up having to work your ass off, just in different ways.
"No shame in changing your major"? HAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! Just wait until your parents demand to know why it's going to take extra YEARS of expense to then graduate.
when I was in college last year all the classes pretty much were tuesday+thursday or monday+wednesday. I mostly opted for a purely tuesday/Thursday route. (it was a 2 year degree for a phlebotomy lesson. the phlebotomy class itself was actually only on Thursday nights from 6-9 for like 2 months. but I opted for an associates, and also took English, math, psychology, and some medical based classes like cpr+first aid and medical terminology. cpr was a refresher and only took one Monday afternoon though)
I about to head to college in 1 month and this video came at the right time :)
Well its not really a college its more of a trading school but they have the same principles
Well fuck. It's too late for me to change my major.
I'll take a degree in Wumbology.
You know, the study of Wumbology.
Caffeine.... a fucking Life saver, Trust me.
Be with the right people who can balance your work and study life
Ill tell you the the ways that matters the most in college. Find test banks, previous years midterms, finals, cheat in all quizzes, always go to your TA to complain about your grade no matter what you get. If ur not ready for a test dont take it at all, get a doctors note. You follow all these steps you will be doing a lot better, coming from a 4th year economics major
Travel with a friend: Chances are you will likely have to make a trip somewhere, be it a store or to a friends house. If possible, invite a friend along with you, as that way, you can have backup in the case that there is someone or something that could potentially harm you.
SURVIVE COLLEGE?
FUCK IT. I JUST GONNA WORK AT MCDUNELD :)
we know you will because you can't even spell the name
thank God thank you there was some things I didn't know and I'm only a year away from college
Don't get pregnant? Shouldn't it be in this list?
+Rookiepro4 ROFL.
Legal Towter Not really, if you go to college the correct way.
Yes, they made a fucking 11 minute video about this. Classic Mojo!
Tbh, it's pretty useful.
What about doing community college first? Saves you tons of money
Based on the comments so far, taking a major in Film Studies means I'm screwed, even though internships at studios are recommended from the college I'm going to and being a film director requires a degree. I certainly hope I'm safe here
+Kenny Floyd I've heard the film industry is very competitive. If you network and meet the right people, you should do fine though.
Well, #2 will be difficult, even impossible for foreign students, because at least in the UK, you're not allowed to have any sort of finanncial support unless you've live in the country for more than 3 years
Where was this five years ago?! 😫
THANK YOU
Currently watching this in my college library :P
Thanks for uploading this 2 months before I graduate.
Same boat bro
Good thing they made this towards the end of the year and not the beginning when it might be useful.
How to survive college while playing for the schools sports team and a part time job.
About number 8. Coffee is a great help during school but buying coffee almost everyday can be incredibly expensive. If you love coffee stop buying from starbucks and go buy a coffee maker and a portable mug. You can try different and better types of coffee, have your coffee with you everywhere, and save A LOT of money!! I wish they had included this in the video.
on average my books are about $32 each. A better tip would be to RENT. Also community college is way cheaper so don't knock it because it can make it so you need maybe 10k in loans rather then 20k+
Yeah I'm going to CC right now and am extremely glad that I made that choice. I still live at home too, which is extremely nice. Don't have to pay for housing and i have time to eat real food.
Good old Scotland, free higher education, no tuition fees for university
+CameronKai54 lol taxes.
***** thats cool i dont have an opinion on the matter..
im jus sayin it isnt free
In Berlin we nearly only have lectures and no classes. And you can not choose the lectures in which you want to write an exam (in my University). You can however just visit random lectures whenever you want. But you get credit for language lessons. Oh and ofcourse the only things you pay for are the ticket for public transportation and maybe books. However you can get all the books in the university library. By the way I never had to write an essay. Only short protocols for experiments we did.
Caffeine... Slang term for adderall right?
My number one recommendation would be to pick a major that will 1) actually land you a good paying job and 2) has growth potential. So many pick majors that are simply fun or interesting without ever seeing if there's any future in it. That's why you run into people with college degrees working as waiters or waitresses; there are no jobs for their degree.
+cz luver there are jobs you just need to research. my school has counselors that help students pick their majors and select classes and yes even look at jobs that correspond with their major. even for classes with the word studies in them.
shygirl2927 I have a degree in Electrical Engineering so have never had a problem finding a job. What I'm saying is that a lot of kids pick a major without ever looking into whether they'd be able to get a job after college or they pick a major where after graduation, graduates are a dime-a-dozen. Comes down to supply and demand.
cz luver yes I know. I agree that it's a problem but i'm saying if that type of job is what someone really wants to do then they can they should just look into it. ask the seniors or ask professors with those majors what they are going to do/did or what one could do with that degree.
midterm this afternoon and two next week. Save me WatchMojo!
One piece of advise I would have is to join extra curriculars that you enjoy as well.
nicely done watchmojo !
BE SMART, BE SMART, BE SUPER SMART
This video sums up my life right now. Shit. I'm still a college freshmen and I just started the spring semester!!!
Thank u watch mojo because I attended California state Sacramento
my 4 biggest advises for college/university( im a college student)
1.Dont stick with what the professor teaches or says ,study on different sourses
2.Cheapest food its better than no Food at all(as bonus.. exercise best stress reliever )
3.We as college students are truthfully just "KIDS WITH ID"
4.(for women) its highly advisable(each one their own) to wait for finishing college to have kids (i have friends whose whole college life , and life in general was ruined, not to mention extra expenses and college abandonment .
and ... ir you are reading this i wish you an awesome day ,and success on everything you do
This totally helps I am starting college next month
Speaking as a college graduate, this video is spot on!
Top 10 Ways to Recover from College mistakes
..PLEASE!!!
I wish this was released when I was still in college. It might have been so helpful.
Ok WOAH! At my university, if you miss 3, sometimes 4 classes, you failed and they kick you out that class.
+darknova9 Same with mine.
i never got involved, its not something for me. I carry my one full time internship, and hang out with my engineering group every once in a while. If anything make friends in your major is key. If you don't understand they can help you out, you can all work on something together, and they will share a majority of your classes so if you ever skip or miss class, they have your back. I don't know what I would do if I acted like i did in high school in college and just did everything alone.
I just go to the gym when I feel stressed out it gets my mind of things
The real issue is finding a job afterwards. I have a scriptwriting degree and I can't find a job; filmmaking is more of a people business I understand that. But the jobs I've applied for I've been rejected because I've got no experience. It's a weird aspect of life that doesn't make sense. I studied something I enjoy, graduated and now find myself doing nothing all day because retail won't have me due to lack of experience and the indie filmmakers won't pay, in order to save money (and they have no budget). Writing shorts doesn't earn any money and it's a miracle if they even get made.
dont schedule any classes before noon.
Thanks for the advice watchmojo.
It's weird watching this as I am done with college. For people going in, I would say find a balance between studying and having fun. When you pick your schedule do what you think is best of you, or at least as close as possible. For me my attention span isn't great, so I would never schedule all my classes on one day, that would suck. Having classes on Friday isn't bad, actually it'll be hard not to have that.
Lmao I put this in my watch later on TH-cam 4 years ago freshman year in high school. I just graduated and totally forgot about this 😂
the school food was great, but they didn't make a dorm until after I left so I stayed living with my parents.
(unfortunately instead of getting the degree I had to drop out because of abuse. I took the pure phlebotomy class in a completely different state. *sigh*. also I was only able to leave my parents because of the student loan they made me take out...soooo yay student loan debt. )
Definitely take a course in philosophy (maybe even a few courses). E.g. Logic, Ethics, aesthetics, epistemology etc. And if you're a science major, then definitely take a course in philosophy of science.
Can you explain why? What does it serve to? I am a highschool senior and I may take that course in college if it sounds interesting.
+Umut Alptekin to waste your time
Umut Alptekin Do you have a specific course in mind?
+The flying dutchman I've applied for mechanical engineering. Maybe i might change to other majors like aerospace in the following years but the "engineering" part is permenant.
This came at a perfect time, I'm going to university next semester...
I'll definitely need these tips for college.
This was very helpful, thanks watchmojo ☺
College is about learning about life and understanding.
Hi, current college kid, I'd highly recommend Chegg.com for college books.
I wonder what colleges the creators of Watchmojo attended... Still waiting on Top 10 Days of the Week by the way
Best suggestion for people entering college and deciding the professor. Look at the number of people who game each professor a positive review on rate my professor
#1 is Adderall
This nigga
Jesus...college for me was the absolute WORST experience of my life. I was up half the night almost every single night studying or doing a shitload of homework. The cost of everything, and just the workload bogged me down to the point where I realized "is this really worth it?" I dropped out and got a job
Three pieces of advice that I have.
1) Find a way to pay for college ahead of time. If you've served in the US Military for two years or longer after 9/11 and received a discharge that is better than dishonorable or bad conduct, you qualify for the post-9/11 GI Bill. They pay your tuition, pay you a stipend, and pay for your books. So, more or less a free ride as long as your school's VA office does it's job well. If not, you'll have to CYA from time to time.
2) Pick a college that is right for you, your goals, and has the right atmosphere for you. You don't want to go to a school that you're going to hate after a few months. If you're a conservative, go to a conservative school. If you're a liberal, go to a liberal school. If you're like me and have the attitude "Give me an education, don't try to tell me how to think," then make sure that you do your research.
3) If you're stuck in a class where you have a teacher that is more interested in indoctrinating you and/or is petty and grades you based on how much they like you, just smile and nod whether you agree or not. They're used to 18-20 year olds who have little to know experience with the real world and are, on some level, looking for validation. It's not worth fighting back against these teachers, as they will try to railroad you and the school will ALWAYS side with them.
Also don't be afraid to take the weird electives if they look interesting. You're just getting an elective credit anyway, so it's okay to "throw it away" on a class on werewolves or the complete history of Star Trek.
once i scheduled all my 3 of my 4 classes in consecutively in one classroom one semester.
This is practically no use to me since I'm in the UK
There's still college in the uk but it's equal to university
+Sam808t You know that university is literally the same thing right?
Sam Rickard yes i know this is what uni is like haha. I was saying hw this is nothing like UK collage
One of the few times in TH-cam history where WatchMojo made a list that actually made sense. *Stares at Top 10 Cooks in Anime list that doesn't have a single character from Food Wars/Shokugeki no Souma*
Can someone give me an advice? Sorry for the bad english onwards, but I think I really need one as of now. Lately, I noticed that my girlfriend had lots of calls on her phone, and when I ask who is it, she always hungs it up quickly and she said it's one of her friends/business contacts. I also noticed that recently, she goes home in our rented apartment late, and when I ask why was she late, she always tell me that she went overtime because of her team building meet, although when I checked her slip, she had no overtime fee and I was a bit suprised since as far as I know, they didn't had any team building meets since 3 months ago. So, I went to her boss and asked about this, but her boss said that they only did team building meets only one time with her co-office mates a long time ago (which confirms that I was right), and as an extra, she's been absent on that meet, and her boss told me that she's been absent in her work a couple of days as well. The next day, she went out and told me she'll be attending her "urgent team building meet", so, keeping a distance, I followed her with my motorbike, and not far away from our place, a man fetched her on his car. I stopped my motorbike from a distance to make sure they won't hear me and observed them, and when they were going to drive out, I was about to follow then but when I start the engine, it died on me. So I want to ask for advice, where would the problem be? Is it the spark plug that caused the starting to fail, or is it on the main engine? The clutch, perhaps? Please give me a good advice. Thanks for noticing.
+jesus valdez Priorities man, gotta love them.
+King Quis I wish mobile TH-cam allows you to like comments, because if it was the case, you're taking my like!
TheFruityKing wow thanks
jesus valdez Not you fucker. Did you not see I mentioned the other guy?
+TheFruityKing well fuck you
What sounds better: Clemson for 4 years or 2 years CC then 2 years (to get degree) at UNC Chapel Hill?
2 years cc then Chapel Hill. you can get your general education out of the way in cc and take those additional two years to figure out what to get a degree in.
+Spoderman Not sure about their transfer policies or acceptance, so I have no idea if I can get accepted in even if I can get accepted as an undergrad
Keep in touch with the family? THATS WHY IM GOING TO COLLEGE TO GET AWAY FROM THE FAMILY
+PureSparkles22 you'll miss them. i miss mine. i chose a school 2 hours away from home. it's not far but it's far enough. my car is also bad and going home every weekend is expensive so i try not to go as much as possible but i miss my mom a lot. though i'm not as much of a baby as my dormmates are. (my roommate is especially so.)
I'm going to school in new york my family lives in california
***** you will definitely miss them. my friend is from California too, the only time he ever went home is for Christmas. that's it. it was a month long break but it was still the only time he got to go home. though i'm pretty sure he missed the weather more than his family. (we go to school in iowa.)
***** a lot of kids are also from other countries too. if you live that far away (either) you will definitely miss them lots. i'm at least lucky enough to be able to go home to my family when I really want to.
shygirl2927 I'm moving out because my parents are abusive, but you're right, I will.
watching this as I procrastinate on a paper due Saturday that I haven't started
Can you make a Top 10 list about "Ways to Survive Graduate School"?!
#4 is a little dumb....how can you sign up for classes Monday-Thursday or schedule them all in one day? At my college, we have classes on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday and classes on Tuesday and Thursday. However, some classes are just Monday and Wednesday and you can just not sign up for classes on certain days, but there's no way you'll be able to do that all 4 years, or even 1 year, and expect to be able to graduate on time with all of your credits
+nicolelylewis mine too. some schools let you make your own schedule though. so I've heard. it's your job to be practical.
Lol watching this in college and legit agree with all of this