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5 Things You Don't Know About College

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mr_grom
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I'm doing a speech in my english class (I'm a senior in high school) on 5 things you don't know about college. The speech can be academic-based or conversational, and I'd rather go the conversational route. So I figured some of you might have some interesting/funny things most seniors in high school have no idea about until they get into college. Anything?
Oct 17 2012 11:44AM
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Petey.
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Wear sandals into dorm showers, freshman love to pull pud in there
Oct 17 2012 11:47AM
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Uah
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A guy on my floor hung himself and his room mate got a %70 in every class
Oct 17 2012 11:50AM
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maximiliaan
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that Wu-tang clan aint nothing to fuck with
Oct 17 2012 11:51AM
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cubber
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You can skip every day of half your gen eds and come out with an A. 50% of your Profs will not be understandable for a week into the class because of ridiculous accents
Oct 17 2012 11:53AM
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TheBlueMtSkier
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Story.
Oct 17 2012 11:55AM
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TheBlueMtSkier
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...shouldnt expect to do much studying? what major are you?
Oct 17 2012 11:58AM
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SconnieShredder
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Yoga pants... Everywhere
Oct 17 2012 11:58AM
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T.L.
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Debt as a result from college education has surpassed credit card debt in the US.
Oct 17 2012 11:59AM
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TheBlueMtSkier
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re-read few times. realized u trollin.
Oct 17 2012 11:59AM
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cubber
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Also, every single girl on campus wants to wrap her lips around your dick, and you should definitely spend a good portion of your school loan to buy a huge flatscreen. Bitches love cod and guys that play all night.
Oct 17 2012 12:00PM
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.EastCoast
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its true
Oct 17 2012 12:01PM
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Peter.
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yep. try and avoid making friends too since they will just peer pressure you into drinking and drugs.
Oct 17 2012 12:02PM
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theBearJew
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I have heard of this. If a roomate in dorms kills themselves you get exempt from your classes and get passing grades.

Its too bad Amanda Todd didnt make it to college.... im going to hell. YOLO
Oct 17 2012 12:03PM
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Mr.Sloth
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IT'S TRUE!
Oct 17 2012 12:06PM
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Uah
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^^^^^^^^^ It's always the quiet ones..

As for the story, not much to be said. The guy wasn't in a good state of mind.. and well.. entered the void.

It's kind of an awkward subject to talk about, but I've been told that his room mate was given straight %70s in every subject. I don't know what they did about his marks that already just so happened to be above %70. It only makes sense that they wouldn't change his really good marks.
Oct 17 2012 12:11PM
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DERS.
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myth.


dining hall food is delicious... lol
Oct 17 2012 12:13PM
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128368798788
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kids with adderall / ritalin become seasonal drug dealers
wear sandals in the shower
its a right of passage to have your bike stolen
dorm food comes in unlimited amounts for a reason (you'll be sick of it by november)
more girls love anal than you might think
Oct 17 2012 12:14PM
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Spinoza
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You don really need to do readings
Oct 17 2012 12:15PM
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theBearJew
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1. 70% of speeches are made up on spot
2. 50% of statistics college students are not factually based.

And just go from there. Youll get some lols
Oct 17 2012 12:20PM
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_DUSTY_
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Oct 17 2012 12:38PM
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fujarome
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that wikipedia should be a trusted source, because it's likely that every college graduate in the last 10 years has relied on it.
Oct 17 2012 12:45PM
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BrewskiJr
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Senior in college here:

Freshman year is the only year where everyone is in the same boat: No one knows each other. This is the only time where its not considered creepy to just go over to the girls side of the dorm and straight knock on doors and introduce yourself. It might seem weird now, but trust me. It pays off HUGE.
Oct 17 2012 12:47PM
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skithesprings
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1: The sluts from high school become mega sluts in college, and most likely have herpes.
2: You don't need to raise your hand in a 400 person lecture to ask to go to the restroom.
3: You can TELL foreign professors to give you a better grade and it works 80% of the time... every time.
4: Dorms suck, campus food sucks, busses and dumb sluts who ride it for one block suck.
5: The "ecstasy" you bought is just meth and heroin and whatever mystery substance got added, not MDMA, there is zero MDMA in that.
Oct 17 2012 12:49PM
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ESAND
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Not all colleges are created equal.
Oct 17 2012 12:51PM
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BrewskiJr
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This. Along with baby laxative. It fucking sucks
Oct 17 2012 12:51PM
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crab_pretzel
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hahaha this is so true, and i definately didnt know this in highschool.

also, plagiarism is ok, and condoms are unnecessary
Oct 17 2012 12:57PM
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deleted5
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my friend goes to Binghamton and his roommate killed himself and he did get strait A's for the semester.
Oct 17 2012 12:59PM
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WikiWiki
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attend the class, seriously youre paying a shitload of money for it so why not go, I have idiot friends who will go to class once a week or just show up for the homework, and then wonder why they have a 2.5.

Also talk to everyone, get to know people, etc. The more people you know, the easier it is, from getting laid to parties to studying together for a test.
Oct 17 2012 2:39PM
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.MASSHOLE.
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HAHAHAHAHA

Ive never experienced that, but most MDMA is not pure unless you make it yourself. Not recommended either.

AND as someone stated before, meet as many girls as you can freshman year.
Oct 17 2012 3:25PM
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[~_~]
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70% of your tuition is going right down the shitter. And by that I mean filling the campus with overpriced furniture, ugly sculptures, and other superfluous things.

Unless you plan to enter a specialized field, your major means jack squat.
Oct 17 2012 3:26PM
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Peter.
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this. grad school > undergrad in terms of importance
Oct 17 2012 3:28PM
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GEORGEzimmerman
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im a senior in high school. ive been through fuckking hell and back.. im so fuckngn ready for college. bring it on
Oct 17 2012 3:29PM
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theabortionator
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I didn't know that asher roth loved college. Now I know
Oct 17 2012 3:32PM
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Bart.Man
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For the first week or so, never eat alone. Introduce yourself and sit with new people. It pays off. Also, don't be intimidated by your professors. They're real people, not all powerful beings you're not allowed to approach.
Oct 17 2012 3:34PM
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GEORGEzimmerman
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ive had a brain tumor and 2 brain surgeries and my parents were getiing divorvced while this was going on so yeah high school has been pretty difficult
Oct 17 2012 3:38PM
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uosdwiSrjewoH
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uni is a struggle to have fun and do work. if you go to class and do the work assigned, you're gonna get straight A+s. If you literally never go and never do any work, you're gonna fail, but probably have a killer time. find your balance. i'm finding that i'm leaning more and more towards the work half, but after 4 years i still fucking blow at doing my work and paying attention in class. i have no idea what my prof has been talking about for the last hour.
Oct 17 2012 5:03PM
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salomonskiier12
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cheating is way easier and more prevalent than you could believe
Oct 17 2012 5:09PM
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Spinoza
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this is exactly right. do this.
Oct 17 2012 5:12PM
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Dr.Dickless
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theres a lot more weirdos in college than in high school
half of your instructors cant speak english
go to class everyday
Oct 17 2012 5:14PM
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Funnel
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You'll have WAY more work than high school, but you'll also have WAY more free time than high school despite all of the extra workload.
Oct 17 2012 5:15PM
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gnartogue
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that was such uber pwnage
Oct 17 2012 5:22PM
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_MNice_
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The C4C wasn't terrible. delicious at first, and slowly and slowly it got shitty
Oct 17 2012 5:28PM
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.Natty.
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Fridays are high days
Oct 17 2012 6:02PM
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northeast
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you're so frat. you must have like 45 slams.
Oct 17 2012 6:36PM
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MNS
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nice one. bro. no sarcasm, seriously. owned
Oct 17 2012 6:41PM
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cubber
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When you have group projects, let everyone else do the work. 10/10 times you are the only cool guy and your group members are nerds that love that shit. Skip meetings too, fuck it, you're already getting 100% on your project grade without any other contribution
Oct 17 2012 6:44PM
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montageskier
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If you have an adjunct that pisses you off/ teaches shitty, she likely is pissing off 95% of the rest of the class. Let your advisor know, so that bitch can get fired.
Oct 17 2012 7:21PM
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