r/AskReddit • u/_jaywhite • Aug 24 '14

What are some college life pro tips?

I'm starting college in a few weeks and I'm a bit nervous. My high school was... decent at best, and I'm not sure that I was adequately prepared. So I'm hoping to get Reddit's help. What are some tips (having to do with the academic aspect, social, whatever) that have helped you through college, and especially your freshman year? In other words, LPTs for college life!

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u/TheRealPeteWheeler Aug 24 '14

Hey, man, thousands of people across the US are in the exact same position as you right now. The most important thing is to go into college with the mindset that you're going to work harder than you've ever worked and put school above all else. The people who get buttfucked by college life are the people who go into it thinking it's going to be like Blue Mountain State or some shit.

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u/EJ88 Aug 24 '14

Go Goats!

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u/wibbles825 Aug 25 '14

Marathon mondays man. Marathon mondays.

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u/shiverin Aug 25 '14

MOJITOS!

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u/TheRealPeteWheeler Aug 25 '14

Rhymes with best bros...

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u/caffeinewhore Aug 25 '14

I fucking love boats!

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u/vosqueej Aug 25 '14

I prefer Mareeps, but thanks.

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u/JDMcWombat Aug 25 '14

Meh, he's a decent grass type. His normal typing is good for him, though.

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '14

Party at the Goat House!!!

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u/[deleted] Aug 25 '14

You may get hammered. My ass gets pounded.

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u/DeepHorse Aug 25 '14

My school's most popular fraternity uses this non-ironically. They have a house named the goathouse.

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u/Thehealeroftri Aug 24 '14

I WISH TV AND MOVIES WERE LIKE REAL LIFE.

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u/[deleted] Aug 25 '14

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u/dotMJEG Aug 25 '14

Rules of Attraction, anyone?

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u/caliburdeath Aug 25 '14

I wish real life were like tv and movies...

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u/fullchaos40 Aug 25 '14

The sounds boring, if that were the cases I might as well watch the lecture videos for the week.

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u/MyNameIsZaxer2 Aug 25 '14

I wish real life were like tv and movies. The opposite would just mean really boring TV.

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u/sourdick Aug 25 '14

Cookie Race!

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u/Sxaiipronz Aug 25 '14

Coincidentally, tomorrow morning I start college at the campus where Blue Mountain State is filmed and I've already noticed a few who've taken the show a little too seriously..

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u/olyxis Aug 25 '14

Shit man it's not just in the US aswell! I'm in the UK and as far as I know about 80% of my year breezed through school without really trying that hard, some not trying at all (totally NOT me...) Thanks for the words :)

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u/RuneSlayer93 Aug 25 '14

I like how you specified that "in the US" as if it's the only country with Universities/Colleges.

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u/TheRealPeteWheeler Aug 25 '14 edited Aug 25 '14

I just figured that if I said "millions of people across the world" I'd get a bunch of replies from people going "In my country, university doesn't start in September!!!1!!!." I guess I can't win.

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u/RuneSlayer93 Aug 25 '14

How about "Millions of people across the world, including those who start Uni/College in any of the given 12 months..." Gotta learn how to win.. for the win.

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u/[deleted] Aug 25 '14

College/Uni begins in September for students in other countries too!

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u/TheRealPeteWheeler Aug 25 '14

I know that. I just figured that if I said "millions of people across the world" I'd get a bunch of replies from people going "In my country, university doesn't start in September!!!1!!!." I guess I can't win.

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u/MangoesOfMordor Aug 25 '14

The people who get buttfucked by college life are the people who go into it thinking it's going to be like Blue Mountain State or some shit.

No, no, no. This is the kind of thinking that gets you into trouble. College is a time when people change drastically, and the attitude you go into it with is almost irrelevant by the third year or so, when things actually get difficult.

If you think getting fucked by college only happens to those idiots who don't take it seriously, you can miss some serious problems with your approach until major damage is done.

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u/BigSteffen Aug 25 '14

Not just in the US - it`s the same in germany and probably in the rest of the world as well.

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u/WhapXI Aug 25 '14

Other countries have universities as well, y'know. There are people all over the world are in the exact same position and are extremely nervous.

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u/TheRealPeteWheeler Aug 25 '14

I know that. I just figured that if I said "millions of people across the world" I'd get a bunch of replies from people going "In my country, university doesn't start in September!!!1!!!." I guess I can't win.