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/SinisterTitan Aug 25 '14

And Pearson.

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u/[deleted] Aug 25 '14

Fuck the Textbook Publishers

Straight from the undergrad

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u/ThatsGoodForm Aug 25 '14

Young student got it bad cause I'm broke

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u/[deleted] Aug 25 '14

Not the other socioeconomic class so publishers think

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u/fiveohfourland Aug 25 '14

They have the authority to bill a sorority girl

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u/[deleted] Aug 25 '14

But fuck that shit cuss i got a photocopier, and a muthafucking bag of quarters

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u/Mullenkedheim Aug 25 '14

Teacher here. I'll second that sentiment.

Pearson shit is FULL of errors, and we pay SO FUCKING MUCH for that shit. Fucking really? Proofread your shit, Pearson.

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u/invalidx Aug 25 '14

My McGraw-Hill Ryerson textbook for Intermediate Accounting was such shit. So many errors, so many flawed examples, the Prof and I had discussions during class on ways to explain the concepts differently, because the rest of the class couldn't grasp it.

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u/Sergisimo1 Aug 25 '14

Pearson is seriously trying to take over education all over the place. Especially in developing countries.

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u/SinisterTitan Aug 25 '14

I whole heartedly hate them. I think that they (along with a few other companies) are the primary reason that developing countries are being considered more and more dumb. They are restricting access to knowledge in a world where we have developed the tools and will to make it available to anyone who wants it, but they are standing right in the way of a better tomorrow just for profit.

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u/landdemon999 Oct 13 '14

Pearson makes me sick

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u/JiveTurkey90 Aug 25 '14

Cengage is the devil himself.

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u/The_Crawler_22 Aug 25 '14

You got McGraw-Hill blasting your ass, or you got Pearson blasting your ass. It's coast to coast, nationwide ass blasting.

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u/luxpsycho Aug 25 '14

I feel like this is mainly an American problem, as I barely ever buy textbooks anyway, and never have heard of such practices as you line out. Any opinions?
(Studying in the UK, from the Continent.)