The "i'm Enjoying College, How Bout You?" Thread

[missionseeker]

[quote name='Lisa' timestamp='1316005752' post='2304557']
I love college, hate the classes Not really, but there are so much better things to do with my time... like go to Mass, bible study, pray in the chapel, eat, plan retreats, etc.
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[quote name='FutureSister2009' timestamp='1316006321' post='2304558']

yeah that's what I would rather be doing with my time. So I guess I have to wait until I get into the Convent to do all the good stuff
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One thing that I learned in college is that if you are following what God wants, then there is not actually something better that you can be doing with your time. Right now, you need to focus on studying and going to class, having good social experiences, bonding with people who will support you in your life's journey. Do not focus on what you COULD be doing, but what you SHOULD be doing. For a long time I would be made to feel guilty because I didn't go to daily Mass as often as other people. Well... I was taking 13 classes (yes classes, not credits) and working 30 hours a week. and in order to be able to accomplish that, I needed to use that hour for studies. Do not wish away time that you have now. When you go to the convent, you have decades to plan retreats, etc. But right now, self-discovery, and formation of the soul is more important.

Edited September 14, 2011 by missionseeker

[Lisa]

[quote name='missionseeker' timestamp='1316017822' post='2304611']

One thing that I learned in college is that if you are following what God wants, then there is not actually something better that you can be doing with your time. Right now, you need to focus on studying and going to class, having good social experiences, bonding with people who will support you in your life's journey. Do not focus on what you COULD be doing, but what you SHOULD be doing. For a long time I would be made to feel guilty because I didn't go to daily Mass as often as other people. Well... I was taking 13 classes (yes classes, not credits) and working 30 hours a week. and in order to be able to accomplish that, I needed to use that hour for studies. Do not wish away time that you have now. When you go to the convent, you have decades to plan retreats, etc. But right now, self-discovery, and formation of the soul is more important.
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Complete agreement... and I was mostly joking I definitely don't hate the classes- but I won't lie, I'd rather be at church than learning about the Dynamics of Persuasion. But, I'm thrilled to be where God wants me, and college has been the best 4 years of my life. It's so important not to be so focused on what is ahead of us that we miss the joys and blessings that the Lord is giving us now!

[FutureSister2009]

[quote name='Lisa' timestamp='1316007553' post='2304563']

The great thing about college is that you really can do both. It takes a little while to get a balance of school work and the spiritual life, but it's definitely possible. I would propose that more things are probably available to you now than you had at your home parish, and you're likely within walking distance, which is amesome!

And, it's so much easier to spend time at the church while in college than if you are in the working world. I'm currently straddling both right now (college 2 days a week, 9 hour workdays in a professional environment on Monday, Wednesday, Friday), and I can tell you, there is nothing like a 10-15 minute break between classes that lets you see Jesus!
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My Church was right down the street from my house so I was within walking distance

[Lisa]

This thread needs to be lamed up again. Great thing about college? CollegeHumor: some of it's really bad, but some of them just make me laugh. For instance: [url="http://www.collegehumor.com/video/6583679/the-war-of-1812-the-movie"]http://www.collegehumor.com/video/6583679/the-war-of-1812-the-movie[/url] Everything you didn't know/could never figure out about the War of 1812.

[Luigi]

[quote name='Lisa' timestamp='1316034129' post='2304718']
This thread needs to be lamed up again. Great thing about college? CollegeHumor: some of it's really bad, but some of them just make me laugh. For instance: [url="http://www.collegehumor.com/video/6583679/the-war-of-1812-the-movie"]http://www.collegehu...-1812-the-movie[/url] Everything you didn't know/could never figure out about the War of 1812.
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This deserves it's own thread... simply to avoid this thread from being hijacked.

[MissScripture]

[quote name='Adrestia' timestamp='1315920314' post='2304182']

Hhhmmmm. I guess my senior year of college was different because I knew that I was going straight to grad school. By the end of grad school I never wanted to see another classroom again. Lo and behold, I am taking a class right now (1st one since finishing grad school).

Want to guess what my class is about?

[spoiler]Tools & techniques for teaching college students.[/spoiler]
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I hated grad school so much by the end of it that I got pregnant so I could be a stay at home mom and not have to actually find a job in the field for which I went to school! Okay, so that's not totally true, but it worked out well for me, because I really did come to hate what I was doing. But that had a lot more to do with the part where I had to have an operation in the middle of school, and face the reality that I could die. That can change a persons perspective a bit.

[quote name='Deus_te_Amat' timestamp='1315924172' post='2304200']
Well, I'm applying to grad schools, and chances are I'll be taking college classes in my future again anyway, but I wont be with these amazing people that have become my family. We started school together, suffered together, travelled all over Europe together, and now are supporting each other through senior year. It's going to be hard to say goodbye to these people that have become my best friends. I wish the best for them, but I will always treasure these four years as some of the best and most formative years of my life.
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If you go to Nashville, you will definitely be taking classes again! It's odd, now, being completely done with school. Due to several reasons, I lost touch with most of my friends from undergrad, and the ones I did stay in touch with went to grad school with me (I went to the same school for both). And I think that because we started grad school when the rest of our classmates were in their 4th year of undergrad, and because our grad school class was only 36 people, I was at a very different spot in my life than the friends finishing undergrad. I couldn't go out with them because I had to study, while they were on their senior slide. And then they started looking for jobs while I was just trying to keep my head above water in classes, and, well, it was all just completely different. But then, that also kind of happened again at the end of grad school. As my classmates were enthusiastically looking for jobs, I was going home from clinicals and crying every night because I hated it so much. Now I'm just looking forward to taking care of my baby. And waiting for everyone to ask when I'm getting a job after the baby arrives (my parents and their best friends are pretty much the only ones IRL who know I plan on being a stay at home mom. Well, Roamin does, too, of course. And my sis-in-law, so I'd assume my bro knows).

[missionseeker]

[quote name='MissScripture' timestamp='1316067208' post='2304935']
I hated grad school so much by the end of it that I got pregnant so I could be a stay at home mom and not have to actually find a job in the field for which I went to school! Okay, so that's not totally true, but it worked out well for me, because I really did come to hate what I was doing. But that had a lot more to do with the part where I had to have an operation in the middle of school, and face the reality that I could die. That can change a persons perspective a bit.


If you go to Nashville, you will definitely be taking classes again! It's odd, now, being completely done with school. Due to several reasons, I lost touch with most of my friends from undergrad, and the ones I did stay in touch with went to grad school with me (I went to the same school for both). And I think that because we started grad school when the rest of our classmates were in their 4th year of undergrad, and because our grad school class was only 36 people, I was at a very different spot in my life than the friends finishing undergrad. I couldn't go out with them because I had to study, while they were on their senior slide. And then they started looking for jobs while I was just trying to keep my head above water in classes, and, well, it was all just completely different. But then, that also kind of happened again at the end of grad school. As my classmates were enthusiastically looking for jobs, I was going home from clinicals and crying every night because I hated it so much. Now I'm just looking forward to taking care of my baby. And waiting for everyone to ask when I'm getting a job after the baby arrives (my parents and their best friends are pretty much the only ones IRL who know I plan on being a stay at home mom. Well, Roamin does, too, of course. And my sis-in-law, so I'd assume my bro knows).
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Anybody want a Peanut?

[Deus te Amat]

[quote name='MissScripture' timestamp='1316067208' post='2304935']

Due to several reasons, I lost touch with most of my friends from undergrad, and the ones I did stay in touch with went to grad school with me (I went to the same school for both). And I think that because we started grad school when the rest of our classmates were in their 4th year of undergrad, and because our grad school class was only 36 people, I was at a very different spot in my life than the friends finishing undergrad. I couldn't go out with them because I had to study, while they were on their senior slide.[/quote]

Senior slide?? What's that?

I'm currently taking 5 classes, an audit, grading for Calc III and Linear Algebra (7+ hours of work a week) and writing a 18-20 page paper for fun. Next semester I'm planning on somehow fitting 7 classes in my schedule -- and I already have enough credits to graduate.

Oh, and I have grad school applications on top of that. And comps. And I still manage to have a social life. Most of my friends are like this. What is this senior slide of which you speak?

[MissScripture]

[quote name='Deus_te_Amat' timestamp='1316098879' post='2305030']
Senior slide?? What's that?

I'm currently taking 5 classes, an audit, grading for Calc III and Linear Algebra (7+ hours of work a week) and writing a 18-20 page paper for fun. Next semester I'm planning on somehow fitting 7 classes in my schedule -- and I already have enough credits to graduate.

Oh, and I have grad school applications on top of that. And comps. And I still manage to have a social life. Most of my friends are like this. What is this senior slide of which you speak?
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Apparently, in the nursing program at my school, you pretty much had nothing but clinicals the last year of the program, and the only real assignments were paperwork for those clinicals. And they didn't really have any tests. I think the idea was that they would have lots of time to study for their boards. I don't think that the students quite took that to heart the way the professors hoped. It was kind of the same way for the education majors, too. They really didn't have any tests, and it was mostly student teaching, so there wasn't a lot of extra studying going on, other than preparing for their classes. And that is what the senior slide is. You've just picked a bad major.
I had a minor senior slide my 3rd year of school, which was technically my senior year. Our whole class did, though. On one test, the high score in the class was an 86. The average was 68. Our normal scores were with highs in the 90s, with the low score being in the 70s. Needless to say, our prof was less than impressed. He gave us the chance, though, to earn back some of the points by correcting our wrong answers and explaining why the correct answer was what it was. And that pretty much cured me of any further senior slide.

[tinytherese]

I wish they would have told us how hard transfering is. As if transfering credits isn't hard enough, then you're basically a freshman again since you're a newbie. People your age have already made there pals and then you come in. I've transfered multiple times. (Don't even get me started on why that happened.) There just wasn't any place like my first school. The college itself had some things that are either nonexistant at other schools or rare to find. The people at both schools I've transfered to act so differently too. At my old school the students were from all around the world and were super friendly living in suites which were homes to us. We had traditions, school events, and problems which brought us to have suite meetings. The living area in the suite enabled us to be social and to make friends by meeting the people that our suitemates spent time with.

The people here are not nearly as friendly. My roommate is basically off in her own little world and the suitemate (meaning the girl who shares a bathroom with us. There's one right between our rooms,) she talks behind my back, gives me rude looks like she's disappointed that I'm there, or is only interested in looking for my roommate so then when she sees she isn't there she goes back to her room and ignores me. We're definitely not the family that I had at my first school. We don't have traditions or events going on on campus where the suite needs to meet. There isn't a common area in the sutie for us to be at. There is a common area room on each floor but hardly anybody uses it.

A professor that I was supposed to have resigned with short notice (or at least short notice in college world) and they didn't have the time to replace her. The abbot from the abbey on campus had to teach the two classes I'm in, but because of his schedule, especially because of the traveling he needs to do and other duties (he's got another position at the university,) the classes are usually once a week for over four hours. I'm not kidding. 8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m. once a week with two breaks (if he remembers to give them to us.) There are also a few weeks where we won't have class since he'll be out of the country for a time. I need these two classes to graduate and believe me one long class once a week isn't fun and I've got two courses like that.

[missionseeker]

[quote name='Deus_te_Amat' timestamp='1316098879' post='2305030']
Senior slide?? What's that?

I'm currently taking 5 classes, an audit, grading for Calc III and Linear Algebra (7+ hours of work a week) and writing a 18-20 page paper for fun. Next semester I'm planning on somehow fitting 7 classes in my schedule -- and I already have enough credits to graduate.

Oh, and I have grad school applications on top of that. And comps. And I still manage to have a social life. Most of my friends are like this. What is this senior slide of which you speak?
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pssh 5 was the fewest number of classes I EVER took. 8 or 9 being average. 13 was not unheard of. And I worked 20-30 hours a wekk (or more) plus concerts, rehearsals, thesis, final juries. I however, barely had a social life. Nor did I sleep.

[MissScripture]

[quote name='missionseeker' timestamp='1316132509' post='2305220']


pssh 5 was the fewest number of classes I EVER took. 8 or 9 being average. 13 was not unheard of. And I worked 20-30 hours a wekk (or more) plus concerts, rehearsals, thesis, final juries. I however, barely had a social life. Nor did I sleep.
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Or eat.

[missionseeker]

I always have a granola bar or larabar in my purse, though.

[MissScripture]

What is a larabar?

[LaPetiteSoeur]

My school has a limit of 19 hours (credits) you can take a semester. And newbies are only "really" allowed to take 5, so I am taking five. One of which doesn't really count for anything.... it is such a waste of time it's insane.

Next semester I've got six real classes, thankfully! And next fall, I get to take two or three french classes at once! I am so excited!