College Students, what's a HIGH SCHOOL HABIT incoming Freshman Need to STOP doing? - Reddit Podcast 

Do not get behind of assignments, follow the syllabus and make sure to study that week's lesson, once you get behind it gets increasingly harder to catch up

The switch majors thing is something i learned the hard way

You need to inform the head teacher if you are going to be absent in class, because they take attendance for every class. The attendance carries marks that you need to pass. Low attendance without a proper reason, will get you barred from writing the semester exam - college in India

My advice: take advantage of your school's pass/no pass policies. At my school, you could change one major-relatad class and all non-major classes to P/NP per term. I got into a bad rut my senior year and nearly lost my financial aid because of grades. Changing my low Cs to Ps, or my Fs to NPs, helped preserve my GPA until I could get back on track and retake the classes I needed to.

A few things I like to tell incoming freshmen are: 1. Don't put studying off until the last minute. Some of these grades would make or break you. 2. TAKE ADVANTAGE OF EVERY SINGLE RESOURCE AND EXTRA CREDIT YOU FIND. Failed the test? Use those bonus points and resources to increase your chances of upping your grade. 3. If you don't know who to talk to about a certain person, ask around, people aren't going to bite. 4. It may be scary going to a campus you don't know, but ask someone for help, they will take you to the building or classroom you need. If they can't, they'll at least point you in the right direction. 5. Don't buy the latest trendy clothes. No one cares. But if you have zero school supplies, they're going to notice and you'll look like an idiot for not bringing necessities. 6. Don't do the bare minimum. Go beyond that. Some professors will catch on to you doing the bare minimum and your grades will suffer. 7. Don't be a "class clown". It's not cute and people will think you're not taking this class seriously. 8. You can go to parties and clubs, just don't go to EVERY one, especially if you have an exam or something important the next day. You will suffer. 9. Save your chit chat to outside of class. Talking during class about random nautical nonsense would make the class think that you don't care about your grades or other people. You will be the pariah of the entire class and no one would want to sit next to you, lest they hear your chattering. 10. GET TO CLASS ON TIME. Coming in late is distracting not only the students but the professor too. One of my professors used to lock the door at the beginning of class, so if you are late, too bad, should have gotten here on time. You'll miss notes and for some professors, you only have a certain number of days you can miss without automatically failing the course. 11. READ THE SYLLABUS. Some professors will not take attendance but will know if you are here or not. Your grade could depend on percent or points, there might be a book you need to get, SOMETHING. 12. Please please PLEASE figure out what you NEED to get on the exams if you're not doing too great on your assignments to pass. And do not boast about the minimum you need to pass. Keep that to yourself.

I realized the one thing right after my first few days, and is an old highschool habit of mine of how professors are much more equal to students compared to teachers and students. Its really hard having to adjust to the dynamics of student professor dynamics, i dont really kiss their butts because i think being a pet would benefit grades, but rather i do it to try to understand their history to find ways to connect with them. Comparing them is like (in highschool) is like talking to your elders (In college) its like talking to a uncle or aunt figure I will still struggle for a while on trying to view as equals because i am still so young, and i just feel like im not really mature enough for some things

I think the biggest one is that in school being quiet is rewarded, everywhere else it's punished, it's better to be too loud than too quiet. They're used to dealing with mentally unstable sleep deprived people on the campus so being rude/obnoxious is easily forgiven, and later you can switch up and say you "grew out of it"

Not necessarily necessary but you dont have to call your teachers sir or miss. Chances are, you can call them by their first name.

We have a holy trinity in uni. The library, the pub, the extra class. Library for study, pub where you meet EVERYONE. Literally everyone. Every event is connected to a pub. Even some profs show up to let out some steam. But it is necessary to keep them separate. Extra class. We have tutors who literally are kept for extra lessons when you suck. I failed the first test. Went for one and got 91%. I keep going even if I don't need it.

The first story literally spells out exactly how I think and I'm a high school freshman 🤣

The advice regarding being more forgiving about your grades in college is excellent advice, and advice I'm glad that I figured out early. I got through high school as an A's and B's student, but I knew that college was supposed to be significantly harder even as I went into it. The difficulty spike wasn't as bad as I feared it might be, in part because I'd braced myself for some of the changes and was already taking my education seriously, even in high school. Even so, getting D's on exams and C's on the report card could have been disheartening if I hadn't already decided that I should cut myself a bit of slack for being in harder classes. In summary: Take your classes and homework seriously (not _just_ your exams), but also cut yourself some slack in terms of grades. It's a new learning environment, and it will almost certainly take some getting used to. (Graduated: Bachelor of Science, August 2000 - December 2004)

Some of my students came to class wearing slippers and shorts, I told them as long as they don't come to my class in panjamas I don't care what they wear.

Not sure about everyone else's college, but attendance was often counted as a portion of your grade for the course. Most of my professors would offer a handful of freebies (like 2 or 3 of them) in cases of emergency or sickness, but after that your grade will start to suffer if you regularly miss classes. (Went to community college in the mid-west U.S.)

I can confirm that all of these tips are indeed a good survival guide to both college and university. Some of them like the part time job can be circumstantial but is still great advice for people who don't know how to approach college. Take it from the first gen student (meaning neither of my parents finished college). Also, self-care and minimizing excuses will get you further than cramming and unsolicited bragging.

Here’s my advice. This is coming from a community college student so please correct me if I’m wrong if this doesn’t apply to the university level. Be sure to do your best as much as possible because if and when something comes up later on in the semester, which it most likely will, your professors will know you are integral enough to not make it up. Don’t just make excuses when you are perfectly capable of doing the work and showing up to class. This gives you a little safety net for the latter weeks of the semester. For instance, I did a volunteer trip for an organization I am a part of and got extensions just fine. I got badly sick towards the end of another semester, and my professor was okay with me skipping lab. Even coming home after another volunteer trip I got really depressed. If you’re vulnerable yet professional enough when emailing your professors, you should be okay with extensions if you ask. Be integral and show the professors you care about their class, then they will be much more lenient with you when things come up.

It depends where you live. We still had to ask the teacher to go to the bathroom. It was policy on the whole campus.

High school students watching this video: "Write that down, write that down!"

If your major is difficult(for example if your engineering or premed, or healthcare) it's okay to go part time (as in less than 12 hours), it's even okay to go part time at BIG/LARGE D1 University. Granted you may not be able to participate in Greek Life, or ROTC or the Main sports teams like football or baseball that are through the university athletics(since you have to full time for those), it doesn't prevent you from joining other different clubs that are not nessecarily payed through the school, such as ESports, Hockey Club, or YoungLife, or D&D, any other club that is not funded by the university, but still affiliated with the university. It also doesn't prevent you from attending football games, or basketball games, ect, nor does it prevent you from dining meal plans, or living in the dorms.

I just finished my second year of community college and I just graduated. My advice is to 1. Join school clubs like gaming club, anime club, anything that peaks your interest. You'll meet a lot of cool people there and it doesn't matter if you're socially awkward or shy. If you're in the right crowd, the people will love you for you and embrace you with open arms just like I was. 2. If you don't know what you wanna major in or have no idea if you even want to go to college, take a gap year or more and work on earning extra money at a part or full time job. College will always be there but stressing yourself out and wasting money on a major you feel like you have to do or feeling pressure to just get into college right after high school is not the way to go. My boyfriend felt that pressure and wasted a lot of money having no idea what he wanted to major in but just went to college because of the pressure he felt if he didn't go. 3. If you do go, go to community college first instead of a university right away to save money and finish core classes quicker. 4. Look into certificates of completion. While it's not as valued as a degree, you don't need to take core classes so you save money and actually study for something you want to do in your life. You also get a piece of paper that you actually did something in college. If you truly want to dedicate yourself and get a full degree, it'll always be there if you change your mind. 5. Take the time to look after your mental health and talk to school counselors. Legally school counselors do not have the right to call your parents about your mental health issues. You're an adult and have a right to be able to talk about your emotions in a safe environment if you can't afford therapy at the moment.

If your 23% becomes an A, you’re in a bad school, your prof is not teaching you well, and/or your entire class is too stupid to work in that field. The latter is the least likely option. Your prof should be able to set an exam that will approximate the Bell curve if they’re any good. Otherwise, there’s no point in their teaching 77% of the material.

One thing I regret was choosing a college with too long of a commute. I barely had time to do my work with a 3 hour commute. (i hated that school anyway and got my prof fired because he make a tasteless joke about my broken thumb (he joked about hitchiking on the freeway), I broke it by jamming it on my dresser)

I love all you and the college tips to help ppl

Pay Attention To DUE DATES. Not just on assignments, but enrollment. Scholarship renewal forms, payments, dorm registration, class registration, EVERYTHING. End of my freshman year, I nearly missed getting a dorm for next semester because I glossed over the dorm registration email. And my senior year, someone in the department decided to move up the due date for our senior portfolios by a whole semester (It wasn't an issue for me in the long run, but I was still pissed; I was taking a lot of difficult classes that semester for the purpose of having time to focus on my portfolios next semester and having some really good material for it) This was something very important because without it, we weren't allowed to graduate. And if the portfolio was missing an essay, if the eassys were poorly written, or if were "clearly slapped together at the last minute", we would fail. A class mate of mine nearly failed because they forgot the due date until 12 hours before the deadline. On that note, save all your essays, major projects, etc. Because you might need them later.

If you find yourself lacking energy, feeling down at all, not caring, etc.? _Seek help you may have depression and are having troubles integrating_ It was... Unpleasant

I hold 6 University degrees. The first one was hard, but after that I was able to use credits. Do not do them at random, expand on what you have done. I did 5 engineering degrsse, 1/2 or more of the work was the same and done using credits. The 6th degree was math with no classes or test, it was done using 100% of credits. I will tell you now it's not as easy as it sounds, working all day classes and study at night with a wife and children. The payoff in the end is worth it. In the end I was able to walk away at age 50 with a big payout, that was 12 years ago and I'm living the dream.

Don't expect a lot of group poster projects to boost your grade. Deadlines are tighter.

Whether you start college humbled or not. You will be humbled further. And it will hit you like a tank. If you cant do three times the work you did in hs, just dont go. Edit: chronic procrastinators, i feel you. Kill that shit before you get there any way you can. Similarly leave your phone in your dorm. It doesnt help. Edit2: dont buy txt books until you know you need them. I started so many classes with profs who day one told us we werent going to be using the "required" textbooks for the course.

For the record, college people say “humility”, not “humbleness”.

-Read the material for the lecture BEFORE you go to class. You are entering a world where the class is not the intro to the lesson - it's the time to clarify and discuss what you reviewed already. 80% of your effort in your required major courses will be outside of class time, accounting for the time you'll spend on reading source material, doing homework, redoing homework, studying for tests, researching for papers, writing papers, editing papers, rewriting papers, office hours, tutorials...it will require a lot more effort on your part beyond the time in class meetings. -Schedule time for schoolwork like it's your job and learn to discipline yourself. You'll have plenty of time to have a social life and attend to other matters once your work is done and done well. -Prep time for the first exam is day one. Prep time for the next exam is day one of class after the last exam. Prep time for the final is spread throughout the course. Hang on to all those notes throughout the semester (and future semesters if they'll come in handy in later courses), look back through them regularly, and set yourself up well early on. Give yourself breathing room to celebrate or bemoan each exam after you take it (unless it's finals week and you have another right after). -Read and understand each syllabus. Professors advertise their grading policies, attendance policies, class expectations, exam days, and what to do if a schedule conflict arises. As a completely random example...say you have a meeting about a mission trip at the same time as an evening midterm. You learned about this conflict weeks ago. Your professor will not be happy with you asking for accommodations three days before the exam. They will not sympathize with you. They would have helped earlier if you told them when you learned about it. They will tell you you're in a pickle and you need to figure out what to do and what's important. This, even if you're one of 24 students they have this semester as opposed to one of hundreds in that lecture time alone. -You're not just here to get a grade and move on. Understand what your school expects of you regarding academic integrity. Cheating and cutting corners evolves with the times, but so does catching it. You'll be lucky if retaking the class is an option, and luckier still if they let you keep the financial aid. -Use a calendar and write down key dates in the syllabus ahead of time - midterms, finals, reports, labs, presentations, milestones, etc. You'll spot tough weeks long before they hit and plan accordingly. -Use a weekly organizer to keep tabs on what's due and when week to week. Plan to finish assignments far enough in advance that you have at least a day to spare, or as much time as possible if that's too far ahead. -Set reminders about final exams ahead of time and don't just assume what day of the week one of them is. I lucked out getting to take a final at all after I showed up an entire day late to it. I took a 10% penalty on that exam in exchange. You may get hit with a 0 and told "good luck next time." -Only take 18 hours a semester if you must. Avoid it when you can. -The all-nighter is the absolute last resort for exams or assignments that will break you, not go-tos for regular cramming or rushing through a paper. The one I ever did sucked. I had to hurry to class to hand in the report right at the start of class on 5.5 hours sleep, THEN endure a full day of classes. -Take your sleep schedule seriously. Have fun within your time to have fun. Don't make less than 6 hours a night a habit. -Be considerate of your roommates and neighbors. You don't have to be best friends. You do have to put up with one another. Talk with them with respect if you object to something. Take it to the RA if that fails. -Learn how to keep your room and laundry before you go. It'll be on you to have a tidy room and clean clothes now. I was helped in that regard by having to do my own laundry since age 11. -Give a shit about what you're doing here. Be present. Be part of some of the community, at least. You won't get this kind of chance again.

I'm Brazilian, and my college, Frist i went to a federal university, which is free. you choose your major before you start, i did a bachelor in biology sciences, a 4 years program, the subjects are sort of pre chosen for you, every semester there are subjects that you have to course, and there are the electives subjects bur most of them are related to your major, you can take classes in other major if you ant. I never had to buy a book, most books i need were in the library. There are students housing, but is normally for people how live there are from the country side of the state, is not very common to go outside of your state to go to university. And crazy parties are very uncommon, sometimes at the end of the semester. Some professors are jerks, specially those in the exact sciences, mine were amazing, very good teachers.

I usual get my books in pdfs I downloaded from websites and sometimes post the links on Reddit.

When they talked about how the first year is the easiest to screw up I can relate to that even though mine isn't over yet (two months left to go), but I can without a doubt say that I already failed at least 2-3 or even 4 classes so far, I missed two exams in English (the midterm reading and listening exams) failed the writing one too, in Philosophy I spectacularly failed the first theory exam and missed the exam about the book that was actually yesterday but I didn't think it would be because I thought the first theory exam was supposed to be the book exam as well (which I didn't understand correctly), then there's also another class which is intermediate programming, I gave up on one of the projects so I got a 0 (couldn't even manage to start it because I was stuck like an idiot), a friend of mine told me I could still catch it up but the most part if I'm lucky that I can get is just enough or a little more than enough score to pass this class, first semester I struggled abit but I passed it pretty swiftly, the second one that I'm having right now actually started with a lot of problems brought to me (most of them were really something unexpected and unrelated to the studying field), I stopped speaking (I mean literally, I spent a few weeks so silent that about no one heard my voice anymore), now it's slowly getting better but I still don't speak, only when I actually need to or just when I don't want I don't speak at all (and I like it that way even though it could have been a massive problem for me.) And also I'm feeling lost more and more often, especially at night, wondering "what do I do here ?" or "did I do the right things ?" stuff like that, I'm pretty sure more than one can relate to this. Now I need to think about either staying in Canada (where I'm studying right now) or going back in Europe to my homeland, there's just so much going on. Edit : I wish I was able to not have to do English and Philosophy classes so I could focus more on the things I need the most to be focused on but sadly I couldn't, those are mandatory classes. I had philosophy exams back in my country so technically I already finished it, however there are specific courses in this place of Canada that were not made in my country, so I have to do it anyway.

Asking for extensions because life is too busy. I have so many students who want to push the date of their tests back because they have a busy schedule. Everyone is busy. This doesn’t count for students who have illness, tragic family events, etc.

Drop the 5 paragraph method of essay writing! 5 paragraphs might work for shorter school essays, but when you get to university the essay length increase dramatically. If you stick to 5 paragraphs you'll start hitting 2 page long paragraphs and make you look like an idiot

That life ends if you don't go to university or finished it or change. Sometimes, the course you're doing alone might give you the need tools to step into a better career too or a better job, and stick all the way through will probably more useless and with a piece of paper who will give you debt and depressions. Personal experience. Unless you're into programing all the way through if you wanna had a chance on the meat grind of IT work or the legal system who is more better and important to had said piece of paper for exercise the profession. At some point in life, what your parents said should be irrelevant to what to you probably want. Yeah! some work requires that, but (by experience) companies only look at the piece of paper to cover their asses in case they need a scapegoat for someone put by nepotism.

I once let my phone ring in my seminar class by complete accident The kicker? It was a scam call.

I think you meant “goated” towards the end. “Goaded” has a very different meaning

Dont buy textbooks unless absolutely necessary, especially in the US, mark-up is stupidly high and most professors dont use them directly.

All of them.

Yeaaahhhhhhhh....I'm 20 and....Yeah, I'm not going back to college.

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What if you call your professor prof?

dude i wish i could have listen to you before I went to college and waste my time not that I really care so much about the list it's just hearing Rita is like Jesus Christ I'd rather cut my ears off in my throat lol

I did most of my sleeping in class.

That first thing is bullshit. I love learning about peoples past once you get to know them, and other people do to

College is expensive find out if the any of the schools your interested in offer reduce tuition for employees. I have a job in housekeeping that gets me 75% off tuition. It can also get you a foot in the door for a job after you graduate.

Don't think that your mother will clean up behind you. Start learning to adult and take care of yourself. If you need help with it ask someone will help you. Your mother will not be in your dorm 24/7.

Not a rule, but be ready to let your look to take a big step down. You won’t have the two hours in the morning to get Instagram ready just to sit in class. Just clip up your hair, wash your face, and make sure the pyjamas you show up in are clean like the rest of us.

It's pathetic the amount of people that get combative or sassy with professors. Like this dude has 3 Ph.Ds in his field and could possibly write you a letter of recommendation to help in your endeavors. So yeah sure groan and bitch when he assigns homework. Also submitting assigments late fellers use the calendar on your phone it's OP af.

My anxiety,antisocial and introvert ass could never do collage

Treating hitting between college students as equal to hitting between elementary school students.

I'm not in college but I'm glad you did thos video for those that are or will be and I really hope people pay attention to it because there is gold here, even if some of it seems like common sense. A lot of kids take things lightly that shouldn't be. The non-curricular stuff included. NO more raw-dogging it! People LIE about how careful they are to get laid or becauee of shame and a LOT of people that have std's do NOT even know it! Also, contraceptions are NOT fool-proof! I have 4 kids and 3 of them were faiked contraceptives. First one was broken condom, second one was failed pills even with correct use, and 3rd was a faulty IUD! 4th kid was planned. Just be careful and take Plan B if you even THINK something might have gone wrong! Kids are amazing to have but so life-changing, difficult, and EXPENSIVE! Better to live your own life for a while before you give it all to a child because that is exactly what happens, at least if you're a good parent. Also, don't cheat. It's gross, lazy, selfish, disrespectful, and not at all classy. Be good, smart people, people! Best of luck in life and school and love!

Learn to socialize. Suck it up. You don't know when somebody you shared a class with may be the one recommending you to a company. You are going to need social skills for job interviews and eventually for a work environment. Learn how to work in group projects. I'm not saying you need to be friends with everyone, I'm not saying all your group assignment peers are gonna be amazing. But if you have absolutely no idea how to work in a team, follow the leader, or being the leader, you are gonna have a hard time job hunting.

The noone cares is so true

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So many of these are people pet peeves or narrow view on how they want things. The only truth is you will live with the consequences of your actions either positive or negative. But what I would say is, do thintg how you want. It's your education and money and if someone doesn't like how you do things, that's a them problem. But the obvious point here is depending how you do things people in return have to not accept how you do things So long as you aren't actively disrupting things for other students, how you decide to study, talk to people to socialize, and overall view on things is all your own. Again if someone doesn't like it, like that one snowflake who says don't ask what someone's majors is, oh well clearly not someone to speak to after but don't let them dictate how you do things. Asking a simple question like that is not a universal rule. And you cant mind read, if they are bothered oh well. Again that is a them problem

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I think the biggest one is that in school being quiet is rewarded, everywhere else it's punished, it's better to be too loud than too quiet. They're used to dealing with mentally unstable sleep deprived people on the campus so being rude/obnoxious is easily forgiven, and later you can switch up and say you "grew out of it"

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