<p>@NewBeginnings3 - Is there something you can do on campus after class? On Tuesday/Thursday I have two classes - after my second class, I have lunch with a friend of mine in the library. On Thursdays after her third class, we usually go out for dinner or shopping. In the period of time between lunch and our outing, I have about 3 hours free - I can’t go home, so I usually just camp out in the library and do homework. I think you should find something to keep you on campus in the event that you have a class cancelled and feel as though you wasted the gas getting there. </p>
<p>That’s a good idea, but mostly all of my friends have a MWF schedule, so I am a loner on TR. The campus, which is mostly attended by commuters, is pretty dead on TR, so there’s really not much to do.</p>
<p>It makes more sense for you to make use of the time because you commute for an hour and fifteen minutes, but I only commute for fifteen minutes, so it’s not THAT bad.</p>
<p>Ah, I don’t have the whole week off for Thanksgiving. Which is good, now I have the excuse not to go home. </p>
<p>Ugh, my spring schedule is super scattered. So I guess it’s good I’m not commuting. Dorms are kinda sucky though, the dining is getting progressively worse. </p>
<p>@NewBeginnings3 - Hi there! I think your schedule looks pretty good. I’m also taking a couple online classes, and while they’re definitely a change of pace from traditional ones, overall I’ve been enjoying them. It’s definitely a lot more convenient and you can set your own hours! </p>
<p>Next quarter my environmental science and survey of music classes will be online. The former is offered solely in an online format while the latter does have a classroom-based option, but I kind of figured I could grasp the material on my own. </p>
<p>And I also get Veterans’ Day off! It’s been nice, although campus has been a little quiet (and windy) today. </p>
<p>I don’t get a week off for Thanksgiving. I wish I did, though. My family always goes away for Thanksgiving - this year we’re going to Maine; so it’d be nice to be able to spend more time away than just our usual 4 day trip. No matter how my spring schedule turns out, I’m ensuring that I keep my classes back to back. I hate small breaks - they aren’t conducive to productivity. </p>
<p>I’m not a huge fan of commuting but I am almost certain it is physically impossible for me to dorm. I am very introverted and can’t see myself living in close quarters with someone. I had to go on a week long trip over the summer as part of my school’s Honors College and I had to live with two girls in a college dormitory and it was an absolute nightmare. The entire floor was loud, people kept walking in and out of my room, and basically I knew right then and there that dorming wouldn’t be a positive living situation for me. A suite style dorm might be better but that’d be even more expensive than a standard dorm rate. </p>
<p>No veteran’s day off and I had a test from 3-4 so I couldn’t go to the concert on the Mall :(</p>
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<p>Right?! I get Thursday and Friday off…it’s terrible man.</p>
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<p>My roommate and I are both pretty introverted; we spend most of our time sitting at our desks working. We usually keep the door closed so we don’t hear people outside/people don’t wander in. He and I don’t talk too much, so it’s not constant socialization–thank god–and its overall been pleasant. The entire floor was constantly loud for the first week or so, but now it’s only like that on the weekends.</p>
<p>@Vctory - Just think of how glorious winter break will be, though! LOL, I kind of think I’d be an awful roommate to be honest. My behaviors are really erratic - some weeks I am dead set on being in bed by 10pm; other times I won’t go to bed until 3. I’d be pretty unreliable, lol. </p>
<p>I have to do English homework. Bleh. </p>
<p>I really like having a single room in a residence hall–I think it’s a nice halfway point between living at home and sharing space with several roommates. Because it’s an older dorm, mine doesn’t cost all that much either–I actually like being in a historical building because there’s so much architectural detail present that’s been skimped out on in later iterations. </p>
<p>How are your guys’s grades coming along? I see myself in the 3.7-3.8 range (hopefully closer to the latter). I know my cumulative GPA should go up in future quarters because I’m currently tripling up on sciences, but man, I think my 4.0 days are over, haha. </p>
<p>I’m currently at a 3.93.</p>
<p>My GPA is dependent entirely on my Environmental science class - I have A’s in all of my other classes. I received an A- on my Enviro midterm and I have a 100 on participation (30%) - I’m going to be getting back our second midterm soon, and then the final exam. The final (cumulative semester) grade is curved, along with each individual assignment - so I might get an A, God willing, but there’s still a chance I might get around a B+. Anyways - I’m looking at anywhere from a 3.8 to a 4.0. </p>
<p>My cumulative GPA (i.e., without considering my current classes) is 3.97 from dual-enrollment classes.</p>
<p>I don’t like to make predictions about grades because I’m superstitious and afraid of jinxing myself, but I’m kind of worried. I completely missed an economics test I was supposed to have today because I overslept, which means I got a zero on it. It’s not the end of the world because the professor drops everyone’s lowest test score and has specifically said we’re allowed to miss one test for any reason because of that, but it means I’ll have to do well on the remaining tests because all my scores will be counted.</p>
<p>If worse comes to worst, my school allows freshmen to drop classes (so that they don’t appear on your transcript) until the end of the semester, but I would only be able to drop one class because dropping any more would put me below 12 credit hours. </p>
<p>My GPA should be anywhere from 3.92-4.0 (depending on if I get an A in this one credit class that doesn’t have any grades yet). My lowest grade atm’s a 95.9% in Logic, but I have an exam in that class at 11:00am tomorrow. I need 97%+ for A+'s (in the classes that offer A+'s), and 94% for a regular A. The whole plus/minus system at my school adds a lot of unnecessary stress, imo. A 93.9% is an A- (3.67) and I want A+'s for my law school admissions GPA (4.00 for my school GPA, 4.33 for my LSAC GPA). For example, I took a 60 question test this morning and walked out of there kicking myself for getting one wrong (or more, but probably/hopefully just one) as it’d be harder to get the A+. </p>
<p>(My LSAC GPA should be anywhere between a 4.05-4.15; all A’s with 1-7 credits of A+'s.)</p>
<p>@preamble1776 I hope so! I’m so happy to have > a month off(ish). </p>
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<p>This is me. I think I might pull an all-nighter for my logic studying tonight, but idk. Last night I only got 4 hours cause I was studying for my crim exam. I did the whole start studying at midnight and take a 9am exam two weeks ago and got a highish A, so I think I might be able to do it again.</p>
<p>But tomorrow I’ll sleep from 9pm-10am. Guaranteed. </p>
<p>Today I learned that I actually do like the people on my floor and they’re not all a bunch of morons. </p>
<p>Yeah… the rowdy people on my floor are hard to get along with. I don’t want to call them morons, but they kind of act like it.</p>
<p>At a 4.0 right now. Praying to every god I know to keep it that way.</p>
<p>I have an essay due Friday - its supposed to be a 5 page minimum. My English professor is an incredibly fair grader (he told us he has, in his 25+ years of teaching, never given a student less than a B+ if they put in legitimate effort.) – so I just assumed “hey, I’ll write 5 pages and be all set.” </p>
<p>However, this girl in my class told me that she finished her essay last night and it was 13 pages and it sparked this really weird competitive streak inside me where I suddenly felt like I had to “beat her.” I’m currently writing my essay (I was going to do it last night, right before it was due, but now I’m “competing” or whatever) and I have to synthesize three separate topics, and I’m still on the first topic and just surpassed 10 pages. I feel as if my essay going to end up being close to 30 pages… The horrible irony in this is that almost everyone gets an A on their essay if they try - and whether I write 5 pages or if I write 30 pages, I’m probably going to receive the same exact grade.</p>
<p>My brain is broken. </p>
<p>@preamble1776 I’m in this awkward position of being a lazy tryhard. For example, I had a technical report due for engineering on Monday that was 25% of my grade, and while my report wound up being 11(?) pages, most people had around 5. But, right now, I’m doing a philosophy essay that’s due in 8 hours and I’m still not incredibly certain that I’m going to finish it, even though these assignments are 40% of my grade (and I got a 60 on the first essay). Awkward life is awkward.</p>
<p>Mostly, I just want to get to second semester. I picked my fall semester classes poorly but, so far, I think I’m really going to enjoy my spring semester courses. They’re all relevant to my major (taking 3 STEM classes, 1 literature class about the rise of technology/artificial intelligence), and seem to be super worthwhile, unlike my philosophy class (sorry not sorry) and the CS class that I dropped last month.</p>
<p>Also, blanket question to everyone: what are the top 3 most drastic life changes/most interesting things you’ve done since coming to college?</p>
<p>Mine (in no particular order):
- Got involved with a suicide hotline
- Came out as pansexual
- Turned into a die-hard STEM person</p>
<p>Oh I meant I was going to write my essay tomorrow night (tonight) since its due tomorrow (I said “last night” because my brain was all scattered) but whatever, I’m an idiot. I’ve known this for a while now. I finished my essay. It’s 22 pages. </p>
<p>@lldm21 I’m actually not super excited for Spring Semester classes - I think that my schedule in general is pretty poor; like the times and whatnot. I might learn to like it - but exceptionally long Tuesday/Thursdays seem like they’ll be more of a hassle than anything. The classes are pretty cool - I’m taking another class with my Religious Studies professor whom I adore - but I’m also in Calc and meh. Calc.</p>
<p>LOL, your question made me realize just how boring my life is. The most drastic life change for me is having friends. In high school, I had a lot of family obligations at home so I couldn’t do clubs/sports - so I never really was able to hang out or form strong friendships. That changed this year; I have a group of friends whom I hang out with regularly, despite my introversion and fondness for naps. I’m going to this Mexican restaurant today with a couple of my girlfriends. It’ll be fun. Other than that though, my life hasn’t changed drastically or much at all. Commuting has made my life pretty comparable to what my life was like prior to college - I don’t mind it. (I know it sounds like a nightmare to some people though, lol.) </p>
<p>Oh, I just remembered. I became a “quasi-morning person” in that I don’t think I’m naturally a morning person but I force myself to wake up at 5am anyways. My commute is an hour and my first class today is at 10, but I still woke up about 4 hours earlier than I had to. I’m trying to rewire myself. It has been pretty successful. I even wake up at around 8 on the weekends, without an alarm. I forget why I’m doing this to myself though. </p>
<p>That’s nice that your professor is pretty lax on essays. My English professor is wondeful, but sometimes she can be picky with what she wants to see in essays.</p>
<p>She told my class that she doesn’t want us to write only for her, but she wants us to consider an audience when writing. I understand the logic behind that, but I am going to consider her as part of my audience, and I am going to think of what she will think when she reads it because ultimately, she will be the grader of the paper. </p>
<p>My English class has four major essays for the semester with each being 3-5 pages. I have a tendency to write more than most people. I wrote eight pages for the first essay, and I thought that she would deduct points. Fortunately, she told me that this wasn’t high school, and she wouldn’t deduct points because I like to write. Oftentimes, writing in high school was so regimented that if I would write more than was required, my teachers would get mad and make me cut it down. And teachers and professors wonder why plenty of students hate writing… </p>