Overrated/Underrated things about college

damitssam
Fri, 21 Jan 2011 18:28:54 +0000

Overrated:

Gen Ed Requirements - Completele BS. I just looekd up every single one’s grade distributions and picked the easiest

Studying - You can usually cram in last minute for lower level classes

Clubs- Not very active based off my personal experience. People meet each others through other means

Hooking Up- Yes I’ve gotten laid, but not nearly as much as media made it seem. The average around here seems to be a different girl a month. That’s if you party a lot.

Dorm life - Expensive and useless. Apartments / Greek is way better bang for the buck.

Freshman Year- Was easily the worst year of my college experience. Having no car just plain sucks ass.

Four Years - Why rush through college to become a 8-4 worker. Cherish college.

Acquaintances: The people you are “friends” with via parties and what not. Add absolutely no value except a hey whatsup kind of feel.

GPA: As long as you have a 3.2+, unless you are applying for some ibank/consulting/other “elite” job the GPA doesn’t really matter that much, just gets you on for the interview.

Student Government: As an ex-director in student government, you really see that student government does very little. Committees do influence a bit though.

Underrated:

Greek Life - Cause living in a castle allows you to have many ridiculous experiences

Parties - Parties at IU, both greek and house, are SO MUCH better then ANYWHERE I have seen (except the clubs/bars).

Travel / Study Abroad - I studied abroad a semester, and probably the BEST experience I’ve ever had in my life. Add in another 6 months of traveling and really opened my eyes to new things. Do it if you can

Entrepreneurship - Thanks to my free time, I have been able to generate passive income that allows me to pay the bills. Experiment and try and find something that can make you some moolah!

Career Services - at IU’s Kelley, absolutely superb. Did all the work for me to get me my internship and job offer. USE IT to your FULL advantage.

Internship - Get one over the summer before you graduate. My internship taught me more practically then my all my classes combined.

Social Life - My social life at college have been a great one.

After 5 years in college, I am going to say I have enjoyed it and could not have been more pleased in picking out IU.