Overrated/Underrated things about college

AAli4Real
Tue, 11 Jan 2011 15:36:20 +0000

Overrated:

A.) The “college experience”

B.) Students discussing philosophy, economics, and current events while walking to class. Most of the students I’ve encountered could care less and are only concerned about the weekend and or getting the hell out and finding a job.

C.) Professors. Only about two of my professors are like what I imagined. The rest only teach because the school foots their research bill and or extremely geneorus salary (150K+). I’ve had professors tell me they hate teaching and would rather write a book or go to China to lecture on globalization.

D.) Advisors. Basically people who majored in some bullshyt degree such as communication or ethnic studies and are only there because its better than working in a retail job. Usually, don’t know shyt about the classes on your degree plan.

E.) It is NOT like Animal House or any other college-themed movie. Its not easy to get laid (for most people at least).

D.) College is NOT afforadble. I have an online class which has a fee ontop of a fee and tacked onto my tution. College is expensive and the idea that you can make "a million dollars more than high school students with no college degree"is actually a load of BS and a marketing gimick to entice kids to go to college.

Underrated

A.) Study groups. Help a bunch or at least let you know your’re not the only one lost in your upper division accounting class.

B.) Community college courses. Took a Writing Comp class and made an easy A whereas at my school it is hard as hell, not to mention expensive.

BTW, this was for when I went to UT Austin. I now go to a comuter school (Univ. of Houston) which sucks even more than UT.