<p>I’m starting out at Tallahassee Community College in a month, and then transferring to Florida State, hopefully for their Film program (it’s an application only program). I don’t live in Florida, so I am renting an apartment with 3 other guys who are all juniors at FSU. I am also from a small town, so I will NOT be used to the city life in Tally. I am confident that I can get good grades, and get into the Film program at FSU, but I am completely open to any real advice from current college students about ANYTHING that has to do with college life. I want to be as prepared as possible for college…the academics, the parties, the people, whatever job I get, and extra curriculars. Really, ANY advice will be helpful!!!</p>
<p>a 4.0 at community college will usually let you transfer into any public university in that state, with the exception of berekley’s haas school of business. film probably requires more than a good gpa though</p>
<p>Ah, community college. I go to one myself, so I feel kind of qualified to give you a little advice on that :p. Well, usually nobody lives on campus, so it’s pretty much dead from Friday till Monday. While you have to “get involved” - or whatever the cliche is - at any college to have a social life, it’s even more true at community college. Clubs are always good, or even just chatting with people before and after class, getting together and studying, etc. A class like public speaking or communication is awesome for getting to know people. Little tip - sitting around with earphones on or hanging out in the library is a bad idea. The cafeteria or lounge or outside on the benches are good places to just sit around and read so you’ll run into people that you know. If you just wait around and don’t make any effort to make friends then nothing will happen and you’ll be sitting at home complaining about how community college sucks. Also, while there are lots of awesome students, there are also some who are really lazy and complain about teachers who are innovative and smart, but you just have to kind of try not to let that bother you. If you get any REALLY crazy offbeat profs, try to learn from them and see where they’re coming from - it sounds weird but doing that really opens your mind - I’ve had some profs like that who I ended up really liking at the end of the semester. Get a notebook or some kind of planning device that’s not too complicated for your taste and write ALL your assignments down - don’t try to remember stuff or you WILL forget. Make friends with the kids who look like they know what’s going on and study with them. It’s good to know at least a couple people in each class so they can give you notes and stuff if you have to skip class. And don’t skip class too often - it’s just stupid and you WILL get bad grades guaranteed. If you’re really struggling in a class, just drop it before the payment and grade penalty deadlines.</p>
<p>Well that’s all I can think of for now. Sorry if this was really long and random, but you asked!</p>
<p>Thank you so much! VERY helpful tips, and I really appreciate you being so descriptive, I can picture what it will be like now.</p>
<p>Lots of what theviolinist rings true to me as a CC student. Especially in classes with no requirements. Expect them to be over run with slackers the first few months and for the last few months in harder classes with few requirements or required ones like college level english, expect small class sizes.
Use [url=<a href=“http://www.ratemyprofessors.com/]RateMyProfessors.com[/url”>http://www.ratemyprofessors.com/]RateMyProfessors.com[/url</a>]. I love most of the teachers I’ve taken but I’ve looked at what others have said about them first. Realize that not everything people say will be true, failing students vent there, but if a teacher is good it will usually say that repeatedly.
Register for classes early. People have started going back to school if they have been laid off or can’t find a job.You don’t want to stare down a list of closed classes(though I am also in California so it may not be so bad for you).</p>