The genuine university experience.

[ryechu]

Out of everyone who cares to comment on this LJ, I wonder how many people were actually satisfied by the university(ies) they attended. Please tell me

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[ryechu]

Cool to hear that! For what it's worth, you seem to do it really well, the juggling.

I dunno if you've noticed it too, but there seems to be this frat/sorority anomaly where you'll tend to either getting people in there bombing classes left or right, or these super students who are super activity in their frat/sorority to the point where they never attend lectures and yet get 3.8+ GPAs (or whatever is good in their respective major - I don't think it's possible for Steven Hawking to get a 3.8+ GPA in physics, with how much they like to anal rape their students, it seems.) I knew a girl in my psychology class who was like this, and she managed a 4.0 in the first fucking semester of college. The envy is palpable.

[puppet_of_meat]

long story short: no

[ryechu]

Sorry to hear that! :[

[pikestaff]

I actually didn't think about it very much >_>

College to me was "Well, I better go, cause my parents want me to, and this sounds like an interesting major right now so..."

I didn't really pay much attention to the fact that I was going or why I was going, I just sort of... did. x_x

[joshsuth]

Ivy League is worth it because it's like a million dollar tuition. Every state college is like a daycare for young adults.

[ashley_pie]

I adore the college I'm at. I always hear my peer complain, which makes me sad ("That class was a joke!" Well, half the class failed, smarty-pants). Most of the teachers aren't dull and some services aren't included in the tuition (example is the gym) so tuition isn't painfully high. I know some of the faculty very well and they're always trying to reach out and help. When it comes to being raised to go to school: Yeah, high school and the like is becoming a bit of a marketing tool that way. My parents didn't go to college and they didn't pressure it on me either, perhaps that is another reason for my enjoyment.

For now, I am satisfied. Maybe because I'm oblivious to some things though.

[ryechu]

That's really good! That's what I think is most important in a college, feeling like you know the faculty well. I never really got that feeling at either schools, though I can see how at Reading you can get that way within the English department, because it's a lot smaller than you'd think.

[ashley_pie]

They hold student rep meetings and anyone can join in. There's a list of over 100 people who sign up for it but only 3 or 4 attend which is disappointing. The meetings are so that you can tell the coordinator head how you feel about certain classes and how they can be altered (I can tell you right now that I've been a hand in some alternations). In the end you have a chance to get a little extra with your certificate, an award or something, so I don't understand why my peers don't attend. More schools should do it too. I hear lots of complaints all the time.

That's kinda sad, the English department being so small. We have an appropriate sized one. I have 4 mandatory English classes (two are electives) in my program and it's like that because a lot of people - English being their first language or not - have spelling, grammar and citation problems like you wouldn't believe.