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I'd love to hear about Ohio State University. I'm going there for the summer to do a research project with the Art Education department. Anything about things to do in Columbus or what dorm life is like would be great.
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What University Do You Attend: University of Texas at Austin How Long Have You Been Attending: 2 years Where Are You Living: A private dorm called The Castilian which is across the street from campus. I don't recommend living here unless you want to practice Spanish, French, Korean, Chinese, or German (due to the large number of foreign/exchange students living here). That's why I chose to live here, and while my Korean has improved a lot I would still recommend a university dorm to freshman (especially the honors dorms, if you're in honors) instead of a private dorm like University Towers, the Goodall Wooten, or The Castilian; after freshman year, finding an apartment with friends is your best bet. Where Have You Lived: Last year I lived in an honors dormitory, which had cool people and was a good sort of "transition" to college life. I met a lot more friends than I would have in an apartment or a private dorm. What Advice Do You Have: Apply for the honors program relevant to your major, which usually entails better classes or at least more attention from profs. Take a foreign language course or two, since UT's language departments are mostly strong. See if you can survive without a car for awhile if you live on campus, it can be a hassle to park in the garages. However, be aware that the #1 weakness of UT (IMO) is the fact that the nearest legitimate grocery stores are ~2 miles to the north and south. Enjoy the Gregory Gym outdoor pool and other gym facilities as well as the exercise classes (both for credit and informal). Finally, if you are choosing between UT and a "good" school (Ivy-caliber), go through a thorough cost-benefit analysis (cheaper tuition and possibly cost of living at UT vs. better peers and more prestige at the "good" school). Try not to let others (friends, teachers, even parents if this is possible) influence you too much. El guero fucked around with this message at May 10, 2008 around 01:40 |
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Beyr posted:Same story as this guy, but please do include info on the drug scene The drug culture is very visible, it's amazing at first, but after several months I realized that I had to get out of the dorms. They did a survey, and around 65% of the students smoke weed on a regular basis. (Student body population of about 7,000 mind you) HSU is in a very isolated, economically drained area in beautiful (way)norcal. 30-40 years ago, timber and fishing industries dominated here, but have been deteriorating. However, where these industries are diminishing, marijuana production has increased 20 fold in the last two decades. You cross the bridge into town, and you are welcomed on the streets by many gas guzzling diesel trucks (many driven by growers). Here in Humboldt county, we have the most lenient policy towards the compassionate use act of 1996 in the entire state! Known locally as prop 215 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proposition_215 , which allows whopping amounts of cannabis to be grown (99 plants with a limit of a 10x10 room, and no limits on wattage). The drug is generally accepted by almost everyone here, from teachers, to the guy serving you up a slice of pizza in town. Although, being humble about it is generally how most people feel. You just have to be careful when you go to Eureka (god forbid), as they are way less tolerant (Eureka is a complete meth town) In conclusion, Arcata is a wonderful place to set up camp as a student if you like meeting new, friendly people that you don't mind seeing most every day. With 4 dispensaries, 5 headshoppes, and around 10 horticulture supply stores in Arcata alone, it is a stoners paradise...Just be sure to get that 215 if you decide to grow! (anyone can get it)
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CCCP posted:Weeeeeed, man Do the non-stoners tend to band together, or is it just the inevitable fate of every HSU student to succumb to the weed? I mean, I'm cool with getting high occasionally, but it's not something I want to be around every day, whether I'm smoking it or not. If I didn't have to worry about school/work/etc., then it would be great, but I just have a feeling I'll get distracted. You hinted that the dorms are especially bad--I assume it's the same with wherever they house the transfer students (or do they just house them in the regular dorms)? In that case, what's living off campus like? Are there a lot of decent places to live? Is rent pretty reasonable? I know Arcata is a small town, so I hope that living off campus and biking to school would be feasible, since I don't have a car. Would it be a joke for me to hope for some non-stoner roommates? Sorry for bombarding you with questions, I just want to learn as much as I can about living up there.
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Requesting information about North Georgia College and State University.
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Still requesting University of the Arts in Philly
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What University Do You Attend: University of Illinois Urbana Champaign How Long Have You Been Attending: 4 years Where Are You Living (on/off campus/dorms/apartments/etc): apartment on 1st and John Where Have You Lived (Dorms/Apartments/etc): Dorms, apartments What Advice Do You Have: I like describe Illinois as primarily a mesh of two opposing sides: Greeks and engineering students. Greek life is absolutely huge here, there are approx. 40ish sororities and 40ish frats. It pretty much dominates the campus nightlife and social scene. To a lot of people, if you aren't Greek, then what the hell are you doing here? I personally have grown to despise the whole system (and my girlfriend is in a sorority, so I'm not a completely jaded outsider), but to each his own. The social scene is all about bars. Parties happen, and some weekends are better than others (pledging, etc) but expect to go out to the bars with your buds. There are some absolutely lovely bars that are only populated by Greeks, please don't ever go. These include (PAY ATTENTION!) Kams, CO's, Station, and the Clybourne. If you accidentally wander into one of these, check out the bathrooms and you'll see why I say this (I have seen the most nasty, wretching excuse for a bathroom at Kams on an offnight, not even a weekend when that's semi acceptable). Good campus bars include Legends, Brothers, Murphy's, Fubar and Firehaus. Basically stay on Green St. and stay the hell away from Daniel St (one block south). Off campus bars are the best. The Office in downtown Urbana is cool (only have to be 18 in Urbana), and there are a ton of great, classy bars in downtown Champaign. There are also some very gourmet restaurants that you wouldn't expect down here. I am referring to Bacaro, Radio Maria, and The Bread Co. All incredibly delicious but so expensive that I could only afford it when I got a real job. Also, go to the canopy club often, they have some great acts that come (Ive seen Buckethead, Gwar, Zoso, and Down). Don't go to Ebert's self important film festival, it's poo poo. As far as non greek life goes, you have an engineering program of the quality of MIT and Stanford. There is a TON of money flowing out of prominent alumni pockets to fund all the pretty engineering buildings on the north side of campus. I personally am a EE (graduating tomorrow) and I was continually impressed by the research that goes on here. Also, there is a huge, huge selection of classes, from nantech to parallel computing to design of fault-tolerant digital systems. This is a research institute first and foremost so expect your professors to expect you to be able to learn the basics very quickly in order to get to the interesting stuff. Engineering Career Services are incredible for getting interviews and making connections, youd be an idiot not to use it. Basically, it's a humongous school with lot's of opportunity if you choose to do something other than get plastered for four years (few do). The drug culture isn't that present, either. If you're into that. There are a ton of people from Chicago. A ton. You'll see a lot of people driving their daddy's Beemer or Lexus SUV and wonder why you are so dirt poor. If you are from downstate prepare for people to think you are a tobacco chewing hick. Just my experiences as a poor man from Springfield, though.
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A black person posted:Do the non-stoners tend to band together, or is it just the inevitable fate of every HSU student to succumb to the weed? I mean, I'm cool with getting high occasionally, but it's not something I want to be around every day, whether I'm smoking it or not. If I didn't have to worry about school/work/etc., then it would be great, but I just have a feeling I'll get distracted. To answer your questions briefly, Yes, the non-stoners tend to band together, however throughout the year, many people tend to gain understanding, and the cultures of both sides bridge eventually, although you will sometimes find some people who continue to remain untolerant. But it's a small school, so most of the student body, especially the campus community, tend to blend together after some time has passed. If you are an occasional partaker in the ganj, it will be difficult to keep it that way, as opportunities for free weed pop up out of thin air, several times a day sometimes. It's just the nature of the culture here. We have classes and seminars about marijuana and marijuana law all the time, and one of the most active chapters of NORML that I have ever seen. You have to keep in mind that this is a place where people will park their cars on the side of the 101, and walk a few hundred yards in to the forest, and tend to their grows. Thats just how it is. The best way to moderate usage, is to just stay on top of your work ethic, and reward yourself when finished, or saving it only for the weekends or whatnot. Not all the dorms are bad, there are certain themed dorms directed towards students with higher GPA's or those interested in health and wellness. There are even dorms for those of us that are 21 and up. Yes, transfer students live with everyone else, no separate housing there (on campus at least). There are many decent, cheap places to live, once again because of the economy here. Personally, I came from the bay area, (marin county, the highest per capita income region in the US) and I appreciate the lower rent here. You can get a 2 BR apartment for around 700, or get a room with people in a house from 300-500 a month. Biking is the way to get around here. There is a very good transit system here as well that runs from Trinidad in northern Humboldt, down to Rio Dell/Scotia in central Humboldt all along the 101. Both Arcata and Eureka have their own individual transit systems, which all students can ride for free with their valid school ID if you need to get around in just those towns. In addition, finding a non stoner, studious roommate is pretty easy, you just have to put it as a request when you apply for housing in the dorms, or emphasize it in your ad on craigslist if you plan to seek off-campus housing. Hope this has helped 
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Neckbearded Incubus posted:Any University of Toronto goons? I can tell you about University of Toronto Scarborough, but I assume your looking for stuff about St.George.
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CCCP posted:Thanks for the info. Glad to hear about the transportation and cheap rent, although I would like to live in the dorms at least at first, because I've never lived in one before. I'm reading about the themed dorms (sorry, the "special living communities") on their website now--the Health and Wellness one and the OACS one sound like my kind of places. I'm also looking at the virtual tours of the dorm rooms--everyone decorates just like I do!  Free pot sounds great, I just hope to keep it to a minimum. Are people into other drugs up there (I know you said Eureka is a meth town), or is it pretty much just pot in Arcata?
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flyingfoggy posted:Any info on Temple University would be fabulous. I'm seconding this.
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What University Do You Attend: I am a graduate of North Carolina State University in Raleigh North Carolina. BS, Microbiology, Minor in Spanish. How Long Have You Been Attending: I attended for 4.5 years Where Are You Living (on/off campus/dorms/apartments/etc): See below Where Have You Lived (Dorms/Apartments/etc): I have lived in Lee Hall (dorm), University Woods (off campus apartment complex) and Wolf Village (on campus apartments) What Advice Do You Have: I advise all incoming African American students to attend Symposium. I missed mine, and I came to regret it. These very people will pop up again and again your entire time at State, and it may behoove you to make those connections. It's cheaper not to have a meal plan, especially if you live in the apartments where you have access to a full kitchen. I think with a meal plan, the average meal is $6, and they charge you for everything you do or don't eat. Get all you can eat because you're not allowed to take food out of the dining halls, although if you're crafty enough, you can snatch a whole lot. Board Bucks is a better alternative. It's like a debit card just for NCSU, and you can use it at all the dining halls, convenience stores, and restaurants. Speaking of food, don't try to eat taco bell and chick-fil-a everyday. Living at University Towers is not worth the money. It's just like a dorm, even though it's technically "off campus". It is just an expensive attempt to circumvent campus drinking rules, but really, if you're under 21, you're dodging those rules anyway. Housing options that I recommend for incoming freshmen: Tri Towers/TOTA--there's always a cook out, volleyball game, or something going on out there. The majority of its residents seem to be other freshmen and sophomores, so it's a good place to meet a lot of people. It's in the center of campus so you're close to most classes. NCSU is bisected by train tracks; residential area on one side, academics on the other. the Tri towers are RIGHT next to the tracks, so beware the 5 am train. Lee/Sullivan/Bragaw--Big rooms, although they are farther from the academic side. Sullivan is next to the train, and I think it's an honors dorm. There is an honors village for you smarties, single-sex dorms and an international dorm as well. As a freshman you won't be living in Wolf Village, but if you find yourself an upperclassman living on campus, it's not a bad place to be if you don't mind tiny rooms. Check out the campus to get a feel of where you might want to live. Figure out the Wolfline. You'll need it, although walking will keep that freshman 15 off. There isn't much of a nightlife in Raleigh after you're a freshman, so enjoy it all now. Eventually you'll either have done it all, or will feel too old to go to these 18+ places. House parties are way more interesting anyway. Yeah, we have an arcade in the library, but it's not your personal library. Don't hog the guitar hero. You should be studying anyway. Other things like, studying, going to class, and not buying your books have already been mentioned, so I won't need to go into them here. GO PACK!!
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El guero posted:What University Do You Attend: University of Texas at Austin Seconding the "don't live at private dorms" statement. If you don't intend on joining a fraternity (and becoming a douchebag), for the love of god don't live at the University Towers. First of all, it's overpriced. Secondly, certain rooms are absolutely horrible in terms of noise. My room right now is located, along with many others, right by a bigass construction project that's going on (and starts at 5 loving am most of the time). Loud drunken fratboys and sorority ho's also yell and make shitloads of noise Wednesday night through Sunday night, and some other nights for good measure. Also, since most people in the towers are rich as gently caress they have loudass sound systems that they love to blast as they pull up to the dorm at all hours of day/night. Also, security here is really loving gay. It used to be tight, but as the year's progressed they've hired a bunch of gung-ho security guards who check your bags and harass you for smoking weed. Some of them are also real dicks. The food sucks, the dining hours aren't convenient, and the meals are overpriced. What else... Did I mention the loud drunken idiots who love to yell? I loving hate it here and can't wait to leave. I expected to make lot's of friends in my dorm, but since 90% of the people here are in love with greek life and usually don't associate with non-greek people it can be difficult. I was lucky enough to have friends on two different floors, and their floors (rahter sections thereof) were not infested with greeklife and I made friends with some cool people on those floors. However, my roommate who originally didn't plan on going greek had a tough time making friends in our dorm until he finally decided to pledge. All in all, I hate this loving place. Oh and one last thing: they down-graded the maid service they had, which was one of the few perks, and now it sucks balls. I've also had poo poo stolen from me (by either enjoyable human being fratboys or maitenence), and several friends of mine have also had poo poo stolen from them ranging from ipods to several ounces of weed. If I could do it again I think I'd live in Jester or one of the honors dorms.
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CCCP posted:SNIP They're actually pro-legalization, but they're sick of the larger (over 215 limits) growers who grow on national forest and private land and tend to shoot people who come into it. I have an acquaintance up in the north coast area who owns a track of forest land and can't even go around on his own land without fear of comeing upon grow operations. He's very pro-legalization but not a huge fan of the people creating the demand. Don't mean to start a political discussion, but given as up there the outdoors are awesome, warning you that the people in the rural areas are going to be a bit less happy than in town.
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Still waiting for FSU
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What University Do You Attend: Boston University How Long Have You Been Attending: 1 Year Where Are You Living (on/off campus/dorms/apartments/etc): On campus double (Warren) Where Have You Lived (Dorms/Apartments/etc): only been here a year What Advice Do You Have: -Get involved in something. There are a million groups and things to do, just do something and you will find friends and be active (plus stuff for your resume) -Get a nice fake ID, or ever better, have an older sibling give you their ID. Bars are awesome but they generally card, and you will have far more fun at a bar than a frat -Make friends off of your floor. Not to say you shouldn't be friends with your floor, but you'll definitely want to get away -Frats. Don't join one. BU frats are notoriously lovely and everyone looks down upon them, don't be suckered into joining one -Save as much money as you can over the summer. Boston is crazy expensive and you don't want to live here broke -It's a popular stereotype that kids in CGS are stupid, and it's true  -This is general advice for any college, but if you don't plan on grad school then do a degree that is worth something. PoliSci, International Relations, English, Archeology, Sociology, Business, and Psychology majors are everywhere because they are easy, and when you graduate you'll work at Starbucks unless you get another degree. Go for an engineering or hard science degree, you'll work hard but it's worth it -FitRec is amazing, get in shape -If you live in Warren, the RA determines how much fun your floor will have. Our RA sucked and received great pleasure busting kids for drinking, but some of my friends have RA's that drink with them. Drink in a girl's room if your RA is male, or better yet drink somewhere else -I was shocked when I came here by how much drugs were frowned upon. People slowly broke and started smoking weed, but hallucinogens and harder stuff are practically nonexistent. I quit drugs entirely because of this and feel really good (that phase of my life is over), but don't come to BU expecting stoners. Go to UMASS if you wanna smoke away your four years -Don't worry about the lack of a "campus". FitRec has nonstop pick-up games of basketball and soccer, and when we want to throw a frisbee Nickerson field is usually open (big field by West). Also, it's so cold and snowing that between November and April no one wants to be outside anyway, so most of the year it doesn't even matter -It's cold. Bring warm clothes and a warm jacket -Expect nice facilities. Your 50k is spent wisely, and compared to other colleges I've visited everything is superb. The food is good, everything is cleaned regularly, the classrooms and lecture halls are very nice. -Use http://www.ratemyprofessors.com/ before picking classes, especially for classes where you have tons of choices (like writing). Having a lovely egomaniac professor who grades ridiculously hard will hurt your GPA and be no fun -Don't fall for that CORE bullshit. They give you the hard-sell at orientation because everyone in it hates it and is trying to switch out. Just take divisional, it will give you tons of choices for picking classes and let you study what interests you
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My school has one of the biggest applicant pools so I guess I should throw my 2 cents out there since no one's gotten around to it yet here: What University Do You Attend: Northeastern University How Long Have You Been Attending: 2 years Where Are You Living (on/off campus/dorms/apartments/etc): On campus. Currently apartment style. Where Have You Lived (Dorms/Apartments/etc): YMCA (I'm not kidding), West Village B, Davenport A, Coventry........4 different dorms in 2 years, that's right. Dorm Style: YMCA - You will not find this in any of the housing literature - you only get placed here if you're a transfer student or a freshman off the waitlist. Fortunately/Unfortunately most of the rooms are singles. The building is really old and full of sketchy types and inner city high school kids. The dorm section only occupies the top two floors and it's guarded off somewhat from non-NU people. Apartment Style: One of the nice things about Northeastern is that after you put in your time in a cinderblock freshman Hell Hole (unless you're one of those lucky honors Freshmen bastards that gets into West F) you get to choose from a wide variety of Apartment style housing - meaning you get a shared bathroom, kitchen, and living room (unless you're living in a studio or split style joint): West Village B - One of the newish upperclassman apartments. Way nicer compared to most dorms, but most of the layouts are crazy and god help you if you have one of the "all windows" living rooms. Davenport A - The only under 21 dorm. It's on the Columbus side of campus that most people don't even know exists/tend to fear unless they actually live there. Humongous living rooms that I promise you won't put to full use because having an all out rager in a dorm here is asking for a bust. Coventry - I'm going to go out on a whim and say probably the nicest on-campus housing you can get here, if not out of any school in Boston. Not many people even know of it because it's on the Columbus side and it isn't a very big building. Definitely feels more like living in an upscale hotel/apartment than a dorm. The rooms are on the smaller side compared to the other newer housing options so I don't recommend it unless you can get a single or get lucky with having a double and a roommate that's never there. ----------- That being said I don't recommend staying on campus your whole time here unless you have a full ride covering room and board. It's just too expensive, and you will find yourself constantly having to move multiple times a year because not all dorms stay open in the summer ( yes you will have to be here during summer after freshman year) and they change up every year. Also, housing isn't even guaranteed after your 3rd year so most people end up being forced to move off anyway at some point. Fortunately the guest policy here is pretty lax, but having to constantly make sure people have their ID on them when they go to see you gets old. What Advice Do You Have: Don't come here if co-op isn't "your thing". This is a co-op school and co-op schools are definitely not for everyone. Half the upperclassmen are not in classes for half the year. You won't have a summer vacation again after your first year unless you have a good amount of AP credit to help you out with most of your gen ed credits. Don't think you can just take your summer classes at a different school close to home - money grubbing dicks here recently put in a new policy pretty much rejecting credit for classes taken elsewhere over the summer. Our school calendar is very, very weird. Your Spring break will always be before your friends from other schools- and if you're on the January-June cycle you won't even get a spring break. Unless of course you have a boss that's awesome about time off. Summer happens here before April ends despite always starting school after labor day. Winter break is a week shorter compared to other schools. Be careful about getting really close to people first year, because in most cases you're not going to see them after that if you're on different co-op cycles. Also, because of co-op, a lot of student activities have tons and tons of turnover in membership and leadership positions causing constant states of disorganization. On the bright side you get to graduate with substantially more work experience compared to everyone else out there fresh out of college looking for their first "real" job and references/connections if you aren't a total failure at your co-ops.
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Moridin920 posted:Can anyone tell me about UC Riverside? What University Do You Attend: UC Riverside How Long Have You Been Attending: About to finish my 2nd year Where Are You Living (on/off campus/dorms/apartments/etc): New Glen Mor Apartments(Behind Pentland) Where Have You Lived (Dorms/Apartments/etc): I lived in East Lothian my freshman year What Advice Do You Have: -For dorming, STAY THE HELL AWAY FROM PENTLAND!! The way Pentland is laid out, it's pretty spaced out so you don't particularly interact with others in a more traditional dorm set-up. Plus every year, Housing Services is having more and more problems finding rooms for the incoming freshmen. When I lived in the dorms last year, there were so many new students that rooms designed for 2 people were haphazardly converted for 3 by putting a wooden loft in there. It is a very cramped living situation, even by dorming standards. -It's somewhat boring here, so I suggest getting involved in something. A group of friends, going Greek, some other student orgs, whatever. The Student Program Board does coordinate a fair amount of events though (Movie premieres in the University Theatre, Concerts in the Rec Center, etc) -A course referred to as CS008, which is basically the basic computer class for non-computer majors. EVERYONE underestimates how hard/boring it is, because fair portion of the midterms are random bullshit questions. That's all I got for now. The internet both frightens and confuses me.
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DtoKmart posted:If I could do it again I think I'd live in Jester or one of the honors dorms. Along those lines, I lived in Jester this year and it wasn't the complete hellhole that people made it out to be. Granted, I lived in a connecting bath suite so I missed out on morning shower vomit surprises, but everyone here is pretty laid back. Many freshmen usually end up in Jester since most of the better dorms (Moore-Hill and the like) give priority to upperclassmen, so it's pretty easy to make friends. However, I would only recommend Jester for freshmen. Regarding the honor dorms (not counting Littlefield), Andrews and Carothers are pretty kickass, but the second and third floor of Blanton smell godawful.
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What University Do You Attend: SUNY-Geneseo How Long Have You Been Attending: 1 Year Where Are You Living (on/off campus/dorms/apartments/etc): On campus double (Monroe) Where Have You Lived (Dorms/Apartments/etc): Monroe. What Advice Do You Have: Coming here is an amazing decision for one, it is a really amazing experience. It is a small school, with about 4,500 undergrads and very few grad students and I would venture a guess that almost all the grad students here went to undergrad here and are getting their Masters in Teaching of some sort. Every single major here not called Communications or Business is a lot of work. You will stress out either a) during the entire semester when you have a crapload of lab work + tests every 2-3 weeks as a science major, or at the end of the semester when you have 4-5 long papers due in a week. It makes people a little crazy, to avoid this, I would suggest spreading out your massive amount of liberal arts classes over a long period of time rather than doing them all your freshman year like most of your friends will do unless they are science majors. Greek life may not be big in numbers here, but freshman year it will be your scene. Opens are every weekend, and most people will go to those until about 11-12 then go to the college bar that you just need a half way decent fake to get into, and stay there until really late, maybe 2-3. Pot is pretty big here, and the newspaper just did a big thing about an adderal problem, but harder drugs really aren't much of an issue, but they can be found if you look. Living in a dorm sucks period. Don't live in 'Daga or Jones your freshman year, you will only meet freshman, live in a dorm with upperclassmen so you can meet older people and have house parties your sophmore year. Food is awful on every level. I have actually lost weight since coming here because the food is so miserable. Anything else, shoot me an email or im.
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What University Do You Attend: University of Denver How Long Have You Been Attending: 4 years. Where Are You Living (on/off campus/dorms/apartments/etc): Off Campus House Where Have You Lived (Dorms/Apartments/etc): Dorms, Fraternity House, House What Advice Do You Have: Easiest way for me to do this would be a pros and cons list Misc Info: *They are lying to you about their class sizes. When I applied they said sizes around 13 people. The smallest class I have been in here was double that size. Friends of mine outside the business school have said that they had a couple of classes the size they advertised, but it is most certainly NOT the average size. I would say expect classes of around 30-50 in the business school. *MEET PEOPLE THE FIRST WEEK. We have a decent amount of people from Colorado here, but the majority of our student body is out of state, so nobody knows anybody that first week or two. Even if you're a shy, dirty, reclusive neckbeard just say hello in the elevators and 9/10 people will be wanting to exchange information, etc. *Fraternity Rush Week (their recruitment week) should be used only as a means to meet people, get free food, and participate in activities. Pros: *Gorgeous Campus *Easy access to the mountains for outdoor activities *Facilities are very modern and well maintained *As of the time I went here, you don't have to apply to the different schools, just go in and change your major *Once you get into your actual major the professors tend to have a LOT of real world experience and do a very good job of passing this information on to you. I am a finance major though and can only speak about my own experience. *The town is a LOT of fun, fantastic music scene, much younger crowd, downtown has never been anything but a great time when I've gone bar hopping. *LightRail Station right next to campus, pass included in tuition. Allows you to get downtown for sporting events, concerts, the bars, etc very easily, and you don't even have to find a DD *Very easy to meet people since you run into the same crowd over and over. *The girls are cute and for the most part do their best to look pretty decent, haven't really ran into many girls rolling into class in their PJ's even in my 8 AM's. *No Friday classes in the business school. Cons: *DU has some of the most spoiled rotten kids I've ever met in my entire life *This school is EXTREMELY expensive. It's nearly 40k a year right now and increases every year *The fraternities here are awful. I realize most of the people on these forums already have a poor opinion of fraternities, but the ones here are particularly bad across the board. And yes, I was in one here, no longer though. *You are REQUIRED to have a laptop. This is a major extra cost if like me you had recently purchased a desktop right before coming to college. *The LEP Program. This is a glorified special ed program that allows kids with "learning impairments" such as dyslexia, ADHD, anxiety, etc get extra time to take their tests (double the time the rest of us get), they get to register first, have people take notes for them, etc. Now I'm all for helping those who need it, but we're in college now and the real world does not afford you these luxuries. The real source of aggravation here comes when you realize that the kid you volunteered to take notes for is either snacking merrily away behind you or not even bothering to show up to the class. *Somewhat in relation to the LEP Program, registration. Classes are VERY poorly managed here and you're usually left scrambling around talking to professors and begging them to let you into their section so you can graduate on time. Athletes, LEP morons, etc registering before everyone else really compounds this problem. *Relatively small amount of activities to get involved with around campus. *Student elections are rigged. The fraternities and sororities get together and all vote for the same candidates, and since I've been here those candidates have not once failed to win it (mainly due to apathy since only 25% of the school is Greek so they really shouldn't be able to control it that much) *Extremely limited amount of classes to choose from. You really aren't going to find any courses here that truly reach out and grab your attention. *Dorms are very cramped, very strict, and not very fun at all. Also, no A/C in either of the freshman dorms. Required to live on campus for two years. Seriously, bring fans, maybe even your own personal A/C unit or you're going to be miserable. *Meal Plan: HORRIBLE. There's no other way to describe it, and the worst part is they force it onto you. Buy the cheapest one you can and use the money you save to buy yourself a decent meal once in a while. Also, don't be fooled by "Meal Plan Cash". It can only be spent at the in-dorm convenience store, and any balance you may have left in there disappears each quarter. *Quarter System: You will not have breaks when all your friends do. When they start school, you have a few more weeks to a month bored out of your mind, when they finish school, you still have another month to go. Covet fucked around with this message at May 12, 2008 around 00:17 |
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Vietnamwees posted:UC Riverside... That's an understatement. Riverside is absurdly boring, which I know from living here all 19 and a half years of my life. Okay, sure, there's a few fun places down near the Mission Inn (Back to the Grind, Coffee Depot...uh, that's about it), but if you really want to do anything interesting you have to leave town. That said, we are an hour from the beach, LA, etc. so leaving town to find something to do isn't exactly hard. Unless you're like me and don't have a car. If you're moving to Riverside...have a car. Seriously.
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Some Alf DVDs posted:
Would you say that fraternity life is incompatible with engineering? I'm pretty undecided when it comes to the whole greek scene, but I really would like to have a social life. And on an unrelated note, what sort of laptop (if any) would you recommend for an engineering student? I've debated the dubious value of a Mac (i.e. lack of graphics card) for a while now, and I'm really lost on the issue.
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What University Do You Attend: University of Chicago How Long Have You Been Attending:One year Where Are You Living (on/off campus/dorms/apartments/etc):Dorm Where Have You Lived (Dorms/Apartments/etc):Dorm What Advice Do You Have: The thing about telling people about UChicago is that everyone that's interested has usually already read or heard everything about this school, so I'll just give some general comments on the school. I wouldn't want to be anywhere else, but I understand that I am not like everyone and not everyone in my year shares my sentiment, and that this comes from people hearing the same old things over and over and not hearing some other details that are worth considering, so excuse me if I'm very negative. The school is very pretty, yes, but during winter it can get very bleak. Chicago's a tough town in the winter. There are many normal people. If you're nerdy and introverted, you will find your little niche if you want, but there's this notion that there are no parties or whatever here. There are enough sweaty frat parties and beer pong to satisfy even a University of Florida student. Dating is harder for girls than guys, I've heard, but key to remember, if you do come here, is that most students are very inexperienced, relationship-wise. Every school has their pre-meds; we have our econ majors. Snell-Hitchcock and Max P are so convenient it's hard to imagine living anywhere else. It's literally less than three minutes from Snell-Hitchcock to the cafeteria, the library, and the quad, which is where most classes are. Snell-Hitchcock has its share of dirty, weird upperclassmen, but it's very easy to never have to deal with them. You will ask yourself why you're here, why you're reading all this Catholic theology, why any of this is of any relevance, if you even like academics as much as you though, and why you're struggling for a B here when you could be top of your class at state school while paying much less. Some teachers are very bad; we have less horrible teachers than most schools, I feel, but we still got them. Auditing classes is a great way to learn a bunch of random crap while still getting a degree in four years. The south side is great for cheap hot dogs, fried chicken, jazz, boxing, and debilitating poverty.
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University of Washington Seattle, Washington Junior History Major I lived in what someone called the "cool dorm," that being McMahon for two years and it sucked balls. The dorm is unique because you live with 7 or 9 other people in what they call "clusters"(fucks). If you can get assigned with a friend into your cluster it's alright or you're outgoing it's fine, but if not it has the chance to suck. As a whole, more people = crappier living conditions. Paper thin walls, but McMahon's rooms are the largest of the dorms. I'm staying now in the off-campus university-run upperclassmen "dorm," Stevens Court, which is essentially a giant apartment complex. It costs ~$600 a month, which is more than the dorms plus a meal plan, and they're raising prices for next year. Raman is your friend. Much more quiet, full kitchen, worth the price in my opinion, and you live two blocks from campus. UW has an extensive Greek system, and politically is overall more liberal than not. Class sizes vary greatly, obviously the lower level classes have more people (sometimes in the 3-400 range). The largest class I had was one on dinosaurs, which was 700. The more you get into your major, the smaller sizes become. LOTS of Asians. Very science/medicine heavy school. Some professors don't teach well, others don't speak English that great -- but that's the case at almost every academic institution. Overall my history professors have been great and easy to talk to. School has ~40k students total. Sounds like a lot, and campus is bustling during the day, but after ~4pm it dies down as most students commute. Get involved with something, anything, don't just float by as it's easy to do. UW has plenty of nerds and plenty of clubs, whatever floats your boat. Everyone comments on how large the campus is, but it really isn't that big of a deal once you figure out the shortest distances between where you are and where you need to be. Falls are warm and crisp. Winters last from late October/early November to Marchish. Overcast, rainy, cold, occasional snow, can get depressing. Springs are awesome, but if you're ever in the Northwest for summer, it's the best loving summer in the world. If you give a poo poo about the buildings, they look like most university structures, with U-Dub's claim to fame being Suzallo Library, which looks like a ginormous church complete with stained glass windows and the like. On clear days you can stand in Red Square (a giant plaza) and look past Drumheller Fountain and see Mt. Rainier. Husky Stadium is also right on Lake Washington and you can see the Cascades behind, one of the best views in college football. On that note, our football team sucks (thank you Tyrone Willingham), our basketball team is pretty decent, and our women's volleyball team is 2x national champs!! Rival school used to be Washington State, but it's now more commonly held to be Oregon.
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Vietnamwees posted:What University Do You Attend: UC Riverside Cool thanks. I signed up for Aberdeen-Inverness on my housing contract. And I'll stay away from that course (or if I take it I'll go in expecting it to suck).
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I'd be more than happy to tell anyone things about KU (my AIM is in my profile, PMs open). But some general tips/annoyances: -As the MIP citation that I have sitting next to my desk says, cops do come into bars/clubs (Abe & Jakes in this case) and hand out citations whenever they feel like it. Always carry a real ID on you if you're drinking underaged in a bar, because getting caught with a fake is MUCH worse than getting caught with a drink. -If you're from Johnson County, please associate with other non-JoCo people. Most JoCo people I've met meet all the stereotypes, but I know you all aren't that bad, so please prove us rural Kansas people who dislike your stereotype wrong! -Don't live at The Reserve. I wish I knew that when I signed my lease a year ago. -Live at the dorms for at least your first semester. -...but don't live at the Jayhawker Towers. It smells like a nursing home, and you'll have KU football players put shopping carts full of trash that they catch on fire in the elevators. -If you live in Oliver, then use the back escape door (the one that some stairs going down lead to by the street) to sneak in alcohol. Just have someone from inside open the door, then haul rear end to your floor before an RA shows up (if they do) from the alarm they get when the door is opened. We got a keg in this way on finals week. -Naismith Dorm parking lot = no KU police, and very rarely any Lawrence Police. Smoke weed here, not in the Oliver/Daisy Hill parking lots. KU police patrol there. -Get into the Honors Program, just because you get a bigger selection in class (honors classes aren't always harder than their counterparts) and, more important, you enroll earlier than almost everyone. -Get a 300 meal/$200 cuisine cash plan at the very most. Probably a 200 meal plan is better. I had tons of leftover meals when I left, and I ate almost exclusively at the cafeteria. No refunds at all on leftover meals, and you will run out of cuisine cash quickly thanks to Dominoes Probably a lot more I could come up with, but I'm just procrastinating studying for finals now. On that note... -The best places for studying are the stacks of Anschutz and Watson. Less bros/hos talking on their cell phones and hogging computers for facebook, and more extremely quiet Asians (that are very bad company if you want anything except complete silence). These places are excellent for Adderall-fueled study sessions.
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Requesting info on Chico. I visited it in April and I think I'm going to go there but I'd like to hear what goons have to say about it.
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Tijuana bible posted:
gently caress you and your Scav team. (Shoreland Scav represent) But seriously, let me put my own spin on UofC housing, because I agree with you on most of the other stuff. I have a slightly different view of it than you: I'm posting this from my living room in the Shoreland. I also have a bedroom, dining room, and kitchen. Not to mention access to 55th and 53rd streets and the 6. Since the housing office descriptions make Shoreland seem horrible, I have to speak up. We're an old luxury hotel with the largest rooms and the most social culture of all of the dorms, and we get priority in the new dorm when it finished. Any UofC kids who are applying for housing, put down the Shoreland.
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Chiming in with an Australian university - I've had a lot of overseas goons talk to me about wanting to do an exchange over here so - What University Do You Attend: The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia How Long Have You Been Attending: 2 years, French/linguistics major Where Are You Living (on/off campus/dorms/apartments/etc): With my parents, hoping to move out in a month or two. Where Have You Lived (Dorms/Apartments/etc): In a sharehouse so horrible I had to move back in with my family. What Advice Do You Have: There are usually three types of accommodation (not including living with family) that undergrads have a choice between: - Sharehouse - Cramped student apartment - Residential colleges Property prices here are super high, so as a result rents can be pretty astronomical for a student trying to eke out a living while studying. Rental accommodation is also hotly contested with a lot of prospective tenants vying to rent a place, it's not unheard of for 20 or 30 people to turn up to an inspection. Usually your best bet is to find a sharehouse, that way your rent is usually around or under $200 a week depending on how good the deal you've got is. There are a bunch of places that provide temporary student accommodation for exchange/international students who've just arrived while they look for appropriate housing. There are also student apartments closer to campus, often with shared facilities, but they are more expensive and about the size of a closet. The third option are the residential colleges, which aren't really like dorms - fees are around $15,000 a year and they are much more exclusive. Most of the time they're populated with country kids and rich kids with family traditions in the college. Breakfast, lunch and dinner are provided, tutors are provided, each college has its own sporting teams, balls, performances and "hazing" rituals. That said, college kids are notorious for being cliquey and drunk all the time (though not all college kids are like that). Melbourne Uni just changed from the Australian university curriculum model of "undergraduate degrees for everything including med and law" to a more American-style affair where they offer six different "New Generation" degrees that lead into postgraduate courses: BA, BS, BEnv (for design and planning, leads into architecture), BComm, BBiomed (leads into medicine) and BMus. For some reason the Bachelors of Engineering isn't a New Gen course but it still exists. All students in these courses have to take a "breadth subject" from another discipline and there is a compulsory number of breadth credits you need to make up in order to get your degree. No other Australian university follows this model - this is the first year it's been implemented and as a result there was a drop in applicants for courses. This means that the score for getting into the course dropped, in some cases significantly (BA Media & Communications dropped from 97.75 in my year to 90 this year). There's also been a bunch of controversy and brouhaha about budget, subject and staff cuts but this is primarily in the Arts Faculty, which is heavily in debt. There were 491 subjects and 2000 staff (in Arts and other areas) cut in the move. Pretty much if you do anything other than a BA you will be fine. If you are a sciencey-type person, Melbourne is meant to be very good - it has a very heavy research-based focus so it attracts a lot of experts in their respective fields. When it comes to medicine degrees, however, there is a big Melbourne vs. Monash rivalry. Monash is more widely regarded as the better medicine school as they accept you on your tertiary entrance score/GPA AND a test called the UMAT, which is basically an aptitude and social skills test. Melbourne does not make students take the UMAT. Last I heard, Monash doesn't do cadaver dissections any more (they have a "digital cadaver" I think) but Melbourne does. Both teaching hospitals are large and well regarded but I think Monash's teaching hospital does a lot of medical research. Either way a degree from one or the other is just as good, it depends on what you want out of it. There's a lot of stuff going on about student unions since the government made them voluntary instead of compulsory. Personally, I'm a member of the union but that is because I use and enjoy the facilities the union provides. Since it was made voluntary a lot of things like the non-educational library, the super-duper computer lab (as opposed to the gross B.O smelling one), counselling, medical, dentistry, BBQs, etc. have become union members only and most places on campus including the bookshop offer union discounts. Public transport - if you don't live within walking/riding distance of the uni you will most likely use some form of this. Don't rely on it completely and treat it with some measure of distrust. It is clean and reasonable if you have a student concession card ($80 for a monthly in two zones, about $50 if you live closer to the city), but always aim for the train that will get you there 40 minutes early instead of on time, because if that one is cancelled you'll miss your class. Trams are fun but slow and sometimes tram drivers are cruel and will seem to go super slow when you're in a hurry, and then turf everyone out a kilometre down the road from the actual stop in order to meet deadlines. This sucks. The Baillieu Library at Melbourne is the main library. If your subject coordinator is sensible he/she will have put all the recommended reading for essays on reserve here. If he/she didn't do that, and you manage to find a book, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD DON'T HIDE IT SOMEWHERE SO YOU CAN KEEP IT TO YOURSELF. This is such an arseholish thing to do. If some arsehole has done this (the book is "not loaned" but it's not on the loving shelf), check the ERC because sometimes they have backup copies here and pretty much no one but the education department use it. The Rowden White library is the union-only recreational library with computers and computer games, magazines, a massive rentable DVD collection, manga, a listening lounge/sleeping room with beanbags and a catalogue of CDs you can tune into at the front desk, couches and stacks of awesome books. It's great for passing those awful 4 hour long breaks. There's also the 5 million dollar gym/sports facility with an Olympic swimming pool, numerous clubs and sporting groups and every Tuesday there is a band, free beer and sausages. There is a lot of free beer here. The bands can be pretty lovely sometimes but occasionally you will get some big acts. ALCOHOL. Drinking age here is 18, there are two pubs/bars on campus plus four or five within a kilometre radius of the campus. There is the MORE BEER club, which has lots of beer, and usually any club you join will have the beer flowing freely. Lygon street, which is a great cafe/restaurant/pub/bar place about 5 minutes walk from campus (but more expensive) is also a good place to drink thanks to the massive number of 24 hour souvlaki shops.
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What University Do You Attend?:University of Missouri, Columbia How Long Have You Been Attending: 3 years (ending my Junior year now.) Where Are You Living (on/off campus/dorms/apartments/etc)?: Off campus, house. Where Have You Lived (Dorms/Apartments/etc)?: Lathrop (all girls dorm...sucks), College Avenue (suite style, nice but you don't get the dorm experience.) What Advice Do You Have?: My AIM is in my profile. Please feel free to send me a message with questions! What can I say? I love this campus. You will not be sad if you choose to attend Mizzou. The campus is simply beautiful with a great tradition. The town is a nice size (4th largest in state after St. Louis, Kansas City and Springfield) with lots to do by way of eating, drinking, recreation, and shopping. Places to eat: Shakespeare's Pizza, Flatbranch Pub, Q's Chinese, Heidelberg. Go to concerts at The Blue Note! And attend at least one Concert Series at Jesse Auditorium. Ragtag CinemaCafe has lots of Indie films. Plus football, football, football! We did quite well last year and kicked some dirty Jayhawk rear end. Go to the games! They're a blast. Mizzou is not a small school. There are over 28,000 students. This is a great size in my opinion. I am an out-of-state student who came from Hawaii. Don't be afraid to leave home. Stay here for the summer too! It's really nice. I only went home my first summer and I was bored out of my mind. Columbia is great and if you get bored...2 hours to Kansas City, 2 hours to St. Louis and about an hour to Lake of the Ozarks. Plus lakes around here, the Katy Trail and tons of parks. Your Freshman year, run through the columns with your Freshman class! It's a fun tradition and you get free tiger stripe ice cream. You don't need to join a Sorority/Fraternity to have fun. In fact, don't. There are many options for housing and brand new dorms on campus. If it's your first year, I strongly encourage you to live on campus. However, don't join a FIG (Freshman Interest Group) they're really useless and just extra work, also you'll probably get stuck in a dorm rather than having a choice. If you'd like to know more about housing please contact me. Places to study: Ellis Library, lose yourself in the stacks. The Business School study room- brand new and scarcely inhabited. Jobs on campus: Try to get work-study through your Financial Aid. If you cannot get work-study then go to the IT Web Site and apply for a consultant job. Basically you sit in a computer lab, get to do your homework/browse SA and refill the printer from time to time for more than minimum wage. I am a journalism major and there is no better place to study. I am an anthropology minor as well and have friends in many different majors. Mizzou has a School of Agriculture, Natural Resources, Arts and Sciences, Music, Business, Education, Engineering, Health Professionals, Human Environmental Sciences, Law, Medicine, Nursing, Veterinary Medicine and Journalism. As well as graduate school. This is a copy of some information about the Journalism School that I sent a fellow Goon not that long ago: Mizzou was the first journalism school in the United States and continues to have a strong program. The journalism sequences (degrees) are: News/Editorial- The school owns the town morning newspaper, The Columbia Missourian. Your junior year you will work a beat at the newspaper: http://www.columbiamissourian.com Magazine- You work a semester reporting at the Missourian and also get to work at a town magazine called Vox: http://www.voxmagazine.com/ Convergence- This is a new major. It is a multimedia oriented sequence where you do journalism specifically for the Web. Video/articles/photography/sound bites/slides. Photojournalism- Self explanatory. You do photography for the Missourian and possibly Vox. Broadcast- This is for radio and television. Mizzou owns an NPR station, KBIA, and an NBC affiliate TV station called KOMU. You will work at the radio for a semester and if you want to go into television you will do reporting for KOMU. http://www.kbia.org/ http://www.komu.com Strategic Communication- This is advertising. Mizzou is a great stepping stone for a career in journalism. Not only do you get great first hand experience but you get great connections. Most of the top editors and publishers in the United States are Mizzou graduates. Including Sports Illustrated, National Geographic, etc. This site answers a lot of questions. Click on undergraduate to learn more about the programs. http://journalism.missouri.edu/ http://www.mizzou.edu Edit: added more advice TigerMoJo fucked around with this message at May 13, 2008 around 06:13 |
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Russian Bear posted:Requesting The Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, NY. Although, I'm not getting my hopes up since it didn't work in the last two threads. hopin somebody can chime in here, seconding the request
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John Zaibatsu posted:gently caress you and your Scav team. (Shoreland Scav represent) UofC pre-frosh here. I'm still a little conflicted about housing, and have until June 1st to make up my mind for good. I've narrowed my three choices down to, in this order: Max P, Shoreland, S-H. I like Max P and Shoreland's social atmosphere. Shoreland's excessively large rooms are also very appealing, but the commute doesn't seem like it would be fun in the colder months. Max P and S-H's location are unbeatable. I like S-H's dorm spirit, but am turned off by what seems like the general campus attitude to label them as the weird ones. S-H is pretty much out of the picture I think for now, but I'm more conflicted about Max vs Shore.
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Piuro posted:Western is quite renowned for it's excellence in teaching! This shouldn't be as funny as it is. At any rate, here's a grad student perspective of University of Washington, since it's been reviewed by undergrads a couple of times. Don't live in the U-district. Find a place in Wallingford, Fremont, Ballard or Capitol Hill and bike or bus. There are more interesting things to do in all of the other neighborhoods, and the commute is really not bad - the 44 runs every half hour or so and the Burke is very flat. Classes are easier than my undergrad (but I went to Caltech, which is somewhat insane). If you end up in the Health Sciences building, expect to take about a month familiarizing yourself with the place, and you will find things that surprise you and make no sense (a la this stairwell has an exit on the fourth floor, and an exit on the sixth floor, but nothing on the fifth). Restaurants on the Ave (why they call it that is a mystery, as the street's name is University Way) have a pretty quick turnover time, and more chains have started moving in over the past five years. It's usually a better (and cheaper) bet than campus food, though the hospital cafeteria has a reasonable meal of the day for around $4 (if you can find the hospital cafeteria). Most of the dining options only take cash or husky card, but you can put money on your husky card account from a credit card online. If you must commute, E1's the cheapest parking (~$3/day husky card, ~$4 cash). If you carpool it comes down to under $1. Parking is free from noon Saturday until late Sunday night. All students have access to the IMA, which is a very nice athletic facility.
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Anybody at, or been at, Tulane?
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Tiny Faye posted:Be careful about getting really close to people first year, because in most cases you're not going to see them after that if you're on different co-op cycles. What the gently caress is this nonsense? Most people who go on co-op do it in Boston and continue to live in the Boston area. Almost all of my friends were on co-op last semester while I took classes and I continued to see the majority of them (including you) on a regular basis. A couple kids went back to their home states, sure, but it's far from "most cases". The mere concept of not getting close to someone because they might be on co-op separately from you is ridiculous to say the least. My advice for Northeastern is to move off campus as quickly as possible, especially if you drink/smoke weed (obviously) but it's a good idea even if you don't partake in such activities. Boston is a major city, it's not like we're out in the boonies where on-campus provides some great benefit by being convenient. There is an abundance of similarly priced (often cheaper) housing that's so close in proximity it's practically 'on campus' only you don't have to deal with RAs / swiping in / signing in guests / getting busted by the weed police / unrealistic moveout dates / horrible furniture you can't replace / random roommates / other bullshit. And if you're willing to go out a mile or two, the prices drop even further. If you must do housing through the school and want some semblance of privacy or comfort, considering living in one of the leased properties like the ones on Westland Ave. I lived in 52 Westland last year and while the building was pretty ghetto and my apartment was small, less than half the building was Northeastern-leased, there were no front door proctors or staff and virtually no active RA presence (  was a non-issue).
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Uthalin posted:UofC pre-frosh here. I'm still a little conflicted about housing, and have until June 1st to make up my mind for good. I've narrowed my three choices down to, in this order: Max P, Shoreland, S-H. I like Max P and Shoreland's social atmosphere. Shoreland's excessively large rooms are also very appealing, but the commute doesn't seem like it would be fun in the colder months. Max P and S-H's location are unbeatable. I like S-H's dorm spirit, but am turned off by what seems like the general campus attitude to label them as the weird ones. I have a theory, and that is that a long time ago, only weirdos came to S-H to, I guess, mingle with other weirdos, but more and more, normal, well-adjusted people have been choosing to live in S-H simply because it's very close to everything and it's not that bad inside. Max is also pretty great, but I like the older feel of hitchcock, with wood and metal and our little courtyard and crap, which the big orange/purple building doesn't have. And as for what John said, I guess it's all a matter of choice. It's true that he has a kitchen and a living room while all I have a tiny double, like all freshmen at Hitchcock (read even smaller single for Snell), so if that takes precedence over convenience, go for it. As for being social: You'll never spend a Friday or Saturday night here by yourself unless you want to. There's always someone who's going to a party, downtown, to dinner, whatever. You tend to hang out a lot with the same people, and at first especially from your section, but that's kind of what happens anywhere anyway. Basically, those three choices are all solid. Just don't pick Pierce or something since that place is just depressing. Also you can dominate at scav if you come to Hitchcock. Ask about us winning with like a 400 point margin. I'm also going to say that I don't think any of the dorms here care about alcohol or whatever. The RAs are usually picked to be pretty cool, and would only do something if someone made an official complaint to them. Tijuana bible fucked around with this message at May 13, 2008 around 17:28 |
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Patrick Gallagher posted:If anyone has info about commerce programs at Dalhousie, Wilfrid Laurier, McMaster, or University of Western Ontario I'd really appreciate it. I can speak a little bit on Western. First, I have to preface my comments on a few things. 1) I went to King's College at Western. 2) I was a history major there. 3) I graduated nearly a decade ago (god I feel old). 4) I did post-grad work at the main campus (in journalism). Now, besides those four facts, here's what I know/remember about the commerce program. First, you have to take the business introductory course, BIZ020, to get into the major. It is a major weeding class. King's plus the Main campus, and the two other colleges had the course. But there are only something like 200 spots for second year, and less for third and fourth. So, unless you can nail at least an 80 average, you're going to be majoring in Psych or some other course. From what I've been told the under grad program is alright, but Western's big thing is the Ivey School of Business. It's one of the best MBA programs in Canada, and very difficult to get into. I do know in 2000 they were saying the average grad made something like $99,000 a year. But it costs something like $30,000 a year. That being said from what I've been told the Laurier program is better because there's a better chance of making it as a biz major into the second year and beyond. However, Western is a great school. I had loads of fun there, and there are many, many hot chicks. Its reputation as a party school is accurate, but the education is still top notch. If anyone wants more on King's or the journalism MA program, pm me.
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df25863 posted:Requesting Syracuse University. What University Do You Attend?: Syracuse University How Long Have You Been Attending: 3 years Where Are You Living (on/off campus/dorms/apartments/etc)?: My fraternity, technically off campus, located pretty much on-campus Where Have You Lived (Dorms/Apartments/etc)?: Flint (Dorm), Brewster (Dorm), My Frat What Advice Do You Have?: Don't attend stupid programs the university puts on. Yes, meet your floor and make friends, but meet people outside of your floor. The first night you can, grab some girls (assuming your a guy), and head to either of the frat rows and try and get into some parties. Also, walk down Euclid on party nights and go to some house parties. Also, even if you are not planning on going Greek, Rush. Eat out from the dorms as much as possible, Marshall Street is good poo poo. Get a humdinger at Varsity. Lastly, hope to live on the Mount as a freshman, and nowhere near BBB/Sadler Lawrinson The Angry Raisin fucked around with this message at Jun 11, 2008 around 00:33 |
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I'm attending Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology next year. Anyone?
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