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I work as security around UCLA, Thurs-Sunday are party nights yk. Now I know when you are under the influence you say or do something's that you don't mean. I've seen vary smart people do dum stuff. To enter the building you need your student ID to even get through the door let alone the 4 other entrances to make it though your room. 3 groups of girls tonight after I explained how they where not allowed to enter the building cuz of heavy intoxication, friends not having the proper identification, or overall trying to smuggle liquor. All three of these groups proceeded to cus me out, call me a white cracker (I'm Mexican), and say how l'm a racist piece of shit and how they should be able to do what they want cuz it's black history month. After the first encounter I just shook my head and let them go cuz I have exams to study for and I wasn't gonna deal with intoxicated children.
Except when it's every single group of students telling me the same thing it's honestly hurtful, I'm just here to make sure no one enter the building and causes trouble and you berate me? One of there boyfriends decided to push me aside to get through so I call the campus police and get said boyfriend escorted and banned from the premises and she decides to continue to scream at me for getting her boyfriend banned in black history month.
Ps. Anyone who decides to make racist comments will be reported. I just want to know why resort to such hurtful demeaner and not follow housing guidelines.
Im not sure if this is the right place for this question so I'm going to make this short but I graduated in 2022 im unhappy with my life and current job so I'm rethinking taking some college classes. I really am interested in chemistry but I'm afraid I won't be able to pass the classes due to never being interested or "good" at memorizing math equations. Anyway the highest math I completed in high-school was algebra 2 with an A. Would I need to take more math in college and if so what kind and could I do it??
Just to clarify, I mean no offense if I say a degree is "impractical," because I do believe there is an application for ALL degrees. However, there are degrees that are more widely used in everyday settings than others, hence why I differentiate the two. But also college is a waste of time and money so what degree someone has doesn't matter for their future career.
Okay, now for the actual post. So when I initially entered college, I didn't know what I wanted to do with my life, so I just decided to major in Psychology because it was vaguely interesting to me. I figured I would switch my major after finding something else that called to me.
Well, I had a bout of depression for a few years and it wasn't until a few days ago I seriously considered that a degree in something cultural or language related would be cool to have. I flirted with the idea throughout college, but didn't know how to apply that outside of college other than becoming a professor for the subject. To me, degrees like that don't really have real world applications, and I want multiple paths open to me should I major in something.
For people who do have degrees that would be considered less than practical (again not trying to offend anyone please believe me), would you say your degree opened up any new paths for you once you obtained it, or did it help in any way to advance your career? In what ways?
Any insight would be much appreciated! Not necessarily looking for confirmation on if I should take the dive into the cultural degree (I will probably minor in it), just looking for people's personal experiences and opinions!
So, I’m a senior in high school and i’m deciding between going to Mizzou(which is in my state, a 3 hr drive ) or Fau which is a 20 hr drive. I wanna go to fau sooo bad, but my mom is sooo against it( she’s a single mom, so i’m worried about her getting lonely also). I’m almost 18, and i know it’s ultimately my decision, but i respect my mom so much and don’t wanna just go behind her back. I’m trying to think of how to bring this up to her because she’s already convinced i’m going to Mizzou… Any tips? 😭
i am in my 2nd year of college doing btech , i dont really enjoy going to college because mostly i dont have any friends , i can make friends but all the people i find in college just seem fake or ambition less doing all sort of weird things , i just dont think i would be able to get a good life long friend in this place and mostly none are intrested about how to grow in their career . i do have people who i talk with but dont really consider them friends but yea dont really have GOOD people to hang out with and its boring to spend 8 hours a day in college
Is it anyone else’s experience that college made you put on weight because of stress eating or is everyone a healthy weight actually lose weight while in college?
I am in second year of my college and i have friends. I talk with them during class and i have people to eat my food with and iam part of a few clubs but i feel people just forget me during the weekend. I never get invited to stuff even if I ask. Is this how it's going to be throughout college
So currently I’m attending a small (ish) university known for its liberal arts program and I’m majoring in screenwriting. Now, this isn’t one of the top film schools- it’s not known for its connections, though it has them, and connections is what film is all about.
I’d like to write for television, but particularly I’d like to write for animated television- my own shows. But alongside being a screenwriter I’m also an artist, I have been for a very very long time. When I first applied to this university, I was incredibly torn between screenwriting and animation and, in a snap decision, I chose screenwriting.
The issue now- I REALLY enjoy drawing, more so than writing I think. I’ve found myself drawing consistently during this school year for fun, I have not been doing the same with writing. Were I to switch to an animation major I could minor in screenwriting and have not taken very many wasted classes at all. If I stay majoring in screenwriting, there is not a minor for animation.
But at the same time, it feels like switching my major is somehow proof of me admitting some kind of defeat. I never swore to anybody I’d make it as a big-time screenwriter, but I always swore to myself I would “prove everybody wrong”. I know nobody cares about my major that much, they won’t see it as me admitting to anything except that I prefer art over writing, but still I feel like I’m betraying someone- myself, my professors, my family, somebody.
I’m only a freshman so I haven’t gone all in on any one major yet, though I have more than other freshman due to my CCP classes getting transferred- it wouldn’t push my graduation back or anything like that. But still, I don’t know what to do. I’m completely torn over this decision. Is one a better choice career-wise? (I know liberal arts in general are a bad choice career-wise, but comparing the two). Am I more likely to get internships in one than in the other? How do I get over these feelings of inadequacy over just my deliberation of the idea? PLEASE HELP
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I’m so sorry Shelly that I’m not selling my soul for 17$ an hour and making this life my job, and crucifying myself for not making enough membership/credit card sales. I am so sorry Shelly that during my job I think about school and my goals and internships and not about this dead end job business interests with no benefits that I won’t be at for long. I am so sorry Shelly that I don’t worship/kiss your behind because I’m not a 30 year old using this to pay my bills and need this to be stable as possible so I am gonna be fake to you while not liking you on the low. I am so sorry that I am a regular person and not a slave who is gonna sell their soul to this job.
So to not make this super long I’ve been struggling with deciding what I want to do for my career. I love computers and new tech and want to build things and be a part of something at a tech company so I chose computer science. But after being in school for a year and seeing all the doomer posts and the news about job security and layoffs and seeing how grim the future looks for anything cs related I’m wondering if my love for this stuff is a good reason to keep going, or if I should switch to accounting or something else. I don’t want to work with my hands so HVAC plumbing and electrician are out( I just don’t like crawling around in nasty places) and I’m recently getting into finance stuff with books I’m reading and see it kind of fun but I know that is also hard to get a job in.
So basically just wanna know if I should stay in for computer science and even if I don’t get in right out of college I have a company that pays me good right now that is paying for my college and might take me to be a dev in their company but that’s not guaranteed. I haven’t even begun coding yet nor do I know where to start so idk if it’s something I’d even like which is making this even more stressful. I just know I have a love for creating things and solving puzzles and though I don’t know the skills now if I did know there skills there’s so many things I could create and want to, just like with music if I knew how to compose and what notes made what sound I could compose songs I want.
Sorry if this is long and also a wall of text I’m just stumped on what to do and I tend to overthink a lot any help is welcome and advice too.
Looking to completely reorient career: any advice appreciated
As the title indicates, I am considering a complete career reorientation. Here is my full scenario listed out:
I know this was a long post, so I appreciate you for having heard me out until here. Any advice would be greatly appreciated on what I should do next or if this is even the right pivot for me. (Or redirecting me to a better source/subreddit for this) For a starter, some of what I thought about doing follows:
Thanks again for any advice provided. I need a logical base to go off of in order to talk to my parents about this, so that's why I am turning to this forum. (They are the ones funding my education in part - a huge part.)
TLDR: Changing career path from computer science to law; any advice on how to move forward, if this is even the right move or anything would be appreciated (even redirecting me to another appropriate subreddit would be fine)
Hello! To those who’ve had a job over the summer as a college student, how early did yall apply? I’m looking for a part time summer job and I assume finding one as it gets closer to summer will be harder as it gets more competitive. I know it’s only February lol so it might be a little tooo early but if yall have any advice please share! Thank you! :)
Hello everyone
I’m Jojo. It’s a pleasure to meet all of you.
I’ll start off by giving a few facts about myself so this makes sense.
I’m a 26 year old woman who is in her second year of college. I’m half blind, I have autism, reactive airway disease, generalized anxiety disorder and i’m a little person who is 4’10”. So I deal with quite a lot of things.
I just want to share my story and see what others might have to say that is motivating wise or in general. Maybe share your experience with college?
I switched majors this year from communications emphasis was journalist to writing in applied arts with an emphasis in community storytelling.
Why? Because I want to pursue my dream of being a writer.
But I’m afraid I won’t find a job in my department. And I still love communication but can only take 4 classes a semester so I don’t know if I’ll be able to handle double majoring.
Especially since communication classes are a mixture of online and in-person so my anxiety would be active a lot.
I even started Ballet 1 on campus to continue following my dream. Although I know I can never be a professional. And I’m pretty sure some of my classmates laugh at me because I’m brand new and clumsily/ I get disoriented easily.
I guess my main question is how do I tell myself everything will be okay? That following my dreams regardless of everything is better than not trying?
Every day I continue to try to do better. I wake up in the morning and catch the city bus to class, even though it’s freezing outside because I want better for myself I wanna show myself I can do it and not give up.
I want a future where I can say I did it not for others but for myself and maybe one day when I have kids, they’ll be grateful that their mom went to college even at the age of 26 and did her best.
I'll start off by saying, my original play was to go into film...until I realized just how difficult that is.
Now, I have a degree that just sits in my closet. I'd thought about putting that degree to some use going into psychology. But when I was doing therapy last year, talking with my therapist made me realize maybe that's not the career path for me. I've always been around computers since my teenaged years in the '90s. And it was something I thought I'd be doing when I was a senior in high school. I didn't get into DeVry university, in the early 2000s, and maybe that hampered my ambitions. Now, I'm 40, and really feeling the need to secure my retirement. I live in subsidized housing, on my own, and wouldn't qualify to live here anymore if I went to college. Stupid, I know. Everyone says the same thing. I've thought about doing WGU, or getting some certs, just pumping them out really fast before the apartment complex found out.
I really need to start something this year, but not sure how to proceed. I feel like shit for allowing time slip by me. What would you do in my situation?
Did anyone else have this choice? If so, what did you choose and how has it turned out?
I'll be honest, I'm kind of miserable living with my family. I love them, but they're always making noise, I have no privacy, and they're also pretty strict.
I can't even stay behind in the library to study without them calling me multiple times to check in on me. I end up having to pack up and go home by like 1pm lol.
I have made no friends. Not been to a single party or social event. I have not had a sip of alcohol or smoked. I feel like a bit of a loser compared to everyone else but my parents would never let me do anything. I'm not even allowed to drive when it gets dark.
I wish I could go to college away from home but I could never afford it. My college is very cheap and not having to dorm saves so much money. So I'm kind of stuck between saving money or going into severe debt just to get "the college experience." Is it worth it?
Nowadays, every time I start trying to study and work and start trying to get good grades, I easily fall right into months long burnout.
For the past years this has been the case, and I can’t figure out what to do to fix it. And it genuinely takes months to get back. even deadlines have started affecting me very little when it comes to finish work.
What can I do? How do you guys study for so long without getting burn out???
Hello, I’m a criminal justice major at a big university. I graduate in May. A criminal justice career fair is being held in late February! I have a suit and tie that I was expected to wear for my internship at a law firm/in court, so I was going to wear that since it’d make me look very professional.
But when I asked my girlfriend and my friend who is also going, they both said to not wear it since it’s “doing too much”. I need outside insight!
What do y’all think?
Specifically ADHD and Lvl 1 Autism in my case, i also have a maladaptive daydreaming problem but i’m actively working on that. It’s mostly just the roommates aspect i’m worried about. Where i want to go, i’ll likely be doing a 6 hour lab possibly followed by another class afterwards; so i’m hesitant about the chance of not being able to be alone in a room after that, assuming my hypothetical roommate isn’t out. i’m fortunate to where my family understands when i need time, so i’m not used to the concept of being unable to take time alone in my room after doing a lot or being out. My family also lives 30-60 minutes from campus (city/work traffic), so I’d realistically only need to stay on campus Mon-Thurs (no classes Friday).
Like a lot of other colleges, they also offer the campus/roommate matching thing; but i’ve heard VERY mixed testimonials from friends about that, so it’s not something i’d want to find myself depending on working out. I’d love to hear more experiences with that though.
I mainly want to live on campus because I feel as though I’ll be significantly more productive generally, and there’s a chance my daily labs will be at 7 AM. I’d much prefer to already be on campus than wake up extra early to drive into the city w/ work traffic. It’s not necessarily a small school, but it’s less than 2k students as of now. So being overwhelmed by people or campus size while i’m not in the dorm isn’t a concern for me, it’s mostly just the roommate thing that’s making me unsure about just dealing with commuting vs possible dorm problems. It’s also worth clarifying that i’m incredibly fortunate for money to not be a major concern, my parents setup college funds for us ages ago; although the 10k housing price should be mentioned since while its in budget, it’s still obviously a lot of money that could be saved for elsewhere, especially if i wouldn’t do well on campus. Any opinions or personal anecdotes would be appreciated :)
I wouldn’t have even submitted my paperwork to take the exams with accommodations if I had known I would be shamed for it in front of everyone. I also feel like an idiot for even complaining about this because I’m a returning adult student and it feels like being upset over this is immature and beneath me. But honestly, I know something like this would be completely unacceptable in a professional setting so why should it be any different in a college class?
Am I overreacting or is my frustration valid? Should I consider reporting this or is that a waste of time?
Should I switch from majoring in accounting to Engineering? I am 22 years old and just started college as a first-semester accounting major. However, I don’t know much about accounting and feel that it might eventually be replaced by AI.
I’m considering switching to electrical engineering because I like computers and currently have a hobby working with Arduino Uno. The problem is, I’m not good at math, physics, or chemistry. I just want to get a decent and non-boring job. What should I do?
"In my first semester in accounting, I got a C because I didn’t know anything about accounting. I was unmotivated due to severe depression
I have some questions please answer :
1.What are the most challenging courses in Electrical Engineering, especially in the first semester/years?
3.What should I learn now to prepare myself before officially changing majors?
Thank you :)
In my mid 30’s, and I’m fortunate enough to have an employer to help/allow me to go back and finish my manufacturing engineering degree.
Tl:dr Laptop with a draw pad vs iPad for notes, working on handout sheets, etc.
A lot of my classes are/will be CAD, industrial blueprint, mechanical power, etc. So far in my CAD classes it’s basically been handouts of Isometric drawings filling in blank lines etc but we are transitioning into utilizing AutoCad and fusion software.
Here’s my question. When it comes to note taking I prefer manually writing. I can type fine, but it seems like when hand writing, I can rewrite them etc. I would also like to utilize digital textbooks in future classes. I have a beefy gaming computer at home that has the educational Autodesk suite setup on it for any projects. That being said, all of our engineers at work have been extremely helpful in offering assistance (tutoring) if I need it.
So all of this being said, I’m lost on if I should pick up a new iPad Air m2 for classes, or buy a new windows based laptop and some form of draw pad. I’m in the Apple ecosystem with my iPhone 15 pro max, and the size seem like a big advantage for carrying to class, but I can use my last download key from Autodesk onto a laptop and be able to carry that unit to work for any assistance by coworkers.
Hopefully this is the right place to post this. I am in a bit of a situation and am having a hard time finding out how to proceed.
When it was time for me to go to middle school, my mom lied about public school and decided to homeschool me. I was actually taught through middle school. However, when it came to high school, my mom had absolutely no memory of her education. She couldn't do algebra, had no clue about biology, wasn't sure how to help me with sociology, and didn't want to do anything with science. I somehow graduated, but only tried a few college classes before ditching.
17 years later and the lack of knowledge is bothering me. I never knew what to do with my career because I had no clue what a job in medicine even entailed. I couldn't even tell you where major organs are all located. I barely graduated Algebra 1.
Assuming I don't have the knowledge of a recent high school graduate and am going to have a hard time affording classes, I am trying to figure out how to tackle affordably learning what I missed out on and looking into any career fields that interest me. How would people suggest I get started? Is there a better resource to learn high school topics so I can perform better in placement? Just dive into Intro to Biology and see how I like it? Other ideas?
I'm going to have a few weeks off school at the start of semester (this is in about a month for me). What would you guys do to prepare for the lost time/work? Would you read in advance, even prepare notes?
TIA !
my classes for the spring start on monday and i'd be lying if i said i wasn't incredibly anxious lol. during the fall i took all asynchronous classes and i graduated high school in 2023 so i haven't been in a classroom in two years. i did asynchronous classes mainly because i was so anxious about being in a room with so many people i'm not familiar with but also to keep my work availability open. now that i'm starting two in person classes i'm really nervous. i've only been on campus once or twice so i have no clue where i'm going and idk what to bring with me or if i even need to bring anything. should i plan to bring my laptop and/or a notebook and pen? is it weird to have a backpack or is that what most people bring with them? i looked up my professors online and they had really positive feedback from students so i'm not really worried about the course work but any advice for first day jitters would be appreciated.
edit: i’d like to note that i didn’t immediately start college after high school so i’m 1-2 years older than most people in my classes. while some people might say there isn’t a huge maturity difference between 18/19 and 20 year olds, i highly disagree. my two closest friends are a year younger than me, and even from my own experience being 18, they are significantly more rooted in drama and shit talking lol. so i guess i could say that while a lot of my anxiousness is rooted in just general social anxiety, the fact that i’m a bit older than everyone is kinda the cherry on top.
I transferred halfway through college, and had to take an extra semester due to that. Then, I failed a class which now takes me another extra semester. I can't bear to meet my old friends and schoolmates. It's too shameful to admit what I've done to myself.
I used to go to a relatively lower ranked institution, and even then. I feel as if my friends there have surpassed me in terms of nominal achievements.
I've declared two minors to try to make up for it. Regardless, it still haunts me at night.
I'm in a triple, and I scored a really sweet room. If that weren't the case, I would have moved out ages ago. Roommate A is pretty okay, and we coexist fine besides a few small things but oh well. Roommate B, however... that's a different story.
B is a hypochondriac, which is a bit ironic since her part of the room is a mess. She doesn't get up when her alarms go off and rolls out of bed 5 min before class, and she has a really grouchy and aggressive air about her. There have been good and bad moments and it's usually not too bad, but lately she's been insufferable.
One of the main reasons we got paired through the matching process is because we both said we liked cold temperatures. But lately, she changed her mind and started cranking up the thermostat to 73/74 when we originally agreed on 68-70.
She refuses to stop whenever I talk to her, citing the fact that she gets chills. But her chills aren't from the temperature, it's because she's vegan and has beef with the dining hall, and so she doesn't eat enough. She also wears tiny pajamas and uses only one blanket when she has more blankets and pants at her disposal.
My other roommate has been sweating at night and they agreed to keep it lower at night, but that still leaves me to suffer the heat blasting right over me when I'm in my bed doing work or otherwise during the day. The vents are above my bed but not hers, which is also a part of the problem.
I get hot quite easily, although not enough to sweat, and apparently that means my discomfort is less valid than hers. She gets quite defensive and angry whenever I ask her to stop, and I'm at a loss at what to do.
This is my second semester in college. On the day we moved in back, I could see excitement on everyone’s faces because they can meet their friends again, do something fun, hanging out, etc. and I wish I was one of them. My parents drove me back to my dorm, helped me unload and everything and then they left. The moment they leaving I know I will be here alone again, the days I eating alone started. I had two classes yesterday, I saw people sitting as a group in the hall, and I just sneakily walked in and sat down by my own, I know you will say just sitting next to them and start conversations but I feel like there’s no rooms for me, I would be a weirdo in their eyes if I did that. My school has kinda big Greek lifestyles but I haven’t been to one yet, the reason for that is because I got no friends to go with and honestly I don’t think my looking is good to go there, I don’t have enough confidence to go. I don’t want to be and be thought a weirdo at all but I really don’t know what to do. I’m really stressed now.
By that, I mean does it really matter if you go to a well known college? I've been accepted to two colleges; one in my area and one further away that would require me to move. Both offer programs I am interested in (Chemistry major), but the main difference is the reputation of the colleges. The one in my area would make my life a lot easier, but it is known for it's teaching degrees, not it's science majors.
Does that even matter? You'd think that a degree is a degree is a degree, but I'm paranoid about fucking up my life lol. Please tell me if I'm overthinking.
I’m currently dealing with a situation with my department where they aren’t being proactive with helping me fix my Graduation application issue. It seems like everyone is dismissing this issue, being rude to me in emails and aren’t taking me seriously. I'm at a lost for what to do next. I apoligize for the long post but this sitation has been goiong on for months.
I was apart of an early college program so I came into my current university with 50 credits, my department chair told me via email that I wouldn’t have to take a certain course because I came in with more than 30 credits (This was almost over a year ago). This course is required to graduate but he told me that they would submit a waiver on my behalf and get an offical exception. 2 months before graduation I see the exception isn’t processed yet on my end and I asked my advisor if I should talk to my department chair about it and he told me not to bother them, so I didn’t. 2 weeks before my graduation I emailed my department chair about still not seeing the exception processed on my end, he was snippy with me in the email but stated that the department had handled it and it was on the Office of Registrar to fully process it.
I call the Office of Registrar to ask about that specific waiver processing time they give me the email of the head of the Department. I have to email her twice before I get a response and she hands me off to another person who’s actually in charge of processing the waiver, who is the Vice Provost. The Vice Provost does not fully read my email and dismiss me. When I correct her and state that I have done all the steps she’s telling me to do she finally tells me she’ll get in contact with my Department chair. I don’t get updates on any for multiple days I email the Vice Provost again to ask for updates and give a detail timeline of events, she’s rude to me in email and tells me everything is handled.
2 weeks ago I get an email from the head Advisor of my department stating my Graduation Application has been denied. I send another long email stating the timeline of events and setting up a meeting with her. During the meeting I can tell she didn.t read my email and she admits her has not looked over my transcrpit yet. She ends the meeting telling me if she doesnt contant me that means everything is fine. A few days after the meeting I send another long emailing to the Head Advisor asking for frequent updates on the issuse since the deadline for accepting graduation applications is Feubary 13th, and so I can be properly prepared. She then CC's my department chair asking if I was even ever in contact with him. Which she would've know if she read my orginal email where I provied screenshots of all my email chains with my Deparment chair and Vice Provost.
I'm just kinda at a lost for what to do next it seems like no one is taking this issue seriouly and arent being proactive. I want to setup a meeting with the Dean to get this issue fix, but I also don't want to be that student running to the Dean for every issue. I feel course waiver to be processed it shouldn’t be this hard to get things done, I don’t know why I have to facilitate communication between coworkers.