Hi everyone I’m a second semester freshman in college. I’ve noticed that college students steal like crazy. I’ve had clothes stolen out of the laundry as well as a Stanley water bottle given to me by my grandmother during one of my classes. Is this a common thing? How can I prevent this from happening more?

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I’m not in college yet, but I’m a senior and I’ll be graduating mid June. Maybe I’m wrong, and I hope I am, but there’s just something so…off? I don’t really know how else to describe it with frats and sororities, especially frats. Like it seems almost cultish, and I’ve seen a few instances of these groups covering up some really sketchy stuff.

I know this is probably very insulting to some people but this is just my take on it. Discussion and debate on this is open.

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”.

I just want to share my story and see what others might have to say that is motivating wise or in general maybe share their 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?

I am intending on doing rotc sophomore through senior year and will not need loans throughout that time. Could I start repaying that loan during that time? Are there benefits to doing that?

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?

2. Do I need to master Physics/Calculus before entering Electrical Engineering? How can I catch up if I'm basic from Accounting/ignorant about math?

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.

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.

is this possible? i don’t want to look stupid emailing my instructor about this if it’s an obvious answer, but i can’t figure out what i’m missing. beginner, intermediate and advanced photography all show monday/wednesday from 1:10-3pm. all have the same amount of possible students. i took beginner last spring and there’s a limited number of computers in there, plus the lectures wouldn’t be the same for each class obviously? (there definitely wasn’t two other classes in there when i took it, but i did take it at an earlier time). also, he wrote in the class notes the times for intermediate and advanced, that feels like it would be a difficult mistake to make so idk i feel dumb, like i’m missing something lmao. i noticed this a week ago and haven’t talked to him about it because i feel like it’s such a dumb question but i cannot figure out how this is possible or how i would even word my question to him 💀 like hey, i noticed intermediate photography is at 1:10, but so are the other two classes. is this correct?

I’m currently undecided on a future career and wanted to ask what options there is for someone with a criminology degree?

For context, I am in a financially and emotionally abusive relationship I’m trying to get out of. I’m a SAHM and I’ve been going to my local community college to further my education. I, unfortunately trusted that I would be able to go into a in person class without any issues but it’s the end of the second week and I’ve already experienced a severe blow up. I like the class & it’s important to my course plan so I don’t want to withdraw. I guess I’m asking the professors, if a student came to you and explained this, would it be possible you work with them on attendance? I do think I can keep up with the class for the most part.

I just started school at my local community college and I am going to eventually transfer into a 4 year nutrition program. I am an adult student with kids who also works full time and I am taking 2 classes at the moment, English and Bio 1. I'm 3 weeks into my courses and I'm while I'm not doing terrible, I don't feel like I'm grasping the material as much as I would like. The courses im doing are online and my professor does some videos and the rest is just reading the textbook. I have ADHD so I really struggle to just read something and get it, I would definitely have an easier time if I had videos to watch to help me understand. I know khan academy has bio courses which i plan to start watching but are there any our resources out there that people really like? Also I'm using quizlet to study but I feel like it's not really helping me actually grasp the material any better than just rereading me notes. Any tips on some videos or apps that you like would be greatly appreciated!

I am currently studying my first year (first time) in college. My class is quite small, we consisted of 10 students in the beginning but 2 decided to drop out only halfway through the first term. Being new in town, i had a nice classmate show me around as he also lived in the same town as me and we became somewhat acquainted

Fast forward. The day after our programming examination, he all of a sudden stopped coming to school and he also stopped all form of communication with me and my classmates. I have called him 2-3 times and he just hangs up on me.

He did not seem the type to just disappear like that nor show any disinterest in the program but i could be wrong. I wouldnt say we were close friends as we only hanged out in school but we regularly send eachother memes and such after school time.

Is this common amongst university students? Or should i investigate this further. The fact that he hangs up on my calls means he is still alive but i am puzzled to why he cant just give some information if he is planning on dropping out or if he just needs a break.

I am not sure if this is the right sub but hopefully some of you have experienced this and maybe know what the usual outcome to such behaviour might be. Thanks

I need honest advice. I'm in Year 13, doing my A-levels (Maths, Physics, and Chemistry) while applying to universities. For most of my life, I thought I’d go into engineering—it seemed like a safe degree, and I used to enjoy maths. But over time, I’ve realized I would hate being an engineer. I want to enjoy my 20s, and as a girl, I won’t have the responsibility of providing for an entire family—just myself. So I don’t see the point in putting myself through an engineering degree when I don’t even like creating things. I’ve never built or designed anything, and even degrees like Industrial Engineering (which has some business aspects) didn’t interest me. Now, as I’m applying to universities, I’ve suddenly shifted to business degrees, specifically finance. Becoming a financial analyst sounds far better to me than being an engineer. But I’m worried I’ve made this decision too late without thinking it through enough. I don’t know much about business, and I’m scared I’ll regret it later. One of my biggest concerns is job security. I’ve heard that business degrees, especially in finance, are risky because the job market is very saturated. For university, I have two main options: • Stay in the UAE (I currently live here with my parents). • Go to Canada (Toronto or nearby, since my parents would only allow it if I live near relatives). However, we aren’t very rich, and the most my parents can afford is 100k aed per year, including accommodation and food. I might live with my relatives in Toronto to save costs. Here’s my current university list: • York University – Commerce BCom (Finance) • Ontario Tech University – Business - Finance (BCom) (Co-op) • McMaster University – Business I (Finance) I need to submit my applications in two days (Feb 3 deadline), and the total application fees are 1000 AED, so I’m terrified of making the wrong choice and wasting my parents' money. I have so many doubts: • Are these good universities for finance? • Is it better to do my bachelor’s in the UAE and go abroad for a master’s? • Should I just stick with engineering for the job security? • Will a business degree set me up for failure? • How do I actually become a successful financial analyst? • Is Canada a bad place for finance degrees? • If I stay in Dubai, which universities should I consider for business? I would really appreciate any honest advice. I feel like I’m making a huge decision without enough information, and I don’t want to regret it later.

Work all day today after finishing assignment and need help from you'll so that's not that fucking awful.

Is it easier/more favorable to apply to the grad program of a school you got your major in for undergrad? Like say, if I majored in psych at Cal, would getting into their psych program be any easier?

I'm an international student who has been accepted to a few colleges in the US. I've also received partial scholarships. I'm looking into loans to fu d the remainder of my fees. What organizations or companies would you recommend? And also just give me some tips on getting loans.