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SammyDubzIt’s for the youngins not the old men like u borty. Rest your eyes
but yea you kinda hit the nail on the head
SammyDubzAll of this advice sucks. Prepare for a lot of text. I’m gonna tell you about all of the actual important things I wish I knew my freshman year. Read this. Read it again. Remember it. Any other freshman read it too and remember. Listen to the kids who are in college or just have graduated. Don’t even give any thought to the old fuck who graduated 20 years ago or the 19 year old in trade school.
Background for me: about to be a senior at Notre Dame. Smoked pot in HS but barely drank or partied. Relatively shy kid going into college. Pretty much have experienced it all and dealt with a bunch of issues in the process.
Schoolwise:
First off. Don’t even think about grad school yet. Unless it’s med school. Shouldn’t even cross your mind at this point. To anyone in this thread who’s mentioning it, ????? The kid is 18 fucking years old. He most likely has no idea what he wants to do with his life.
Good on you for going to a liberal arts school honestly. 99% of kids your age, and even a lot seniors and people working jobs after college have no idea what they want to do with their life. I was an engineering major my first semester, ended up switching to economics and computing. Take a wide range of classes and see what you actually enjoy. Do your research on what careers you can go into in the classes you like. Go to the career center. You don’t need to know what you want to do with your life. I promise you. But make sure you’re always looking into new types of jobs and such.
you need to set goals. A lot of people struggle in college bc they don’t have and end goal that they’re working towards bc they don’t know what they want to do career wise.So set goals. Academic goals. Fitness goals. Travel goals. Girl goals. Any goals.
At the same time, you don’t need to be perfect. For most careers besides the cream of the crop tech, consulting, finance, etc (or med school) firms, you don’t need perfect grades. You need a B honestly. Anything about a 3.0 you put on a resume and get your foot in the door to any industry if you network and interview well. You’re gonna fail tests. It’s fine. It won’t affect your grade as much as you think. It goes without saying that higher is better tho.
Talk in class. Profs like that better than kids who say nothing and do well on tests. 99% of profs are great people who wanna help. Go to office hours. They’ll give you tips and hints that you won’t get in class. Go to class. Even if you’re hungover and can’t process anything, just go. Even if attendance isn’t required. Helps U Stay motivated. Keeps your work ethic up.
Network. Professors, Job fairs, parents, friends. Not super important until at least a year in. Don’t worry about it right now. Always good to talk to new people whenever though
Cheating is everywhere. You’re gonna cheat. Cheating on hw isn’t right. But it’s okay. Prob a necessity at times. You need to learn the material though. You will get fucked in the ass hard if you do not learn it. Bc it adds up test after test and you can’t learn an entire class a few weeks before a final to try and save your grade.
Girls, Drugs, social life:
If you have a girlfriend, break up with her. 99% of HS relationships don’t last. It’ll make things easier. Try and do it before the summer too honestly.
you will probably have a hard time fitting in or making friends quickly if you do not drink. Not going to lie. Get a good fake. Easy way to meet a lot of people in the beginning if u have a good fake and can get booze for people. You’re not gonna meet your best friends right away. It could be months. You may have to move social circles. But you’ll find your people. Very few people do not. At the end of the day, loving your school comes down to the people you surround yourself with, not the school itself.
This is is your time to try your drugs if it’s your cup of tea. It’s limitless and absolutely free flowing at college, no matter where you go. Try your coke. Your Molly. Your acid. Nows the fucking the man. You’ll know what you like and what you don’t like pretty quickly. Stay away from painkillers and bars. Get hard drugs from someone who is a reliable dealer that you know well or test it yourself. Be safe. Have friends around looking out for you. If youre a smoker, try and meet people off campus do you can just smoke and leave shit there. Much less to worry about if you don’t have weed in the dorm. Weed will cure your worst hangover, remember that.
Be friendly. Talk to as many people as you can. Make a ton of friends. Go out a bunch. As you get older you will have less and less friends overall, but they will your closest of friends. Forgive people. People are stupid In college. They make mistakes. Forgive. But not too much. Cut people off if they break your trust too many times. That’s a personal thing that you have to decide. Don’t be that asshole drunk. Don’t try and fight people. Be goofy and a lover when you’re drunk. It’s better that way.
Domt give a fuck about what people think of you. Drunk guys talk so much shit. You’ll hear it constantly. The sooner you learn to not care what others think of you, the better you’re gonna do.
As for girls. Fuck anyone who’s saying don’t go fuck around with a bunch of girls. They’re likely ugly, horrible with women, or have never banged a hot girl in their life. Probably a combination of all three. Remember the type of people that frequent this site. You may not do drugs and may not regret that. But I guarantee if you don’t go and fuck some, you will regret it. Their is no better feeling than going out with your friends, flirting with some smoke all night and bringing her back with you. I promise you that.
Confidence is is the key. There are a million brown haired average looking average height guys in college. You have to stand out. Confidence and humor help a lot. You’re gonna strike out. A ton. Keep trying. Once you get the hang of it your confidence grows exponentially.
Freshman/sophomore year are the time to do the drugs and to sleep around. By junior year people start looking for relationships and start to think more about careers. You can go wild all four years if u want. Wouldn’t recommend. Takes a toll on your body. Don’t get a juul. Just bum cigs when you’re drunk and out so you don’t get super addicted.
Friends/family:
your close friends will develop over time. Develop trusting relationships. Tell each other everything. The more you tell each other the closer you’ll become. When you tell people important things/share emotions, it’s easy to figure out who your real friends are. Look for those ride or die friends. Those ones that will literally go to war for you. Fuck anyone else. Like I said previously, you’ll prob have less and less friends every year.
Try and have some girl friends and friends that are like “father figures” of your group. Women tend to be more rational, give better advice, and are easier to talk to emotionally. Having a guy friends who’s like a father figure who tells you when you’re being too stupid or doing too many drugs and will call you out for it is someone good to have around. You’ll listen to a guy friend quicker than a girl friend about this stuff.
Call your parents. A lot. It means the world to them. They worry about you a ton and your well being is their first priority. Not your grades. Promise. They can help you with a lot of shit and probably are a lot more rational than your dumbass 18 year old friends
health:
if if you worked out in HS do not stop. Coupled with drugs and booze it can lead to depression very quickly. If you played a sport in HS, play club in college. You’ll meet a bunch of new friends and have parties and mixers to go to. Staying fit will make you feel better after a night of partying and keep your lungs decent if you smoke a lot.
MOST IMPORTANTLY
focus on your mental health. Talk to your friends about it. Go to the counseling center if you need help. So so so many people in college struggle with anxiety and depression. People around you that you wouldn’t even know. Talk to your friends. Make sure they’re okay. Have your friends look out for you. Get help if you need it. Therapists, doctors, even drugs if you need it.
Honestly if you’re a normal kid, you’re gonna have a blast. The people who struggle in college are the ones who were weird in HS.
Youre gonna hit the lowest of lows in college and the highest of highs. You gotta just keep a balance. At the end of the day, I dealt with a horrible breakup in the beginning of school, have dealt with major depression and anxiety for the past couple years, and done a bunch of drugs and partied a lot. But it’ll all work out in the end my guy. Remember that.
I’ve been in dark dark places where I thought there literally was no way out of, but I’ve got a group of friends that I didn’t even know it was possible to love as mich as I love them, asmoke show girlfriend who’s always there for me through thick and thin, a bright future ahead, and countless unforgettable memories. I wouldn’t change a second of it even if I could. College is about the experience and making mistakes and learning from them. The experiences you have in college are the ones that shape who you really become. You have four years and a clean slate. Have a blast brotha
dmoney13See you around Holland and maybe one of the local hills?
SammyDubzAll of this advice sucks. Prepare for a lot of text. I’m gonna tell you about all of the actual important things I wish I knew my freshman year. Read this. Read it again. Remember it. Any other freshman read it too and remember. Listen to the kids who are in college or just have graduated. Don’t even give any thought to the old fuck who graduated 20 years ago or the 19 year old in trade school.
Background for me: about to be a senior at Notre Dame. Smoked pot in HS but barely drank or partied. Relatively shy kid going into college. Pretty much have experienced it all and dealt with a bunch of issues in the process.
Schoolwise:
First off. Don’t even think about grad school yet. Unless it’s med school. Shouldn’t even cross your mind at this point. To anyone in this thread who’s mentioning it, ????? The kid is 18 fucking years old. He most likely has no idea what he wants to do with his life.
Good on you for going to a liberal arts school honestly. 99% of kids your age, and even a lot seniors and people working jobs after college have no idea what they want to do with their life. I was an engineering major my first semester, ended up switching to economics and computing. Take a wide range of classes and see what you actually enjoy. Do your research on what careers you can go into in the classes you like. Go to the career center. You don’t need to know what you want to do with your life. I promise you. But make sure you’re always looking into new types of jobs and such.
you need to set goals. A lot of people struggle in college bc they don’t have and end goal that they’re working towards bc they don’t know what they want to do career wise.So set goals. Academic goals. Fitness goals. Travel goals. Girl goals. Any goals.
At the same time, you don’t need to be perfect. For most careers besides the cream of the crop tech, consulting, finance, etc (or med school) firms, you don’t need perfect grades. You need a B honestly. Anything about a 3.0 you put on a resume and get your foot in the door to any industry if you network and interview well. You’re gonna fail tests. It’s fine. It won’t affect your grade as much as you think. It goes without saying that higher is better tho.
Talk in class. Profs like that better than kids who say nothing and do well on tests. 99% of profs are great people who wanna help. Go to office hours. They’ll give you tips and hints that you won’t get in class. Go to class. Even if you’re hungover and can’t process anything, just go. Even if attendance isn’t required. Helps U Stay motivated. Keeps your work ethic up.
Network. Professors, Job fairs, parents, friends. Not super important until at least a year in. Don’t worry about it right now. Always good to talk to new people whenever though
Cheating is everywhere. You’re gonna cheat. Cheating on hw isn’t right. But it’s okay. Prob a necessity at times. You need to learn the material though. You will get fucked in the ass hard if you do not learn it. Bc it adds up test after test and you can’t learn an entire class a few weeks before a final to try and save your grade.
Girls, Drugs, social life:
If you have a girlfriend, break up with her. 99% of HS relationships don’t last. It’ll make things easier. Try and do it before the summer too honestly.
you will probably have a hard time fitting in or making friends quickly if you do not drink. Not going to lie. Get a good fake. Easy way to meet a lot of people in the beginning if u have a good fake and can get booze for people. You’re not gonna meet your best friends right away. It could be months. You may have to move social circles. But you’ll find your people. Very few people do not. At the end of the day, loving your school comes down to the people you surround yourself with, not the school itself.
This is is your time to try your drugs if it’s your cup of tea. It’s limitless and absolutely free flowing at college, no matter where you go. Try your coke. Your Molly. Your acid. Nows the fucking the man. You’ll know what you like and what you don’t like pretty quickly. Stay away from painkillers and bars. Get hard drugs from someone who is a reliable dealer that you know well or test it yourself. Be safe. Have friends around looking out for you. If youre a smoker, try and meet people off campus do you can just smoke and leave shit there. Much less to worry about if you don’t have weed in the dorm. Weed will cure your worst hangover, remember that.
Be friendly. Talk to as many people as you can. Make a ton of friends. Go out a bunch. As you get older you will have less and less friends overall, but they will your closest of friends. Forgive people. People are stupid In college. They make mistakes. Forgive. But not too much. Cut people off if they break your trust too many times. That’s a personal thing that you have to decide. Don’t be that asshole drunk. Don’t try and fight people. Be goofy and a lover when you’re drunk. It’s better that way.
Domt give a fuck about what people think of you. Drunk guys talk so much shit. You’ll hear it constantly. The sooner you learn to not care what others think of you, the better you’re gonna do.
As for girls. Fuck anyone who’s saying don’t go fuck around with a bunch of girls. They’re likely ugly, horrible with women, or have never banged a hot girl in their life. Probably a combination of all three. Remember the type of people that frequent this site. You may not do drugs and may not regret that. But I guarantee if you don’t go and fuck some, you will regret it. Their is no better feeling than going out with your friends, flirting with some smoke all night and bringing her back with you. I promise you that.
Confidence is is the key. There are a million brown haired average looking average height guys in college. You have to stand out. Confidence and humor help a lot. You’re gonna strike out. A ton. Keep trying. Once you get the hang of it your confidence grows exponentially.
Freshman/sophomore year are the time to do the drugs and to sleep around. By junior year people start looking for relationships and start to think more about careers. You can go wild all four years if u want. Wouldn’t recommend. Takes a toll on your body. Don’t get a juul. Just bum cigs when you’re drunk and out so you don’t get super addicted.
Friends/family:
your close friends will develop over time. Develop trusting relationships. Tell each other everything. The more you tell each other the closer you’ll become. When you tell people important things/share emotions, it’s easy to figure out who your real friends are. Look for those ride or die friends. Those ones that will literally go to war for you. Fuck anyone else. Like I said previously, you’ll prob have less and less friends every year.
Try and have some girl friends and friends that are like “father figures” of your group. Women tend to be more rational, give better advice, and are easier to talk to emotionally. Having a guy friends who’s like a father figure who tells you when you’re being too stupid or doing too many drugs and will call you out for it is someone good to have around. You’ll listen to a guy friend quicker than a girl friend about this stuff.
Call your parents. A lot. It means the world to them. They worry about you a ton and your well being is their first priority. Not your grades. Promise. They can help you with a lot of shit and probably are a lot more rational than your dumbass 18 year old friends
health:
if if you worked out in HS do not stop. Coupled with drugs and booze it can lead to depression very quickly. If you played a sport in HS, play club in college. You’ll meet a bunch of new friends and have parties and mixers to go to. Staying fit will make you feel better after a night of partying and keep your lungs decent if you smoke a lot.
MOST IMPORTANTLY
focus on your mental health. Talk to your friends about it. Go to the counseling center if you need help. So so so many people in college struggle with anxiety and depression. People around you that you wouldn’t even know. Talk to your friends. Make sure they’re okay. Have your friends look out for you. Get help if you need it. Therapists, doctors, even drugs if you need it.
Honestly if you’re a normal kid, you’re gonna have a blast. The people who struggle in college are the ones who were weird in HS.
Youre gonna hit the lowest of lows in college and the highest of highs. You gotta just keep a balance. At the end of the day, I dealt with a horrible breakup in the beginning of school, have dealt with major depression and anxiety for the past couple years, and done a bunch of drugs and partied a lot. But it’ll all work out in the end my guy. Remember that.
I’ve been in dark dark places where I thought there literally was no way out of, but I’ve got a group of friends that I didn’t even know it was possible to love as mich as I love them, asmoke show girlfriend who’s always there for me through thick and thin, a bright future ahead, and countless unforgettable memories. I wouldn’t change a second of it even if I could. College is about the experience and making mistakes and learning from them. The experiences you have in college are the ones that shape who you really become. You have four years and a clean slate. Have a blast brotha
oldmanskiVery well put, this is ALL the advice you need! SammyDubz explained everything perfectly and I know most of us here are very supportive of all of this. Need this shit printed out in the freshmen handbook.
And for us old guys............. shit....... forgot what i was going to say..........
SammyDubzLmao this is the literal exact response I expected from someone older. Just goes to show.
OP. he’s 43 and bitter bc he did nothing with his life. Don’t be like him. Live it up
oldmanskiYou are correct, I have done nothing with my life. I am a pathetic 43 yr old posting on NS's holding onto the past. Your turn will come soon enough.
SammyDubzLol. I’ve seen you post around and you seem like a nice, positive guy. Your cynicism in this thread and age tell me exactly how you feel.
You didn’t have what it took to be great. It’s okay man. Very few people do. But OP seems like a smart, motivated kid who has a chance. So in this college ADVICE thread, how about you tell him what you think he needs to know instead of just throwing out unnecessary bullshit
oldmanskiThank you and yes I do try to be nice and positive in a world full of all this negativity and bullshit.
I think you may have taken my post the wrong way......... I am 100% in agreement with your advice, I think the way you explained things is perfect for the up and coming freshman and I think it should be published for the young kids that have no clue about college. I dont have any cynicism towards any of this and I want OP to succeed.
everlaststart off by eating ass from day 1. if u do that u will already have a notch up on all the other dudes on ur floor. if u arent eating some chicks ass in ur dorm, the girl will find someone who will
dmoney13Wow thanks this is really helpful 🥴 I’m glad you were able to leave ur experience on this thread. 😍😤🥴
SammyDubzLook for those ride or die friends. Those ones that will literally go to war for you. Fuck anyone else.
oldmanskiThank you and yes I do try to be nice and positive in a world full of all this negativity and bullshit.
I think you may have taken my post the wrong way......... I am 100% in agreement with your advice, I think the way you explained things is perfect for the up and coming freshman and I think it should be published for the young kids that have no clue about college. I dont have any cynicism towards any of this and I want OP to succeed.
SammyDubzFuck. I’m sorry for what I said then brotha. So used to sarcasm and negativity on NS I just assumed you were doing the same.
This site could use more people like you.
Put a bunch of thought and time into writing this bc I truly wish I knew some of this stuff when I was younger. Thought you were taking the piss out of me. My bad.
And you and borty. Not knocking on old men. Just saying this kid has a ton to learn through experience at school and it’s probably better if he hears about this type of stuff from people who have just been through it. Not telling OP or anyone for that matter to not listen to adults you know? Listen to your parents, profs, advisors, interviewers, etc. Even if you don’t agree with what they’re saying u can still learn and contemplate within.
oldmanskiare you looking at this??
DirtYStylENope. Not me
