# College Experiences! (Morals welcome) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 12, 2009, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-experiences-morals-welcome/513508 "2009-10-12T08:28:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2009, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-experiences-morals-welcome/513508/61 "2009-10-21T08:48:03Z")
Pick a day or two (Tuesdays and Wednesdays for instance) and force yourself to go to the library or someplace quiet and read ALL of your course textbooks so that you are always a week or two ahead. This allows you to suddenly go partying on a Thursday, or stay out late on Sunday or just have a weekend to yourself. You will not have to panic on Sunday night about not having studied for that Monday class. Instead, you can spend 15 minutes reviewing the material before class. Also, in class you will then sound like you know what you are talking about and can ask a relevant question instead of trying to figure out what the hell the instructor is talking about. Few, if any, students are natural “brains” - despite what others think; they simply studied when nobody was looking. You can still be the fun, party animal - as long as you sneak off and do some real studying while the others are sleeping it off, or playing video games. If you want to drive people crazy - never admit you study and just pretend you knew all that stuff from high school. Seriously - there were a few guys in my dorm - wild, crazy, good-looking dudes, who also had great study habits. They could party all weekend and then go in and Ace a test on Monday morning, hung over! (Because they had studied the material two weeks prior…) ---
**Author:** ![Longinus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/2acd7d/32.png) [@Longinus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Longinus)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2009, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-experiences-morals-welcome/513508/62 "2009-10-22T00:27:44Z")
> [@The\_Bith\_Shuffle](#): > > [Say hi to Daniel Dennett for me.](http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hSqdYZsBgZ2h2r8aW2qB2f_rjDrwD9B18RJG0) I have to admit, his introduction to Language and Mind is one of the most interesting classes I’ve ever taken. And it’s insanely cool being taught by a pioneer in the field. Every once in a while, he’ll bring up a topic that most people have heard of and say something to the tune of “Oh, well when I invented this, I decided to name it after friend/professor XXXX.” Other than that, the focus here seems to be mainly on sex and academic advice. Both of which are very good. So thanks, all. I’m giving it all a shot. And any stories would still be very much appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2009, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-experiences-morals-welcome/513508/63 "2009-10-22T01:30:57Z")
> [@PandaBear77](#): > > Do NOT - for the love of God - DO NOT DO NOT DO NOT get into a relationship! > > Date! Date EVERYONE! Date people even if they’re completely not your type. Keep it casual. You will never again have access to THIS many potential dates. Get out there, sample the menu and by the time you’re ready to settle down permanently, you’ll have sowed your wild oats and you’ll know a LOT more about yourself and what you’re looking for. > > I can’t stress that enough. I was engaged by the end of my freshman year of college. Yes, I married the guy and it’s worked out … but I do feel like I missed out on a lot of fun because of it. Well yes and no. Life does not end when you graduate college. For several summers after graduation, me and a bunch of my college buddies rented houses down the Jersey shore and ski houses up in Upstate NY and Vermont. Me and most of my friends lived in and around Boston and NYC. For years, the only difference between the “real world” and college was that now we actually had money to do stuff. Quite frankly the dating scene at my school sucked. I did all right for myself, but I went to a fancy engineering/business school that was heavily skewed towards big, aggressive, athletic fraternity dudes. Every party was a sausagefest. Didn’t matter if it was the nerd house, the rich guy lacrosse player house or the football house. All it meant was there were just different types of girls outnumbered 5 to 1 by different types of guys. Anyhow, my point is yes, take advantage of college opportunities as much as possible. But don’t think that as a 22 year old graduate the fun stops. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-experiences-morals-welcome/513508.md?page=3)