nocturne-prince:

babyblueavenger:

lawful-evil-novelist:

socksblazethechesnutphase:

cornputer:

When high school teachers tell you, “In college they don’t let you have a notecard, you have to memorize everything,” or “teachers throw away your homework if you don’t put your name on it and they DON’T accept late work.” It’s all bullshit. It’s all fucking bullshit.

High School does an efficient job of making your absolutely terrified of college, while not preparing you whatsoever for college.

Other things I was lied about in college:

• Teachers won’t go over the syllabus: The first day in EVERY class is spent going over the syllabus and is barely dedicated to actual learning, I learned in Sociology the first day, and it was the basics of the course.
• Your teacher will dock points if you’re late to class: bullshit they just kinda look at you then say “okay go sit down” and that’s it.
• You can’t go to the bathroom during a lecture: It’s not advised but you don’t even need to ask just leave the classroom quietly from the back they don’t care, heck sometimes they don’t notice.  I had a day where a friend and I knew what we were doing in class and literally we just backed our seats towards the back of the class and left through the back door.
• You can’t go to the professor for help: WHAT THE FUCK DO Y’ALL THINK OFFICE HOURS ARE?  Go to your professors during office hours, go talk to your academic adviser, there is always a tutoring thing somewhere at the school, there is always help.
• to add to that homework thing, y’all most of it is online nowadays.
• Also the teacher might have PDFs of the textbook, and while they’re hella shoddy PDFs (seriously the work study office assistants scan those, that is my job) they’re useful and free.

More lies high school tells you about college:

- They expect you to dress professionally: no. They don’t. No one does. I had teachers come to class wearing their pajamas. No one cares how you dress. - Your professor doesn’t care if you get behind, you already paid for the class: except the professors do care, a lot, because it’s their frigging job to teach you. Unless you get a really shitty professor, but that’s what they have ratemyteacher and class evals for. College professors are some of the most enthusiastic people I know, because a lot of them are teaching what they love to people that want to be there. They’re there to help, just like any other instructor. If you’re behind or confused TALK TO THEM.

If you decide college is for you, don’t be intimidated by it. It’s not nearly as scary as high school teachers who haven’t been on a college campus in twenty years make it sound. It’s a little more challenging, because you’re an adult now and can handle it, but you also have all the options and resources at your disposal that an adult does. You’ll be fine :3

Finally a “high school lied about college” post I can get behind, because a lot of the ones I see are bullshit if you are a STEM major but this is true even for a STEM major.

plutopiter:

konguloarkonan:

here’s a thing that i don’t think american kids are told often enough:

STAY AWAY FROM FOR-PROFIT COLLEGES.

ITT tech, virginia colleges, bryant and stratton, the art institutes, university of phoenix, everest, devry, etc - do NOT attend these places. do not give them your money - and it will be a lot of money. They are all, to a one, scams.

For-profit colleges prey on minority, low-income, military, nontraditional, and chronically underemployed students by promising them a quick path to a career. They are lying. They often do not allow the transfer of credits to and from, and many are either unaccredited or accredited by suspect accreditors. They rely on their students to take out massive federal student loan debt. They line their pockets with money from the government and then burden their graduates with tens of thousands of dollars of debt for inadequate education and degrees that aren’t worth the paper they’re printed on.

If you’re a non-traditional student looking for a degree, don’t go to a for-profit. Find a community college in your area instead. most ccs have more flexible class times for especially vocational/technical certifications and quite a few offer online-only or hybrid degrees. Hell, if you’re a non-trad student and you have a GED and some spare cash, try studying for a few months and then taking the SATs/ACT and trying for a four-year straight out (that’s what I did). Or get an AA and then do a four-year. Or look for a technical/adult education program sponsored by a local community college or school district. Just please, please, please, don’t go to a for-profit college. They will ruin your credit rating, your finances, and your job prospects.

I got my AA in graphic design & illustration and art history at my local community college. Later, I transferred to a 4-year non-profit university. Now I’ve graduated debt-free (since I qualified for full financial aid) and now have full time work.

I spent 5 years in community college figuring out what I needed to do. Take your time. Do things the right way.