Because balancing partying and studying is just sooo hard.

This post was edited by tim226 on Sep 2 2013 08:28pm

You'd be surprised about how many idiots are in first year.
Few people never showed for a final or got drunk before midterms

Happens a lot, I was lucky. Hit a 2.8 out of 4 my first semester and got on probation (honors college). Got shit together and managed a 3.5 overall but it's really easy to fuck up. You get the people who can study 20 minutes and pass the test vs people who take longer and that's really where the divide happens. Then the people who studied 20 minutes burn out and the guys who decided not to party become Bill Gates and Steve Jobs.

This post was edited by dxlightning on Sep 2 2013 08:36pm

I need to study hours upon hours just to pass a test.

So I gave up.

You say that now before you've truly started classes. I know plenty of people who thought the same thing than suddenly its the end of Christmas Holidays, they get their marks back and they failed two classes, and only passed two because they had to drop one mid semester due to poor marks.



Yeah, my fiancée messed up big time her first semester. Thought she could balance social and academic life, she couldn't. She's not stupid either. Ends up failing multiple classes first semester and gets put on Academic Probation. She made them up, got back on her feet, decided to commute to Hamilton every morning instead of living with friends near campus. Of my friends that went to University, I'd say probably half messed up first year.

Never went to University so I have no personal experience but I know plenty of people who screwed up, and I can't understand why. Priorities should be priorities. In the US that should be magnified considering you are paying significantly more for schooling than in Canada. $3000 for a semester in Ontario (Which is the highest in Canada) isn't so bad. $20,000 at certain American schools? That's insane.

This post was edited by Caedus on Sep 2 2013 08:50pm

Most of my classes so far are just coming to me. AP Bio has helped out massively, as well as Anatomy.

Pretty awesome how similar we are to our pets.

Most people go to school because their parents tell them to , or they think its what you're suppposed to do. The usual go to school , get a job , retire at 65 , and die. Except the problem is people aren't doing things that they are passionate about and thats why they don't do well. I experienced this , I went and took classes becuase my parents wanted me to , not because I did.




@ tim , anatomy and physiology is the hardest thing ive ever done , and i cant pass it for the life of me . I studied 2-3 hours daily for my midterm and only got 62%.

This post was edited by dirTyMan on Sep 2 2013 08:51pm

You're parents can't really force you to do anything that you subconsciously, don't want to do. My parents wanted me to go to University, or pick up a trade. I knew what I wanted to do, and it wasn't to appease them. So I did construction that didn't require me getting an apprenticeship.

It's only money

I have my last three months of collage January.

Then I'm certified!