Living On Campus

[Eckostyle]

I'm 20, and moved into my form today. Roommate hasn't arrived. Never lived away from home before.

Any advice you can give to a college dorm scrub?

[Return of Shiki]

What happened to that "Life in College" SRK topic that should've been archived?

You know, the one with Million's Guide to College Life?

[Rabid Wombat]

in college there are 3 main things you can do.
sleep
go to class
party

the problem?
You really only have enough time to do 2 well in any given week.

good luck.

[Shadow Ace 50]

Dont trust anyone (no emo)

you can hook up with senior high school chics easily (no pedo)

girls like buff guys (no homo)


seriously...I can just say study and party hard

[The Damned]

I'm 20, and moved into my form today. Roommate hasn't arrived. Never lived away from home before.

Any advice you can give to a college dorm scrub?

If you have noisy people in your hall, including your roommate, kill them.

Get your roommates phone number in case you lock yourself out. Additionally, if your roommate is rather socially active or annoying or otherwise unreliable, try and find out RA and other staffs schedule.

If you know there's a couple in the hall that isn't actively noisy, kill them. (The sounds of their sex will be annoying, especially if done in the shower, as will the sounds of their breakup.)

Needless to say, never date anyone on your floor, and try not to date anyone in your hall. If your hall isn't co-ed, then this shouldn't be difficult...even though "experimenting" is supposedly quite common.

If you don't like the food at the cafetria/local dining place, then out order out. When the deliver person arrives, kill them. Try and rotate with enough places (and actually paying every once in a while) so as not to arouse suspicion.

While you are not eating, you should likely be studying. Go to the library when you have the time to study since you be unlikely to do actual work in your room, especially if you have a TV or computer(s) in your room and/or your roommate is talktive.

If your roommate is the talktive, outgoing type, then use him. If you can not find a way to manipulate him, then kill him. Hey. Use it or lose it.

Never let "friends", whether of your roommate or yourself (*snort*), come over. It will be nigh impossible to kick them out sometimes and all this killing will start to look rather suspicious....


That should pretty cover everything except the bathroom. There are but three rules:


Never tell anyone about Fight Club.
Never shower without flip-flops.
Lower toilets seats and, if they are "open" toilet seats, semi-exit stalls so as to minimize contamination.


Other than that, watch your shit (not literally) or expect it to not be there when you return, keep hampers in your closet instead of in the open, clean regularly and don't circle jerk (unless...).


That covers pretty much everything I can think of.

[quiche]

I lived in the dorms my freshman year of college, and now I'm back in the dorms as a grad student. The whole floor is grad students, so we're all pretty chill and not a lot of partying going on.

But then again, class doesn't start for most people for another week, and none of my roomates have arrived yet (I'm in a 4-person suite, which has 4 separate (locking -- thank God!) bedrooms, and a shared living space and bathrooms.)

If you share a room with a roommate and can't lock your shit up, make good friends with him. You don't want him jackin' your stuff. And yeah, if you share showers with the whole floor, make sure to wear flipflops.

Make sure to set up a cleaning schedule with your roommate(s) or else it'll never get cleaned.

...seriously.

[spideyman]

save as much money as you can. any shit that is not needed, don't spend your money on it. you can find someone else to or someone who has what u need/want. don't leave anything of value laying around shit will get jacked in no time. other than that, party up and meet as many people as you can.

[fjf314]

And yeah, if you share showers with the whole floor, make sure to wear flipflops.

No lie, this is the absolute best advice right here. I live in a dorm and I always go :wasted: when I see people going into the showers in their bare feet. That shit is nasty.

I also second not staying in your room when you're trying to study. Dorm rooms are small and so no matter where you try to study, you're always within close proximity of your TV, computer, video games, etc. Your best bet would be to find some random place on campus that you can go and chill at night where no one else will be around. At my campus the library is actually a really shitty place to study because so many people go there that it's always crowded and noisy as fuck. Some night when you aren't too busy just wander around and find some building that doesn't get locked up where you can study in peace.

[Ne0phyte]

save as much money as you can. any shit that is not needed, don't spend your money on it. you can find someone else to or someone who has what u need/want.
Hell yes.

College is just a mixture of poverty, starvation, intoxication, heartbreak, and failure. Enjoy! See my thread (http://forums.shoryuken.com/showthread.php?t=136791) for more info.

[axeman61]

God, this topic makes me feel stupid. I'm going on 20 and haven't even gotten all the basics out of the way at my community college before I go to the "main" one.

But I have heard from just about every "tips for college" site and book that protecting your shit is a must.

[MAGUS1234]

God, this topic makes me feel stupid. I'm going on 20 and haven't even gotten all the basics out of the way at my community college before I go to the "main" one.

But I have heard from just about every "tips for college" site and book that protecting your shit is a must.
Dont trip man, happens to the best of us :)

[Eckostyle]

Thanks for all the advice. :)

And shame on the guy that decided to give me massive negative rep because of my main post. :(

[Million]

yeah, I never could understand people who go to community bath/shower areas with no flipflops. A college community bathroom area is really not far off from your typical bathroom in a random public school junior high....there's no telling what kind of "things" are on that floor. Actually, the only bathroom that's safe to go barefoot in life is usually your own at home.

And now the obvious voyeur advice about college: get a good video camera, and always have it ready. The new generation of college voyeurs out there has it much better than me with regards to technology of course. There are cams now that don't even require removable media....in fact, I currently have one. It has a built-in hdd, and you're always recording right to the drive....it's all digital, baby. (complete with usb cable and software for easy transport to a computer, and standard a/v cables....I also got an s-vid cable recently)..and it's quite small. I can't help but smile when I imagine the possibilities.....ohhhh what I could've gotten away with if I had this cam during my college days...

[Goose]

get a job asap

[Black Chanler]

Have some toilet paper on hand.

[vapulus]

get a job asap

Hilariously enough, that's the one thing I'd tell you not to do. I didn't have a job during school because it would have kicked my ass. My workload was enough to make me feel like I was always about to die. I can't imagine what working would have added to the mix. I didn't need money that badly. I did a little web code freelance here or there, but mostly around the holidays. If you live in the dorms, make use of the meal card or whatever, and just don't waste cash. Ordering in food is going to kill you financially. So is buying that new xbox360 game you'll play for a week. Pinching pennies will keep your stress level down, as lame as it sounds.

[RockBogart]

Get a hustle. Freshman year I had an ID saying I was 24 yr old man from Vermont named Oshley Popperelo. Would make money by buying beer for peeps at the store.

[tajiri]

two things you absolutely must have:

1. flip-flops for the shower.

2. condoms.

nuff said.

:/

[ProfessorS]

girls like buff guys (no homo)




Troof. Actually, I just started grad school and it seems the opposite now.

I spent my summer getting in hella good shape, but who are the girls in my grad classes fawning over? This scrawny, dorky guy. I don't get it.

Anyways, the dorms aren't bad at all really. You just have to get used to not having your own bathroom and you won't get much peace and quiet, especially if your roommate is around a lot, but then again you'll rarely be bored either. Having 30+ people to hang out with as soon as you walk out the door is a luxury that you may never have again.

If you like dorm life, I highly suggest becoming an RA, but only if they offer you free room and board for doing it. Being an RA is pretty much however much work you want to put into it(this varies by dorm and school of course). But it's a great deal, looks good on resumes and girls will dig you because you're in a position of authority(this will cause a lot of people to dislike you however...) and is pretty fun if you have a good staff.

[Akelexre]

I spent my summer getting in hella good shape, but who are the girls in my grad classes fawning over? This scrawny, dorky guy. I don't get it.


You're dealing with grad school students: they've already sowed their wild oats and done all that stupid undergrad shit. They're thinking MARRIAGE now, or at least serious relationship that could lead to marriage. As a rule of thumb, most women don't date DOWN, so a woman's options get limited when they start hitting upper education and getting their various Masters and PhDs--the gender imbalance facing college only gets worse at the higher education level. One program I was looking at had a female/male grad student ratio of 70/30. Those women are looking for cats who can hang with them intellectually and professionally (er, read: financially), and they're more likely to get that from the well-read dork then from the muscle-bound jock.

[ProfessorS]

You're dealing with grad school students: they've already sowed their wild oats and done all that stupid undergrad shit. They're thinking MARRIAGE now, or at least serious relationship that could lead to marriage. As a rule of thumb, most women don't date DOWN, so a woman's options get limited when they start hitting upper education and getting their various Masters and PhDs--the gender imbalance facing college only gets worse at the higher education level. One program I was looking at had a female/male grad student ratio of 70/30. Those women are looking for cats who can hang with them intellectually and professionally (er, read: financially), and they're more likely to get that from the well-read dork then from the muscle-bound jock.

Well, the sad thing is, I can compete with most of these guys on an intellectual level too. I just don't look the part. Guess I need to start hitting up undergrads.

[RockBogart]

Well, the sad thing is, I can compete with most of these guys on an intellectual level too. I just don't look the part. Guess I need to start hitting up undergrads.

New pussy is good pussy. Especially when you can snag a freshman or sophomore by buying a six pack. Shit, who needs alcohol when you got roofies......word.:looney:

[catchafire]

Keep yourself clean.

Expect to be surrounded by filth.
Expect to go hungry for days on end.
Keep a very good relationship with your family; care packages are awesome.

[Shion]

Top-Tier thread, I'm moving out to Uni soon.

I would NEVER have thought of taking flip-flops to shower with, cheers for the heads up.

[RockBogart]

I never ran into hunger issues because I had a meal plan

[thurst]

abuse the fuck out of your meal plan. by that i mean, don't eat until you're full and not hungry anymore...eat until you can barely lumber out of the fucking dining hall. you'll save money on takeout and shit that way, also dining hall food may not be tastiest stuff in the world it's usually pretty varied and nutritious.

less money spent on food = more money spent on alcohol

[ProfessorS]

I never ran into hunger issues because I had a meal plan

Some people go through that shit QUICK though. Make friends with a lot of girls, because they never use all their meal points because for some reason, their parents buy them the most expensive meal plan.

[Yansoma]

Is it a smart idea to live off student loans if you go to a university out of your home state? My brother was a waiter at TGI Fridays in college and he said he nearly crashed his 05' Monte Carlo SS about 6 times from exhaustion. I don't think my parents realize that most university students parents don't expect them to work even part time jobs because of scholarships, etc. I tried to explain the fact that stress, etc is just going to downgrade my work effort which will pay off in the future much more than having a job throughout college.

[Dragon Punch]

Having a small bar put together is a great way to meet people at the start of the year. You don't realy need much: vodka, rum, gin, rye, and tequila should be fine, but make sure you have some softer stuff for the hopefully regular female visitors.

Other than that, just make sure you go out and meet as many people as you can during the first few weeks. The first month or so is when you make the most friends, and after that people generally settle into their respective circles. The more people you know, the more options you'll have when you want to go out and party.