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General Category => General Talk => Topic started by: King Tetiro on January 14, 2009, 06:45:18 am
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If things go well, I'll be going to university this year. So I need to get ready. Thing, I don't know what to get for university. So I have categorised the things I need your guys to do. 1 for the world and 1 for British only.
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Could you start listing what I'll need to live at University? *
What's it like?
What's the Games Development Course like?
What problems should I expect?
How do I use a Washing Machine? *
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Who stays at University 24/7?
What clothing brands are common?
What games consoles should I take?
Do you think I should get a TV+Lisence? *
I thank everyone who helps me out.
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wear abercrombie & fitch and hollister only.
it's the only way you will fit in.
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these are like the weirdest things to be worried about for the most part. can't you just ask your parents how to use a washing machine?
edit: Is it just me? I think this is a pretty bizarre topic. Why is "what video game consoles should I bring" under British only???
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What problems should I expect?
What's the Games Development Course like?
Who stays at University 24/7?
What clothing brands are common?
What games consoles should I take?
How do I use a Washing Machine?
you're screwed. hope this helps.
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why are you worried about this dumb shit man? I bet you had a rough time in highschool.
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-your school or another should have a checklist
-varies from school to school but if you're not horrible at transitions and making friends and picking a school that you won't hate it should be good
-why it is fantastic
-the normal ones?? health, social, academic, familial ones
-there are probably instructions on the machines. you put in the clothes, you put the detergent in the slot for detergent, and then you pick a cycle. before this you might need to put money in.
hope this helps :)
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Could you start listing what I'll need to live at University? *
a few fifths of cheap vodka
What's it like?
a bunch of sexually active young people in one place with little supervision
What's the Games Development Course like?
you'll grow out of it
What problems should I expect?
none if you're able to function in society without needing your parents to do everything for you like hold your dick while you pee.
How do I use a Washing Machine? *
hahahaha nevermind, i think you're going to have a ton of problems.
What clothing brands are common?
shave your head, combat boots, tight black jeans, suspenders over a ben sherman, you'll fit right in!
What games consoles should I take?
none
Do you think I should get a TV+Lisence? *
no, cuz someone else will and you can just go to their dorm and use theirs.
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Don't go in catered halls.
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these are like the weirdest things to be worried about for the most part. can't you just ask your parents how to use a washing machine?
edit: Is it just me? I think this is a pretty bizarre topic. Why is "what video game consoles should I bring" under British only???
only the brits know a real console...
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He doesn't want Americans taunting him with their earlier release dates.
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What clothing brands are common?
Clothing brands! You're an university student. You're supposed to be too poor to buy branded clothing.
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i ONLY wear abercrombie and fitch. it's not for the 'plebes' as i call them though, so spend wisely.
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Clothing brands! You're an university student. You're supposed to be too poor to buy branded clothing.
let me introduce you to a little store called goodwill.....
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Hey bro I didn't know how to use a washing machine without ruining my clothes before I went to uni. Ask your mum lmao
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I know these questions are weird but they're the last on my list and well you can't really ask parents about any of these (Except the washing machine). Here's why Im asking.
Could you start listing what I'll need to live at University? - Have to start buying stuff in the summer
What's it like - Basically what to expect
What's the Games Development Course like - It's the course Im taking
What problems should I expect - I need to know in advance to be readt
How do I use a Washing Machine? - I may only come home once a month. Meaning I'll need to know how to clean my own clothes. Dunno how yet.
Who stays at University 24/7 - I may only go home once a month.
What clothing brands are common - Have to start buying stuff in the summer so I'll need to save up.
What games consoles should I take - Want to know which ones are popular to uni students.
Do you think I should get a TV+Lisence? - Crucial. Could save me £100.
crumply - Catered's not an option.
shadow kirby - Getting £100 soon. Wonder where that'll go??
DietCoke - I don't drink.
esiann - Thanks for the thing about the washing machine.
mark - My mum would take control. She would make me come home every week. HELL NO!
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The very very best advice I could give you would be to do normal computer science not fucking game maker course if you want to get anywhere in the industry. All those courses basically have a shared first year at most universities though so you can think about that later
Don't buy a tv licence because even if none of your friends have a tv you can watch the one good thing a week on you can just use a tv anyway. If they think you're using an unlicenced tv they still can't bust in and catch you watching jeremy kyle red handed, they just come to the door and ask. You tell them you just sent the form off 2 days ago nwo go away cause you're trying to watch jeremy kyle *slam door*
"What clothing brands are common" this question too dumb to get an answer but EVERY KIND OF PEOPLES are going to university, you don't gotta wear nike air max to fit in heh, just wear the clothes you like
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The very very best advice I could give you would be to do normal computer science not fucking game maker course if you want to get anywhere in the industry. All those courses basically have a shared first year at most universities though so you can think about that later
Man this is EXCELLENT advice. If you want a job with a game making company they typically require you already have several years worth of experience, and a straight up CS job is a good way to get that experience. The game making industry isn't one you can just waltz into. Do straight up CS, if you can take a game making COURSE or two but don't do just game making. If you want to focus specifically on graphics or something try taking classes in those things, but don't push your whole university career into game design.
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If things go well, I'll be going to university this year. So I need to get ready. Thing, I don't know what to get for university. So I have categorised the things I need your guys to do. 1 for the world and 1 for British only.
* - Priority
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Could you start listing what I'll need to live at University? *
What's it like?
What's the Games Development Course like?
What problems should I expect?
How do I use a Washing Machine? *
-British-
Who stays at University 24/7?
What clothing brands are common?
What games consoles should I take?
Do you think I should get a TV+Lisence? *
I thank everyone who helps me out.
1. okay, first of all, you will need to learn how to buy food CHEAP. seriously, this is the fundamental thing. buying food cheap and eating well to avoid freshers flu and other diseases thrown at you. second, you will need pans, mugs plates, cutlery, bring shopping with you, ENTERTAINMENT (if you do not bring some form of cd player, computer or laptop you're pretty fucked), alcohol is a must if you wish to be well acquainted with whoever you live with, oven gloves, a dustpan and brush, mop and mop bucket, toilet brush, TOWELS, lots of socks and underwear, condoms (i am not saying HEY GET LOTS OF SEX but should it happen (and if it doesnt happen at university it probably never will) you should definitely have protection. i know it sounds really fucking trivial but seriously do it. things to make your room more homely are nice (photos, posters, that sort of thing), coathangers (really important), cleaning products and stuff like that. you probably won't need all of that when you start but make sure you pick it up over the first term, you will need all of this.
2. university is simply amazing. not only is everyone in the same position as you so everyone is super nice, but you get thrown into essentially the ADULT WORLD. you become completely independent and its great. you will meet amazing people, do some crazy shit, become properly educated, and have a fucking ball. i can't describe it, it really is something you have to experience.
3. i'm not sure on this one. i'm doing games design which i think is pretty similar and it's good. bear in mind that the first year is pretty pointless, and will be VERY SLOW (people come onto this course from a lot of different backgrounds so they have to get everyone up to the same level). but yeah, it depends where you go really.
4. expect to be poor. expect problems with your housing/flat, and expect to be woken up at 4am by a group of loud drunks who will probably decimate your halls.
5. put powder/tablets into the designated slot, set to 30/40, press start. simple.
6. i don't understand this question. if you mean support at uni it depends where you go. if you mean students then noone spends much time in university except for lectures, seminars and if they need to use the library.
7. depends what sort of look you go for. brands aren't popular, but certain looks are. a lot of students go for the h&m, primark, topman range, but charity shops are also excellent, and remember, cheap clothes are the in thing at uni.
8. take something you have multiplayer games for. those are the best consoles. we have a ps2 just for this.
9. hahahahahahahahaha no. your parents tv license will probably cover you (unless you reach a certain age) but noone cares about tv licensing really.
hope i helped.
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Could you start listing what I'll need to live at University?
just all those things you take for granted at home. with me i've kind of built up my supplies down here as i discovered i needed them like "wha...who's gonna wash these clothes? is it me? i think it is!!!". lots of money is nice. i dunno if you'll go out much so you might not spend money on that but buying everything for yourself is expensive as heck in contrast.
i think remember to come fully equipped with kitchen stuff is pretty important, or to have money to get those things down here cos you will need like cutlery, pots/pans, cheese grater, baking tray, glasses and cups, bottle opener.
nail clippers.
What's it like?
it's whatever you turn it into. it can be lonely and depressing or it can be exciting and fun. don't let yourself fall into a pit
How do I use a Washing Machine?
just stick some of that powder and some of that goo in there and watch that baby spin.
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i dunno what exactly you mean by this but - i live on campus, and if you mean the kinds of people well it's all sorts. there are shy types, loud types, weirdos and geeks and stylish people and ugly people and gorgeous people and i dunno - it's just a lot of young people from all over the place. if you mean you want some insider info then i think the other questions were about that?
What games consoles should I take?
don't take one. i didn't the first semester and i didn't miss it - i did this semester, but i'm already kind of regretting it. i guess you absolutely will through since you're doing games design so take down whatever you like best? it'd be okay to have some multiplayer games to spend hours being bored with buddies with.
Do you think I should get a TV+Lisence? *
nope. you can watch any good tv on the internet and you don't need the distraction/excuse for holing yourself up.
honestly it's not that big of a deal moving away to university. once you get there, you'll just do it. you don't really have a choice, and you'll probably want to do it all anyway. i don't really know if any How To: Bein' A Kick Ass Student exists, cos you'll just figure that stuff out on your own apart from some obvious things like supplies and money.
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One thing I'd recommend to anyone that is starting university that is living in dorms is try to decorate your room as if it was a regular room, not like a dorm room. My first year I bought bedding and shit that was meant for dorm rooms and I got tired of it really really fast. This year, when I decorated my room like it was a regular room (although smaller obviously) I've noticed I've enjoyed being in my room a lot more. It's just way more comfortable and you'll like it a lot more than if you buy things that are sort of "dorm-oriented".
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oh, make sure you go student dorms the first year, then go into student housing. it's a lot cheaper and better.
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Could you start listing what I'll need to live at University? *
Food
Soap
a towel (trust me I always forget to bring a towel when I started a new semester.
a heater (if you dont leave in a tropical paradise like me :fogetlaugh:)
pillow and a sheet for it
sheets
a refrigerator
a remainder of some sort so you do not forget to pay the bills like water and electricity
a job if your parents don't give you money
an apartment duh
What's it like?
like high school except your mommy wont be there to help you :fogetlaugh:
What's the Games Development Course like?
n/a
What problems should I expect?
how to cook food, how to clean your clothes, that you actually have to do everything yourself... etc.
How do I use a Washing Machine? *
*only apply for a paying washing machine* put your clothes in, then put the washing detergent, put the money in and voila...also dont mix color clothes with white's please
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Who stays at University 24/7?
n/a
What clothing brands are common?
n/a
What games consoles should I take?
xbox lol
Do you think I should get a TV+Lisence? *
n/a
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The very very best advice I could give you would be to do normal computer science not fucking game maker course if you want to get anywhere in the industry. All those courses basically have a shared first year at most universities though so you can think about that later
So true. Study in what you are good at. CS, drawing, music, whatever. The gaming industry cover a lot of jobs and trades. You won't become lead designer right off the uni. Do something you're good at and slowly work your way up. Try to make contact with teachers that can get you in the industry.
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this was supposed to be the last topic of CPC...
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DietCoke - I don't drink.
yet.
YOU DONT KNOW MUCH ABOUT COLLEGE DO YA
also bring fucking shower shoes because either you will have a public shower (horrible and gross) or a room shower which you are still sharing with someone and with EVERY PERSON WHO HAS LIVED THERE BEFORE YOU so also horrible and gross.
edit: oh i assumed you were going to live in the dorms. if you are getting your own place this is less of an issue i guess.
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100% get shower shoes, this is a MUST.
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Once you do become an alcoholic you might want to take time to consider where the RA's in your dorm can and can't search during inspection week so you have a place to stash your empty pints, bags of weed, and/or hypodermic needles and firearms (the closet, for instance).
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you had INSPECTION WEEKS? whoa. that sounds awful. we had those at w. village but those were apartments not dorms and they did one a semester and it was one day and it was just to check for fire hazards.
steve had every single fire hazard violation because of how messy he was it was hilarious.
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Yeah dude we couldn't have toasters, microwaves, kitchen knives or candles and you couldn't have real food unless it was in a mini-fridge. Also during my second year my dorm buddy moved out and the RA people told me I couldn't have any of my possessions on his half of the room unless I paid double the residence cost. So yeah, a couple of weeks out of that semester I actually had to move all of my shit to one side of the room!
They also could write you up if the individual RA inspecting your room deemed that it was TOO MESSY.
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we had university provided microwaves and while you couldn't have shit on the bed unless you bought it out, i never heard the SIDE restriction.
messiness is a thing across the board as it is a firehazard if you trip and fall.
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whoa that sounds crazy. we have 2-3 room inspections a semester but they basically walk briefly through your room and check that you do not have a six foot tall beeramid. once they actually had a deal where they would skip your room if you left out two cans of food.
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lol room inspections
my dorm setup is kinda weird, there is like a big common room with couches and then that opens into a little nexus that has 5 doors. 4 for the computer rooms which have another door inside leading to the beds and then one of the doors leads to a bathroom with 2 showers and 3 toilets and like 5 sinks. its pretty nice actually I just hate having three roommates. the RAs never make it all the way back to my actual room, they mostly just come in the couch/tv room
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DietCoke - I don't drink.
you're going to be so bored in college
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Could you start listing what I'll need to live at University? *
cheap booze, infinite pens, lots of noodles etc
What's it like?
best fun ever, if you pick a course you like and wind up with good people it ends up being more like chillin with friends and having fun than real work.
What's the Games Development Course like?
Full of nerds. Go for a general computing course as well, most of those seem to have a large part based on games design. But don't expect there to be many females. I know a bro whose doing one of them courses and it's a total sausage fest, the closest thing to wank material is a polak with long hair.
What problems should I expect?
lots of problems with timings, late nights and panicing when everything goes wrong the day before the deadline.
blahblahblah
some pointers...
-Don't do drugs outside yuor dorm or near campus, do it in town or whatever. My uni has a three strikes rule and I know some people that're already on their second so I could easily guess some have already been kicked out.
-Make friends with people from different courses. Conversations are less insular and also they can help you/you can help them.
-You're british? try making friends with a local plastic plod or two, for obvious reasons.
-Try to make friends with people doing different courses, you can help each other out, and it can make better conversation.
-Don't date anybody in your dorm, shouldn't be a prolem since you think games console is a priority, but it's pretty bad. When things go sour(and they will since most uni romances are based around shots of vodka in the su bar) it pisses everybody off, arguements accross the halls and whatnot, and other people living there will just get pissed off with you.
Basically you will start drinking and you'll likely do a bit of drugs, even if you say you don't now. And regardless you really should! Uni is an experience and if you're just gunna sit around and do nothing but post on animeforums when you're resting then you're wasting the opportunity. It's character building and your experiences define who you are.
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People in the UK need to pay in order to licence their TV? Weird. First time I've ever heard of this barbaric practice.
As to university life, I don't really have much to say as I don't live on campus and I'm not a socialite at all so pretty much all I do is go to school to classes, study, and write tests. My program is structured like high school so it's easy in that I don't need to plan ahead for choosing courses - I'm locked in to what I need to take until I graduate.
Good luck!
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People in the UK need to pay in order to licence their TV? Weird. First time I've ever heard of this barbaric practice.
How do you think they afford their high quality BBC programming?
Clothing brands! You're an university student. You're supposed to be too poor to buy branded clothing.
Don't listen to this. You should wear Polo and Lacoste exclusively.
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dude, why is everyone saying to go to dorms?? i'm not sure if you have the option to go for suites in the UK or whatever, but here we do and i can't possibly see why anyone would want the dorm instead.
basically the suite is like an on-campus apartment style res where you're roomed with 2-3 other people, you each get a room, a kitchen, a bathroom and everything. so you basically learn to cook/clean and you have ROOM and you actually feel like you're 19 and not 15. a dorm basically sucks because you're treated like a baby, are expected to participate in some really lame events (i guess this depends on the uni), have to eat CAFE food everyday (which is absolutely horrid here and everyone complains), and yeah. everyone always talks about how the dorms are needed for first year experience or whatever, but i find that to be completely bullshit because i live in a suite and i still visit the dorms often and can MAKE FRIENDS/HAVE SEX/LIVE DA LIFE and a lot of people complain about how shitty dorms are.
if you have the choice, i'd go for apartment style. but with what you described yourself as, i'm not sure that you'd be able to SURVIVE socially if you're asking WHAT BRANDS OF CLOTHING SHOULD I WEAR I WANT TO BE COOL, come on, you're coming out of high school!
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dorms are a lot cheaper than apartments especially for freshmen who might not be close to the area and thus unable to get apartments. also an apartment tends to isolate you from the community in college and while that's okay in your later years when you've got your own friends, for a freshman it can get pretty lonely and boring. you may have wandered into the dorms a few times but you might have also had friends in the university already or access to transportation most people do.
do you really not understand DORMS.
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I wish I'd have chosen dorms when I signed up as everybody there are generally having a blast, it's so gay being so far away from the action.
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Look. I won't be doing drugs or booze. Britain is alot different than America (America still sounds cooler).
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i guess it's different here then. we have "suite-style residences" right on campus which are right next to the dorms and that don't require transportation or whatever to get to campus. and it only costs $500 more than a dorm for the whole year, which is a really fucking good deal, seeing as how much money you can save by not buying a mealplan and just living off of smart food!
basically i have just as much fun but am living better. i guess US/UK campuses don't have these.
ps, if you want to have friends who aren't complete losers, yes you will. it's UNIVERSITY. although i do hear of a lot of LAN parties...maybe you will fit in afterall
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I'm in a uni in england, it's full of drugs and booze.
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yeah i give it two weeks
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also
GO TO CLASS
DO YOUR HOMEWORK
STUDY FOR TESTS.
no-brainers but they are important!
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as far as consoles are concerned, get a PS2 or a Gamecube.
It won't get nicked, there still fun, cheap CHEAP and games are CHEAP and so are controllers etc. An xbox360 is an obvious choice, but they do break and you have to send them off, which is HASSLE.
People will love you if you have a working Super Smash Brothers Melee and 4 controllers.
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hey people if you are so sure he's going to drink/do drugs and dont get me wrong i'm sure he is too but maybe egging him from a somewhat immature perspective of anti-drinking into potentially sheltering himself from drinking entirely regardless of who offers it to him is not the best idea. it won't take him long to realize never is a long time indeed but until then you aren't gaining fuckall by trying to tell him DRUGE IS FUN.
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you get thrown into essentially the ADULT WORLD.
lol yeah except no bills, minimal responsibilities, most of the time you're not working, and you don't even have to cook your own food.
it's just like being all grow'd up.
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My only advice is don't be a chaff.
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I'm in a uni in england, it's full of drugs and booze.
this is true
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im gonna take a guess and say our drinking culture is bigger than the u.s because we don't have to wait about a hundred years to get our hands on the stuff
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man, I wish i lived on campus rather than commuting almost 2 hours each way :(
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The last 10 posts didn't help much at all.
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how about this stop worrying about what other people think and buy some booze with that money right now because its going to be your only friend if you don't grow the fuck up and learn how to make your own decisions and take care of yourself goddamnit
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also: locking yourself in the room and playing video games is a VERY BAD IDEA. don't play video games at ALL the first two weeks you are there at least; try to not do it for at least a month. you should be spending ALL of the time you would be otherwise using playing games meeting people and generating new friends. the first month of classes is a joke so do your best to ignore the initial readings and socialize. remember, this is the most interesting time of your most interesting year in college!! do not miss out!!
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Im going to stop listening to the topic and I'll report it. It's becoming flame material. In the end, I can't drink or do drugs. Parents want the best for me and I understand. It may be different for you but for me, drugs and alcohol are a no go. Sorry.