2011-03-21, 05:03 AM
Ok so since I've basically raised my self my entire high school life, and I'll be the first in my family to go to college, I know nothing of what it is like. I come to you, SouthPerry, to answer my questions regarding going to college, university to be specific. A little info on my self, I'm going to the Univesity of Hawaiii @ Manoa and will be pursuing a major in Korean or Chinese and hope to get study abroad my last two years and then go into teaching ESL or something in that field. Not worth the huge amount of debt I'll be in, but I've got one life so I'll live it.
1 - How did college move in work for you? The process I assume I'm going to follow is to fly there a day before move in, try to buy all the college supplies that aren't huge on the mainland, then move in. My mother said she'll try to go with me, but money is an issue with that extra plane ticket.
2 - When it comes to laptops, what the pineapple do I need to be looking for? I will be getting a new one, and I want to make sure it can handle my koreagames, but what should I look into for school work?
3 - I've heard that first year will be just like high school, full of nothing but core classes. Does this mean I can't take a language? I know that my Uni has it's own list of requirements for graduation and moving up in rank but aside from that what have you had to do?
4 - Living with a room mate, what is it like? I am so blessed that my Uni has a service for LGBT students to help get them situated where as they aren't placed with homophobic/problematic room mates but I haven't lived with someone for the past three years. My father does come home, but we don't interact. I prefer to be alone, is it wrong that I want to try and get a single dorm room?
5 - Using the pineappleing bathroom, and taking a god damn shower. This is what I worry the most about, I'm like a teenage girl when it comes to my body. I'm so insecure. I assume I'll probably have to use a public shower, but how does one cope with that? I generally have stomach issues with anything I eat, and therefore find myself best friends with the toilet late at night, should I try and request a dorm with a private restroom?
6 - Having a job on campus, should I try for it? I'm going to need to get all the money I can take, be it from grants/scholarships/loans. A job would make things better, and give me some spending money however is it really worth it?
I can't really think of any more right now, and I know these questions are typical but I've got no one to turn to. I've only got a little more than three months to go until I'm done with High School. I'm so scared to go to college, to grow up, to be in so much debt. But at the same time, I'm ready to get away.
1 - How did college move in work for you? The process I assume I'm going to follow is to fly there a day before move in, try to buy all the college supplies that aren't huge on the mainland, then move in. My mother said she'll try to go with me, but money is an issue with that extra plane ticket.
2 - When it comes to laptops, what the pineapple do I need to be looking for? I will be getting a new one, and I want to make sure it can handle my koreagames, but what should I look into for school work?
3 - I've heard that first year will be just like high school, full of nothing but core classes. Does this mean I can't take a language? I know that my Uni has it's own list of requirements for graduation and moving up in rank but aside from that what have you had to do?
4 - Living with a room mate, what is it like? I am so blessed that my Uni has a service for LGBT students to help get them situated where as they aren't placed with homophobic/problematic room mates but I haven't lived with someone for the past three years. My father does come home, but we don't interact. I prefer to be alone, is it wrong that I want to try and get a single dorm room?
5 - Using the pineappleing bathroom, and taking a god damn shower. This is what I worry the most about, I'm like a teenage girl when it comes to my body. I'm so insecure. I assume I'll probably have to use a public shower, but how does one cope with that? I generally have stomach issues with anything I eat, and therefore find myself best friends with the toilet late at night, should I try and request a dorm with a private restroom?
6 - Having a job on campus, should I try for it? I'm going to need to get all the money I can take, be it from grants/scholarships/loans. A job would make things better, and give me some spending money however is it really worth it?
I can't really think of any more right now, and I know these questions are typical but I've got no one to turn to. I've only got a little more than three months to go until I'm done with High School. I'm so scared to go to college, to grow up, to be in so much debt. But at the same time, I'm ready to get away.