There’s a lot of crap we have to do before college starts. One thing I have to is take an online alcohol education class.
Let me state this now: an alcohol education class is totally reasonable for incoming freshman. A lot of students starting college, I’m sure, are overwhelmed at the freedom. So having a class that discusses safe alcohol use is important.
This class was absurd.
First of all, some of it was an unnecessary waste of my time. Alcohol education? No. Topics included sexual harassment and stalking.
It was intrusive. In order to make the class more personalized, there was a survey that asked very personal questions then generated advice for you. I doubt the website was programmed so that the advice given to me was completely appropriate for me specifically.
“You may or may not feel that you are in a position to change your drinking habits, but there are a lot of benefits to cutting back. There’s also a lot you can do to be more careful about how you drink.”
Some questions:
“14. When you drink, to what degree do you do the following:
Monitor your BAC (Blood Alcohol Concentration) to reduce drinking-related problems.”
“Do what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements:
“Acquaintance rape” is simply an unfortunate misunderstang between two people.”
The course was also included MANY really cheesy videos. The only purpose it served was for me to mock. It wasn’t beneficial or entertaining. It didn’t offer new information; it just reiterated the same information that was in text boxes on the screen.
And I only finished the first half. I have to finish the second half at some point.
So I might go karaoke-ing or laser tagging 2moz with a couple of girls that went to Marlborough and now are going to Columbia. Woot. I’m so pumped to do some pre-college bonding yo. I hope it works out…
-Ra
Ok, so I went to the Columbia Summer Advising Session for admitted students tonight…BIGGEST WASTE OF TIME. We proceeded to go through every requirement in The Core, IN FULL DETAIL. Why can’t these children go and do a little research?
I finally got some one on one time with an Advisory Dean which was nice (although she was cray cray…from Seattle, barely comes to L.A., one of those nutters that coops up all Californians into one group and thinks all we do is sip Mimosas, get tans/massages, and mosey on the beach…) ANYWHO. She was pretty helpful I guess. I really like how we don’t have to register for classes until after orientation and after you meet up with your advisor. They’re pretty nice to freshies.
They gave us the Iliad at the end of the session. Apparently we’re supposed to read it before we get there in September. Too bad I’VE ALREADY READ IT (didn’t take lit but did read it on my own time and in 8th grade at my old school) ALSO, I translated the Trojan PoV aka the Aeneid, from Latin into English and also read the entire Aeneid in english. I’m feeling a major skim session on this piece of ancient literature seeing as how I could now probably recount every major event from when Helen got jiggy with Paris for the first time to when the little pansy shot Achilles in his ticklish spot.
(I’m ticklish on my foot-especially the heel- too Pelides)
- Ra
Unless I want to be in like, baby math, I’m going to have to study to pass my Calculus placement exam. And of course, my calc AB is no help to me, since I’m in the engineering school and they only take calc BC credits.
Speaking of, AP scores come out next week. So the big question is, who remembers their AP number?
Okay. What the f***? I thought I had summer to chill and not have to worry.
Apparently my early registration for classes begins on the 29th of June, and oh yeah I have no idea what I’m doing. Also, I was probably assigned an advisor, via snail-mail. Good thing I’m not at my LA house and won’t be until mid-July. TOO MUCH STRESS FOR SUMMER…
How is it that we’re already choosing what we’re going to study in college? What happened to high school and nice deans who held our hands through everything?
The sun shines on us now, enjoy it while it lasts.
- jmow
my mom bought me my first dorm purchases. 12 no-slip hangers and twin extra-long sheets.
all the hangers are pink.
the sheets are pink.
i don’t know why.
[gels.]
holla chicos. hot damn, i’m diggin this. güd yob guys
I’m amped for this blog! So I might not exactly be in a new city, since I’m going to UCLA. But moving from the valley to the west side is big enough for me. Plus, there’s so much to this city that I have yet to explore.
But summer has just begun, and I can’t wait to spend it with you guys!
Love always,
Gels
PS: Love the theme, but we need comments ASAP!
Ten freshman in college leave and go to college in a new city. But here, they can keep tabs on one another’s adventures, and maybe let some of their high-schooler friends know what life after Harvard-Westlake is really like.