So I'm leaving for college in the morning.

Ask me anything.

Bought your books?

No to the second one.
:hi:

:D

from me...

about 20 minutes

everything is 20 minutes away in NJ...

except the shore

thats an hour!!!

:rofl:


GOOD LUCK!!!!


lost

Who else could we invite?

Who else could we invite?

-- Mr. Magoo, most famous fictional Rutgers almunus


I graduated from Rutgers (Livingston College) in 1975. My daughter went there for two years, 2002-2004, before the out-of-state tuition became too much for us.

Good luck to you! Make the most of your time there. Make sure you visit the Log Cabin at Cook College in spring when the trees are blooming. Check out Doll's Restaurant in New Brunswick. Rutgers is a many-faceted place, with something to offer everyone.

So did my dad. He wgs a Livingston student. I'm a Douglass student. What did you major in?

I was one of the first students at Livingston when it opened in September, 1969. There were 500 of us. Much of the campus was mud and construction debris. We didn't even have shower curtains or toilet seats in some of the dorms.

What year did your dad graduate?

I should have graduated in 1973, but went full time for two years, then part time for the next 4 years while working as a reporter at local weekly newspapers. I ended up as a journalist and worked for the Star-Ledger for 11 years before we moved to Maryland.

When I started at Rutgers, the English professors told me I'd be better off majoring in English and picking up journalism on the job. That was a good idea back then, especially since Rutgers had abolished its journalism department in 1968-69 and replaced it with an abomination called Human Communications.

Good luck to you at Douglass. It's a good school, with lots of traditions and a lovely campus. I wonder if the freshmen still have to wear "dink" beanies.

Have a great time!

And how good will you be at it?

Journalism and biology.

Study hard.

:patriot:

Does that mean you want to do reporting on scientific or environmental issues?

I'd like to be a foreign correspondant for a major newspaper, but if that doesn't work out maybe i can be a forest ranger or something.

Some of us hope so, even if we don't say so in all your threads.

:hi:

:blush:

:hi:

I appreciate your posts, your taste, your poetry.

Have a great time at Rutgers.

I think I'm going to go to sleep now, so I'll talk to you some other time.

I don't like things with bubbles in them. I'm weird like that.

:shrug:

:woohoo:

if you party too much you won't be able to party like you'd like the rest of your life! ;-)

Enjoy! I wish I was young again... (sigh).

I'd love to do college again. Best of luck to you.

That's why I think our "youth culture" isn't really youth culture at all, just a corporate pitch to sell crap to young people. I think a real youth culture would improve the lives of people regardless of their age. But i'm rambling. Stop me before I go on a tangent about new commons and flowers versus funnels.

:rofl:

:rofl:

I would. My little baby all grown up and going out into the world.

But she might have after she left.

watch out for o-chem.

time manage.
go to class.
don't take on too much work.
find a group to get involved with.
USED BOOKS.
Don't binge drink; seriously, it's stupid, if you get too drunk to remember anything, why bother?

Another I'd add is - look into Study Abroad opportunities NOW. They often have odd course requirements, and you don't want to check it out in your sophomore year and find out that you can't go because of some stupid freshman requirement you missed.

Definitely find a group (uh, I don't know, maybe DEMOCRATS/OBAMA SUPPORTERS?)

Be sure to take advantage of all the "extras" - good cheap theater, good cheap sports to participate in, good cheap culture

Enjoy!!!!

And I'm definitley joining Amnesty International. :)

The only thing I might do is the occasional joint. And only if I know the grower. Wouldn't want to support some violent cartel, after all. Don't worry, I won't in to class high.

take advantage of the dorm "ice breakers" even though they may seem lame

Best of luck to you!

Introduce yourself to your professors/instructors. Don't skip more than one class every two weeks if you can help it.

I met a bunch of nice people already. And it turns out... Not all preppies are evil! At least two of them are actually compassionate, progressive people! :wow:

hard habit to break

as an undergrad, sometimes 30% of your grade is just showing up

Best of luck to you!

Study hard, but HAVE FUN! (If you don't have a car, get one -- it makes things MUCH easier.)

My first three years of college sucked. I'm now approaching semi-normal...in my fourth year. :(

Hope you do better.