Renegade: Moving! - Page 2

NullAshton · #1 September 2nd, 2005, 12:22 PM

Seems like a lot of those tips could be avoided if you don't drink beer or booze.

Atrocities · #2 September 2nd, 2005, 10:13 PM

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NullAshton said:
Seems like a lot of those tips could be avoided if you don't drink beer or booze.

And live in your dorm room like its some cave to hide away your life in in order to avoid the rest of the world. Only venturing out for classes and the occational trip home to do laundry.

The best advise to any one is to make as many GOOD friends as you can while away at college. The kind of friendships that last a life time. You never know when one of them can help you get a great job, introduce you to the right people, or be their when you need them. Going to college is the first step in building a career so don't muck it up by hiding away in your dorm room. Just know your limits, keep your focus on learning, but enjoy yourself.

narf poit chez BOOM · #3 September 2nd, 2005, 11:23 PM

If you don't drink alcohol, it's best to find friends who won't shove drinks in your face.

Atrocities · #4 September 2nd, 2005, 11:39 PM

Its ok to have friends who drink but know limits. Those who live to drink have no limits and often are not good friends.

Renegade 13 · #5 September 3rd, 2005, 01:32 PM

Well getting to know my prof's and classmates won't be too hard, since I'm going to a relatively small university (the University of Northern British Columbia - UNBC).

The largest problem about socializing at university that I've found so far is that the socializing is usually focussed around drinking. At least, it has been so far. That sucks the big one, because that's part of the reason why I'm waking up with a hangover. Good thing it's still orientation!

Now I only need to spend another $800 on books, and I'll be set

Alneyan · #6 September 3rd, 2005, 02:10 PM

Just wondering, but what is small for you? I know I would call my university small, with 16,000 students downtown, and about as many in other buildings (most of the university isn't on a campus).

Socialising is even less developed here, since we don't really have that drinking part (smoking doesn't compare). It would just be much easier to make friends with the teachers than the students... but perhaps it's simply because students drop like flies.

Kamog · #7 September 3rd, 2005, 04:35 PM

Have fun at the university! Hopefully, you'll make some new friends who don't drink too much and have fun doing other things. I went to Simon Fraser University (SFU) and there was some drinking going on there too but I didn't hang out with those kind of people. I don't drink so they thought I wasn't cool. That was OK because there were plenty of other people who didn't drink. The thing I had trouble with was spending too much time playing addictive video games. We had 24-hour access to the computer lab so sometimes we stayed up all night playing games! Ah, the good old days. Good luck!