What to do during the summer before your first year of college?

Let's see, in your two posts you've mentioned working out three times...so, with that in mind, go find a lady to put oils on your aching muscles.

That's what I would do to relax before school. :laugh:

SeanChing wrote: In other words, I have an active routine established, and I honestly am very comfortable with it - as is.
However, I'd really appreciate any suggestions on what I should be doing this summer before I go off to my first year at college.

ALL suggestions are more than welcome. It can be something general, specific, even strange or obscure.
Thanks for your advice, in advance!

My only advice to you would be: It doesn't really matter what you do, but do it fully. Live. Experience. Be fully immersed in the moment, every moment. Don't fixate on the future (or past) and miss the now. Also, a note on "routine", don't be afraid to "go with the flow" and deviate from routine. Some of life's greatest discoveries come from leaving your "comfort zone" and experiencing what you didn't plan for.

Above all, have fun!! :lol: Enjoy your experiences.

...And good luck with college.

If I were you I'd chill out/have fun. Unless you plan to work for the public sector, these are your last days of easy life.

I think that you should decide on what to do after uni, after all there won't be another chance to change the course of your life - you've got to be certain about it.

Get a job that is fun.

Or

Start your own business mowing lawns and then hire some youngin' to do it for you after you leave. You still pocket cash and can sell the business when you get back.

I think that you should decide on what to do after uni, after all there won't be another chance to change the course of your life - you've got to be certain about it.
-Kalkho



Everyday is a chance to change the course of your life.

ren wrote: If I were you I'd chill out/have fun. Unless you plan to work for the public sector, these are your last days of easy life.

Don't listen to Ren... These don't have to be the last easy days of life.

They are, though, the last days of limited responsibility. When you go off to college: everything's on you.

I think you should reconsider going to college. Everything they teach can be learned online for free now. You will have to go into massive debt to pay for it all. You won't get a job with a degree now or in the future. You have been heavily marketed to by the education industry to believe you need some piece of paper that will make you better than others. The grading system is all rigged so the rich kids get A's while you might be lucky enough to get a B for doing 10x the amount of work and being 10x as smart. Also they pack 120 students into an auditorium sized classroom so there's no possibility of individual instruction and no time for questions.

A much better alternative is to visit a hippie commune.

Well the value you get depends greatly on what degree you go in for... A man I often watch videos of wrote a book called 'Please Enroll Responsibly' because a lot of the time it is done for expectation and so they end up with debt and no way to pay it because they didn't get a financially beneficial qualification...

To say that having a degree is worthless is a bit silly... especially since on average graduates earn more over the course of their life than non-graduates...

And the quality of your time there depends a lot on what university you go to...

Do it if you feel it is right, that is the best advice I can give you!

Whyte Horse wrote: I think you should reconsider going to college. Everything they teach can be learned online for free now. You will have to go into massive debt to pay for it all. You won't get a job with a degree now or in the future. You have been heavily marketed to by the education industry to believe you need some piece of paper that will make you better than others. The grading system is all rigged so the rich kids get A's while you might be lucky enough to get a B for doing 10x the amount of work and being 10x as smart. Also they pack 120 students into an auditorium sized classroom so there's no possibility of individual instruction and no time for questions.

A much better alternative is to visit a hippie commune.

Not everyone has to go into debt. I have a large scholarship and I chose a school my parents could afford, so I don't have a single loan. I understand not everyone has parents that can pay for them to go to school, but even those who don't can choose cheaper schools and work to get scholarships so they don't need as many loans. Also, you do need a degree for most careers. A degree doesn't guarantee a job, but so many businesses only hire people with degrees now. So many people have degrees that they don't want people without degrees. People seem to think you need to go to business school to be a manager, go to college to be a hairdresser, etc. You shouldn't need a degree for those careers, but since employers also think you need degrees for those things, it is becoming a reality that a piece of paper will help you.

Also, I'm not sure what colleges you're talking about but I don't know anyone at a school where the rich kids automatically get good grades. Everyone pays to go to school and the professors don't get that money directly, so how rich you are doesn't affect your grade. At least not in my experience. Maybe it happens at schools that I don't have friends at.