Quote :

"Your GPA is your key to your first job, don't let it drop below a 3.0... the Top companies hire 3.5+, the decent companies hire 3.0+ and you'll have to take a hack first job if your <<3.0"

To whom does this refer? I graduated with a 2.low and have a kick ass job. In fact, I did not have a single interview during which the interviewer asked for my GPA.

I guess it depends on the field though ... I certainly couldn't become a teacher ...



[Edited on September 14, 2007 at 12:44 AM. Reason : durr 2.low]

9/14/2007 12:42:55 AM

Quote :

"Major : Entertainment Journalism"

9/14/2007 12:53:05 AM

Your point? Or is it pretty straight-forward? In journalism it's not based on how you take a test, it only matters how well you perform in the field ...

9/14/2007 12:59:45 AM

^ I agree some fields it really doesn't matter. I was speaking for engineering mostly, although I'm sure that it would be difficult to land a comm/PR job/Business with a crappy GPA also... it just shows that you didn't care enough, or didn't manage your time well enough to do good(well?) in school.

a Case of Bud/bud light costs $16.50 give your person a $20 and let them keep the change. A Case of Busch light costs ~13... give your person $15 and let them keep the change. PBR/Keystone light/Schlitze are all <$6 12packs... if you have a regular buyer, this is a good cheap approach... I was loyal to bud light my freshmen year only b/c I thought it was as cheap as any other crappy beer... crappy beers do taste slightly different but as a broke college student the cheaper you can get drunk the better...

2 40's will set you right for $3.50... 3 40's will flip your world.

jack daniels and jim beam are both expensive(~$20 1/5th(but awesome) if your not drinking liquor in general straight, it's ok to go with cheaper stuff... Kentucky Gentlemen 1/5's are like $6 and mix just as well as nicer stuff... Burnetts flavored vodka's are only $6.50 a 1/5th vs $12 for absolute...

Gin and tonic's are awesome, just add a splash of sprite...

Learn how much your allotted for each meal on your meal plan and tailor your meals accordingly... pick up an extra cookie/chips/apple if you have a little bit left over and take it home for a snack later instead of a trip to the C-store.

The dinning halls have a TERRIFIC sandwich spread... you can make a roast beef sandwich that is 4" thick and would cost you $5 in deli meat for the simple price of admission...

9/14/2007 9:03:56 AM

busch light all the way till you get a job and some cash flow, then switch to bud light or miller lite.

9/14/2007 9:12:39 AM

hahaha, if that's your idea of "stepping up"... then good for you

when you get a job you can afford 6packs of real beer for "sipping/dinner" beer... a concept that you will learn when you finally realize that beer can be a tasty treat as opposed to a means to get you wasted...

my g/f likes coors light, so I have that on hand when she's around and wants to drink on beer (most of the time she goes for gin gimlets)... but I would have sierra navada or some local brew on hand... my favorite beer period is Chimay blue... but that's only a special treat for myself since it's $10/bottle

9/14/2007 9:58:12 AM

Quote :

"Do not call your self an Engineer or wear an engineering shirt."

yeah do not wear an engineering shirt unless your goal is to be a 40 yr old virgin

Quote :

"Don't wear the lanyard."

those lanyards SCREAM Freshman!!!

Quote :

"Use and abuse hillsborough street. Eat there! Do business there! For fuck's sake it's your street, and if you don't use it it'll stay crappy."

good call the places to eat on campus are shitty, overpriced, and way too crowded.

Hillsbourgh street is way underrated.

Quote :

"$12 for absolute"

Try almost $20 for 1/5 for absolute.

Quote :

"busch light all the way till you get a job and some cash flow, then switch to bud light or miller lite."

you obviously have a shitty taste in beer.
I consider bud lite/miller lite "cheap" beer. I only buy busch light or worse if i
know i am going to have a bunch of girls/freshman asking for beer all night or if i am
short on cash.

if you are working a real job 40 hrs a week Sam Adams, Killians, Boddingtons, Red Hook,
Pacifico, Sierra Nevada, Bass, etc is where it is at.

^what he said...

I have a friend and every time we go to Flying Saucer for Pint Night on Mondays the ONLY
thing he gets is Bud Light. that shit drives me crazy

[Edited on September 14, 2007 at 11:11 AM. Reason : l]

9/14/2007 11:09:50 AM

DO THE MUNSTER ON SUM HOES

9/14/2007 11:11:39 AM

Quote :

"don't wear a bookbag full of beer to a party. you look like a complete asshat. "

laughed when i read this, because some guys did it a couple weeks ago. and they did look rather douchebagish.

9/14/2007 11:24:59 AM

-If you don't live in UT, don't go there. All the campus dorm kids hate it.
-Watch out for Ace Towing, they are criminals.
-Don't drink and drive.
-Go to the gym a lot.
-Try and not to stay up and booze more than two nights in a row.
-Schedule late classes.
-Go to professor's office hours once in a while. You don't have to talk about class, just shoot the shit. It will help your grade more than you expect.
-Don't waste your time hanging out with ugly girls. They come in groups and no they don't have hot friends.
-Don't have relationships with freshmen girls.
-If you have a fake be smart about it. If it gets taken, don't argue. Turn and walk away quickly.
-Don't go to Panama City for spring break.
-Stay out of people's business, and don't talk shit. Be reliable to your friends.
-Don't ditch your boys to hang out with your girlfriend.
-Don't waste money on taking girls out to eat for a year or two.
-If you get busted for something, don't admit anything. Act stupid.
-Participate in class discussions, you can have shitty test grades but you'll still do fine.
-Learn the difference between your and you're, its it's.
-Don't put a bunch of shit on your facebook page.
-Keep up your personal hygeine you dirty fuck.
-Sleep with every hot girl you get the chance to.
-Don't call her back for two days.
-Sit next to the best looking girl first day of class. I've had 3 or 4 gfs because of it.
-Do pranks on your roomate, suitmate and the kids down the hall.
-Busch lite is the shit, stay away from copper top.
-Don't hang out with stoner kids too much.
-Be single on Christmas, Valentine's etc. Don't buy that shit.
-Don't get sucked in with maladjusted Campus Crusade kids. The girls might be hot but they all want husbands.
-Go do some kind of prank on UNC's campus.
-Hang out with Meredith and Peace girls but keep them on the back burner.
-Don't ride the bus, losers ride the bus. Walk fatty you live on campus.
-Go to summer school at UNCW. Don't go home it sucks now.

Wow that was a long but easy list to make.

9/14/2007 12:03:35 PM

Quote :

"-If you don't live in UT, don't go there. All the campus dorm kids hate it."

what are you talking about. I loved visiting UT my freshman year eventhough I did not live there.

Although i have heard they have gotten A LOT stricter as far as cracking down on alcohol and partying

Quote :

"-Don't waste your time hanging out with ugly girls. They come in groups and no they don't have hot friends. -Don't have relationships with freshmen girls. -Don't ditch your boys to hang out with your girlfriend. -Don't ride the bus, losers ride the bus. Walk fatty you live on campus. -Go to summer school at UNCW. Don't go home it sucks now. "

good ones

9/14/2007 12:09:29 PM

All of my buddies that would visit me when I lived there would complain.

"man these snobby UT girls daddy's money blah blah blah"

I didn't agree because they were all sluts, but that's just my experience.

9/14/2007 12:11:19 PM

MattJM321 has pretty much completed this thread

9/14/2007 12:18:11 PM

-Always do your homework, well and on time. If you do, you probably know what's going on in class, can't fall behind, and even 10-20% of your grade is a big part.
-Get enough sleep and take care of your other needs. You can’t pay attention in class if you’re tired. You can’t work to your potential if you’re hungry. You can’t concentrate on a test if you have to use the bathroom.
-Take responsibility for yourself. Nobody's going to make you do anything.
-Stay on schedule. You'll fuck up much less when you do stuff when you're supposed to.
-Understand the material. Don't just memorize the content, learn the concepts. Otherwise, you haven't learned anything and you won't do well on tests.
-Know your purpose. You’re not going to do much in school if you don’t know why you’re in school.
-Get the skills for what you plan to do next. Get good grades if you want grad school. Get work experience if you want a job.
-Be smart with money and other obligations. Don't sign up for bad credit cards and don't make promises you can't keep.

Oh, and if you need to take a shit, eat at Fountain.

9/14/2007 12:30:07 PM

Quote :

"my favorite beer period is Chimay blue"

high five, I tried this for the first time Saturday night and loved it, and I have the Chimay Brewery wiki page open now.

9/14/2007 12:50:46 PM

Quote :

"Oh, and if you need to take a shit, eat at Fountain."

Taco Bell works too

9/14/2007 12:58:31 PM

watch out for all the drug buyers
cuz they ain’t really drug buyers
they really informants wearing wires

9/14/2007 1:15:03 PM

Snitches end up in ditches

9/14/2007 1:21:16 PM

Don't go to parties with metal detectors.

9/14/2007 1:56:11 PM

when shit goes down on campus/raleigh, go to the scene, take pictures, get on TWW and post. then get off tww

9/14/2007 1:57:37 PM

bttt

9/14/2007 4:55:21 PM

Quote :

"high five, I tried this for the first time Saturday night and loved it, and I have the Chimay Brewery wiki page open now."

the white is worth mentioning if you can't find the blue... the red isn't worth being labeled "Chimay"
they sell all of them at Total Wine... the red is almost watery and I was REALLY disappointed by it

9/15/2007 9:04:50 AM

keep it real.

9/15/2007 10:42:51 AM

just keep your GPA at 3.00, also, do a CO-OP or something to get experience in your field, you will get a leg up on other students when you graduate...it could lead to a perm position with that company. Working at Starbucks or as a Hooters girl does not look good on your resume. Get some sort of experience in the field you are majoring in, something, anything, intern, something.

[Edited on September 15, 2007 at 10:45 AM. Reason : COOP your junior year]

[Edited on September 15, 2007 at 10:46 AM. Reason : or summer sophmore year]

9/15/2007 10:45:09 AM

Try your best to stay at State, or whatever school you're attending. I've never spent more than three semesters at a school and I've forged virtually no meaningful relationships with anyone who could potentially benefit me. I also took Fall '05 off due to Hurricane Katrina, and spent that following year working full-time. I'll be returning to U of New Orleans in the spring, and I've got a little less than two years left to go... I'll probably have to stretch that just to form the kinds of relationships I should have gotten the chance to years ago. I'll be 26 when I get my bachelor's.

9/15/2007 2:46:43 PM

ah that reminds me of another point... (for engineers, especially electrical/computer)

Unless your really lucky and have a stellar GPA your not going to land a relevant internship until after your junior year... so don't freak out if your back to working at the restaurant your sophomore summer... you really don't know enough until you finish or Jr year to be worth anything to anybody as an electrical engineer... Other departments this will vary DRASTICALLY...

Co-ops are a LOT easier to come by than summer interns b/c it's much more worth hiring somebody that you will get your money out of eventually... If your not really understanding what's going on in your classes I HIGHLY recommend co-op... It changed my life (corny but true...), if you know your going to get a masters, you understand everything and are doing well... I don't know if I would recommend co-op b/c it will slow you down...

Summer classes are typically easier than their full semester counterparts. They are more work, but typically they won't have the same number of papers/projects as the full version. I.e. ECE/MAE 435 (control theory) taken in the summer doesn't have the huge project that it does during regular sessions. I really liked summer classes b/c I didn't have time to forget the information before the test came around...

So:

freshmen summer go home and work 70hrs/week

sophomore summer, work a little, take summer classes(1 each session is pretty easy to do and work a lot)

Jr+ co-op/intern

Somebody mentioned Take summer classes at UNCW... Take classes at Cape Fear Community College in Wilmington instead. I took Intro to ethics and Ancient world history and they both transferred, and they were RIDICULOUSLY easy, they TOTALLY spoon feed you there and since they were just an elective and the grade doesn't transfer anyways it mattered even less... And live ON Wrightsville beach otherwise you will never make it to the beach. It's totally possible to sublet for <$400/month from a UNCW student.

[Edited on September 15, 2007 at 3:01 PM. Reason : CFCC >>(easier) UNCW]

9/15/2007 2:56:37 PM

blah

9/15/2007 3:08:25 PM

Quote :

"GPA your not going to land a relevant internship until after your junior year."

that is not true. I got a CoOp w/ Sony Ericsson my sophmore year.

I do agree about the Summer school thing though

9/15/2007 10:34:16 PM

didn't read this thread...

wear a condom younguns...

9/15/2007 10:38:05 PM

when standing on the bleachers, stand on the one you sit on.

[Edited on September 15, 2007 at 10:54 PM. Reason : maybe i sat in a weird section last year then]

9/15/2007 10:50:28 PM

i dont agree with that

9/15/2007 10:52:33 PM

yeah thats bullshit


you stand forward, sit backwards

9/15/2007 10:53:01 PM

whats easier

stepping forward and ascend 3 inches
stepping up and back like a foot


also, the front row of people dont stand on their seats, and the back row definitely isnt going to step back to their seat

9/15/2007 10:54:41 PM

dont make an ass of urself

9/15/2007 10:55:26 PM

Quote :

"Your GPA is your key to your first job, don't let it drop below a 3.0... the Top companies hire 3.5+, the decent companies hire 3.0+ and you'll have to take a hack first job if your <<3.0"

I graduated in ME and I can say that this is definitely not set in stone. Now, dont get me wrong, try as hard as you can to stay above 3.0 but in my experience, as long as you stay 3.0 or above its really internship and co-op EXPERIENCE that wins you a job, as well as a good interview, not a BS GPA.

9/15/2007 10:56:27 PM

the gpa might help your salary, and break any ties however with other candidates

9/15/2007 10:57:29 PM

of course but my GPA was pretty crappy and i ended up with an awesome job making a good bit above 1st year average for MEs mainly because of my internships.

[Edited on September 15, 2007 at 11:36 PM. Reason : ]

9/15/2007 11:35:26 PM

wrap it up, G.

for serious.

9/15/2007 11:37:41 PM

when parking at apartment complexes without a pass, always find a vistitors spot. I was towed the first night I was in raleigh and I thought that my hillbilly ass thought that someone had stolen my jeep!

9/16/2007 2:57:47 AM

Do not leave anything out of eyesight in the library. Stuff magically disappears there all the time. If you go to the restroom pack your stuff and take it with you.

9/19/2007 11:51:41 AM

^And keep an eye on your shoe or else someone might splooge on it.

9/19/2007 12:24:01 PM

^ Agreed. Hiding under desks is serious business.

9/19/2007 12:26:10 PM

where did this 'beat off on shoe' thing come from?

9/19/2007 12:26:29 PM

The police blotter. It was three years ago maybe? Someone hid under a table and did their thing on a girl's foot.

9/19/2007 12:27:32 PM

what the hell is wrong with people nowadays.

9/19/2007 12:28:10 PM

hahaha

hilarious

just, not for the girl

9/19/2007 12:30:38 PM

I'm sure someone has a screenshot of the blotter. Maybe it will appear.

Btw...Police Blotter: http://safety.ncsu.edu/newblotter.asp?NOTDTE=09/17/07

9/19/2007 12:35:09 PM

Quote :

"(Reports older than 60 days are available at the Public Safety Center. Call 515-3000 for more information.)"

9/19/2007 12:36:56 PM

The Raleigh Police non-emergency number is 919-831-6311. Put it in your cellphone contact list.

9/19/2007 4:25:33 PM

Matt, it seems some of your list was directed at me.....

social capital is one of the most important things in life, go ahead at try to get as much as possible

9/19/2007 7:39:48 PM