Do/did you love college?

[MrScorpio]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRVFfgoIKcg

[Tommy_Carcetti]

1. I "loved" college in retrospect, but probably only "liked" it while I was there.

I had my share of stress while there, but looking back it was the golden years.

I'm actually going back there this weekend to visit. Staying at a hotel right across from my dorm room.

[malta blue]

2. best years of my life...

I was a girl from NYC who went to college in Central Wisconsin - no safety issues per se, loads of freedom and tons of fun.

Oh, and I am the girl that most of my male friends' wives still let them hang out with because I didn't "ho around" :rofl:

[geardaddy]

4. Central WI

Where did you go?

[malta blue]

8. Ripon College 1988-1991

Had a great time.

mcctatas also went there - but she was a couple of years behind me.

[geardaddy]

9. I applied there

and was accepted, but went to Hobart College in Upstate NY instead.

[malta blue]

10. I also was accepted to Hobart but chose to go farther from home

:D

[geardaddy]

12. You mean William Smith?

Hobart is men. WS is women. :D

http://hws.edu/

That's why I chose Hobart - To go farther from home

[malta blue]

13. yes - WS

Funny how things happen....

[geardaddy]

14. Yep.

Small world. :D

[TheMightyFavog]

18. EDIT

Read further, then post. I keep forgetting that.

[Blue_Tires]

3. hated college, loved grad school

[lutefisk]

32. Me too.

I think a small liberal arts college might be like grad school in some ways, but I never attended one of those...

[geardaddy]

5. I loved college

I had a lot of fun. :smoke:

[Inchworm]

6. Loved it, miss it, didn't finish

and am near giving up on trying to return.

:hi:

[bif]

7. Loved going to school in the Cultural Center of Detroit in the 70s

There was so much going on. 3 or 4 film societies, dive bars, lots of live jazz. It was a cool scene.

[Heidi]

11. In some ways, yes.

It was my first time away from home. It was many of the "firsts" in my life -- in good ways and some not-so-good ways, I guess.

[Lucian]

15. They were the best years of my life.

[fizzgig]

16. i like it a lot more in retrospect

i went to school in my hometown and lived with my parents for most of the time, which i regret a bit now. what i loved was the academics and i wish i could afford to go back to school now.

[Wapsie B]

17. The first time around I loved the personal freedom for the first time in my life.

But it wasn't until I went back to finish that I began to appreciate the actual academics of it all. Youth is wasted on the young and all that.

[nomorenomore08]

19. Many aspects of it, sure. And overall it was a good experience.

Enough that, despite being less than two years graduated, I'm already nostalgic. :(

For the record, I went to the University of California at Santa Cruz, and while I wouldn't say that its reputation as hippie/stoner school is entirely undeserved (those beautiful redwood groves are quite conducive to drug experiences), I'm sure I would've gotten into most or all of the same stuff at another school.

[Dr. Strange]

20. Best 23 years of my life.

[Shell Beau]

21. I had a blast in college. I didn't care for the actual going to class

and studying part, but the rest was FUN!

[EastTennesseeDem]

22. I like it. Don't love it.

This school is too damn big.

[GreenPartyVoter]

23. Hated it. Had my worst mental breakdowns while there.

[KamaAina]

24. Not just yeah but HELL YEAH!!!

Both of 'em, actually, the University of New Haven (right where you'd expect to find it: West Haven, Conn. :P ), then that other school down the street, you know, the one that toughened its admissions standards for legacies after the embarrassment that was George W. Bush '68.

edit: I've often wondered why it is not possible simply to go back to college rather than specializing in only one subject as in grad school.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

25. Hated 1st 2 years at Illinois State. Liked 2nd 2 years at SIU. Grad at NIU was OK.

[surrealAmerican]

26. Loved it.

For the first time in my life I felt like I was part of a community of (mostly) like-minded people, some even with similar values.

[kwassa]

27. Didn't love college

had to do with the specifics of that college, took me years to realize what a poor fit I was for the culture there. A mixture of positive and negative experiences made it essentially a wash for me.

I grew up in a college town, which I liked much better.

[SeattleGirl]

28. Absolutely LOVED college!

I was 27 when I went, so a bit older than the majority of students, but it didn't matter. Made friends with people of all ages, met some of the smartest people I've ever known, and totally thrived while I was there.

[mitchum]

29. Loved it as an undergraduate...

being an English major was no work at all for me.
Absolutely hate the graduate education classes I am now taking. Mind numbing bullshit.

[DarkTirade]

30. First one, not so much.

This time around it is going a bit better. :)

[CreekDog]

31. I think I did

I certainly loved that time. What an interesting time of one's life. So many things are new.

[bigwillq]

33. Loved, loved, loved it.

I had so much fun, and I learnt some things too. :P ;) :)

[WinkyDink]

34. EVERY. SINGLE. MINUTE. 1967-71 in a dorm on PSU's Main Campus: Great football, gymnastics, and

concerts (Janis, Jefferson Airplane, Ravi Shankar, Chicago, etc., etc.,!)!
*Waves to Robyn, Ann, Jackie, Marcia, Gayle, Dr. Karen (and Earl), David, Howie, Jerry, Roger, all of East Halls, and Drs. Arnold, Weintraub, and Rosenberg!

[Rising Phoenix]

35. hell yeah!

However if I did it again, I would like to think I would take better advantage of all the great amenities

[mentalsolstice]

36. I loved the 2nd half.

I hated high school, so college was an improvement. I transferred after my soph. year to an upper level university (they only had Jrs., Srs. and grads). It was the best move of my life, as I was finally able to grow comfortable in my own skin.

OTOH, after 4 years of working after college, I went back to law school. I can't say it was a positive experience, it was like regressing back to jr. high. To balance it out I also worked on a masters that I had started previously, and that was good, as I was in classes with REAL adults, and I met my SO in one of those classes.

[Lilith Velkor]

37. It was OK.

[nickinSTL]

38. liked it...as much as I could at the time...

I had some issues I was dealing with.

However, I met some great people, and an amazing woman I still have very strong feelings for...although we went our separate ways after college and are now married to other people. Having met her made college great :D

[femmocrat]

39. I was overwhelmed by college.

I loved HS, but was totally unprepared for college. I had a rough first year.

[Fire1]

40. Those were the days!! Absolutely!!

[Nikia]

41. College was wonderful for me

I really wish that I was there again.

[AwakeAtLast]

42. I loved college

Real life sucks. x(

:D

[DeepBlueC]

43. I loved everything about college

The big step up in academic offerings, fascinating professors, beautiful campus, great friends, social latitude. Honestly the further I went in school the better I liked it.

[Skip Intro]

44. To me, college = free money and free time. I loved it. nt

[Neoma]

45. Haven't had good experiences there.

Don't get me wrong, I liked the learning stuff part. But the first semester I had, I got double pneumonia, a severe allergic reaction to an antibiotic, and I carried a 20 pound backpack every day for my classes. The second semester I didn't finish, my aunt was the dean, I lived with her, and she was my adviser. Conflict of interest. I also still wasn't in good health and a few disasters came around.

I want to go back to college, but it almost gives me panic attacks to think of going back.

[elleng]

46. 'Liked' it so much

that I persuaded Dean of Women to allow me to spend Jr. Year abroad. I was the FIRST at my school to do it. Had a GREAT year, of course, which did all the things for my perspective that one would imagine.

[applegrove]

47. Loved my 2nd and 3 year. My 1st year and last 1/2 term were a little quiet. But I like that too.