Do you like College?

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My mom had photos of an old friend who went off to College and I started crying (You know my College issue by now WP and how I miss it so deeply) She said that friend emailed her saying she hated it and couldn't wait to come home. As you know I'm a grass always greener and would LOVE to be back in school (financially I can't afford it right now.) So it begs the question do you like College (we're Aspies so obviously we don't socialize much from what I've read some of you here focus on the textbooks which is great and that friend is NT BTW) Thanks WP!! !

Well as you mentioned there are two sides to college - the socializing and the studying. The latter I absolutely love (philosophy is my subject), the former isn't so great, but as long as I manage to get decent sleep etc. I don't let it get me down and so, to answer your question, I guess I do like college all things considered.

"college" is an american term in the way you seem to be using it. In other places colleges are sub areas in universities, or are what I think you'd call "community colleges".

So, I <3 university. I left it many times, but after a year or two away I kept going back. because there are rules, i can use them to interact with people. Student to student is not person to person. Student to prof... and now that I'm a prof., I can talk to lots of strange people... because the rules of interaction are so clear. I have more friends because of it, because i met them in the context of the formal rules of university... which allowed me enough distance to slowly (over years) be comfortable enough with them for them to be friends.

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I found freshers week one of the hardest weeks of my life. Been here 3 weeks and still only know the name of my 5 flatmates! Too scared to talk to people, even lecturers some times, disorganisation has led to me losing driving licence, then debit card, then student card (since been found) and I don't lean from it! veryone has groupsand I'm just alone in my room. Or out somewhere alone with my iPod playing.
All freshers events were parties and clubbing. Everyone else is aving agreat time but I don't see how from my present impression that my studying days are gonna be 'the best years of my life' sixth form was hard at first but i look back on it fondly cos I kew everyone.
Here in Oxford (love the city, fascinated by the architecture and the whole university college thing, love reading through prospectuses and particular fascination with entrance requirements, but Oxbridge espeically) I don't know anyone, or they live away from me. And the 3 people I know who came here were not talkable-to friends really anyway.

I like college, but sadly, the experience will only last another 2 months.

College/University is fine if you can live up to the responsibility that comes with it. For those who have an obsessive interest in an academic subject, that all comes naturally; they don't think about it, they just do it. For those of us who have the aptitude but not the overwhelming passion, it's a lot harder. Some people with AS manage to rise above it all and get their degree while others, like yours truly, do not.

Well I obviously like vacation better than school. And I find university more interesting than high school. But I don't like going to school in general and theres lots of jobs that I would much rather do than go to school (plus making all that money isn't bad either).

I started off loving it now I don't like it. Except for the psychology lessons, they are the best. We are learning about the baren-cohen study soon, I'm going to steal the show heh heh, my mum says if I don't get full marks on that subject she would be very surprised.

I'm a freshman in physics at Purdue. I love it!

I guess I "enjoyed" college. (I graduated this May.) Certain things were fun. I had an incredibly difficult time my freshman year. Adjusting to the drastic change from high school to college was terrible for me. I am a very routine-oriented Aspie, so going from rigidly structured high school to college was very earthshattering. I hated having breaks between classes and such. I had no problem adjusting to the college workload or to managing my life; I had trouble with the change. And roommates. I wasn't diagnosed with AS when I went to college, so I was told that all freshmen had to have a roommate. I had one for three months, and it was an absolute disaster. I ended up getting my own room November of my freshman year, and things quickly turned around.

I didn't fully adjust to the changes of college until the spring semester of my sophomore year. By that time, I began to favor college to high school. I actually worked harder in high school, because you had homework in all your classes that would be due the very next day. I loved how you would get an assignment in college that wouldn't be due until the next class time- two days later. Once I realized this, I liked that aspect of college, and I even grew to really enjoy breaks in between my classes or days when I'd be done really early, because that gave me more time to spend on my special interests.

My college experience was far from typical. I had a handful of good friends who I'd socialize with occasionally. I'd go to their room and talk about school and such, or we'd play video games or whatever. But I shied away from the social aspect as much as possible. I spent most of my Friday and Saturday nights in my room, on my laptop, which is when I'm happiest. I had lots of ups-and-downs at college, but overall, I'd say that I enjoyed it, only because my most recent memories are of the last two years of college, and my junior and senior year were twenty-thousand times better than my freshman and sophomore years. I don't know. I guess college was a mixed bag for me. It certainly wasn't what I expected it to be, but it could have been a lot worse.
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I haven't decided if I am going to pursue graduate studies yet.

I go to a community college and I live at home, so it is a little easier for me, I guess.
I like most of my classes, at least going to them and finding out new things about the a&p and the stories my history and english prof tell us. But the tests, too many people, and having both early and late classes I do not like.
So, my verdict is I really don't like college, but I go so that my mom will not be disappointed in me. And so I don't have to pay rent, all my gas, and insurance.
I have been almost to the point of meltdowns during the day lately. Have had one after I went to bed, though.
Why does our society think we should spend money to "learn" things that we may not even use in real life?

I personally like it, but that came with experience. My last semester's psychology professor and I are collaborating on a project to help those transitioning to college life. I am wondering if anyone would be interested in me showing what she and I are doing right now.