[Sh0eBoX]

man, classes start late for you guys. i'm moving in on the 22nd and classes start for me on the 27th

 

[AudioBully]

I remember when I started college - the only audio equipment I had was my laptop's integrated speakers...
But now these 4 years have passed so fast, and I'm graduating in a couple of months (Comp. Eng.), with a much better audio rig on the way as a graduation gift to myself.

 

[colonelkernel8]

My classes start on the 4th I believe. I just hope all the stuff I ordered gets here before I ship off. I dont want to call home and ask my folks to ship something to me.

 

[MD1032]

I'm going to be a sophomore this year at Virginia Tech. Send me a PM and we'll meet for lunch someday. Also, if you're trying out for the MV's (I'll be going down tomorrow actually for pre-band-camp meetings), I'll see you. I'm the big dude in the clarinet section.

I never had too many problems with homesickness or whatnot. Trust me, once you get there and get settled in, you'll have a blast, provided you keep up with your academics. But we'll talk more when I (hopefully) see you.

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Originally Posted by colonelkernel8 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Yeah boiiii, college freshman here. Computer engineering major.

You, my friend, will not last long. I think perhaps you're looking at a swift transition to a Business or Marketing major.

I have not personally had any success with bump keys so far in Best SFIC locks of my own, but then again I am rather new to the lock world. The doors at Tech all have locks of that type and the tolerances are pretty tight provided you live in a newer dorm (although the cores in some of the older buildings are pretty worn down). But anyway, keeping your door closed and locked is the first line of security and as long as you do that, you'll be fine. Almost all of the cases of robbery at my school last year were ones in which students left their doors open, especially in suite situations.

We should NOT, however, be discussing bump keys or anything else illegal here. This is grounds for banning on most lock-related forums and I'd hate to see Jude or anyone else get in trouble because they said a few too many words here.

 

[MuZI]

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Originally Posted by MD1032 /img/forum/go_quote.gif You, my friend, will not last long. I think perhaps you're looking at a swift transition to a Business or Marketing major.

lol, that's sooo brutal.

I'm starting to feel old now, I start my junior year in 2 weeks and the only thing I can say is in college you look forward to change.

I'm not an engineering major but I know it's hard. Good luck guys!

 

[colonelkernel8]

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Originally Posted by MD1032 /img/forum/go_quote.gif You, my friend, will not last long. I think perhaps you're looking at a swift transition to a Business or Marketing major.

Why is that?

 

[TheChemist]

12 days till I leave, I couldn't be more excited. Lewis and Clark College in Portland, OR.

 

[vagarach]

Wow, my uni is basically a medeco-only kinda place! When one of the orientation leaders mentioned their unpickable, unduplicable, nature, one of the students in my group just laughed, and now I know it wasn't jest. Still, it is the very nature of a simple key-based lock to ward off potential door openers rather than completely blocking access.

I remember also contemplating this home sickness thing before I went to uni in 2004, and I clearly remember my dad saying goodbye and then going out the door of my dorm, and only then I realised that I really was on my own for the next year. It was a very weird/scary feeling, but I drank some water and it went away. Wow this is bringing back memories

. It was great though, the first week was all orientation, 7am-12am for five days. You're so busy doing all sorts of socialising activities, etc that feeling homesick is hard.

I've got 3 terms left! First year especially was great fun, an experience like no other.

 

[juzmister]

If you're worried about theft just get contents insurance...I'm a freshman as well, had no troubles in my first semester...

 

[Konig]

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Originally Posted by juzmister /img/forum/go_quote.gif If you're worried about theft just get contents insurance...I'm a freshman as well, had no troubles in my first semester...

i havent locked my dorm room for 2 years and nothing was ever stolen

 

[Iron_Dreamer]

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Originally Posted by Azure /img/forum/go_quote.gif I'm leaving on the 19th and I'm also going into engineering. I'm really not worried about being homesick, though. These are my main concerns: 1. Difficulty of my major 2. Meetings friends/getting along well with my roommate (I found out who he is about a week ago, but he doesn't seem to want to say much for some reason) 3. Theft of my laptop of headphone rig I never really thought about feeling homesick, though I wouldn't be surprised if I started feeling it after a day or so.

Just to give you some reassurance:

1) You wouldn't have been accepted to one of the hardest and most competitive departments in the U.S. if those making the decision didn't think you were up to the task. Ultimately, it will come down to how much you like what you have to do, and your determination to do it. Don't doubt your ability, no matter how hard it might get. If you didn't have the ability, you wouldn't be there. You just need mental toughness to get through it.

2) This is not a problem at a large school like UCB, trust me. Coming from a podunk valley school like you, I never made any useful friends in high school. A real university is a completely different universe when it comes to meeting people, and people you want to be friends with for life. Just go out there and try new things, meet people, have fun, and it will all happen without even having to think about it. This is a major part of what makes college so great.

3) I wouldn't be too worried about your cans. I never met much of anyone in college who even knew that one could spend so much on headphones. If you're really concerned, keep your rig under a cover or in a drawer or cabinet, when not in use. As far as your laptop goes, just never let it out of your site. It doesn't matter if you're in the library and you just have to get up for a second to get a pen or something, keep a hold of that laptop. Laptops are probably the most commonly stolen item at colleges due to their size/price ratio, and how forgetful tired students can be. I would be much more worried about, and hence careful with your laptop than your headphone rig.

Also don't be too worried about being homesick, since you're not that far from home (what a 2-3 hour drive?). It could certainly be far worse in this regard. But if you've always lived in the valley, you'll just be bursting at the possibilities offered by college and the city. I think homesickness won't even be on the radar

 

[dima1109]

I'm going to UCSD, probably leaving around Sep 20th. Not sure yet.
Any head-fi'ers there?

 

[infinitesymphony]

This is the first fall semester that I won't be returning to college. Now that you guys are discussing the excitement of going to college, it's the first time I've actually felt weird about not going back.

 

[taylor]

I move in to Stevens on the 19th.

I'm not too worried about being able to handle myself on my own (the nature of my soon-to-be-former employment here meant that I was only home when my parents were at work and they were only home when I was at work), but saying goodbyes to some of my really close friends has been very difficult. I've pretty much accepted the fact that I'm going to be a big ol' mess of life between now and next Sunday, when I'm still hanging around my old places, but very lonely.

My roommate seems like a decent enough guy. Everything I've heard says that roughly half of the students at my school aren't social at all. I have friends like that here and I wouldn't mind one as a roommate. I figure that if he's a really outgoing guy like me, we can go out and meet people and do lots of stuff together, and if he's really quiet and shy, I'll still have someone who's always around for me to hang out with or talk to, and I can help him be less shy.

With all the people here who are going to be super far away, I feel a little spoiled that I'll be able to reach home (and all of my friends who live locally) in like an hour and a half, I'll be able to reach my aunt who I'm very close to in under an hour, I'll be able to visit the majority of my friends from high school in about forty minutes (At least half my HS friends ended up going to Rutgers New Brunswick), I'll be able to visit one of my closest high school friends in about ten minutes (he's at NYU), and I'll be able to visit my cousin with whom I am very close in about three minutes (because she lives four blocks away from my dorm, and goes to my school)

 

[dissembled]

A permanent cure for homesick blues? Community College.