This might sound confusing but what I mean is, take me, I love my degree path, I love most my classes and I’m super interested in it(STEM major Geology) but god, the articles and academic papers are so bloody boring I can’t stand 2-3 pages. Like god get to the point. Theres so much extra that idk even what the point of it is. Who else has this feeling?

Im currently living in a dorm with another roommate. She has a boyfriend that they call almost every night while they’re laying in bed. I’m a very light sleeper and absolutely cannot fall asleep when she is on the phone. She continues to talk to him even while all the lights are off which indicates our “quiet sleep time” around 11:30 pm. In the beginning, I was okay with it because she didn’t talk when the lights are off but now she does. I’ve told her to be quiet multiple times, but it’s not really working.

Would it be reasonable to ask her to call her boyfriend outside the room during the night so I can sleep? I normally go to bed around 10 pm, but I don’t want to be entitled to the room because we both share the space and she is entitled to the room as much as I am.

Hi guys I was wondering what do you do in your free time at uni not talking about after classes I mean the free time between each class and class, I usually spend it studying in library but sometimes I'm just so tired of studying so I wanna have some new idea to take advantage of that time.

thank you

I don’t want to sound rude but fuck me if I have to read another student essay from a 20 something year old grown ass adult who starts a new paragraph every time they finish a (very broken) sentence I will tweak out. I can’t imagine how the actual professors feel having to grade these things on such a massive scale. It’s either too broken to read or too bland and robotic (ChatGPT is something you can 100% sniff out in a second or two) to take seriously.

Does anybody else feel this way or am I just acting like a superior Reddit nerd lmao

Which one is a better option and why?

The engineering major isnt really resonating with me, i only enjoy the phyiscs/mathematics/computational part. Lots of stuff that is "easier" ends up feeling hard because i just dont care, while my colleagues who are genuinely passionate about engineering dislike the physics/math part and enjoy the more applied subjects. I think i might have just picked wrong tbh. Jordan peterson once mentioned switching majors, and that the college student should think about wether they ACTUALLY want to change majors, or if they are doing it just because the course is hard. Well, a physics major will take more effort to conclude, it isnt as prestiged by society, and it will likely take me more time and qualification to achieve profitablity. But still, i want to switch, badly. Yes, calculus is hard, but in a good way. Its a challenge that i enjoy, it takes effort because its complex. The other subjects are hard not because they are complex, but because i dont value them, and do them lazily.

I’m going to start college in the fall, definitely in Massachusetts, although I haven’t decided on a school right now.

Although I’m a U.S citizen, I’ve lived outside the USA most of my life (with yearly visits), so I’ve always been so excited for college because it’d be a chance to return. Now, with international students having their visas revoked, tariffs, DEI being rolled back, college funding cuts and all the other things that have happened within these three months, I’m really nervous, because I feel it can only get worse from here: literally every time I read/watch the news, there’s a whole new thing to be worried about.

I was hoping any current college students could share their experience over these three months or any advise, because I’m really trying to be optimistic.

I am currently in my last year and I recently got my paper acceptance letter to a conference called ICECET ' 25 ( I still have to pay and register but the paper has been accepted ) and the mode of presentation is oral. Since this is my first conference I am really nervous regarding the questions they will ask after presenting. What if I don't know the answer to something they will ask? How do I academically say " I don't know " ?

Me and my best friend have thought about starting a fitness club on campus. To meet people who are also interested in lifting and to grow the community. Maybe have mock meets and track pr's, make t shirts and just have fun with it. Where would i need to start

I’m starting my last quarter of undergrad tomorrow and I feel really sad about it. I’ve been accepted a grad program (fingers crossed it doesn’t get destroyed by the current US administration) in indigenous environmental science, but I’m really sad to be leaving my current school. I’ve done so much here; made many amazing friends, revitalized the campus gardens and started growing lots of great food crops and PNW native plants, I’ve settled into my place and it’s become a second home. The community here truly took me in and cared for me with their hearts in a way I’ve never experienced anywhere else. I’ve already decided that I’ll be visiting at least annually for a conference that we have every spring, but I’m just really sad to be leaving here.

I know there are bigger things out there for me as an Indigenous scholar, I’m just expressing my feelings tonight. It’s my last first day of the quarter here, and then it’ll be time to move across the country to start up at my new school in Syracuse (which, I’m sure will come with a huge culture shock…I’m used to tiny schools). My question is to graduate students and people who are done with grad school; how have you navigated this kind of thing? To me, this feels even harder than it was to leave my original home the first time. Any encouragement about the future would be amazing to me today.

I attend my local community college and have been on and off since 2019. I finally know what I want to study and have a plan, but unfortunately I only have enough pell grants left for the associate's degree I'm going to pursue in the Fall. Phi Theta Kappa has been sending me emails for a while now, encouraging me to join and reap the benefits. I never gave it too much attention because I had no clue what my long term plans (if any) for school were. Now that I know, I do want to join them but I don't know if it'll be worth it to try and get the financial aid for my studies which will go up into a Master's program. So I'd like to know, what's it like being a member of PTK? Do they help out financially immensely or am I better off looking elsewhere? Thanks in advance!

I am under the impression that with a History Degree, someone could teach at a community college. I would like to know anyones experience teaching history at this level, "average" pay, etc! Pros and cons...

Personally, the only set back I can think of is not teaching my favorite topics -- I haven't always enjoyed learning about US History but there are some parts I can compromise with. I have been looking into pursuing a Masters for History (either in Russia, European, or Latin American studies specifically) BUT if I choose to become a community college teacher, would that limit me? Considering I did not "specialize" in a General US History, would that weaken my chances of getting a job at a community college to teach gen-ed History? I am mostly interested in research and would be happy to teach at a community college while working on my own independent projects.

Right now, I am almost done with my undergraduate degree in History and Spanish. I go to school in Tennessee and am looking to move to another state : )

Thank you! Any advice is appreciated

(this is regarding off-campus housing not dorms) I'm starting a program this fall (in the US) and I have no idea how to find someone to room with. I've been looking at several roommate-finding platforms/forums and like 99% of the profiles are bots. I've found some rooms for rent on rental sights but those listings don't have any info about the roommates you would be moving in with which seems like a bad idea to jump into. Are folks just rooming with people they already know? What do I do if I don't know anyone to room with?