College Thread

[Anonymous No.20194216]

Where did you "study literature"

Did you get your degree?

[Anonymous No.20194222]

>>20194216
Yes /lit/, where did you learn to be a Marxist revolutionary?

[Anonymous No.20194243]

community college

[Anonymous No.20194262]

>>20194216
no degree yet

[Anonymous No.20194266]

>>20194222
tucker carlson went to my school

[Anonymous No.20194269]

university in the center of Germany
yes
And I dropped academia after that because reading for enjoyment is more fun than reading for academia.

[Anonymous No.20194277]

>>20194216
Junior here. It fucking sucks.

[Anonymous No.20194285]

>>20194277
is emory woke now or does the traditional southern element still dominate the campus culture

[Anonymous No.20194286]

>>20194277
it does, you need to get out and see atlanta more
t. eagle row anon

[Anonymous No.20194293]

>>20194285
you can find both if you look hard enough. but nothing is really dominant. i think the stem route is a nice balance.

[Anonymous No.20194297]

>>20194285
OP here. It's really woke. The newspapers are all about feminism and racial crap.
>>20194286
What should I see?

[Anonymous No.20194322]

>study literature

No thanks.

t. stemfag

[Anonymous No.20194347]

>>20194297
inman park, old fourth ward, even east atlanta has some cool spots
midtown, buckhead, little 5 points too. i got a gf at tech and go over to midtown a lot, it's not the be-all end-all, but it's a nice change of scenery. i'd pick up hobby too (not necessarily joining a club) if you have the time/energy/resources. i golf every weekend but i used to just take a bottle of wine and a cigar to lullwater and draw or watercolor a couple times a week.
t. deciding between IDS/NBB/3+2

[Anonymous No.20194349]

>>20194216
Did anyone else have a similar experience in college?
>Show up to a rhetoric/writing class.
>Professor wastes the whole class asking "interactive questions" and doesn't do anything.
>Assigns a writing task to complete.
>Pour your heart and soul into your paper.
>Turn it in.
>Receive the paper which has been given an F.
>There are no rhetorical or grammatical errors.
>Everything circled and struck out, all of the comments are about how the professor doesn't agree with your point of view or philosophy.
>Feel a sense of dread that the college system is about forcing you to conform to something.

[Anonymous No.20194387]

>>20194349
What did you write about?

[Anonymous No.20194388]

>>20194349
one time i took a creative writing class and the professor was named professor pope so i wrote a story about how he went home to a family of popes and he was the runt of the group because he taught liberal arts creative writing and he spent an entire class making everyone read it and tell me how retarded it was and how bad of an effort it was lol

[Anonymous No.20194391]

I would love to go back to school for English, or philosophy, or something along those lines but America is so shit and I don't wanna go into debt. Europe gets to have all the free learning while america is the bulldog of the world and spending everything on weapons.

[Anonymous No.20194392]

>>20194349
College: Yes.
University: Hell no.
Teachers are just the bottom of the barrel which barely got through uni.

[Anonymous No.20194398]

>>20194391
what would you gain by doing this anon

[Anonymous No.20194402]

>>20194222
I'm going to go to Evergreen in a bid to unironically learn to be a marxist revolutionary.

[Anonymous No.20194425]

>>20194402
go to reed or oberlin anon

[Anonymous No.20194427]

>>20194425
i went to reed, it was full of libs

[Anonymous No.20194433]

>>20194391
you can do all those things in your own free time.

[Anonymous No.20194442]

>>20194427
damn, who would have thought

[Anonymous No.20194443]

>>20194322
based STEMchads always winning

[Anonymous No.20194450]

>>20194387
I wrote about a political scandal which was receiving heavy attention at the time. In my late teens I started out as a contrarian who would just take the less popular opinion to improve my skills of argument and persuasion. This had a tendency to expose an inherent bias embedded within the fabric of our current educational system.

>>20194388
This is a good type of test too but will not lead to a surprising conclusion when you realize that your professor is biased in favor of themself.

>>20194402
How much capitalist student loan debt do you think you'll accrue before you're a fully functional Marxist? Do you not see any irony in this?

[Anonymous No.20194452]

>>20194442
i feel the need to clarify, liberals as opposed to leftists. reed wasn't leftist enough, at least it wasn't 7 years ago

[Anonymous No.20194456]

>>20194433
True but a regimented college experience does offer some benefits. And I get to socialize more, also the credential is still somewhat useful though I guess not nearly as much these days. I've applied like 4 times in the past couple years but never sign up for classes just because it's not worth it.

[Anonymous No.20194505]

>>20194443
i mean its cornell, not columbia lol

[Anonymous No.20194528]

>>20194216
I’m a nursing student at my local community college

[Anonymous No.20194532]

>>20194528
this is genuinely awesome anon. you are providing material help to other people, i wish i had that type of skill.

im proud of you man

[Anonymous No.20194559]

>>20194532
Thank you fren

[Anonymous No.20194588]

>>20194528
Honestly that's one of the best paths. The university system and studying liberal arts is all a joke. Here's my tier list of post high school education.

>S+
STEM, Business, Law
>S
Medicine, Nursing
>A
Sports (if you're /fit/ and want an easy ride)
>B
>C
>D
>E
Foreign Language
>F
Writing, Journalism, Arts, Psychology, anything not listed

[Anonymous No.20194599]

>>20194588
psychology is probably C tier. demand for that job will go up.
t. biotech patent lawfag

[Anonymous No.20194630]

>>20194599
I'll believe it when I see it. Psychology as a practice doesn't seem to exist anymore. It's been determined to instead have doctors cycle through a Rolodex of prescription medicine until their patients say they like one.

[Anonymous No.20194646]

>>20194630
i love that every psychologist i have ever had has told me i should pursue psychology and do it myself lol

that being said, i do ketamine assisted psychotherapy and while maybe the therapy aspect doesnt work, the ketamine shots drastically reduce suicidality

[Anonymous No.20194676]

>>20194646
I find myself appreciating Carl Jung and his methods. I also find that the cold and methodical practice of Psychology in the US is pretty lacking. It seems to be a futile exercise in figuring out which string of words best categorize an individual and then it just kind of stops.

I have never heard of ketamine assisted psychotherapy and it sounds fascinating. How does it work? A few huge treatments and they're over the hump? Or do you basically have to keep them in a drug induced haze their entire lives.

[Anonymous No.20194687]

>>20194222
Based, this thread is just propaganda for liberal brainwashing, "BRO YOU GOTTA GET LE EPIC DEGREE OR ELSE YOUR OPINION IS ALL WRONG... And also the professor's a marxist and will refuse to pass you unless you adhere to his ideology..."
They should just admit that they don't want to argue with anyone who isn't already in their lefty echochamber, at least that would be honest and less pretentious.

[Anonymous No.20194712]

>>20194388
LMAO chad teacher bullying his students.

[Anonymous No.20194713]

>>20194687
Well universities do openly admit this now. It's quite hilarious...college debate is no longer about arguing two sides of an issue. It is now about how far to the left people should lean on any given issue.

For example:
Debate topic - How do we fix white privilege?
Party A - Cancel/remove all white people
Party B - Cancel/remove some white people

[Anonymous No.20194739]

>>20194216
I read the library while “pursuing” a social science degree. I never went to class. I graduated with a 2.3.

[Anonymous No.20194840]

>>20194630
psychologists aren't physicians you mong. them and psychiatrists also are maybe the only professions that won't get replaced by computers

[Anonymous No.20195229]

>>20194388
Lol

[Anonymous No.20195238]

>>20194216
I didn't go to literature school
I went to literature

[Anonymous No.20195252]

>>20194349
Not really. I disagreed with my professor on just about every single issue and he still gave me high marks.

[Anonymous No.20195335]

>>20194687
Most professors are happy to chat with people from all over the political spectrum. It's more about your attitude than your beliefs. It's just rare that the type of person who insists all professors are biased Marxists is also interested in engaging with them on a deeper level and reaching some kind of collective understanding.

[Anonymous No.20195377]

>>20194349
I never failed a paper, but I went to a shitty school with low standards.

[Anonymous No.20195444]

>>20194277
surprised to see this
I'm a UGAfag but I want to escape, this place is filled with normalfags

[Anonymous No.20196652]

>>20194676
my therapist told me to try it for years but i have done drugs/psychadelics before so i didnt think it would help but eventually i got so close to suicide i just tried it

its really expensive but i came in and got three intramuscular shots of ketamine, one at each session, over like a week and a half. the first one was rough (nausea, tried to get up too quickly and got super dizzy) but after the second one i had adjusted and it wasnt as bad. a day or two after the third shot i had this moment of walking down the street and for the first time the constant thought of "you need to kill yourself this second" just wasnt there.

they give you lozenges to do the treatments at home and they help a little but those shots really do wonders. the experience itself is pretty funny too, its basically like the most sophisticated virtual reality simulation possible. your brain just goes apeshit while you are lying there with a blindfold on having visuals, but its not scary really, just a bit confusing at times. They do want you to come back for maintenance shots every so often, I think i have done like 4 in 2.5 years. I am still suicidal but it definitely helped immensely when i was at my lowest.

[Anonymous No.20196657]

>>20194687
not advocating going to college for such a frivolous thing, just wanted to see if/where people on here went to get indoctrinated lol. relax anon.

[Anonymous No.20196712]

law at university of michigan (philosophy undergrad and grad degree, though)

[Anonymous No.20196730]

>>20196712
praying for your debt anon, i bet you are very smart and nice though

[Anonymous No.20196734]

>>20196712
What’s up, brainlet

[Anonymous No.20196740]

I study economics but my interests are far more in the realm of political philosophy

[Anonymous No.20196748]

>>20196740
>LSE
What’s up, Chang. How’s your day going?

[Anonymous No.20196767]

>>20196730
I have almost a full ride and very minimal debt (plus umich pays your loans after graduation if you don’t go to a big firm, which I’m not)

>>20196734
projecting

[Anonymous No.20196778]

>>20196767
> I have almost a full ride and very minimal debt (plus umich pays your loans after graduation if you don’t go to a big firm, which I’m not
LMAOOOOOOOOOOOO
>projecting
LMAOOOOOOOOOOOO
Unsurprising coming from a Michigan law faggot.

[Anonymous No.20196780]

>>20196778
meds

[Anonymous No.20196789]

I study architecture at university of Arkansas but literature is heavily involved even though it is considered stem.

[Anonymous No.20196794]

>>20196767
thats awesome man, i bet you will do great things :)

[Anonymous No.20196795]

>>20194216
>Where did you "study literature"
I studied it myself on my own time. I didn't go to school for it, other than for electives.

[Anonymous No.20196796]

>>20196789
neat, I thought about becoming an architect in high school but changed my mind after shadowing one for a day lol

[Anonymous No.20196801]

>>20196780
Do they teach you dishonesty at UMich? Why do you lie on the internet? Seems your posts contravene the spirit of Rules 3.3, 4.1, and 8.4.

[Anonymous No.20196803]

>>20196794
thanks man I appreciate it

[Anonymous No.20196807]

>>20196801
what am I lying about? why are you acting like a schizo?

[Anonymous No.20196823]

>>20196807
Because (1) Mich doesn’t offer anything close to a full-ride; and (2) Mich doesn’t exactly pay your loans if you don’t go Big Law or Clerkship route. That’s not how it works. You’re either a moronic AA matriculation or just genuinely stupid and probably a legacy.

[Anonymous No.20196827]

>>20196748
I'm white

[Anonymous No.20196837]

>>20196823
that’s just not true. there’s the darrow scholarship, and I personally have 3/4 ride. and of course I over simplified how the LRAP works—because nobody on /lit/ knows that is or how it works.

you sound exactly like the kind of law student and lawyer I try to avoid lol, you need to relax

[Anonymous No.20196855]

>>20196837
Or perhaps people avoid you specifically for you being disingenuous. I bet you hide supplements in the library so your peers can’t use them for studying, but when you get called out, you emphatically cry out in pain: “what? They never left the library, I just misplaced them.” You sound like an insufferable loser, the exact person I expect to be at Michigan. Also, I don’t need to relax because I’m having an excellent and fine Saturday:)

[Anonymous No.20196920]

>>20196855
nah, not a gunner. you still haven’t explained what I’m lying about either. given how you’re spending your weekend, I’d consider reflecting on how great your Saturday really is

[Anonymous No.20196942]

>>20196920
This is just cope. I have already explained to you exactly what you were being dishonest about.
>not a gunner
Lmao, sure, bud, coming from an alleged Darrow recipient, considering the past recipients. Keep deluding myself. Moreover, concerning my weekend, it takes exactly 1 minute to respond and call you a moron. Outside that, I’m reading poetry by Philippe Jaccottet and Ramón López Velarde, in addition to working on my motion to vacate judgement for my appellate work :) thanks for your concern, gunner

[Anonymous No.20197009]

>>20196942
I ever said I was a darrow recipien, I said I had a 3/4 ride. can’t you read? seems like an important skill for appellate work… sorry you went to a bad school, or have a lot of debt, or hate your job, or whatever it is that’s got you do worked up I go to a good school for almost no money.

also, calling me a gunner but bragging about how you do appellate work doesn’t sound as cool as you think lol

[Anonymous No.20197024]

My school's English department consisted exclusively of the two bare minimum 101/102 courses required by the state to give a degree. They were exclusively taught by the kind of retards who tried to mix literature with STEM in a way that just made both gay. I signed up for my 102 course and when I showed up the first day I learned my session was "Folklore in Videogames" taught by two 30 year olds who clearly wished they lived in Brooklyn and took turns hitting on every girl in the class.
The only interesting humanities course I managed to take was in the History of Science and Technology department, where some ancient professor managed to sneak in a class called European Intellectual History. We read Dante, Montaigne, St. Augustine, all kinds of surprisingly good shit. The professor liked me because I was the only one capable of writing coherently, your typical STEMfag can only write high school regurgitations.
>>20194277
Are you rich or there for a diversity quota?

[Anonymous No.20197033]

>>20197024
my friend went to a school like this and he made his classmates sound absolutely retarded writing-wise

[Anonymous No.20197061]

>went to college
>fell for the history meme even though my real passion is for doing something creative and it's not like a degree in literature or art could make me any less employable

[Anonymous No.20197074]

>>20197009
i dont know why this kid is sperging out at you so hard lol

imagine being that threatened by the success of a stranger online

[Anonymous No.20197078]

>>20194285
Have a friend there for law school. Prof in a constitutional law class said the nigger word the first week and there was a walkout.

[Anonymous No.20197082]

>>20196748
watch your mouth, Britain's greatest postwar Prime Minister (James Hacker) studied at the LSE.

[Anonymous No.20197108]

>>20197033
It's shocking how poorly even very smart STEM autists can write. I took a lot of courses where we had to write lab reports collaboratively and I would pretty much have to delete everything they put down and write them all myself.
My friends weren't ESLs or foreigners either, there's just some kind of mental block that the American public school system instills in kids where they don't pay attention to the words being used in writing at all. Basic subject-verb disagreement, clauses that didn't connect to anything, straight-up using words that they'd vaguely heard before but didn't understand.
And that's on subjects they actually give a shit about. In humanities courses they just shit themselves. You could genuinely get a higher quality analysis of a work of literature out of most good chatbots than you could from the average engineering student. I don't work in technical writing myself, but I strongly suspect that that's why it can be such a lucrative field.

[Anonymous No.20197130]

>>20197078
i mean im pretty sure the n word is in the constiution

[Anonymous No.20197133]

>>20197009
Also, it must be quite sad to be self-fellating over attending a “good” school when you’re incapable of getting appellate work, which is quite easy. I go to law school for free, mon ami, and will be working at an appellate defenders office when I graduate in May :) it must suck realizing your mediocrity if you think appellate work is in the realm of gunner.
>almost no money
It’s not 100% covered, therefore you’re still retarded that you couldn’t get a full ride

[Anonymous No.20197138]

>>20197108
yeah, he talked about it in the context of lab reports lol

I used to teach philosophy and grading papers was the worst part of my job, for the reasons you mention

>>20197074
I have no idea lol, just trolling I guess

[Anonymous No.20197151]

>>20197133
I’ve been doing three semesters of appellate work in clinics during law school, cope. just pointing out how dumb it is to baselessly accuse somebody of being a gunner but then brag about your very commonplace job

also, it is 100% covered because I also GSI and get a tuition waiver. plus I get paid a stipend! or is that all a lie too?

[Anonymous No.20197167]

>>20197151
>needs clinic work to get experience
LMAOOOOOO. Your sound like a fag, I bet you brag about taking a class with Leah Litman

[Anonymous No.20197183]

>>20197167
sorry, should I work for some lawyer for free like a bitch to get experience? no dummy, I’d rather get academic credit

also, name dropping a professor as if that’s some kind of put down is schizo-tier trolling. take a walk and get some fresh air

[Anonymous No.20197194]

>>20197183
Imagine bragging about being a TA. You can phrase it as a GSI all you want, but you’re a TA and essentially a glorified babysitter for the retarded students. Professors hand those out like candy. If you get a stipend, 3/4 tuition, inter alia, then why are you incapable of doing legitimate PI work, not hiding behind mediocre clinics pretending to get real experience. Also, post your job post-grad. If appellate work is so damn commonplace because you have done it for three semesters in a “clinic”, then you certainly just have a post-grad appellate job lined up, bud.

[Anonymous No.20197208]

>>20197194
seek help my friend. I could tell you my summer fellowships or post-grad job, but you’ll make up something to complain about there too. I think being a public defender might push you over the edge bro

[Anonymous No.20197217]

To the two lawfags arguing ITT: I hope you know you're both losers, I finished my econ undergrad debt-free and currently make $250k/y after 3 years on the job as a consultant. Enjoy having spent 6+ years in school to make less than I do retards

[Anonymous No.20197222]

>>20197208
>muh fellowships
No one gives a fuck about your summer stipend, you loser. Unless you are a Skadden fellow or an EJW fellow, then shut the fuck up about “fellowships” while in school. Most meaningless shit imaginable. I’d love to hear your post-grad job.

[Anonymous No.20197226]

>>20197217
imagine caring this much about money and being proud of shilling for big corps instead of making the world a better place. you’re wasting your life!

also, law school is three years bud

[Anonymous No.20197231]

>>20197217
One of the lawfags you are bitching about. Do you not realize how easy it is for Michlaw anon and I to be consultants. They practically hand consulting gigs like candy to lawfags. You are a fag for bragging about having an >Econ degree. Lmaooo

[Anonymous No.20197236]

>>20197222
I was a peggy browning fellow last summer lol, which is how I got my post-grad job too. but sure, it’s meaningless lol. now go ahead with your schizo labor law rant

[Anonymous No.20197250]

>>20197226
>>20197231
Aha yeah I'm sure its real easy for both of you to be consultants that's why there are exactly zero (0) lawyers at my top-tier consulting firm despite me constantly seeing them in the applicant pool

Suck my dick you poorfag retards, enjoy either defending brainless junkies or also selling out for (less) money. Law is a meme field for dumbasses who are bad at math and you got owned

[Anonymous No.20197253]

>>20197236
Yeah, a handful of my friends were peggybrowning fellows last year too. It’s incredibly rare for students at my school not to get a PBF.

[Anonymous No.20197257]

i hate lifelarp threads. full of people bragging to and insulting random fucks you'll never meet. fags.

[Anonymous No.20197261]

>>20197250
I personally know former lawfags at
>Bain & Company
>Boston Consulting Group
>McKinsey & Company
>Booz Allen Hamilton
So why are you lying, unless you’re not at one of these firms, then who gives a shit since you are not at a top consulting firm.

[Anonymous No.20197264]

>>20197253
never said it was rare, just pointing out (a) you can get fellowships in school that are (2) prestigious and beneficial career wise. surprised you got a job without being able to read

>>20197250
imagine bragging about how prestigious your consulting firm is. you had one chance at life and this is how you’re spending it. what a waste lol

[Anonymous No.20197271]

>>20197261
this is what he does on his "days off" lol

[Anonymous No.20197272]

>>20197257
somebody’s jelly. you can always go back to school neet anon

[Anonymous No.20197285]

Lawfag here but not at a T14 like those two anons. Really debating whether to post my school on the chance that sperg goes after me like they are doing Michanon.

[Anonymous No.20197296]

>>20197285
michanon here, I support you. prestige obsession is dumb bullshit. hopefully you have a scholarship, though

[Anonymous No.20197306]

>>20197296
No, scholarship. Just GI Bill (can’t have both). I go to the public interest law school ( you probably know since you are a Peggy browning fellow). Awesome job on getting that. I will be working at a legal aid office in the rural south when I graduate.

[Anonymous No.20197311]

>>20197271
>>20197261
I do work for one of those, I never work on weekends, I make more money than both of you (combined, probably), I get more pussy than both of you, I eat at the nicest restaurants, my apartment costs more than your parents house. You can delude yourself into thinking defending homeless junkies accused of assaulting normal people is going to 'make the world a better place' but at the end of the day at least my job improves the lives of people worth living - me and other members of society's elite

[Anonymous No.20197336]

>>20197306
yeah, I almost went there (if I’m thinking of the same place). seems like a great a school for that kind of work.

I also did legal aid one summer. It’s tough but really rewarding. congrats anon

[Anonymous No.20197341]

>>20197311
>my apartment costs more than your parents house.
thats not something to brag about, autist. if you're renting, you might as well be homeless yourself.
>>20197272
lifelarping is gay.

[Anonymous No.20197349]

>>20197341
how is it lifelarping if it’s not a larp lol

[Anonymous No.20197363]

>>20194216
>study literature
No, I was an engineeringfag.
>Did you get your degree
Yes.

[Anonymous No.20197376]

>>20197341
>if you're renting, you might as well be homeless yourself
lol
Are you one of those “just buy land” fags?

[Anonymous No.20197406]

>>20197376
no i'm the prince of persia

[Anonymous No.20197416]

>>20196712
What did you focus on in philosophy, analytic shit? What'd you score on the LSAT? How'd you study for it? I was averaging a 165 after 3 months but then got sick when I took it and got a 160.

Also lol at the dude trying to give you shit, Dean Z is known to be generous to people, especially if she's trying to poach them from HYS, giving them full rides plus 10k a year stipends.

[Anonymous No.20197437]

>>20197416
yeah, mostly ethics/morality and social/political stuff in the analytic tradition. read a decent amount of continental stuff in independent studies, reading groups, on my own, etc.

I didn’t take a class or anything, just did practice exams for a few months. I got a 170 after starting at around a 160. it’s a very learnable tests if you put in the time and effort

yeah, still don’t know what his deal is. I had full rides at a couple slightly lower ranked schools and a bigger scholarship at a peer, so it’s not really that surprising

I will say, I’ve heard the admissions cycle has become insanely competitive the past couple of years

[Anonymous No.20197470]

>>20197437
Ah okay dope, good on you for doing independent reading. I was surprised to find out many in the humanities don't engage in the act, which honestly isn't that surprising when thinking about the state of education today.

Yeah it is a very learnable test. Games are relatively easy once you learn how to set shit up and LR is nothing more than games of semantics as well. RC requires more intuition I've noticed. Studying for the LSAT and dealing with people also taking it made me realize something more than I already had, though.

Most law students and aspiring law students are fucking assholes and I would rather not deal with them if I don't have to. They think that being good with semantics means they’re the best to run society. Fools think being good at one thing automatically means they’re good at another when their own training should teach them that’s not so. There's something about the profession attracts the worst type of person.

As for the cycles, yeah shit's getting intense. Having a 170+ doesn't guarantee you a spot in a t14 school anymore, much less a t20. Plus everyone's putting down genderqueer questioning bisexual in their LSAC apps, and there's a mad rush for muh diversity even though having diversity doesn't imply having a better school or providing a better education. It's this race to the bottom where the rich skim the top of the pool of diverse applicants and then instill rules about how smaller companies and groups without diversity aren't allowed to play the game anymore since they're not diverse enough. Thanks, Larry Fink, you sure are putting us in a great situation here.

[Anonymous No.20197726]

>>20197024
I'm not rich, and I'm Asian-American so I'm definitely not there for diversity.

[Anonymous No.20198387]

>>20194739
Why did you post gigachad when you included "social science degree"