NBR: College Days

EliStar

I was in the Honors College, too, and we did a ton of incredibly nerdy activities like make movies about Plato and Brain Bowls and stuff.

SacGeoLover

Nothing that particularly exciting happened during my college years. I was a hometown commuter living at home and I worked 20-30 hours a week. I didn't get the experience of leaving home and I wasn't a partier.

The good memories I do have are centered around the Geology Dept. We had an incredibly small group (50 or so in the entire department) and my graduating class consisted of 9 people. On top of having classes together we spent tons of time together in the middle of nowhere and a bunch of us went to field camp together. We became almost like siblings and called our professors by their first names. The closeness of our group was what made that experience for me.

brie&drew

I loved my undergrad experience, I wouldn;t trade it for anything. I sang in one of the univeristy choirs, I studued abroad and owrked for a theatre company in London one summer and met some of my closest friends. I loved being away from home and on my own but still close enough for easy weekend visits.

My MBA was also fun, mostly because of the people, but it was totally different since I was working on time and doing it online. In general, I love studying and have actually thought about trying to pick up some classes to teach now that I have my masters. I've also debated on a second masters, but I don't know that it would be much help at this point of my career.

GilliC

Getting into mischief with my dorm mates.

And Breakfast Club!  Any Boilermakers here?  I loved Breakfast Club.  I miss having a regular excuse for themed fancy-dress parties (as in silly costumes, not formalwear).

brie&drew

GilliC said:

And Breakfast Club!  Any Boilermakers here?  I loved Breakfast Club.  I miss having a regular excuse for themed fancy-dress parties (as in silly costumes, not formalwear).

OMG-yes! I had so much fun at Breakfast Club. That's the type of thing that makes me glad I went away for school because I definitely wouldn't have done if I lived at home.

sfgiantsjo

SusieBW said:

I played rugby in college, and most of my best college memories center around rugby.  Maybe I should leave it at that, without getting into the gory details.

Me, too! I was a Hooker in college.  :-O

(That is a rugby position, people!)

Otherwise, college was not a super exciting thing. I worked, went to class, wrote papers. 

pinkybooklover09

This post is making me sad I didn't do the traditional college thing. I really wanted to but couldn't afford it so I worked my way through school instead.