If you could go back in time and re-do college.

ozzz

If, somehow, you were magically transported to the beginning of first year, what would you do differently for the 3/ 4 years spent there?

Chucken

ozzz wrote: »

If, somehow, you were magically transported to the beginning of first year, what would you do differently for the 3/ 4 years spent there?

If you think you've taken the wrong path, its ok

3rdDegree

I'd tell Samantha Malone how I really felt about her.

Chucken

ozzz wrote: »

If, somehow, you were magically transported to the beginning of first year, what would you do differently for the 3/ 4 years spent there?

Right. 3-4 years is a lot of time in anyones life.
Is there something you would have prefered to be doing?

ozzz

Na I'm just curious as to what people would have done differently. Anything really

MooShop

Why go back in time? No point regretting what is already done.

Plenty of opportunities these days for people to go back to college and take a different path, no excuses really!

T-K-O

Have less fun

MadsL

Not bother finishing my degree.

Queen-Mise

ozzz wrote: »

If, somehow, you were magically transported to the beginning of first year, what would you do differently for the 3/ 4 years spent there?

I either would have done the degree in marine engineering I originally applied for.

Or I would have love to have done something in medicine. But probably the first one.

Ando's Saggy Bottom

Make more time for the genuine people and have less for the drinking crowd.

DeanAustin

It's like anything, I'd have worried less knowing what I know now and I'd have enjoyed the ride a bit more.

But I look at my life today and I still worry about a lot of stuff. I'm sure in 20 years I'll look back and think "If I could go back to 2013, I'd worry less. It all worked out okay in the end."

Human nature I guess, everything looks utopic in retropspect.

ToddyDoody

ozzz wrote: »

If, somehow, you were magically transported to the beginning of first year, what would you do differently for the 3/ 4 years spent there?

Therapy session once a week, including the holidays.

Hersheys

While I do love the choices I've made & the opportunities that have arisen for me because of them. But if I was doing a do-over I'd do medicine.

pablohoney87

Dump my girlfriend who after 4 years of college dumped me.
:mad:

Mechanical Engineering - but life had other plans. I may still do it though, just for fun like.

yeppydeppy

Pharmacy and Karen Somethingorother, I'd definitely do her.

pablohoney87

Deleted User wrote: »

Mechanical Engineering - but life had other plans. I may still do it though, just for fun like.

Funny when I started college mechanical was viewed as the toughest discipline to land a job with and civil was the easiest. Now its the opposite

nikkibikki

Early Childhood Studies instead of Arts. Wouldn't have ended up working in Financial Services with that degree! And probably would have studied more as subject matter was more interesting than what I had chosen in Arts!

Theta

I wouldn't have a job right now but Id become an Architect instead of what im doing now.

Menas

I would have put my grant money in to Apple Shares, Nokia shares and invested in Riverdance.

pablohoney87

pablohoney87 wrote: »

Funny when I started college mechanical was viewed as the toughest discipline to land a job with and civil was the easiest. Now its the opposite

I went to a [sarcasm] lovely [/sarcasm] all girls school, they strongly discouraged any of those manly careers! Shocking now to think of it, they made life difficult by only putting languages on during Physics/Chemistry, so if you did science, you couldn't do a language!

neaideabh

Science or engineering and NOT arts!

pablohoney87

Deleted User wrote: »

I went to a [sarcasm] lovely [/sarcasm] all girls school, they strongly discouraged any of those manly careers! Shocking now to think of it, they made life difficult by only putting languages on during Physics/Chemistry, so if you did science, you couldn't do a language!

Was like that in my sisters lovely school. Until one of the chicks stood up and said somethin bout it. But the manly engineers came up with the genius idea to combine our nights out with the first year nurses. All balance was restored to the universe

Doylers

neaideabh wrote: »

Science or engineering and NOT arts!

Ouch arts, I feel sorry for you :pac:

LadyMayBelle

I'd do medicine. And move out of home. Having lived in Galway where we'd the University and the tech college (GMIT), pretty much everyone I knew lived at home during college (cheaper rent and only a ten minute bus trip to college). But you 'miss out on a lot.

omahaid

I'd probably try and have more fun as all I did was work and study. Although if I had more fun I'd probably be here saying I should have done more work and study.

josealdo

I'd drink less and work harder .

desertcircus

I'd do science rather than management, with an eye to going into research in evolutionary biology. And I'd probably rethink the decision to remain involved in college societies in final year.

pablohoney87

sugarman wrote: »

Anything BUT Engineering, not so much as a sniff of a job going... Yet everyone I know that done I.T around the same time are nearly all working for top companies

Only for Civil. Chem Electronic and Mechanical the industry is screamin out for. I work in Engineering recruitment. Was a tough 3 or 4 years for them but it's all pretty good now

Teyla Emmagan

I'd sleep around more. Or even just sleep around. All those hot young men who lusted after me.. Wasted!!

yermanoffthetv

Doylers wrote: »

Ouch arts, I feel sorry for you :pac:

I have no regrets doing arts, It depends on what you do with it. I landed a full time job in financial services earning €35k(graduate scheme) before I even finished my last exam.I thought I was loaded at the time! Ive since done a postgrad in IT for obvious reasons though. The ones usually ripping on arts students (I dont mean you Doylers :pac:) are usually studying something so boring that nobody wants to talk to them about it.

Try asking a science student about centromeres or whatever. Youd want to deafen yourself with your own thumbs after 5 minutes

PingO_O

I'd go back and do a completely different course altogether. I hadn't got a clue what I wanted at 18. Going to apply to do medicine for next year but I guess some skills like organisation, note taking etc will hopefully stand to me if I do get in.

PingO_O

Teyla Emmagan wrote: »

I'd sleep around more. Or even just sleep around. All those hot young men who lusted after me.. Wasted!!

Why can't you do that now :pac:

murphym7

I'd do the same girls, I would just do them differently.

Duggy747

Wouldn't change a thing, had a fùckin' blast in college.

Had a choice of continuing Media but went with IT. Mulled for years over whether I made the right choice but then I wouldn't have met the people I did who I still regularly keep in contact with.

sfwcork

i did marketing but ended up in IT sales.When I apply for other jobs marketing degree is as useless as an empty packet of tayto's

I would like to go back into marketing as Im getting sick of higher unachieveable targets from multinationals

If I was to go bk in time I would do computer science ofsomething similar.In 10 years any1 able to utilise that will earn a fortune

anna.fun

wouldn't choose the master I chose...(two year courses here, just started the second year)
too much of an emphasise on maths considering it's a business degree... don't want to look on the likes of Ito's lemma or stochastic differential equations again anytime soon or any sort of time series analysis

on the other hand: I loved my course in undergrad... class people, enough time for hobbies, not too much time spent on studying...

Mr_Roger_Bongos

yermanoffthetv wrote: »

I have no regrets doing arts, It depends on what you do with it. I landed a full time job in financial services earning €35k(graduate scheme) before I even finished my last exam.

Which company was this?! They still hiring?!

smurgen

Deleted User wrote: »

Mechanical Engineering - but life had other plans. I may still do it though, just for fun like.

This! Always wanted to do it but picked finance instead.Stupid,young me thought that finance would be better since mechanical engineering was only like 250 points while finance was 450.

WinnyThePoo

Pass

loalae

I think I would have had more fun and maybe slept around a bit.

I didn't get any action until my final year!

Ficheall

Didn't really enjoy my undergrad at all. Chose a crap degree and did no socialising. Made sure to change all that when I went back for the phd. 'twas great craic.

Antar Bolaeisk

I wouldn't all but drop out of my final year having come top of the class the year before.

Mammanabammana

Not be too stupid to not recognise the not one but TWO threesomes offered to me by members of the opposite sex!

McChubbin

I'd punch my life drawing teacher in the face because she was a caustic, overtly critical bitch who singled me out as a shinning example of "what not to do in art". Because of her, I used to dread drawing around her as she would come to my easel, sneer, make a thinly veiled barbed comment and then rip down my drawing or painting and throw in the bin- in front of EVERYONE.
It was hell being in that college especially seeing that as I was only 17 at the time I was still very much a young 17- naive, shy and with certain back-then undiagnosed learning difficulties.
She turned what should've been an enjoyable 4 years of pursuing the career of my dreams (storyboard animator) into a horrendous year of bullying and intimidation that I was then too weak to speak up about.

If I could go back now with the knowledge I have today on how to deal with bullies, I'd probably end up on an assault charge with verbal harrasment thrown in for good measure but I tell you- that bitch deserves every dose cof bad karma she can get. :mad:

yermanoffthetv

Mr_Roger_Bongos wrote: »

Which company was this?! They still hiring?!

Bank of Scotland Ireland. They shut up shop here hence me going back doing a post grad.

KuriousOranj

Would have done radio in BCFE+DCU instead of orts in UCD.

Or joined the Garda or Air Corps when they were recruiting.

Such a waste of time and money,spent in the company of dickheads.

Teachers were stressing the importance of any degree back in 6th year,hope their wages get cut to shíte in CP2,****.

didntgotoplan

I would have decided not to stay at home and applied any of the maths courses in the country. I ended up doing accounting as it was that or arts and I couldn't decide which subjects in that to pick.

I would have relaxed more in college too, went out a bit more....

IceFjoem

I wish I hadn't taken so many drugs?

mr_edge_to_you

Advice to a younger me would be:

"Never mind the girl from Offaly....go home with the girl from Cavan".

candy-gal1

Never would change a thing, college days go in the category of "best days of my life" and I would think always will, I dont think I could have got a better class, course, experience or time of life at that time, twas like my reward for 8-14 years of school time, loved it!