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

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!

WoollyRedHat

I wouldn't buy those train tracks, ching ching indeed, plus ca change.

megaten

Honestly if I could go back I wouldn't have gone at all.

playedalive

Realistically, I should have taken a year out between Leaving Cert and college to decide what to do. Even just a year to get my head together/work/mature more.

Also, I probably should have done my undergrad in another college. Four years of studying mostly literature over language in my degree has had its tough moments.

Also I would have got involved more in societies and made some more friends.

PurpleSt4in

playedalive wrote: »

Realistically, I should have taken a year out between Leaving Cert and college to decide what to do. Even just a year to get my head together/work/mature more.

Samesies. A lot to be said for this I think. But the fact that all my/your/one's friends are going to go onto the college experience, it's tough to sit back and decide to take that year out!

razorgil

would have gone to florence on that scholarship. six years, could have been..........nnaaaahh, fúck it, i hate salami anyway...!!

rainbow kirby

I'd probably still do computer science. Enjoyed the course and it's damn good being in demand!

TheUsual

Less studying, more nurses.

In fact, I'm off to find a nurse now.

littleteapot

I'd do a completely different course, probably in a different college too. Got a degree in science, despite having no interest in science or any desire to work in any scientific field. I'm just finishing a fetac course in business now and I'm enjoying it so much. That might have something to do with the fact I'm 10 years older now and I'm actually putting effort into this course and doing well in my results. Wish I hadn't wasted those free tuition fees on a useless degree now.

Schwiiing

Not go back to LIT. Jesus what a sh1thole.

delw

If i knew then what i know now...........sigh...............
Guidance councilor in school me arse :mad: