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The thing about picking a major you hate is so darn relatable. I'm a Chemical Engineering student in her first year right now, and I need to have an uncomfortable conversation with my parents about how I want to study teaching instead.

MY COLLEGE ORIENTATION IS IN 3 HOURS AND IM BINGEING ALL UR STUFF 😭😭

"One uncomfortable conversation" or "You're cut off, pay for college on your own?" Not everyone is that fortunate.

What I've learned as an introvert: Schedule Friday Classes.

Check the list and then ask older students if it’s actually enforced. I know several people who have whole air fryers and waffle makers in the dorms and no one cares

Funnily enough the campus tour guide for my brothers college told us that microwaves weren’t allowed but she literally told us not only that she had one but how to get away with having one

It’s so important to pick a major you like, it gives you the motivation to keep going. Whenever I feel like I can’t do it anymore I just remember what I’m working towards.

I work in the mailroom and we’ve had to confiscate 3 chest freezers this year already. For the love of god, don’t have your banned item shipped to you

I had that uncomfortable conversation with my parents about being a photographer instead of a teacher. I now have a Masters degree in Photography and am a published photographer. Just follow your dreams, everything else will fall into place.

At UCLA you can have the items you are not supposed to have in your dorm. Just try not to make it too obvious from the window and remember to cover it with a towel on inspection day because even if the shape is quite obvious they are not allowed to peek under it.

My dad was the pancake man in college. He snuck a pancake griddle in and made pancakes for everyone every once in a while

I definitely have contraband in my room. It has not been confiscated. They don't really conduct room checks, but I keep a space in my wardrobe to hide contraband, then I pile things like underwear, bras and feminine hygiene products over the stuff I wanna keep hidden.

Both of my parents are chemical engineers, I'm studying art It was an awkward and hard conversation but totally worth it

Alternatively Friday classes have the best parking

By the way, if you do want to hide something- hide the item for the first 2 weeks, then just be careful with it. You'll be fine.

If you want to study photography, there is absolutely NO need for you to attend a four-year university. Most of the arts are like that, with perhaps the exception of the theatre arts.

Ouch, as a fourth year software engineering major who actually really wanted to major in art (and fell for the scam that """art doesn't make money""") I feel this in my bones. Regretting not clenching my teeth and fighting for what I wanted tbh

"One uncomfortable talk woth mom and dad" AHAHHAAHAHAHAHHAA I HAVE ARAB PARENTS DUDE IT'S NOT THAT IT'S UNCOMFORTABLE HAHAHA

Bold of you to assume that I have friends to do things with on Fridays lol

The second one concerns me. I really wanna study in either writing or music, but my parents say that I should pick a major that can get me a job since my two dreams are risky jobs. So yeah.

bruh this fridays off is a privilege of those who are in programs that occur more than one class time💀💀💀

When my mother went to college, the first day, they had a freshman orientation assembly (it was a small college, and the entire freshman class easily fit into one assembly hall). The Dean of Students stood up, and said a bunch of stuff about life, learning, and all that jazz. Then, he got down to rules. First, he said, "Cooking in your dorm room is NOT ALLOWED." Next, he said, "So, when you're going to cook in your dorm room, this is how you do it..." He gave tips, like, "Turn your electric iron upside down, prop it up with books on either side, making sure they don't touch the iron plate. Then, you can heat up your canned soup, or grill your cheese sandwich." Really, the DEAN told them how to break the rules, effectively. I think the idea was, "They're going to break the rules, anyway. Might as well tell them how to do it without setting off the fire alarm, or injuring themselves."

For those who don’t know what FOMO means it means “fear of missing out”

I had a rice cooker in my dorm and made curry with rice every Wednesday night for myfriends, RA included. Really just depends on your school and the RAs how strict they are about contraband

My mom: "If you aren't a nurse like me, I'm disowning you" Me, preparing to be an artist: 👀

Make sure you don't set the smoke alarm off every night with the "obvious items" you're not supposed to bring, especially if you're in an older building 🍀💫

I had a rice cooker in my form for all 4 years- and even though it wasn’t allowed it never got taken.

Friday night classes will be the best thing I'll ever do for myself

Friday class is no fear for me. I'm a theatre major, I'm working until at least 5pm on fridays. So does everyone else. All the other majors complain about there schedules and I'm like, "Man Im working 8:30am to 11pm" many days! Theatre is the real tough major! 🤣

Let’s just say as a photography student with a preset 4 day a week schedule I am definitely grateful 😂 baccalaureate here I come!

haha the first one is fixable if u don’t have any friends

I have a pre determined schedule that is supposed to emulate how the schedule might be for the jobs to do with my degree, and the school mainly works on 4 hour segments (9am-1pm, 1pm-5pm, 5pm-9pm, and 9pm-1am)

I truly don’t understand parents who pressure their kids into certain career paths. What’s the point? Why is it SO important that your kid is a chemical engineer? They have their own strengths and passions and it feels so arbitrary to just put them on a certain path because you feel like it. I feel blessed that my mom literally does not care what I do as long as I love what I’m doing and I’m putting in the work.

My main issue is I’m not sure which thing to major in. I want to do photography, but accounting is more stable, but I’ve also recently gotten into asl because signing is fun and also if I become a professional interpreter that’s a pretty good job because there’s always one place or another that needs one or two

Me with musical rehearsal on Friday nights and no friends: 🕺🏻

is it okay if i take friday night classes if i don't have any friends

Hearing the Chemical engineering part when I study this because I love chemistry and I'm good at math really felt weird lol

The second one yes. I dropped out of standard college to go to art school after my first year and even though I’m still new to art school I already love it and I’m in a major I actually care about and enjoy. I liked what I was doing before but it wasn’t something I really would be happy doing forever.

We do NOT talk about the talks about photography. Look mom, I would be a failure anyway.

I’m gonna be hoarding these for the next four years in preparation for college

Perfect, a built in excuse not to socialize!

The thing about banned items, always ask other students if it's actually enforced. Knew people who had whole airfryers and microwave ovens hidden in their closets, staff weren't allowed to open them and check.

"I'm not talking about the obvious things..." Me, an asian: rice cooker? 😅😅😅

That’s kinda how it went for me, so for the longest time I wanted to learn ASL for a career, but as I was learning it I fell out of it and I was like know photography doesn’t make a lot but it makes me happy and I have a good eye for it as I’ve heard from my teachers

Wait no I need my toast please tell me Clemson university let's me have toasters that's my only motivation to wake up in the morning

My brother got a huge ac not knowing he couldn’t have one lmao

I think with the degree practicality matters a lot. Chem engineering will fund a lot of wants, but a woman’s study degree will only fund alcoholics

Me who chose to do chemical Engineering:

Here's a tip no one talk about! If you don't want to go to college don't go.

just make toast with your dab torch like a normal person, geez

"Which is a lot better than hating your school work for 4 years" More like 12 years

I think you underestimate overbearing parents… it’s not one uncomfortable conversation, it’s them constantly shaming you for choosing the wrong thing, trying to guilt you into changing it halfway through the course, etc

But avocado toasts…🥺

I love how this shows up on my page 2 days before I move in to my dorm.

Me tho 😳, with the Friday night classes

I failed calc3, that class made me hate life

As an introvert, I see the first one as an absolute win

im sorry, a $600 dollar toaster? Pretty sure you can get them for like $30 at walmart

I love finding these now in my Senior year of college lol

I specifically pick classes that i KNOW are at times where people usually go out to have fun, Friday’s, classes after noon; basically any unpopular time. The classes are more empty so i have can comfortably spend time with my professors to ask questions and such; AND i have a really good excuse to not hang out with anyone.

im doing something called "interactive arts and technology" which pretty much gives u an opportunity to study anything related to media, design, art, or communications, like game design, virtual reality, graphic design, basic coding, sculpting, social media and so on. but i applied for this program before i knew what i truly wanted to do, which i know now. i want to become an environmental engineer but i cant change now. i guess i will change in second year because im literally not interested in this program at all.

Cal 3 isn’t that bad if you have a good professor. Cal 2 was harder iMO

Parties on Friday nights. I was always SO tired at the end of the week and my friend just signed me up for random parties.

me wanting to study history but my parents wanting me to go to med school:

If I can study things that I hate for my whole life that I went to school 4 more years will not hurt

I’m actually planning on being a chemical engineer so this made me laugh

As a physics grad student who has taken five different quantum mechanics courses, I can confidently say that I've never had a ChemE major in a single one.

I'm about to start my senior year of high school and lemme tell you I'm terrified for college apps 💀 like bro how do I do this

Ima track down all of these shorts and show my older sister shes 16 the day after she goes to collage shes gumna be 17 early grad (im 11)

$600 toaster?!?

My school didn’t explicitly state things like toaster were banned, just combustible materials, specifically lighter fluid, charcoal and propane.

Let's thank this man for going through EVERY possible scenario you MIGHT experience as a college student 😭 he is a true soldier

The biggest mistake is spending $600 on ANYTHING

i make my toast with a designated hair straightener😂

As a senior, I can confirm that you cannot fake 4 yrs. You hate Math ? Forget about STEM, I'm an Aerospace engineer undergrad who saw dozens of students drop out because of Chem 101 class freshman 💀 don't waste time and money

The major thing was dead on, the amount of students who dropped out in the first year of mechanical engineering was eye opening, Its hell and you can't keep it up for 4 years.

My dad wanted me to be a teacher or a nurse because "they're good for being a mom", which teaching, yes, but nursing sounds like it'd be more of a challenge, though I do realize that _plenty_ of nurses are moms. I chose IT. I've been back and forth between cs and it, and I considered teaching and nursing, but after researching them and the work they do, it just doesn't sound like something I'd want to do for 60 years for a living. Tech sounds more fun to me, and if I become a mom one day, I could try to get a job working from home.🙂

I love how this first one is about your college friends having plans. The only social thing i did my freshman year is be in a club and go to one party. Every other night i went home, did homework, and then slept.

on bringing forbidden items, it all depends on your RA and how much res services checks your room. i’ve never had an RA check my room and res services only checks rooms over christmas break. we had a toaster my first year, i’ve also had dorm pets and plenty of substances. you really just have to know how to cheat the system🤷‍♂️

I want to be an astrologer: the kind that can help people predict future and tell them about their personalities by reading the stars and motions of the planets

the major thing is super important, if yall dont have a detailed future planned after that degree, rethink your choices no matter how uncomfortable it makes you or your family

I will remember this for when I need it

Don't wear the lanyard they give you. Just don't do it. It pings you as a freshman and like you have no idea what you're doing. If you have an ID or access card put it in your purse or wallet. The slight annoyance of constantly pulling you wallet out it better than the complete social suicide of wearing the lanyard of shame.

Lmao the 2. one felt like a personal attack to me because you PERFECTLY described my situation!

Uhuhhhh, righttttt lets go to “dinner” friday night😂

Lol, just get the mini packs of guac and bring it to the dining hall every morning where I'm pretty sure they make toast. 😁

My school basically doesn't have Friday classes because of how the schedule works

As someone who wants to study photography, I feel called out lol

I unfortunately have a chem lab class at 1 on Fridays. I am sad now. As an incoming freshman in the fall I use these videos like the bible

Can you please do this series with middle school

What chemical engineer sees quantum mechanics? They'll literally never use it

My campus was dead all Friday. All the offices were closed, the bookstore was closed, and the shuttle buses ran on the weekend schedule. There were still classes though

Ngl my roommate brought a toaster oven that doesn’t have an open heating source so we just use that for toasting (and airfrying lol). Also have an induction-based hot plate that got through-

I had a Saturday morning class my last semester. In some ways it wasn't too bad because the teacher was cool. But there's no good reason for classes to be scheduled on a Saturday morning

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im going to study computer sience and get my bachelors. notice the pattern? Im going to be an astronaut!

My college didnt have friday classes. Considered creative days. It was Art school. But those days were also for make ups if professors had to cancel. And I was a senior when they let us back on campus after a year and a half of zoom. I had sophomore roommates first time on campus. I preferred dorming on campus and it was close to my majors building. They didn't know any of the dorm rules/didn't read them and whats not allowed. I would explain, did not listen. I didn't care half the time. But just saying listen to the senior thats been on campus before, and get mad when the RAs get onto for having stuff not allowed. My last 2 quarters as a senior was some of the most stressful and not a lot of free time. A ITGM game major where that last two quarters your in a team making a game, also in a post production zbrush class creating a character in the style of the company you want to work for.

The major thing is so accurate. I’m an architecture major because I wanted to do suburban corporate residential but it’s all liberal arts nonsense with structural engineering. I’m good at the structural engineering but I’m bad with subjectivity and having to create a logical reason for a subjective design choice. I should’ve just been an engineer. I hate math and it’s just as hard but at least i wouldn’t be graduating in the great realty recession of 2024 😭. People pick majors that pay money that are tolerable don’t pick photography but don’t pick something you’ll hate

I would rather have 4 hours of sleep than FOMO