College Success

One of my friends posted this as advice to Freshman for some kids he is in charge of:

http://www.quintcareers.com/first-year_success.html

Below is a bullshit analysis.

You can read the article if you want, but I'd say the whole thing is bullshit. Even the good advice is given for stupid reasons. The real breakdown to getting through college (fuck first year, after you get through two years they all seem the same anyway.

1. Find good resources - Sometimes you get a good RA, and sometimes you don't, that's life. That said, going to every orientation or meeting is a waste of time, because you aren't going to remember every single detail about everything. Constructive use of time is building a network of people who can point you in the right direction. You'll see when you get to college, but even deans get confused by the red tape, so you can't trust anyone. Figure out who gives you generally good advice and keep them close, because they are more valuable than a billion seminars on, "Navigating the Bureaucracy We Created."
2. Get through however is best for you - If another guide says "Go to Class" or "Study for X hr a Day" I'm going to jump through my computer screen and crawl across the Internet and punch the asshole who thinks he has the fucking secret in his trachea. Here's a hint to the pussies who need one: Passing college is all that matters. No one will ever ask you how long you spent studying or how many lectures you went to, so figure out what works for you. There are people who go to every lecture and still fail because they are trying to force some knowledge they weren't meant to get. If it works for you, do it, only you know what works best.
3. Manage time - Keep track of dates and times, and use your time best. Sure, getting a 4.0 is important, but is spending 20 hours a week studying to increase a 3.5 to a 4.0 worth it? If you say yes, subscribe to all my blog shit because you clearly don't care how you spend your time and money and I have some opportunities for you. It must be nice to be able to sacrifice time for whatever, but for the rest of us resources are limited. It sucks to not get a 4.0, but it sucks even more to slave over it to realize you wasted 5 years doing bullshit work and now have to get a job, refusing yourself the enjoyment of some of the best years of your life.
4. Not everyone is collegiate - This one is hard to swallow, but the most important. Sophomore year I wanted to drop out and do something else, but I stuck with it for family and friends and pressure from society. Flatly, Fuck. That. Shit. Believe it or not, there are successful careers outside of a B.A. or B.S. Forcing your way into something that you don't enjoy won't make you like it, and then you will fail at the 110 credit mark. If you get sick of anything ever, you don't have to do it. When you hit your first continuing education student, ask why someone would come back to college, then realize that 18 years old is a young point, and some people don't want to lock in. Maybe you have a few years of other shit before you pay $120k to become a degree slave.

Thanks to all the people who deliver secrets that everyone bites on because they are common sense. No life is common, and a little bit of sense won't be equivalent to a dollar. Succeed however you can, and when you fail, switch it up.