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[QUOTE=wammy_bar;17334374]While the topic of school is out there, I want to ask you college people a question, as I am headed off to college in a few months.

I mostly hear about how college is going to be from people who studied a lot in school, and needed to for hours to get good grades. I never really needed to study in high school, so there is a level of inconsistency in their prediction that I will be studying for hours every day.

I assume that many of you had the same or similar high school experience as me, in that you didn't study for very long (if at all) for tests, and most of your "studying" came just from the assigned classwork and homework.

How does that kind of high school experience transfer over to college? Will I be in for a world of hurt because I will have to study SO much more? Or will it just be a modest increase in workload and study requirements that I will easily adapt to?[/QUOTE]

i never did any studying or anything in highschool. mostly never payed attention, etc, but graduated with a 3.5 i think. had a 4.0 my senior year, haha. college is totally different though. likely for your first year and a half or so you're going to be taking mostly GE courses and maybe one major course, so in a sence it will be a bit like high school (ie. not really that hard) but there is usually more homework. this, however, is compensated for as there is much less class time compared to highschool. throughout college so far i've only ever had 2 classes a day (4 total, there are tuesday/thrusday classes and monday/wednesday/friday classes at my school).

when you start doing major courses though, (about the beginning of junior year for me, it started getting more srs and hard) you'll get more homework, more projects, harder class work, etc. i've found i never have time to sit around and stare at the wall in my classes (save for the occasional super easy class). you just have to learn to be responsible (ie. study for a test [I]before[/I] you go get pissed, or dont get drunk the night before a test... monday tests are the worst), and you also need to learn to manage your time. this last semester, the month before classes ended was pretty much the most hectic month evar for me, as i had tests for all my classes one week, then i had projects and project presentations due the next two weeks, and then finals the week after that. lots of back to back tests during that time, and i had to decide when to do things, etc so i didnt end up doing entire class projects the night before they were due and also studying for a final at the same time. ended up getting three A's and a B though so i figure i was successful.

Well, it looks like I'm gonna be in for either a slight kick in the pants, which I could handle, or some kind of transition period leading up to seriously hard work. Either way, it sounds better than what everybody has told me it would be. Everybody here was like OMG 15 HOURS OF STUDYING A WEEK THE SECOND YOU GET THERE.

I'll use the time I'm given to learn my way around the place, the workload, and the kind of studying I will have to be good at. Thanks for the replies, I guess mx still delivers after all.

only if you're an asian in the pre-pharm program.

engineering program also seems pretty hard.

don't forget business

NYC budget cuts r bad. they raise the bus and train fare and now less buses come. i waited 30 mins for one of my buses and was late to class

im wondering if GC is gonna have any 4th of july sales, i need a bass cab

but really even then there selection is pretty crappy...

yes, they are having a sale

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I'm thinking of ordering an 8 string Agile in September. Good idea?

nah

Only if your name is TBF.

I can have it legally changed....

No other good place to put this:

I've been playing guitar for about 5 years now and I'd like to start playing some other stringed instruments. I figure I'll start small and cheap and try a violin.

Anyone with experience have any notes about the ease of transitioning to the instrument?

Also, should I not even bother buying a 40-60 dollar violin or will one in that range be decent for a beginner?

violins are something you really shouldn't skimp on from my experience. i had a real nice one, and it was probably around a $500 violin, and it was known as a "student" violin. anyway, i had the same idea as you, thinking i'd probably be able to make the transition, and i failed miserably. i sold the violin and ended up getting a mandolin, and while it's nowhere near as hard to figure out, it's a real challenge still. either a mandolin or a banjo i would suggest to you. they seem so similar, but it's really a lot different and fun. much like sexual encounters with trannies

My buddy bought a cheapo mandolin a long time ago and it's fun to dick around on. I have no desire to spend more than $75 on something, though. I just don't have the spare cash.

Hmmm...There's a violin shop near my college, so I guess I'll wait until the school year and try some out in shop.

Maybe renting? Not too confident about a $500 violin in a college dorm room with two other guys, though >_>

while it'd be really cool if you actually ended up being able to get good at violin, i became real frustrated really quick and had to get rid of it, before things got broken.

1. you houldnt really skimp out when you buy a violin

2. the violin is VERY hard to play, so you should start very young and should expect to be playing a looooooooooooooooooooong time before you get anywhere near what people would say is decent

odd choice of instrument to transition to

What about bass and/or ukelele?

beer and a BBQ later whose in


some pool and music too most likely

good day ahead i says

[QUOTE=Blue_Moon;17340329]beer and a BBQ later whose in


some pool and music too most likely

good day ahead i says[/QUOTE]

Im on my way.

[QUOTE=Blue_Moon;17340329]beer and a BBQ later whose in


some pool and music too most likely

good day ahead i says[/QUOTE]

i'd be down, but i'd need to find a ride to holyhead and pay for a ferry ticket


also chinese for dinner tonight

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[quote=BridgeToSolace;17339654]No other good place to put this:

I've been playing guitar for about 5 years now and I'd like to start playing some other stringed instruments. I figure I'll start small and cheap and try a violin.

Anyone with experience have any notes about the ease of transitioning to the instrument?

Also, should I not even bother buying a 40-60 dollar violin or will one in that range be decent for a beginner?[/quote]

Get a cheap violin if you just want to piss aroun tbh. If you're gonna play it seriously look at lessons.

The only thing I really know about violins is that they're tuned in intervals of 5ths raather then 4ths (like the guitar).

Talking of starting young playing violin, anyone heard of Jennifer Pike? Strangely enough, she went to my primary school, we were best mates :P

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u laff u lose

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note leg of passed out guy in corner

[QUOTE=Squirrel;17340299]1. you houldnt really skimp out when you buy a violin

2. the violin is VERY hard to play, so you should start very young and should expect to be playing a looooooooooooooooooooong time before you get anywhere near what people would say is decent

odd choice of instrument to transition to[/QUOTE]

Well, you shouldn't skimp when you buy a guitar, but my first guitar was $150 and it served me fine for a few years before I decided to upgrade to a 500-600 dollar one.

My favorite instrument to listen to is by far the cello. I LOVE it. But it's not economically or spatially feasible for me to buy or own one for most of the year. Since violin and cello or in the same family, I figure that although the transition from guitar to violin will be difficult, the transition from violin to cello will be easier.

Mebbe saving up for a cheapo viola will be better in the long run, since I also prefer the sound a viola to the violin (as it's more akin to a cello)

Is it part of the reason it's harder than guitar because it's so easy for a mediocre guitarist to pass himself off as "good" to normal people by playing recognizable things? I figure that I've already got a solid left hand as far as fretting/fingering goes, and the biggest challenge will be learning the new position of notes, the using the bow, and vibrato.

Not that it'll be quick, necessarily, but I've certainly gotten over a few beginners hurdles already.

be prepared to spend years with very little control over timbre and dynamics if you attempt to learn violin without a teacher

if you get a teacher they'll recommend getting a better quality instrument at every turn

it's not a particularly inexpensive hobby

buy electric violin

use distortion

buy water


use alcohol