College is great, it really is. But nothing in this world could do without improvement, so here’s the things we all wish we could change about college.
Obvious one, but tuition rates have gotten ridiculous over the past decade or two. In the past, working a minimum wage job for the summer would be able to cover average tuition costs with a bit left over for expenses. Currently it would take a 40-hour work week making $50.00 an hour for 10 weeks in order to cover a $20k tuition. Can we get a flat rate price here?
This is the point in the semester, trimester or quarter where all hell breaks loose. Tears are shed, blood is drawn, minds are blown that’s usually just reading day. Way too much emphasis is put onto finals week to the point where students are actually traumatized, both mentally and physically, before it’s all said and done. Let’s worry a little less about finals and maybe spread out the work throughout the term. That’d be great.
Why does transferring have to be such an unnecessary hassle? Whether it’s transferring credits from high school or completely transferring schools, you’re going to get screwed. If two schools have equivalent programs or comparable classes, why shouldn’t the credits transfer smoothly? Instead you either lose some, don’’t get them or you find out that they’ll transfer but won’t apply to your major. It shouldn’t be that hard: credits are credits.
Now i understand that it’s hard to mass produce large quantities of food in order to feed thousands of students. But why is it that the food tastes like my sock? It can’t be too hard to dump a tub of oregano into the batch of whatever that thing is. Even weirder is the fact that the food, while entirely devoid of flavor, can and almost certainly will cause you to gain weight. All i’m asking is that the salad I got from the cafeteria have a little taste but not have the same amount of calories as a Big Mac.
Classes that are part of this category are exactly like pizza without cheese: just sad, empty and unnecessary. 8AM classes are where dreams go to die. Friday classes are the dampener on all things fun. But, if you happen to have a class at 8AM on Friday mornings, may God bless your poor soul. There is no small solution to these classes, just eliminate them entirely.
No offense intended to anyone that happens to be an RA, but you need to ease up. Having a microwave in my room is not going to cause the end of the world. One red solo cup out does not make me an alcoholic. i’m not asking you to stop doing your job, I’m just asking that you don’t ride us as hard if we slip up here or there. You were once in our position too. Would you like it if you got written up for unnecessary infractions?
Just no. Get rid of it or stop being dicks. Please and Thank you.
A jack-of-all-trades that’s trying to master one.
Physics major at the University of Albany.
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