I'm all enrolled at OSU [Archive]

airbornflght

23 Jun 2007, 12:04am

I went through orientation yesterday and today and got enrolled. I don't think my schedule is as hard as it should be, but whatever. I'm only taking 13 hours. Which means I'm going to have to take 15 next semester.

Here is my schedule:

UNIX Programming 2351; M; 11:30 - 12:20
Intro To Engineering 1111; T; 4:30 - 5:20
Calculus I 2144; MWRF; 1:30 - 2:20
General Physics 2014; TR 9:00 - 9:50(Lecture); F 2:30 - 3:20(Discussion); T 2:30 - 4:20(Lab)
American Government 1113; MWF; 9:30-10:20

I think that I should have taken chemistry or my Computer Science II class since I AP'd out of Comp Sci I, but she insisted that load was probably already too heavy. She didn't even want me doing physics and calculus in the same semster when I told her I would be pledging. I think I should have at least added Comp Sci II. It is Java and I did really well in AP Comp Sci last year. I love programming. I think that I could have handled it easily, but whatever. If I get 2 semesters behind I'm gonna be pissed.

pigflipper

23 Jun 2007, 01:17am

Listen to your Advisor, they generally know what they are talking about.

Clutch

23 Jun 2007, 02:17am

You don't mean THE Ohio State University do you? Because if you do, then you got to get me some tickets for football season :)

airbornflght

23 Jun 2007, 02:36am

no. I mean THE Oklahoma state university. I couldn't afford that school. It'd be nice if I could.

Keebler

23 Jun 2007, 02:40am

13 hours is plenty adequate for your first semester. Listen to your adviser.

airbornflght

23 Jun 2007, 02:45am

Yeh, she was gonna let me take Comp Sci II, but when I told her I would be most likely pledging she said hell no because of all the social obligations the first semester. She said I could take 15 hours in the spring, granted I have to take that to get my scholarship. Physics is looking to be my hardest class.

Clutch

23 Jun 2007, 01:04pm

no. I mean THE Oklahoma state university. I couldn't afford that school. It'd be nice if I could.

Ah, so does this make you a OUS cowboy? hehe Enjoy college, don't party to hard.

airbornflght

23 Jun 2007, 01:10pm

Yup. I got my id yesterday. I'll scan it and post a pic. I'm officially a college boy now.

Crazy Joe

23 Jun 2007, 03:20pm

When I started in college at the University of Cincinnati in Engineering it was expected that you take Calculus, Physics and Chemistry at the same time, it was a weedout program basically... My first three quarters looked like this...

Fall
Freshman English I
Chemistry I
Intro to Logic
Latin American History
Computer Engineering I

Winter
Freshman English II
Engineering Calculus & Analytical Geometry II
General Physics I
General Physics I Lab
Chemistry II

Spring
Engineering Calculus & Analytical Geometry III
General Physics II
General Physics II Lab
Computer Science II
Professional Development I
Network Analysis I

airbornflght

24 Jun 2007, 03:37am

http://icrontic.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=23398&stc=1&d=1182652667

tmh88

24 Jun 2007, 03:54am

My freshman year was just like crazy joe's. They try to weed out the weak ones first. Its pretty interesting to see how many of your friends are still in your classes at the end of the year.

pigflipper

24 Jun 2007, 04:09am

Wow, my freshman year was nothing like that, then again, I attended the local community college here in Tallahassee because each semester only cost about $1200 including books and supplies. Just started back there following a rough time after Mortin's death, so I will be at FSU next spring.

Then again, I'm also a liberal arts major (english lit and creative writing / journalism) so my schedules have almost always been different than most of my friends / forum mates.

Crazy Joe

24 Jun 2007, 07:07am

My freshman year was just like crazy joe's. They try to weed out the weak ones first. Its pretty interesting to see how many of your friends are still in your classes at the end of the year.

Yep, when they were taking the class picture on our first day they told us, "Look to your left and look to your right. When you graduate the two people standing next to you won't be there." That was very true... Engineering at UC was tough...

LawnMM

24 Jun 2007, 03:50pm

Pledging, haha

airbornflght

24 Jun 2007, 04:37pm

Pledging, haha

Would you care to elaborate on this?

Nomad

24 Jun 2007, 04:50pm

Would you care to elaborate on this?

yes:

har har har

Kwitko

24 Jun 2007, 05:05pm

Well played sir.

Gargoyle

24 Jun 2007, 05:16pm

You don't mean THE Ohio State University do you? Because if you do, then you got to get me some tickets for football season :)

Heh, I'll be lucky if I can get myself one :D

I'll be buying next week, but I think there's a lottery if when demand exceeds supply.

Crazy Joe

24 Jun 2007, 06:06pm

You don't mean THE Ohio State University do you? Because if you do, then you got to get me some tickets for football season :)

Ohio State sucks!!!

jared

24 Jun 2007, 06:08pm

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pigflipper

24 Jun 2007, 08:06pm

Don't pledge, its a waste of your time and money and it will make you look like a complete douche.

NiGHTS

24 Jun 2007, 08:31pm

But they do so much for the community!

Nomad

25 Jun 2007, 12:14am

Join Pikes and ride the fire engine around town drunk.

airbornflght

25 Jun 2007, 12:41am

Fraternities aren't that bad. And they actually only cost around $400 more a year than the dorms. Most franternities are not like the ones in animal house...

Nomad

25 Jun 2007, 12:52am

Fraternities aren't that bad. And they actually only cost around $400 more a year than the dorms. Most franternities are not like the ones in animal house...

You don't go to college hard enough.

pigflipper

25 Jun 2007, 02:09am

Fraternities aren't that bad. And they actually only cost around $400 more a year than the dorms. Most franternities are not like the ones in animal house...

Then you are believing the hype. Most of the frats I know are full of self indulgent *******s who think they are holier than thou and above the law. Don't let yourself get sucked into that, please.

Kwitko

25 Jun 2007, 02:17am

Then you are believing the hype. Most of the frats I know are full of self indulgent *******s who think they are holier than thou and above the law. Don't let yourself get sucked into that, please.

That's the kind of narrow-minded thinking usually spouted by people who couldn't get into a fraternity.

airbornflght

25 Jun 2007, 03:10am

Yeh. I agree with kwitko

I have several cousins that have been to OSU and they have all been in fraternities. I've talked to them about a lot of stuff so I know what I'm getting into. And they said that there really weren't any hidden costs as far as the house or anything goes. And they said there is a little bit of hazing but it wasn't bad. And of course there is going to be drinking and partying. That happens regardless of the fraternity or not. That's just part of being young and a lil' bit stupid.

tmh88

25 Jun 2007, 04:18am

Fraternities are different everywhere you go. Its pretty much if you don't know the guys, your not getting into their house, so i guess thats where the idea of them being *******s comes from. When random people show up to our parties its kinda weird. I mean would you invite a whole bunch of people you don't know into your own house? And as for the not helping the community party, it all depends on the fraternity. Some are complete douches which I will agree on, and others are actually involved in the community. I'm the philanthropy chair of mine and we actually set up a bunch of programs. One that was really cool was a tutoring program for a local middle school.

BTW generally living in a fraternity/off campus housing is a lot cheaper than staying in the dorms. Pretty much dorms are the most expensive yet ****tiest apartments you will ever live in.

pigflipper

25 Jun 2007, 04:58am

No, I have my reasons for disliking them and their practices. I might be biased by where I live, but I know of some stories from other places. Pledging a frat is what sent Keith on that long slow slide. It was torture on him. I won't go into detail in public, but it was bad.

LawnMM

25 Jun 2007, 04:11pm

Fraternities aren't that bad. And they actually only cost around $400 more a year than the dorms. Most franternities are not like the ones in animal house...

This is based on what, all your college experience?

Buddy J

25 Jun 2007, 06:57pm

airbornflght

25 Jun 2007, 07:26pm

Zing!

They may cost $400 more per year than the dorms do, but that's assuming you're living in-house. Freshmen don't live in the house, right? And freshmen have to pay all the initiation fees to boot. So next year, what's rush gonna cost you, besides your grades?

Yeh, freshman do live in the houses that I've seen. afaik thats the way it is at all houses at OSU. so no, its not gonna cost a whole lot more...

Buddy J

25 Jun 2007, 07:39pm

Interesting. At OU, you can't live in house until you are a Sophomore.

I know that I'd rather spend the extra $400 on something like booze, computers, or car parts. That's just me.

SPIKE09

25 Jun 2007, 07:43pm

Most franternities are not like the ones in animal house... What the firking point in Joining then????? Toga toga toga:eek:

airbornflght

26 Jun 2007, 12:18am

Networking, lifetime friends, philanthropy, and of course the parties.

My cousin who just graduated got his job because of an alum of his house. Have you ever heard the term it's not what you know, it's who you know.

Kwitko

26 Jun 2007, 12:46am

I believe Sledge was in a fraternity and graduated in 3 years with a degree in architecture. I too was in a fraternity. We partied, sure, but we also spent once a week with special-ed students from the local high school. At the national level, my fraternity sponsors a cross-country bike ride to raise money to support services and programs for people with disabilities. Most all fraternities raise money for charitable organizations. It's entirely possible to be in a fraternity and do well in school. It's also possible to not be a fraternity and fail miserably.

Disclaimer - This post is not in support of ABF per se, but of fraternities in general. I'm thoroughly convinced he's going to end up like the dude from "Accepted", wearing a hot dog suit and yelling, "Ask me about my wiener!"

NiGHTS

26 Jun 2007, 01:12am

jared

26 Jun 2007, 01:16am

Kwitko, I like where you are going with that sir.

airbornflght

26 Jun 2007, 01:30am

Disclaimer - This post is not in support of ABF per se, but of fraternities in general. I'm thoroughly convinced he's going to end up like the dude from "Accepted", wearing a hot dog suit and yelling, "Ask me about my wiener!"

Then it seems I have nothing to loose and everything to prove.

jared

26 Jun 2007, 01:50am

Then it seems I have nothing to loose and everything to prove.

You don't even know it, but you're well on your way already.

After all you have nothing to lose right?

airbornflght

26 Jun 2007, 01:54am

yeh. that's it

26 Jun 2007, 02:01am

Zanthian Joined a service fraternity instead of a social fraternity. They usually don't have their own house, but they are much more rewarding, it looks much better on a resume, and they usually let girls join.

Look into your campus's service fraternities before you decide.

airbornflght

11 Jan 2008, 05:22pm

Well. Here we are. 6 months later.

My second semester just started, and pledge ship is over. I can honestly say it was one of the best decisions of my life. To kwitko's dissapointment I didn't have to wear a wiener suit or do anything else publicly humiliating. :D

It was tough though and a lot of fun at the same time. Between required homecoming hours, coke dates, and pledge functions I'll admit that it was a lot of work. It seems that I was either studying or doing pledge activities most of the time. Which is probably a good thing because we had required study hours. I can honestly say without them I don't know if I would have made it through the first semester as I used to be quite the procrastinator. And with all the activities they threw at us the first semester we had to figure out time management very quickly and either sink or swim. Some of my pledge brothers didn't make grades :( but they have one semester to bring them up.

I got a 3.0 and have transfered from engineering to business. I realized that maybe engineering wasn't my cuppa tea the more I started getting into the classes and talking to alumni that are engineers. I was pretty proud of myself for getting a 'c' in physics because the professor was very blunt that 70% of people will get a D, F, or W in the class. His final was torture. 6 questions, two and a half hours.

Anyways. I'm taking 18 hours this semester and so far I'm really like my classes. My philosophy teacher is a spitfire and seems to question a lot of things like me. My econ teacher is old and boring, but I think I'll live:D. MSIS is right up my alley, but I'm gonna be a little board in it because it is going to teach me office 2003 for the third time.

Leonardo

11 Jan 2008, 05:28pm

Glad things are going well. Too bad the economics professor is crusty. That can be a fascinating study with a dynamic instructor. Sorry about the physics struggle. What you've learned though, will enrich the rest of your life. Hang in there. It will all pay off one way or another in the future.

Thelemech

11 Jan 2008, 05:56pm

Good to hear you are sticking to your guns ABF. It should be an excellent semester with a good Philosophy Prof. I am willing to bet that is going to be one of your favorites; even years later.

primesuspect

11 Jan 2008, 06:15pm

coke dates......

Wow... College sure has changed since I went .... :wtf:

airbornflght

11 Jan 2008, 07:27pm

lol. I'm guessing you did them?

That's just what they are called. Mainly it was just something cheap and simple we could do with the different sororities to get to know the girls.

primesuspect

11 Jan 2008, 07:33pm

Up here, coke is not pop :wtf:

airbornflght

11 Jan 2008, 07:56pm

lol. Coke, pop, soda. Whatever you wanna call it.

MrBill

11 Jan 2008, 07:56pm

MSIS is right up my alley, but I'm gonna be a little board in it because it is going to teach me office 2003 for the third time.Glad to see that education paying off. ;D

Just kidding with you. Good job on sticking with it ABF!

StainMeNow

11 Jan 2008, 08:25pm

lol. Coke, pop, soda. Whatever you wanna call it.

You're just not getting it... :(

airbornflght

11 Jan 2008, 08:37pm

I know. cocaine. I'm just saying around here it gets called all 3 so I'm semi used to it.

StainMeNow

11 Jan 2008, 08:40pm

I know. cocaine. I'm just saying around here it gets called all 3 so I'm semi used to it.

It gets called yeyo, frank, and nose candy?

airbornflght

11 Jan 2008, 09:26pm

It gets called yeyo, frank, and nose candy?

don't forget blow

12 Jan 2008, 03:46am

A blow-date is something completely different.

airbornflght

12 Jan 2008, 03:58am

A blow-date is something completely different.

and rarely seen.:bigggrin:

Xanten

16 Jan 2008, 04:24am

wow college in the states is alittle different from here in canada lol
since we dont have frats here (well not to my knowledge anyways... but i could be wrong)

airbornflght

16 Jan 2008, 05:27pm

Gargoyle

16 Jan 2008, 08:47pm

As we know them, fraternities are mostly an American phenomenon. They're in Canada and PR, too, but not quite as prevalent.

The "Greek System" is present almost exclusively in the United States (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States) and Canada (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada), with a minority of organizations having chapters elsewhere, such as the Caribbean (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caribbean), Africa (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africa), and Asia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia).

leishi85

17 Jan 2008, 06:25pm

No fraternities? Hmm. Is it just an american thing? My fraternity calls themselves an international fraternity so they must have a chapter somewhere outside the us. It was started in what is now west virginia.

That's like the "world series" champs calling themselves international champs, or the superbowl champs.

airbornflght

18 Jan 2008, 06:55pm

Not really. I think we do have chapters in canada. I'd have to check. We couldn't call ourself an international fraternity if we didn't have any chapters across national borders.

mmonnin

19 Jan 2008, 03:52am

I know. cocaine. I'm just saying around here it gets called all 3 so I'm semi used to it.

No it doesnt. Ohioians dont say Soda....sometimes coke but its mostly pop. Remember the diversity, altho very minor when compared to DC, that comes with a college campus like OSU.

Gargoyle

19 Jan 2008, 09:23pm

No it doesnt. Ohioians dont say Soda....sometimes coke but its mostly pop. Remember the diversity, altho very minor when compared to DC, that comes with a college campus like OSU.

OSU (http://osu.okstate.edu/) ≠ tOSU (http://www.osu.edu/).

mmonnin

20 Jan 2008, 03:53am

Damnit you stole our name!

And thats THE Ohio State University. Cap it or take it off.

airbornflght

21 Jan 2008, 11:11pm

Yeh, because of you all I have to type in okstate.edu instead of osu.edu... i wasn't too happy about that in the beginning.

Crazy Joe

22 Jan 2008, 04:26am

Yeh, because of you all I have to type in okstate.edu instead of osu.edu... i wasn't too happy about that in the beginning.

Bah!! When OSU became a University in 1870, Oklahoma wasn't even a state... Outside of Oklahoma ask people what OSU stands for and I'm sure a large majority of them will refer to OHIO State University...