Question for College Gamers - Page 2

Architecture is a peice of cake compared to any engineering program even an easier one like Civil.

I'm a CS/EE double major and I had plenty of time to game and organize campus LANs last year. Of course, last year was my freshmen year so it will probably get harder. If you want to game, you can make time to game. Just make sure you recognize those (infrequent) weeks when you need to just sit down and do your work. One of my friends nearly lost his full ride cause all he did was play video games instead of going to class/doing work.

I know you already have the lappy picked out, but I would urge you to go for the 15.4" unless you are really big or don't plan on taking it to class frequently.

Biology Major here. When I began my freshman year a I made sure I had a laptop with decent graphics so I could game. When I left my freshman year I wanted to sell my laptop with dedicated graphics and get something small and mobile and I didn't care if it only had integrated graphics. College life for me was too busy to go about gaming. I had to set time for homework. I was living with more of my peers, not my parents, so I did alot with them. And their was quite a bit of partying that went on as well. My weekends were not free time, they were party time. I spent my weekends drinking like a fish and sleeping on linoleum floors.

that is definitely not true depending where you go. i know an architecture major at my school, freshman, and though in the first few months i saw him about 3 times a week, and second semester, i saw him twice, during the entire semester. his projects take a lot of time. i also know a civE, junior, and he has so much free time in comparison. i would go as far as saying civE is one of the easier engineering programs

ahahahah, you should try cornell architecture

really it depends on what you do in college for a full time science degree, saddly if you want to stay in your program u'll have to cut back on the games. (at most 1 day per week, or watch your GPA die, you flunk out of university, and regret it every day of your life)... LOLD x1 000 000

looking back @ first year i would have went with a 12 inch ultra light, with a full sized keyboard, i d be able to take it to school with ease.

I take 15 credits a semester and work about 30-35 hours a week and I still find time to game.....it's all about knowing what games to play.

For example, don't start a game that will engulf your life... like WOW, Civ 4, or any Final Fantasy.....geez, learned that one the hard way...stupid FFX...

Just stick to games that you can play for a level and then turn off... like hitman (XBOX), or BFME2.

i think one saturday, i woke up at about 9am, started playing rome: total war, and then went to sleep at about 1am. i think i may have taken 1 break, but yeah, those sessions of endless playing are not good for time management.

The real secret is to date someone who likes to game too.... then you have the whole "gaming" and "social life/dating" thing down pat! Good luck though....

all these people who say you can both game and study are liars, especially when talking to a first year. there IS NOWAY you can have both, university is about working hard for a brief period of time, and with that a huge payoff that follows, seriously, if you want good marks and have 5 courses in a science degree (minus CS) you are really going to have to pay attention to your studies, and not game really @ all (except during the summer). i dont know what school all these kids go to, but from your degree i can tell you are going somewhere challenging, i wouldnt suggest gaming @ all in the first semester. BTW this is how 1st semester goes:

easy 1st two weeks (i didnt study that much and had all the time in the world, and was like wtf this is too easy). then labs started up, and 2 weeks later the 1st midterms, it goes from very easy (easier than high school, to very very challenging in the time between the first week of labs to the first midterm). my suggestion to you would be to study for at least 2 of your 5 midterms in the 1st week (trust me you wont think that this was enough).

now i have gotten a lot of A's in university (i imagine w/ ure program you'll need honors to stay in). so here is my advice: get 8 hours of sleep every night, eat PROPERLY, go to all your classes, and study @ least 3 hours a night; and dont kid yourself.

o btw when I was in first year a lot of ppl including my TA’s, prof’s, and other students said I spent too much time studying (for some reason I felt that they were trying to discourage me just like the people here saying “o college isn’t hard I play games all the time and get A’s” that is total bs (I know you didn’t say you got A’s but it is an example). Just ignore them and keep on truck’n, and before you know it the semester will be over and you’ll have a good gpa.

1 of my friends got into dentistry after 2 years (I only saw him 5 times, I really don’t know what he was doing, but he wasn’t “hanging out”). I know another guy that volunteered a lot and got into med-school after 3 years (and he studied a lot). Well that was my school rant on how to be successful in university. It’s better to study your brains out and hate yourself than not too (cuz then you’ll really hate yourself).

Ya what gomefun2 said is great stuff if thats how you want to do college. College is all about you and doing things your way, nobody is making you go like in high school. Im not in an extreamly tough major (3rd year business at CSUF) but i still manage to find time to game, work 25 hours a week and get a 3.0. Its all about how you manage your time and what your priorities are. As long as your not gaming when you should be studying you should be good, although i agree that you should keep it to the minimum during your first semester when college is the toughest. Its your choice though whatever anyone else does is irrelevent, whatever works for you.

or if you have too much time, double major. or triple major. or elect grad courses. switch schools if you're not being challenged. when you think about it 160,000 is a lot to blow to not make the most of it.

i agree with the last few responders. first semester is hard because you are not used to the college life. the habits you build will define the next 3 years. 2nd, 3rd, 4th years are hard because they genuinely are hard. anyway this isnt specific to the op, just general information for all the late college threads.

I'm taking 6 courses right now. I have like 2 hours of free time a day, and bout 3 hours allocated for eating. I game when eating and bout a hour of my free time. WE have wireless internet in the cafeteria so I game in there. If I have work to do, I don't touch gaming at all.
-Ham

wow, people must think your a complete nerd playin games everywhere you go