What did you learn in college?

[MichaelBernal]

I learned that I could of bought the text books for a few hundred dollars instead of paying thousands for having a professor read it to me lol


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[WebWizards]

One of my best friends died coming home from a college party(drunk). Crashed his BMW. So I decided to quit alcohol. As I consider drinking it a bad habit in general.

 

[EE7]

What I learned:

• Project management
• How to deal with people
• That I didn't want to work in the corporate world the rest of my life

 

[Nily]

Did Media majoring in Journalism.

• Women: three ex girlfriends and others.
• Started a fitness society and learned that working with people is an art.
• Learned a great deal about the big five religions from my gen eds.

 

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[OldFaithful]

I learned enough to just get in the door of a mid level slowlane career.

All that piece of paper did was get me thru the door on the first day, but without that piece of paper the chances of starting in engineering would be slim. Everything else was "on the job" training. So once thru the door, success or failure depended more on what I learned & applied in the field. Let me clarify...success or failure had more to do with the people skills than the technical skills, even in a technical career such as engineering! That's a lesson I learned not at college, but out in the real world.

 

[Get Right]

2 things:

1. I learned how to drink the koolaid
2. Because of this experience I got to learn how to un-drink the koolaid...12 years later

 

[InspireHD]

I majored in Economics and found that I really enjoyed microeconomics, supply and demand, and individual decision making. I have a side interest in behavioral finance. It's too hard to predict macroeconomic factors like GDP and interest rates. The economy can't be thrown in a test tube. Each individual person is part of the economy. Small actions made by many people have huge ripple effects.

This carries over into entrepreneurship as well. Having a series of small wins day after day eventually add up over time.

 

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[Ravens_Shadow]

I learned what I sucked at.

I learned that I sucked at standardized testing.
I learned that I was a visual and hands on learner.
I learned that I learned more by talking about what I thought was the answer, rather than listening to what the answer was.

And my biggest lesson:
I learned that I shouldn't waste my time on things that I sucked at, so I dropped out 3 semesters in.