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 <title>Cerulean Spark (ceruleanspark)'s status on Monday, 05-Aug-13 15:23:39 UTC</title>
 <author_name>Cerulean Spark (ceruleanspark)</author_name>
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 <html>@&lt;span class=&quot;vcard&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://rainbowdash.net/user/30442&quot; class=&quot;url&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;fn nickname&quot;&gt;woona&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; Which university are you off too?

In my experience, university was a lot different to college, both in terms of the students AND the staff. The fact that people at university are there by choice, and in most cases, are paying a frankly lunatic quantity of money to do so really narrows the field. 

I did IT, and everyone was great. I got to know a lot of people, I never felt threatened or bullied or outcast or anything like that. The people studying your course will more than likely share a lot of interests with you, which will help you find common ground (In my case, the releases of Mass Effect 2 and Pokemon Soul Silver/Heart Gold were the major areas)

You'll find the relationship between students and staff is a lot different too: The lecturers could not give a dole about anyone who isn't there to learn, so the do not pander to the lowest denominatior. The will &lt;i&gt;/actually treat you with respect/&lt;/i&gt; which was novel for me.</html>
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