More and more students are interested in studying in college. After all, this is not the worst option for getting a profession. Many parents still believe that in order to work successfully, it is necessary to first complete 11 years of school, then enter a university, receive a diploma (preferably a red one), and only after that the child will have a successful job. Actually this is not true. And quite often, going to college gives you more advantages when building a career. It is for this reason that schoolchildren wonder how difficult it is to study in various schools. What can you say about studying here? What are the pros and cons of training? Is it really easier to study in such institutions than in universities?
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Many people are interested in studying in college. But not everyone understands which establishments we are talking about. In the USA, for example, college is a fairly common type of educational institution that provides a decent education. But in Russia everything is somewhat different.
Colleges and schools are considered not the best places to study. At least, that's what many parents think. After all, in fact, the child will receive not higher, but secondary vocational education. It differs from a university, but allows you to get at least some kind of diploma.
In reality, college is a place that provides the opportunity to master a wide variety of specialties. And get an education in a short time. It will help you when applying to a university. For example, they can enroll an applicant immediately into the 2nd or 3rd year. Many schoolchildren are increasingly thinking about entering college rather than college. But what should applicants know? How do they study in college? Will it be difficult for the child?
Learning process
In general, it resembles studying at school, but there are also elements of university methods. You will have to study the same way as in a higher educational institution - go to classes according to the schedule, take exams several times a year. The only difference is that in the end the child will receive a diploma not of higher education, but of education.
You will have to go to school either in the morning or in the evening. As a rule, the first option is much more common. Is it difficult to study in college? It all depends on which school the child is admitted to. As practice shows, quite often it is more difficult in college than in school or university. But some people think college is easy. This is not entirely true. After all, the learning process as a whole is no different from university. Unless it's a training program. And mandatory practice.
Practice is required
The fact is that while studying at a university, students either work part-time outside their specialty or do not work at all. University takes up a lot of time. And practice begins only in the 3rd year, and lasts a short time. In fact, the student does not know how to work in his chosen specialty.
A college in this area offers more opportunities. Why? Usually, special time is allocated here for work, or rather, for practice. In fact, the child will both study and gain work experience, which university graduates so lack. Practice is a mandatory component of schooling. You can't do without it.
This is why many high school students think about going to college. In Russia, it is difficult to get a job without work experience, even with honors. More and more often, practical skills are valued. College, as already mentioned, allows you to get them by the time of graduation. Quite often, after graduating from college, a student continues to work. Or they immediately help him find a job.
When to apply
The next question on many people's minds is when to go to college. In Russia there are 2 options. Students can choose when to go to college. It is mandatory to apply to a university only after finishing the 11th grade of school. Or after college.
But you can go to college either after 9th or 11th grade. Depending on which admission option was chosen, as well as on what specialty the child is entering, the length of study will depend.
How do they study in college? In fact, it’s the same as at university. But with the difference that a mandatory component is to gain work experience in the chosen specialty. Well, the admission procedure is not as serious as you can enroll after 9th grade on the basis of the State Academy of Sciences, and after 11th grade - according to the Unified State Exam. Most often, simply providing a certificate is enough. And then the applicant will be enrolled in a particular specialty. It turns out that getting into college is easier.
How long to study
How long do you study in college? Much depends on the specialty, as well as on when the child began studying. If training takes place on the basis of 11 grades of school, you will have to study for another 1 year and 10 months to receive a diploma. In some cases - 2 years.
How many years do you study in college after 9th grade? Usually 2 years 10 months or 3. Some institutions require 4 years of study. And it doesn’t matter whether a person entered school after 11th or 9th grade. In any case, as practice shows, training at a technical school or college lasts less than at a university.
Advantages and disadvantages
Now let’s find out what advantages and disadvantages there are to receiving secondary vocational education. It is indicated that it is difficult to study in college mainly in technical specialties. The training there is exactly the same as at the university. In addition, it will also be difficult for those who do not want to study and work at all. Therefore, it is not worth enrolling in a technical school under the pretext of “just not studying.”
What are the pros and cons of such training? The benefits include:
- variety of specialties;
- experience;
- obtaining a diploma in the shortest possible time;
- duration of training;
- assistance with employment (not everywhere, but occurs often);
- the opportunity to enter the institute immediately in the 3rd year.
There are fewer disadvantages at the moment. Among them are:
- contempt of society - some consider secondary vocational education inferior;
- the need to study at a university if you need a graduate degree;
- some colleges do not offer the best knowledge;
- problems may arise during employment (previously there was a pronounced difference between graduates of technical schools and universities, but now it is less common).
In any case, now it’s clear how they study in college. Should I apply here? Everyone decides for themselves. If a person’s first priority is to gain experience in a particular specialty, you can go to a technical school. But you have to be prepared for the fact that many parents will not approve of such a step.
Meet your roommate. You need to be moderately kind and tactful, but not too much so as not to become a doormat. If you don't like something, don't be afraid to raise the issue out loud, but make sure to express it in a gentle way. It is more productive to use sentences that express your personal opinion, for example: “I can’t sleep with loud music. Could you please put your headphones on after midnight?”
Set ground rules. It’s better to immediately agree on what doesn’t suit you and what you can agree with. This will help in resolving possible conflicts in the future. When discussing the rules, pay attention to the following points:
- Music and noise. If you like different styles, agree that everyone can listen to their favorite music in turn or agree to headphones. If necessary, install time of silence And loud time. Example. One roommate loves to sing Disney songs, but the other one hates it. Agree on what time the first one can play his favorite songs and sing along. At this time, the second neighbor can use ear plugs so that the first one can sing calmly without feeling like he is on pins and needles.
- Visitors. Do you mind having your platonic roommate love spend the night at your place from time to time? What if love is not platonic? Set rules for overnight visitors before that how the real situation will arise. This will allow you to avoid an unpleasant showdown at the most inopportune moment, when someone’s self-esteem is sure to suffer. You can arrange a special knock on the door or preliminary SMS messages in advance so that there is no surprise for you.
- Parties. Agree on what suits both of you and what doesn’t. Perhaps you just need a few friends to chat over a beer, or you want a full-fledged party every weekend, or you are generally not comfortable with taking any substances. We need to strive for a compromise on both sides. It's not fair to limit your roommate's social contacts to their turf, but it's also not fair to tolerate drunken parties that annoy you.
Keep your room clean! Everyone has their own views on cleanliness, but do not ignore each other's requirements, otherwise an unpleasant smell will appear in the room.
Keep an eye on your things. In the laundry room or shared refrigerator, items may disappear. Much depends on the status of the college and its location. In some educational institutions, a laptop requires an eye and an eye, and it is also better to use a bicycle lock. Ask other students how seriously you should take safety.
Don't be afraid to ask for help. Most dormitories have a director and staff whose position obliges them to help residents in various matters. Ideally, they should strive to make you feel at home here. If problems with your roommate cannot be resolved, contact local management.
Find out what is allowed. Some hostels are prohibitive, others do not allow members of the opposite sex, and some have severe restrictions on the use of fire. Please use caution.
Most dorms have shared showers. Don't forget your bathing slippers! Some diseases are transmitted through foot contact. Besides, who knows what happened inside there?
Farewell to my home school and entrance exams are left behind. And this means that all the worries and worries too. If you manage to choose a higher education institution for admission, and also successfully pass the entrance exams, you can relax and start enjoying life.
But then comes September 1, when the student must go to the first classes with trepidation. And then he is constrained by fear and uncertainty, because he will have to step into an audience full of strangers.
Why is it so important to make the right impression?
Every applicant has a cheerful student life before his eyes:
- exciting parties,
- carefree study,
- dizzying relationship
- new acquaintances and numerous friends.
Few people expect intense and active study/cramming, otherwise few would consciously choose such a life for themselves. By the way, that’s why you need to be prepared and know, which is especially scary and important for freshmen.
But in order to get at least part of all those expected pleasures that are constantly spinning in your head, you need to be able to impress those with whom you will study. Therefore, your main task is to make friends with your classmates!
Why is it important? The fact is that while studying at school, people are connected only by territory and necessity. And the student chooses to study at a higher educational institution consciously. This means that studying at this university is initially chosen by people with similar views on life, interests, and level of education (not a fact, but most often).
This is the environment in which we will have to spend the next five years. During this time, many will become close and reliable friends. Moreover, in the future, one of them may provide assistance with employment. After all, one direction of the university assumes that all your fellow students will be involved in this field. That is, someone will be an ordinary employee, and someone will be his boss, employer, competitor, or simply a useful person in business. Therefore, you should not lose your head and cut off connections at the root that have not yet been established. Agree, there is a lot at stake to try and improve relationships in the group.
Well, it’s simply always useful to have understanding and supportive like-minded people behind you who can become friends for life.
But what if you are not an eloquent speaker by nature and are speechless every time you see a new face? How to improve relationships with classmates in this case?
3 Ways to Overcome Fear
Don't worry ahead of time. We have a few tips for you that will help even the most silent silent ones and timid cowards on how to make friends in college/institute/university:
- Always remember: the audience you are entering contains newcomers just like you . Now is the time to become something you have never been but have always dreamed of becoming. After all, no one, just like you, knows the rules, customs, foundations of this educational institution. You will have to learn this together throughout the entire duration of your studies. Although you still shouldn’t go overboard with your imagination: if you show yourself in a role that you can’t subsequently match, it won’t be very nice. So you always need to be yourself, just a slightly more interesting version of yourself. This will help build really strong relationships in the group.
- The first day is a shock for everyone . People have not yet gotten to know everyone enough to form microgroups based on narrower interests. So, in theory, you can go and meet absolutely anyone. On a note! You should not start dating groups that you knew before entering the university (former classmates, for example, or those who attended preparatory courses together). Although even here the likelihood is low that people from established groups will behave hostilely, because they are just as interested in making new acquaintances.
- Forget about your past . At school you may have been a failure, a silent person, or suffered from ridicule and bullying. Once you enter a university, you can start life from scratch. The main thing is not to be offended and remember that here you have the same rights as everyone else.
How and where to start dating?
What is the most important place for students of all times? Where are the fastest and strongest connections made? Where do you find out the latest gossip and exam questions? That's right - in the smoking room!
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It is enough to have a little friendliness and cheerfulness in your bosom to start a fleeting conversation:
- at the desk,
- on the way to the classroom,
- in front of the office,
- on the way home/to the dorm.
Sometimes just a few phrases are enough to understand the essence of the interlocutor and trust him.
The second most popular place to meet people after the smoking room is the hostel. Here you don’t have to do anything at all, new acquaintances will still find you!
However, there is a more modern place for current freshmen to meet: social networks. Having found the same “green” person online, you can arrange a joint meeting and attend classes. After all, everyone knows that dating on social networks is great for shy people, as it does not require courage. Moreover, no one will recognize you in real life if you manage to screw up online.
The main rule of the first day is do not be shy! This will allow you to make as many friends as your head can handle.
Topics for the first conversation vary depending on the location. It can be:
- entrance exams,
- training courses,
- new teachers,
- number of exams and their difficulty in the first session,
- local eateries.
To be prepared for the same questions, if a fellow newcomer wants to meet you, look for information about your chosen university on the Internet from graduates. This way you can gain authority and appear more experienced and knowledgeable in the eyes of others.
Don’t be afraid to be a “black sheep”: modern youth loves the brave and unconventional
- Experiment. Take courage and meet even the strangest and seemingly unfriendly personalities. It often turns out that such people use a silent and unfriendly mask to disguise their shyness and responsiveness. If you're really scared, try to imagine that you're an actor playing the role of Agent 007, whom everyone loves. Even if you fail, it is unlikely that anyone will remember this mistake the next day. Everyone will have too many other impressions.
- Always “yes!” joint events. Until you finally get the hang of it, agree to any events: performances, cafes, theaters, walks in the park. Such meetings will allow you to better know who you should be friends with and who you should be wary of (yes, there will probably be such people in your circle). And these hikes will become an additional bright spot in your memory.
- Prepare a story about yourself. In any case, you will have to answer questions about your life. It is better to decide in advance what information you will disclose and what information you will prefer to leave behind the scenes. It’s best to leave the most juicy details for good and trusted friends.
- Show interest in others. People like it when someone is interested in their life. Prepare questions in advance that will help reveal the personality of your interlocutor. Ask about hobbies, interests, opinions, expectations and plans. This will not only help you win favor, but will also endear your interlocutor to you.
Don't forget that your student years should be the best adventure of your life. It is worth trying a little for this and at the very beginning of this path to establish relationships not only with classmates, but also with young people from other faculties. And student services will always be there to make the ups as impressive as possible and the downs as painless as possible.
Popov Anton
Kostroma Energy College is the oldest educational institution in the country. In 2014, the technical school turned 120 years old. In preparation for the anniversary, students performed various creative tasks. While studying the academic discipline “Russian Language and Speech Culture,” the guys tried their hand at the memoir genre. They were offered simple topics: “My first day at the technical school,” “The most memorable day,” “My first academic year at the technical school,” “The most ordinary day of the year.” Each of the “memoirists” knew that he was writing his own page in the history of the educational institution. To do this, it was necessary to familiarize yourself with the features of the genre, try to put your thoughts and impressions on paper. This “Collection of Memoirs” was prepared on the 120th anniversary of the technical school. Some of the best student work is published on the site.
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Memoirs on the topic: “My first day at the technical school.”
They say that all the most exciting things are remembered. The first day of my stay at the technical school was exactly this, exciting, and I remember it very well.
I thought about how I would be a student all summer. I understood that something new was in store compared to school. I visited the KET website more than once, finding a lot of interesting things for myself. I was worried about how I would fit into the team, how I would cope with the new demands. I remembered the route: streets, bus numbers...
And here I am at the technical school. First of September.
I was immediately pleased by the groups of smiling, cheerfully talking guys at the entrance. Apparently, all friends missed each other, are glad to meet each other and are not at all opposed to starting activities together, apparently interesting. Teachers were also joyfully greeted when they entered the technical school building. I thought: how comfortable it must be for those who are already familiar with everything here. I involuntarily imagined myself not as a confused newbie, but as an experienced student. I wonder how I will look at the freshmen next year?
Soon everyone went up to the assembly hall. The guys, including us, the first-year students, were located in groups, each headed by a class teacher. However, I was with my fellow students for only a short time: it turned out that I had a role at the festival - representing the first-year students on stage and accepting the traditional Torch of Knowledge from the graduates. Thus, I was lucky enough to communicate closely with the mentors already on the first of September: they brought me up to date, advised me regarding my “speech” on stage, and were with me throughout the entire holiday - my class teacher Natalya Pavlovna and head teacher Elena Igorevna.
I rarely had to speak from the big stage. I was worried. Fortunately, I managed to pull myself together and say a few words. But with the Torch of Knowledge there was a rather funny story, which, however, did not spoil the holiday at all. The torch was hopelessly extinguished in the graduate’s hands, and in order to pass it to me burning, she and everyone who sympathized behind the stage had to make considerable efforts. It was hard not to smile!
By the way, I was pleasantly surprised by the discipline in the hall. If we remember how students behaved at events at my school, we can say that at the Knowledge Day at the technical school you could even hear “like a fly flying by.” Serious people!
I really enjoyed the holiday! The speeches of the director, teachers, and veterans were sincere and interesting. Wonderful presenters! How wonderfully the senior students sang, danced and recited poetry!
Well, then - class hour, room No. 50, meeting the guys from groups 1-4, a new and very interesting lesson schedule...
I came home in a good mood, I thought: how right everything turned out, how great it is that I decided to follow this path and chose KET!
Popov Anton 2-1 KhAO
November 2013
