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Unread postby OUvaulterUSAF » Mon Sep 08, 2003 11:52 am

How's it going with the transition from high school to college? Practice and school load?

Good Luck with your first season!
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Unread postby Lord of the Poles » Mon Sep 08, 2003 12:03 pm

haven't had any practice yet...but the school load is very light...I've had very little hw thus far, and all my classes are usually over before noon...
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Unread postby rainbowgirl28 » Mon Sep 08, 2003 12:31 pm

You won't really get much homework in college. The trick is to stay on top of your classes and study.
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Unread postby Lord of the Poles » Mon Sep 08, 2003 1:02 pm

yea...so far most of my hw has been reading assignments...

my history teacher sets it up so we like read a chapter and then take this really small quiz online on the school's "blackboard" program...
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Unread postby PimpVaulter11 » Mon Sep 08, 2003 11:39 pm

Yeah I go to McNeese and Russ Buller is my coach and work out are real hard
I know why he got the way he is
School Sucks though
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Unread postby vaultmd » Tue Sep 09, 2003 1:15 am

So inquiring minds want to know . . . do you guys use Bowflex?
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Unread postby Skyin' Brian » Tue Sep 09, 2003 11:01 am

Lord of the Poles wrote:haven't had any practice yet...but the school load is very light...I've had very little hw thus far, and all my classes are usually over before noon...


where do you go to school. i want to transfer.
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Unread postby Lord of the Poles » Tue Sep 09, 2003 11:47 am

haha...I go to Worcester State College

Brian, that's how my schedule ended up working out...getting out before noon most of the time...and hell, on Tuesdays and Thursdays I only have one class and it's over by 9:45
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Unread postby rainbowgirl28 » Tue Sep 09, 2003 1:52 pm

Lord of the Poles wrote:haha...I go to Worcester State College

Brian, that's how my schedule ended up working out...getting out before noon most of the time...and hell, on Tuesdays and Thursdays I only have one class and it's over by 9:45


Wait until you have midterms...
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Unread postby Robert schmitt » Tue Sep 09, 2003 3:13 pm

Lord of the Poles wrote: Tuesdays and Thursdays I only have one class and it's over by 9:45


Ahh!!! to be in undergrad again!!!
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Unread postby Skyin' Brian » Wed Sep 10, 2003 11:24 am

has anyone else ever picked a class because it coordinated with your vault schedule better than another class
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Unread postby polevaultprincess » Wed Sep 10, 2003 11:47 am

yup. I based my whole schedule around vaulting. The days i have class during practice are the running days. Id say i planned pretty well.
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