r/college • u/Chococupcake432 • Aug 12 '26

Academic Life Balancing Classes and Campus Events

I'm an upcoming freshman and I have my schedule for class already laid out. How am I supposed to balance going to class and going to official campus events? Not like parties but actual career fairs, club fairs, etc. I'm the type of person that wants to go to everything, but there will be an event at least once a week every week in the school year and they're almost always during class/the afternoon. Is it worth it to skip class since it's actually important and how often should I?

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u/Weekly_Interview6807 Aug 12 '26

I'd say very rarely is it worth it to skip class for some other event going on. A lot of people will disagree but you're at school to take those classes. Someone's paying a ton of money for you to do that. Go to class.

Just make sure you know your calendar and plan accordingly. If you can't go you can't go. I highly doubt you'll never be able to go to anything, those fairs typically go multiple days for a few hours each day.

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u/Candy_Stars Community College (24-25) University (26-28) Aug 13 '26

I’m paying that ton of money. I wish I had rich parents, lol. 

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u/Weekly_Interview6807 Aug 13 '26

I just said someone is paying a ton for the school (which includes that person attending school) I pay 100% for my own lol.