Quite simply- University Lectures.

if you spend a small amount of time finding out the date and location of a lecture you can attend for free due to the anonymity of university lectures ( no one there knows if your enrolled or not).

im going to a lecture on drug prohibition with my mate in a few hours.

This is very true. It doesn't even need to be a large lecture, it can be a smaller class. If they ever ask about you, just give them a name and say you just switched to the class online. Teacher assumes it'll take awhile to get an updated class list and you're off the hook.

Most teachers won't have a problem with you sitting in on a class regardless.

Most teachers won't have a problem with you sitting in on a class regardless.

Depends on the size of the school and it will only work to a certain age...A 40 year old man probably won't be able to pass for a student.

Depends on the size of the school and it will only work to a certain age...A 40 year old man probably won't be able to pass for a student.

It's actually becoming more and more common for older people to start going back to school. My mom went back and got her teaching degree when she was 36 or so.

It's actually becoming more and more common for older people to start going back to school. My mom went back and got her teaching degree when she was 36 or so.

Yeah I know I was just referring to sneaking into class.

Many professors will allow you write essays and do tests as well, you just wont get credit. I believe its called auditing.

How do you find out about local lectures?

How do you find out about local lectures?

go to college websites....

Plus, I think a decent amount of people do this just to get a feel for the school and it's classes while they're visiting. What better way to get an authentic feel of a schools academics then to sit in on a class w/ no "marketing the school" bullshit?

Quite simply- University Lectures.

if you spend a small amount of time finding out the date and location of a lecture you can attend for free due to the anonymity of university lectures ( no one there knows if your enrolled or not).

im going to a lecture on drug prohibition with my mate in a few hours.

So...Did you get in? :confused:

Yep, definitely true. It will be easiest with the 1st and 2nd year courses, as class sizes start getting much smaller in 3rd and 4th year. But yeah, as long as you aren't taking up the seats for people who are actually enrolled, where's the harm.

Very good. Agreed. thread=+

I've just finished my first year of my Civil Engineering degree, and I agree with the OP.

To the poster that said about getting a feel for the college/university, that is an excellent idea.

I really wish I'd know about how easy it is to sit in any lecture beforehand.

The great thing about Universities is there are that many people you can pretty much do you want, give a false name if questioned, and it will most likely go unanswered.

You can do this with college gym memberships and many other things.

I always thought about this when I first started University. An easy way to do it, is just to find the largest building on campus(they usually hold all the introductory, survey course lectures). At my school(UCSB), it was Campbell Hall. It held hundreds of students. You could just sit in there all day and catch a new lecture every 55 minutes and no one would bother you. Once you find one you like, you can just write the time and day down and only come on that time and day(s).

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What can you learn during a lecture than you can't learn over the internet/library/self-research?

Without the credits, it's pointless.

What can you learn during a lecture than you can't learn over the internet/library/self-research?

Without the credits, it's pointless.

Being in an environment where communication between the lecturer and the student is possible allows for a much more substantial education.

Being in an environment where communication between the lecturer and the student is possible allows for a much more substantial education.

Asking questions can be useful, but in an average lecture there's only room for maybe five of them.

The real value of classes comes from the work you get assigned, the fear of failing that motivates you to do it, and the ability to get help with the parts of it you don't understand. Out of those, the thing that makes you learn the most is the fear. Say it's wednesday and the homework isn't due until friday. You might look at it, start, realize the problem confuses you and look in the book and your notes for half an hour trying to get an idea with no luck, and give up to go do something else for the rest of the night. On thursday, you would not do that. The question is 3% of your grade and you will have no other opportunity to answer it; you would spend an inordinate amount of time looking over everything again, contacting everyone who might be able to give you a hint, and thinking about it way past when you should have gone to bed until you finally understand everything well enough to answer it.

This isn't really a pleasant process. It doesn't happen with every class, but it does happen with the classes that really matter. It can be hard to push yourself through it. Unless you're a very disciplined person, or you enjoy the material immensely, it's not going to happen unless in the back of your mind you're terrified of wasting thousands of dollars, disappointing everyone in your life, and compromising the future you've been working hard for years to achieve.

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Uhh so I didn't even have to finish reading that to know that you got way too technical with it.

I am a student, I know how lecture classes work. Lecture classes don't assign the kind of homework one can classify as "valuable." The lecture classes that I've been in are very general and ask minimal participation from the student.

The point of this thread was to point out that sneaking into lecture classes is easy and you can get free education by doing so. I don't feel like arguing what the best way to learn is.

Good points... but I don't care.

^correction^

Uhh so I didn't even have to finish reading that to know that you got way too technical with it.

I am a student, I know how lecture classes work. Lecture classes don't assign the kind of homework one can classify as "valuable." The lecture classes that I've been in are very general and ask minimal participation from the student.

The point of this thread was to point out that sneaking into lecture classes is easy and you can get free education by doing so. I don't feel like arguing what the best way to learn is.

Good points... but I don't care.

This. Now, question. A week ago I was at the store and I found a visitor badge to a local college I have never attended. It was just a computer-printed sticker badge, but it was for a lecturer who was speaking that night (I found this out after going to their website). When I found it, the event begin time had already passed by like 4 hours, but it begs the question, if I had found it sooner, how easy would it have been to walk in there and start GIVING the lecture? Dumbfuck answers of "you have to know something about the topic" aside, would it have been relatively easy to pretend you were the speaker?

i always wanted to do this with music classes... but no college nearby,

Unfortunately it's not the knowledge that I'm looking for in a college education. There's knowledge enough online. I'm looking for a good time and a piece of paper that advertises me as valuable to the corporate world. The knowledge certainly is interesting, but it's rarely worth it in an introductory lecture class. Small courses in the humanities are far more valuable.

I know how lecture classes work. Lecture classes don't assign the kind of homework one can classify as "valuable."

What sir, is your major?

I am constantly being burdened with work; I have two essays due tomorrow, two lab assignments and a test the next day and midterms aren't until next week.

If you are not being burdened with work there is no point in taking a course. This lack of responsiblity is akin to watching tv or leisurely reading a book. Why show up? The only possible way to learn is by being burdened. You must be able to distinguish between the trivial and the fundamental.

What sir, is your major?

I am constantly being burdened with work; I have two essays due tomorrow, two lab assignments and a test the next day and midterms aren't until next week.

If you are not being burdened with work there is no point in taking a course. This lack of responsiblity is akin to watching tv or leisurely reading a book. Why show up? The only possible way to learn is by being burdened. You must be able to distinguish between the trivial and the fundamental.

All that for one class? Sucks for you!! I'm a music student who only takes lecture classes (other than music) to fill mandatory requirements, which were the lecture classes I was talking about. Music classes that are intended to be lecture classes are small enough so that the class is able to participate regularly.

What sir, is your major?

Chemistry and Biology. I'm taking 2 lectures this semester: Cell Biology and Calc 1. Calc recommends homework but I understand the material regardless (even though a solid majority of my classmates have already taken a calc class before while I haven't). I don't know about you but when I read nonfiction I don't need to force myself through it. The same principle applies to classes.

when I read nonfiction I don't need to force myself through it.

dang

every day I am finding out more and more similiarities between us

I too, have a dislike for fiction

Having projects and essays to do in school is a very good thing. Imagine what you will be doing when you begin you career: taking notes, not writing reports, three day weekends and no projects? If that is the case, I would be very surprised to find that you could feed yourself. The world outside the university walls are filled with jobs that need to be completed.

So it be a good thing that you have your work cut out for you.

OP didn't go to the lecture.

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DT

There will be a quiz on the first two gigabytes on Friday.

OP didn't go to the lecture.

like all the other psychics

wrong