Here are 23 of their top responses:
Some responses are fromthis anonymous form.
“I work in admissions.
We sometimes ask for essays about struggles people have experienced and how they grew from them.
“I’m a college librarian.
SO MANY students have sex in the library.
It’s disgusting!”
“I had a friend who was a D1 athlete at a major university I also attended.
“I worked at [a university] for several years as an administrator in the bursar’s office.
The dorm blew through four hot water systems before an investigation revealed the pool.
And the fact that the student was charging other students to play in the pool.
“I’ve worked in college admissions for ten years at multiple universities.
One universal thing is that your admission counselor is HORNY.”
“If your professor says the words, ‘I’m sorry,’ they’re lying.
“Many college professors don’t make as much money as public school teachers with similar education and experience.
“I got a job in [an] office at a university right after I graduated.
It was like high school all over again.”
“The drama is off the charts.
“The most ‘shocking’ thing is how the student workers are treated.
The way that international student workers are treated is despicable.”
“I’m an admin assistant.
I do all the catering orders for my department’s events.
“It does not pay well!
In my state, adjunct instructors make about $1600 per three-credit hour class.
It is brutal.”
“I’m a professor at a major research university.
All that money you spend on tuition?
Yeah, it’s not coming to the people actually teaching you.
It all goes to the administrative positions (hello, Vice Associate Assistant Dean of Ass Kissing).”
Unfortunately, it’s not always fair…”
19.
“A lot of your professors are basically temps.
The first 11 years I taught at my university, I was an adjunct professor.
There’s no job security, just praying that your department will have money to fund you.
“I was an RA for three years (20082011).
My university didn’t have a football team (unlike pretty much every other US school).
Our big sport was basketball, so these guys were kind of treated like gods.
My rounds partner knocked on the door, and one of the guys opened the door.
He’s easily 6'7” with a very deep voice.
We told him that the girl had to leave now, and he busted out laughing.
I think the biggest shock would be the stamina it takes to be an RA.
I ended up dropping out of college after working for the university for three years.”
Note: Some responses have been edited for length/clarity.
