Comments on: Thriving at College by Alex Chediak

By: Emilie Kuriger

Emilie Kuriger — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 11:02:49 +0000

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By: Brad

Brad — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 19:02:59 +0000

Staying vigilant about your safety may not be a college course but it’s one of the most important lessons you can learn. Please don’t learn the hard way!

A high state of awareness is more essential now than ever. You’re exposed to things you’ve never seen. You’re seeing things you’ve never pondered. People are acting so outside your norm, you wonder where you are or where they came from.

Aside from the excitement of your newfound freedom, you also have the responsibility of taking care of yourself like you’ve never done before.

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By: Geneve

Geneve — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 07:47:47 +0000

The student who thrives at college—the student who glorifies God with his or her college years—is the one who sees it as a great opportunity that requires great responsibility.~a big AMEN ! ..

well for everyone’s information, I’m currently a college student who was force to take the course i don’t even have an idea about .. but instead of making things worst .. i prayed , praying and making the best out of it in glorifying JESUS ..

looking forward to buy and read the book

By: jacob

jacob — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 04:15:27 +0000

hi my name is Jacob Thornblad I live in san pedro C.A. and i have been reading reading alex and bretts book and it has highly encourged me

By: Hannah U

Hannah U — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 18:55:47 +0000

I just finished reading an amazing book that definitely applies to the ’surviving in college’ issue - The Veritas Conflict, by Shaunti Feldhahn. I would recommend it to any thoughtful Christian….

It is so true what you said about going to college for a purpose, not just as a matter of course. This is why I think it is good some Christian homeschoolers are saying it is perhaps better for girls to stay at home instead of go to college. Not because I particularly agree wholeheartedly with that, though some of what they have to say is great, but because it calls into question WHY we go to college.

By: Louis J. Gervais

Louis J. Gervais — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 23:28:17 +0000

That’s awesome Denis Everett; I FULLY AGREE with you!

By: Denis Everett

Denis Everett — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 19:54:43 +0000

I tried college. I graduated high school a year ahead of my peers, but I decided to go to college even though I was young. I found a house of other believers to live with, and I found a ministry I could be a leader in. I found a job to support myself, and I signed up for classes. What I found is that I hated it. I could not stand the subjective postmodern system of education. The academia choked all of the zeal out of my life. I was not thriving. So after one semester, I quit.
I still lived in community with believers, but I found a better job with more hours, and I worked full time, and even added more ministry to my plate. I did that for a semester, but even that was not fulfilling. I became a legal adult in March, but I was still not thriving. So I quit that job.
I found an internship at a church 1000 miles from home, and I left everything and everyone I knew behind. Now, after this summer, I am going to go to Chicago to serve in the inner city as an urban missionary for a year. I feel like finally, I am thriving.
I believe that it is not college that matters, or a career, or starting a family (though those are all good things); I believe that what matters is getting in tune with God’s plan for you and not mindlessly following what society- even “Christian society”- tells you to do.
Follow God where ever he leads you, and I promise you will not fail to thrive.

By: Lexi

Lexi — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 03:37:30 +0000

I’m excited about college, but I also find it daunting. Somedays I feel like I’m prepared and other days I wish I had done more. But I do know what I believe and why I believe it. I have been blessed with people who have challenged me to examine my stances and why I believe them. I’ve been in a Christian, Homeschooled family and I realize the environment in college will not be as supportive. I think the most important part of college preparation is not the AP courses or the career counseling, but the making sure you have a firm foundation and you stand on the Rock and will not be shaken. I think a lot of students go to college without realizing that your professors and peers, even at a Christian college, will start to challenge your core beliefs and you need to know how to answer them. “Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have.” 1 Peter 3:15…….but the next verse is also important: “But do this with gentleness and respect”

By: PC

PC — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 14:45:44 +0000

@Jel I read Facing Intellectual Giants recently and started blogging about it because of how useful I found it. It deals with all that confusion with faith and classroom worldviews and how to understand them from a biblical worldview.

Great post. I look forward to getting my copy of the book. I’m done with college now but wish the book was out during my time. Anyone passing out of high school and going to college without his purpose clearly defined and firmly declared should probably not be surprised if he is swallowed up by the intellectual sharks out there to maul the unsuspecting. Let’s hope that parents will take the job of solid Biblical preparation of their children for the intellectual exposure at college very seriously.