I am. At the end of August I'm going to head off to the University of Maine and start working on a degree in Molecular Biology. It's a really interesting field, and it seems like it's growing by the minute. How about you guys?
(Engineers are also welcome in this thread.)
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The inquisitors were torturing Harry.
First, Ignatius used the rock.
Then Billy asked Harry if he wanted to read his BDSM blog. Harry was so surprised that his pants flew right off. He was wearing women's underpants. The inquisitors were wearing them, too.
I got my degree in Aerospace Engineering just over a year ago. I'm getting my master's now (was going to do a PhD until I found out how wrong I was about how fun I thought academia would be) in the same field. Should be done with it next May and then I can do...I don't know, something.
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I got my degree in Aerospace Engineering just over a year ago. I'm getting my master's now (was going to do a PhD until I found out how wrong I was about how fun I thought academia would be) in the same field. Should be done with it next May and then I can do...I don't know, something.
Sweet. By something I'm guessing you mean a job?
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The inquisitors were torturing Harry.
First, Ignatius used the rock.
Then Billy asked Harry if he wanted to read his BDSM blog. Harry was so surprised that his pants flew right off. He was wearing women's underpants. The inquisitors were wearing them, too.
Currently studying computer engineering (according to wiki that's the right term in English) with focus on IT systems in medical institutions, it's fun :smile.gif:
Writing on my bachelor's thesis atm.
This has to be taken with a grain of salt, as I'm only a rising sophomore, but I've been planning for the past several years to go for a degree in engineering. My uncle is a mechanical engineer who operates on a large scale designing and manufacturing all sorts of factory equipment, so that's an option I'm seriously looking into. In my three years of middle school, I attended week-long engineering summer camps (for lack of a more impressive term...) to solidify the fact that I would enjoy working in that field, and get a basic idea of what any engineer does. In my one year of high school, I joined in with SkillsUSA(and became the president of the school's somewhat small SkillsUSA club, if that holds any true merit), an apparently enormous organization dedicated to furthering high school students' knowledge in any field of work under the sun, and entered a regional- and then state-wide competition for Drafting. I placed second in the regionals, but I am clearly not one of the five best drafters in North Carolina.
So I guess you could say I'm going for a degree in science.
This has to be taken with a grain of salt, as I'm only a rising sophomore, but I've been planning for the past several years to go for a degree in engineering. My uncle is a mechanical engineer who operates on a large scale designing and manufacturing all sorts of factory equipment, so that's an option I'm seriously looking into. In my three years of middle school, I attended week-long engineering summer camps (for lack of a more impressive term...) to solidify the fact that I would enjoy working in that field, and get a basic idea of what any engineer does. In my one year of high school, I joined in with SkillsUSA(and became the president of the school's somewhat small SkillsUSA club, if that holds any true merit), an apparently enormous organization dedicated to furthering high school students' knowledge in any field of work under the sun, and entered a regional- and then state-wide competition for Drafting. I placed second in the regionals, but I am clearly not one of the five best drafters in North Carolina.
So I guess you could say I'm going for a degree in science.
You're a lucky man, A.I. (or a hard working one, or both). I'm good with designing stuff, but none of them could actually be built, since I don't bother take into account supports, weight, etc. I'm sort of a fantasy engineer (and I doubt I would have a career in engineering in the future anyway).
So I guess you could say I'm going for a degree in science.
Well, it sounds like you're already well on your way. Good luck.
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The inquisitors were torturing Harry.
First, Ignatius used the rock.
Then Billy asked Harry if he wanted to read his BDSM blog. Harry was so surprised that his pants flew right off. He was wearing women's underpants. The inquisitors were wearing them, too.
Earth Science right here. Aiming for master's or maybe even a PhD. I might main in geology or combine it with stuff pertaining to water. I'm currently still an undergrad in community college (Going on to third year) and then I'll transfer off to San Francisco State (Much closer to home) or go to Cal Poly (Farther but has better programs).
The issues now are cost and if I can even get into those universities I want...
Side note: I actually collect rocks. I have a milk crate and a few box full of them. Got sedimentary, metamorphic and both kinds of igneous rocks. My goal... to have every example of rock there is and perhaps even minerals. :3
I still need to find a way to label them so I can know where and when they came from. Also what they are can't hurt...
Now, I'm going into my Junior year at 17, so I'm getting pretty close. It is quite simply my dream to go to MIT and get a PhD in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Unfortunately, I will not be done at that point. I would like to at least get my master in Biological Engineering, however, that may be a little bit beyond my financial reach.
I really want to be a scientist. I want to create bio-mechanical equipment for use in the military forces. (or the highest bidder) If I could only live 200 years, I would go so much farther into brain science.
Now, I'm going into my Junior year at 17, so I'm getting pretty close. It is quite simply my dream to go to MIT and get a PhD in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Unfortunately, I will not be done at that point. I would like to at least get my master in Biological Engineering, however, that may be a little bit beyond my financial reach.
No, no. Universities don't work that way anymore. Can't afford it? Get a loan.
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The inquisitors were torturing Harry.
First, Ignatius used the rock.
Then Billy asked Harry if he wanted to read his BDSM blog. Harry was so surprised that his pants flew right off. He was wearing women's underpants. The inquisitors were wearing them, too.
If you're paying for a graduate degree you're doing it wrong. Usually you get a position as a TA or an RA and your tuition is waived (in addition to receiving a monthly stipend).
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Mechanical Engineering. Like Civil Engineering except that our stuff moves and is awesome.
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Shooting TNT at pigs, sheep and cows since 2010.
Look at me still talking
when there's Science to do.
I've experiments to run.
While you're dying I'll be still alive.
And when you're dead I will be still alive.
IF you can get a loan (which is unlikely from my experience) it's something you'll spend the rest of your life repaying. Ya know, between car and house payments and bills and food and electricity and water and...
Basically, to add another deadweight to that pile is just NOT a good idea, especially if you plan to use that expertise outside of an existing company.
It's better than NOT getting a degree that you WANT and then spending the rest of your life as a burger-flipper.
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The inquisitors were torturing Harry.
First, Ignatius used the rock.
Then Billy asked Harry if he wanted to read his BDSM blog. Harry was so surprised that his pants flew right off. He was wearing women's underpants. The inquisitors were wearing them, too.
So you (might, if you're lucky if the qualification is wide-ranging enough) end up doing something slightly more glamorous than flipping burgers, but because you still have to pay off that leaden burden, you might even end up poorer
The monthly stipend I get for working as an RA (which also waives my tuition) has earned me enough in one year to pay off about 1/4 of my student loans.
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As someone who has a degree in computer science, I can't say I feel even remotely the same way about it. I learned a lot throughout the course of the program, and it opened many doors in terms of employment. I could pay off my student loans in about 5 years.
Also, Yourself is talking about a graduate degree. They really do pay you to go to school. My friend was paid $1600 a month to attend and work as a TA. His tuition was also waived. It's a hell of a lot of work, but it's worth it. I'm not going to go that route, though.
You end up poor either way, just the one way takes more effort. Many of the people who go for these qualifications find that (especially in Britain) they cannot be put to use anyway because the jobs just don't exist, wasting years and thousands. So you (might, if you're lucky if the qualification is wide-ranging enough) end up doing something slightly more glamorous than flipping burgers, but because you still have to pay off that leaden burden, you might even end up poorer. What's the difference?
Degrees are ridiculous and wasteful. Half the time you know more about the subject than the idiots teaching (especially in computer science) and when you finally get that scrap of paper saying "I blew £10000 on a course that taught me nothing, hire me" you're just supporting a system that enslaves society and wastes time and money whilst helping the poor/rich divide get wider and wider. If companies bothered to actually interview potential employees rather than lazily discarding anyone without the right scrap of paper first, those employees would be better off, the jobs market would be less constrictive and heck, we might even accomplish something rather than participating in this endless bureaucracy.
This is true about almost every degree in something other than science or engineering - but guess what this thread is about?
Some things are simply difficult to learn and one would benefit a great deal from having teachers with a lot of experience in them. Sure, I could just get all of the same information from pirated eBooks, but would I actually learn it?
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The inquisitors were torturing Harry.
First, Ignatius used the rock.
Then Billy asked Harry if he wanted to read his BDSM blog. Harry was so surprised that his pants flew right off. He was wearing women's underpants. The inquisitors were wearing them, too.
It is. I didn't realize going in just how much of my free time I'd have to sacrifice. I never get to just sit down and do something I want to do. There's always something that needs to be done. Always.
What about all the textbooks, software, hardware you have to buy?
It's money I've already spent.
A full geniune copy of the Adobe Suite is over a grand
University store has Design Premium (whatever that is) for $350 for students. Although I had to look this up since, as an engineer, I don't need this software. I'm sure also that the computer labs have all course required software installed.
Congratulations on having a course where it's possible to do other jobs and not be so hammered by masses of coursework that you really do have to spend 24/7 on to get 70% of it done.
Yeah, aerospace engineering is such an easy field. I really got lucky there. I had a lot of good times sleeping under a desk in a computer lab. Oh wait, no I didn't.
As a graduate my research really is a full time job but I'm expected to take courses on top of that. Usually only 2 a semester since 3 or more is basically suicide. Fortunately I don't have to pay for textbooks since the courses are all so difficult that textbooks don't usually exist for the subject matter.
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Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence.
(Engineers are also welcome in this thread.)
First, Ignatius used the rock.
Then Billy asked Harry if he wanted to read his BDSM blog. Harry was so surprised that his pants flew right off. He was wearing women's underpants. The inquisitors were wearing them, too.
They realized that they were all men of the lord.
- 30 Hs
Sweet. By something I'm guessing you mean a job?
First, Ignatius used the rock.
Then Billy asked Harry if he wanted to read his BDSM blog. Harry was so surprised that his pants flew right off. He was wearing women's underpants. The inquisitors were wearing them, too.
They realized that they were all men of the lord.
- 30 Hs
Writing on my bachelor's thesis atm.
So I guess you could say I'm going for a degree in science.
You're a lucky man, A.I. (or a hard working one, or both). I'm good with designing stuff, but none of them could actually be built, since I don't bother take into account supports, weight, etc. I'm sort of a fantasy engineer (and I doubt I would have a career in engineering in the future anyway).
You heard that, green and red.
Well, it sounds like you're already well on your way. Good luck.
First, Ignatius used the rock.
Then Billy asked Harry if he wanted to read his BDSM blog. Harry was so surprised that his pants flew right off. He was wearing women's underpants. The inquisitors were wearing them, too.
They realized that they were all men of the lord.
- 30 Hs
The issues now are cost and if I can even get into those universities I want...
Side note: I actually collect rocks. I have a milk crate and a few box full of them. Got sedimentary, metamorphic and both kinds of igneous rocks. My goal... to have every example of rock there is and perhaps even minerals. :3
I still need to find a way to label them so I can know where and when they came from. Also what they are can't hurt...
And A.I., best of luck.
See? I'm not so malicious...
I really want to be a scientist. I want to create bio-mechanical equipment for use in the military forces. (or the highest bidder) If I could only live 200 years, I would go so much farther into brain science.
No, no. Universities don't work that way anymore. Can't afford it? Get a loan.
First, Ignatius used the rock.
Then Billy asked Harry if he wanted to read his BDSM blog. Harry was so surprised that his pants flew right off. He was wearing women's underpants. The inquisitors were wearing them, too.
They realized that they were all men of the lord.
- 30 Hs
Look at me still talking
when there's Science to do.
I've experiments to run.
While you're dying I'll be still alive.
And when you're dead I will be still alive.
It's better than NOT getting a degree that you WANT and then spending the rest of your life as a burger-flipper.
First, Ignatius used the rock.
Then Billy asked Harry if he wanted to read his BDSM blog. Harry was so surprised that his pants flew right off. He was wearing women's underpants. The inquisitors were wearing them, too.
They realized that they were all men of the lord.
- 30 Hs
The monthly stipend I get for working as an RA (which also waives my tuition) has earned me enough in one year to pay off about 1/4 of my student loans.
Also, Yourself is talking about a graduate degree. They really do pay you to go to school. My friend was paid $1600 a month to attend and work as a TA. His tuition was also waived. It's a hell of a lot of work, but it's worth it. I'm not going to go that route, though.
This is true about almost every degree in something other than science or engineering - but guess what this thread is about?
Some things are simply difficult to learn and one would benefit a great deal from having teachers with a lot of experience in them. Sure, I could just get all of the same information from pirated eBooks, but would I actually learn it?
First, Ignatius used the rock.
Then Billy asked Harry if he wanted to read his BDSM blog. Harry was so surprised that his pants flew right off. He was wearing women's underpants. The inquisitors were wearing them, too.
They realized that they were all men of the lord.
- 30 Hs
It is. I didn't realize going in just how much of my free time I'd have to sacrifice. I never get to just sit down and do something I want to do. There's always something that needs to be done. Always.
It's money I've already spent.
University store has Design Premium (whatever that is) for $350 for students. Although I had to look this up since, as an engineer, I don't need this software. I'm sure also that the computer labs have all course required software installed.
Yeah, aerospace engineering is such an easy field. I really got lucky there. I had a lot of good times sleeping under a desk in a computer lab. Oh wait, no I didn't.
As a graduate my research really is a full time job but I'm expected to take courses on top of that. Usually only 2 a semester since 3 or more is basically suicide. Fortunately I don't have to pay for textbooks since the courses are all so difficult that textbooks don't usually exist for the subject matter.