For some reason, i assume most of the people here is either in college, or have already made college, or is planning to make some kind of career involving study.End even if probably more than 50% are computer related, i'd like to know the same First me, i guess. Went to a rare kind of highschool, it was harder than the average ones, plus you had to make 1 extra year. Good thing is, you finish there as a "técnico nacional" (technician, technic? probably there isn't an actual translation), and you have to choose at the third year between constructions, chemistry or mechanic/electricity stuff. I finished there last year, and now i'm able to build buildings of 4 stories (pretty good for someone with 19 like me at that time) all across the country.Now sadly, i'd have to work really hard to have a good life with that title, so i started architecture, i've recently finished the first year. Of course, first 3 years will be pretty easy since i know all the stuff.But as you can guess, that's not what i like to do the most. So at the same time i'm making another of those "tecnicaturas", just this time is not mixed with high, of course. "Technicature of informatic applied to digital animation and design", sounds nice. I'll finish it in 2 more years, and if i have luck i would be able to work on that for the rest of my life . . . if i'm not, there's always contruction, which is also cool Forgot to add, college is free here . . .
Finished College 3 years ago. My major is International Commerce/Business (International Economic Dynamics)with most extracurricular related to Human Studies (Sociology/Psycology/Religion/Art)Needless to say, had I followed my true calling I would have studied Graphic Design. Luckily I've surrounded myself with people who are Graphic Designers, and we have deep discussions about Design Theories
Informatics since last year. Previously Literature, but we agreed that in this country I'd have no future.Gonna quit to pursuit a carreer on drawing and shit.
I am in High School (not sure if its that on English, it is Gymnasiet on Swedish).I am not sure if I wanna go College/University after it. Maybe I will search jobs and if that fucks up I will probably go.
Anjel said, December 17, 2008, 10:05:03 pmI am in High School (not sure if its that on English, it is Gymnasiet on Swedish).I am not sure if I wanna go College/University after it. Maybe I will search jobs and if that fucks up I will probably go.You have all the time in the world to try College or University.
I'm still in my last year of High school, but I plan to go to college and learn more about computers, Graphic design and computer art, and also try to become a writer.
Left college ages ago. Did a couple of courses and worked in a shit job for a year. Currently working as a general IT tech. 6 years ago in fact i think. College was such a waste of time. And uni would have been a waste of money. $33000 for the course i wanted over 3 years. Wound up doing a diff one for $6000 in 9 months.If i was doing what i really wanted to, i'd be in 3D modeling and animation. Not good enough for a job there though. Good, just not good enough.
Finishing computer sciences after having stopped to work for about a year. gonna try to take out a few design courses afterwards for my passion of creation.Doing a small internship at an animation studio nowadays too.
I see. Here, the high schools is not like a normal school, you choose a high school that specializes on things.I go to a IT High School. So we have had Hardware classes (have not learned much though, I knew about everything that they have been teaching on the lessons), its the same in the "computer math" lessons to. I learned a neat trick on how to count on binary easier though.
When I finish my three years in high school I will be a official Network technician and Programmer.Not sure about the title though, cause I will probably take more courses, since it is free. Computer technician will probably be added.Thinking of taking the bartender course to, a friend went on it, he said it was good.
Oh also, I think Computer Sciences is the most leisure subject of study ever. Pretty much everyone who didn't study to become a teacher told me they had a fucking huge workload, and to me it sounded like we were at about 30% of that. Not just me mind you, the other cs-students as well.Anyways, studying is AWESOME. The subjects themselves are rather.. slow moving, but I can learn the interesting stuff myself without anyone saying "do more for school" or whatever, and I meet interesting people. I love it.
Currently in my second year of college, aiming for a bsc in business administration (hate it, hate it, hate it). I'm not sure what I'm going to major in next year though. I'll probably flip a coin to decide between marketing or human resources later on.
Not much of a studying person, I like the social part of it, but some subjects is just a pain, especially Swedish, it is a god damn pain in the ass. I got an F warning in Swedish A (A is easiest), but it is just because I did not make a literature analysis.Makkah: Can't be fun to do something you hate (no shit), but if you really hate it you should not do it (dunno how much money you make though, if it is a lot, maybe it is worth it). That is one of the reason I chose(+o?) a IT specialized High School, because I like using computers, includes hardware and software.
Computer science engineering, ended up with doing the work I want to which is random coding inseveral differente languages plus a bit of graphical work. the pay sucks, though.
QuoteMakkah: Can't be fun to do something you hate (no shit), but if you really hate it you should not do it (dunno how much money you make though, if it is a lot, maybe it is worth it). That is one of the reason I chose(+o?) a IT specialized High School, because I like using computers, includes hardware and software.Here's the thing: I wanted to get into scit (school of information technology) but there's only space for about 300 and 1000s apply. An aptitude test weeds out those that aren't really...suited for the coarse, but even if you get a more than acceptable score if you're not the absolute cream of the crop (and if you don't have connections in most cases) you don't get in. Most other IT schools either aren't certified or are ridiculously expensive because they aren't subsidized. As a result of that, I've decided to just get this damn degree first so that when my green card comes through I can get a job to support myself then I can do what I really want.BTW, you know what subject was really hard this past semester? Advanced Communication. First of all you lose 25% of your grade if you consistently spell 3 words incorrectly. Grammar and punctuation are about 40%, and the remaining 35 is for stuff like fallacies, sources and analytical ability. Add to that the fact that some of the teachers are really unrelenting when marking and you have a coarse with the second highest failure rate in the entire university (surpassed only by whatever kind of calculus those engineering guys do).
Yeah, I was in a similar situation, except that I made it to the school twice, but the first time I sold my acceptance to another guy and took a job in the usa myself.
Makkah said, December 17, 2008, 11:52:21 pmthere's only space for about 300 and 1000s apply.You think that's bad? In this country, national (free) colleges have 400-600 vacants and 9000-12000 apply.
Works differently in some subjects around here, CS being one of them:They take all the people, and filter out the bad apples in the first one or two semesters. We are about 80 right now, going by statistics from predecessors we'll be around 30 in a year and 20 in two
Well, at least they give you hope. I know of people who have applied like 4 years and nothing.If you don't make it to college here, you're considered scumb.Sorry, I made a typeo. I've never read that word, only heard it.
You're not considered scum here for that, but it's pretty hard to get a decent job. Every job in the classifieds says bachelor's this, masters that. An associate degree will probably only get you into some sort of call center.
After baccalaureate, I did 3 years of preparatory classes (20 hours of Maths, 12 hours of physics and 3 hours of computer science or engineering science per week) for the competitive exams to enter an engineering school.I got into a computer science related school (as well as chemistry, where we can find lovely girls ). Did my first 2 years, and specialized into imaging.Last year, I went to Romania for 1 year to do 2 trainings in medical imaging, one in a laboratory and one in a company doing computer vision.Now, I'm in my last year of engineering school, and starting from March, for 6 months, I'll be doing my "PFE" (end of studies project) to get my diploma. Of course, this PFE is still in the field of medical imaging (segmentation and motion tracking of the myocardium in dynamic image sequences).Next year, I'll start working.
Valodim said, December 18, 2008, 12:15:20 amWorks differently in some subjects around here, CS being one of them:They take all the people, and filter out the bad apples in the first one or two semesters.Hehe, same here . . . gotta add it works pretty well.I'd have chosen Something design-oriented, but that's not very profitable here.Forgot to add, that rarehigh i went only admitted 210 people, and you had to pass an exam D:Spoiler, click to toggle visibiltyI was the 7th
Im in my first year of Community College. However I plan to transfer in about a year and a half to a university. I am going for Broadcasting because I wanna have my own radio show.
Started as a poor partying asshole.Became a union electrician. 5years apprenticeship. Joined the Army. Became an target while studying Psychology. Got a BA degree and was released into the reserves. Now trying to study at a grad level. And I hate to say I should have chose law because I hate doing statistics.The funny part is I have always made the most money while being an Electrician and after seeing what a Psychologist makes, I have a feeling that even after I get my grad, I will be sticking to working with my hands. Probably for the best. Can you imagine me listening to rich fuckers whine about how their life sucks.I would probably tell them all to "go get fucked." I think I'm the only person in my class who wanted to deal with drug abusers, Vets and poor people. Of course those jobs don't pay shit so it's either listening to people cry about how they have to much or be poor while helping the poor.I'll stick with the trade and go for politics later in life. That is if I don't have to go back to war.P.S. I'm so freaking jealous of you free education guys.
Apparently college is for the poor and universities for the rich.shamrock said, December 18, 2008, 04:23:09 amPsychologist...[]...Can you imagine me listening to rich fuckers whine about how their life sucks.I would probably tell them all to "go get fucked." Wasn't that a psychiatrist?
I loved college/univeristy. I went for 6 years straight and had no life...was lucky to get 4 hours of sleep a night, etc. I have an Associate Degree in Accounting, a BA in Accounting, a BS in Quantum Statistics, and a MA in Small Business. I can't stand univeristy "inner politics" or I'd probably be a prof. As it is I teach about 30 seminars a year, most dealing with employee theft/internal controls, budgeting, marketing and customer satisfaction. And one on basic self defense 4 times a year.c00per said, December 18, 2008, 05:09:55 amapparently i never understood the difference between college and universitysomeone care to explain?There isn't a lot of difference in the USA. Colleges normally offer certificates of completion and 2 year as well as 4 year degrees. Universities rarely bother with certificates of completion and 2 year degrees (but offer graduate and post graduate work) and a university is usually made up of several colleges. I think...
Some Americans classify College as University I believe? Apparently it's a major step/thing for them, whereas in the UK we at it.In the UK it's:Secondary School [Retards/Cheap/Poor Students]/Grammar School [People who think they are more clever] - 12-16College/6th Form - 16-18University - 18-60Some courses from university are indeed held at colleges, but they normally have a parent university to do so.
LadyKiKi said, December 18, 2008, 12:28:07 pmSome Americans classify College as University I believe? Apparently it's a major step/thing for them, whereas in the UK we at it.Not really, a University will have University in the name...for example Kent State University, Walsh University, Ohio State University and so on. When someone attends Kent State University, they enroll in "The College of (Education/Business/Fine Arts/whatever) At Kent State University". Someone graduating with a BA or BS in Education from Kent State University will have the same degree as someone graduating with a BA or BS in Education from Malone College. It's a state mandated accreditation.
Now it's clearer, thanks . . .So university is my "universidad", while college is my "facultad", i get it.
Montresor said, December 18, 2008, 05:58:09 amApparently college is for the poor and universities for the rich.shamrock said, December 18, 2008, 04:23:09 amPsychologist...[]...Can you imagine me listening to rich fuckers whine about how their life sucks.I would probably tell them all to "go get fucked." Wasn't that a psychiatrist?No. A psychiatrist is a medical doctor and has to go to medical school. Psychologist has to get his doctorate. As in science. Both do the same job but a psychiatrist can prescribe drugs and can administer other medical treatments. You know like electric shock.Psychologist does the same thing without the use of medicine. They deal with things on an emotional level and although we do include biology in our diagnoses we try to stick to the behavior of humans. So if you feel like shit because your dad ate your dog when you were twelve you would talk to me and I would try to help you with that.If you went fucking nuts and ate your kids dog then you would most likely talk to a Psychiatrist but then again not always.If you abused drugs you would talk to both of us. We'll in most cases you would talk to both.The money is in treatment but most Psychologist do research not treatment. The real money is in Organizational psychology. I still don't really know what these guys do but, my understanding is they figure out ways a company can make it's employees happy without actually paying them anymore. See how Google treats it's people as an exampleSo there you go. The only real difference is about 7 years of medical school and pay.
LadyKiKi said, December 18, 2008, 12:28:07 pmCollege/6th Form - 16-18If you would say that, I go to College. But I think it is high school for Americanos (you are between 16-18 years old when you go to "high school" in the US?)In Sweden we have something called "högskola" which translated would be "highschool", but a "högskola" is said to be the exact same thing as university ("Universitet" on Swedish).Using various translators/lexicons it just gives me that college means "Universitet" and so does university.
Psychologist have to deal with people who have problems. psychiatrist deal with the chemically imbalanced. and psyducks have to deal with the scum of the earth.
Anjel said, December 18, 2008, 07:09:38 pmLadyKiKi said, December 18, 2008, 12:28:07 pmCollege/6th Form - 16-18If you would say that, I go to College. But I think it is high school for Americanos (you are between 16-18 years old when you go to "high school" in the US?)In Sweden we have something called "högskola" which translated would be "highschool", but a "högskola" is said to be the exact same thing as university ("Universitet" on Swedish).Using various translators/lexicons it just gives me that college means "Universitet" and so does university.Actually, good point. In the US, school is 12-16 and THEN high school is 16-18, whereas College is like 18+ and University squeezes somewhere inside.Psyluck can shoot lasers.
Yuri Cat said, December 18, 2008, 07:31:46 pmpsychiatry is a science, psychology is myth, psyduck is a psychic-typeFixed
Finished university several years ago, and obtained a Masters Degree in Supply Chain management during last year.
B.Sc., Documentation and Computer Science in MedicineValodim said, December 17, 2008, 11:35:05 pmOh also, I think Computer Sciences is the most leisure subject of study ever. Pretty much everyone who didn't study to become a teacher told me they had a fucking huge workload, and to me it sounded like we were at about 30% of that. Not just me mind you, the other cs-students as well.Anyways, studying is AWESOME. The subjects themselves are rather.. slow moving, but I can learn the interesting stuff myself without anyone saying "do more for school" or whatever, and I meet interesting people. I love it. yay
Guess everywhere is different...I started high school when I was 10. I was younger than most other people though. The average age was about 12 or so.
By your country's standards I guess. We don't have Junior High here. Grades 7-11 and the optional 12th are just called High School.
I was just trying to tell you how to put it in terms everyone could understand, it's not like that in my country at all either.3 yrs of Kindergardten (3-5 years old)6 yrs of Primary School (Elementary, 6-12 years old)3 yrs of Secondary School (Junior High, 13-15 years old)2/3 yrs Preparatory School (High School 16-18 years old)3/5 yrs University (2 years of College [General studies], 2/3 years for University Specialty)
2 yrs of Kindergardten (3-4 years old)5 yrs of Primary School (5-10 years old)2 yrs of Secondary School (Intermediate, 11-12 years old)5 yrs Preparatory School (College 13-18 years old)Uni, any time after thisAlso, here you can leave college as soon as you hit 16. Although people who do that tend to be deadbeats.
Valodim said, December 18, 2008, 12:15:20 amWorks differently in some subjects around here, CS being one of them:They take all the people, and filter out the bad apples in the first one or two semesters. We are about 80 right now, going by statistics from predecessors we'll be around 30 in a year and 20 in two Out of my class of 30-40 in CS 101, I think only 4 actually made it through to graduation (me included).
My roomate is already failing out of CS.Honestly, I'm not seeing what's so hard about it.Being at a mainly CS and SE oriented school, there are going to be tons getting through...There are at least a few hundred students in CS here.They have it so ridiculously business oriented here though that it really isn't focusing on programming skill and finesse, as much as it is focusing on proper business style writing.. hence why people can write shit projects that are filled with holes, and as long as they fill their program with notes and a useless gui they still pass.
Cybaster said, December 18, 2008, 12:31:52 amAfter baccalaureate, what do you mean by that?international baccalaureate, or just some form of schooling?
Dunno about your "international" stuff, but it's an exam every high-school student has to pass in France (there are different sections : sciences, economics, literature) and get an average of 10 in order to go into a university afterwards.In the scientific section, I had to pass Maths, physics, biology, French, philosophy, English, 2nd Language (spanish, german, portuguese, whatever), sports, history and geography.I suppose it's more or less the same for every student in the world.
not here, in here you have to pass the specific university's exams, which range from as simple as just paying the course, to as complex as having to be the top 500 in the country/state.
Lets see...I'm a High-School Graduate.All my studies now are job related, from mid to hard labor up to Trigonometry.In my spare time, I read an encyclopedia and dictionary to further heighten my literary prowess and vocabulary. If not doing that, I just take the time to read a simple article of something that intrigues me, or find an intriguing language to learn.Most usually, I have taken my concentration on further studying various game/multimedia libraries, Allegro and SDL, to be more specific.Eventually, I'll use my military benefits to become Microsoft certified, or another form of engineering/programming certification.
Got my Bachelor's of Computer Science in Summer 2007, hunted around for a job for a few months, then started at Lockheed Martin in December 2007. Already been there for a year now.
