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.
