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Alexander the Pretty Good
05-22-2006, 03:32
A good deal of the backroom seems to be college-educated (or people working on it now). Since I'll be joining the latter category in about 5 months, I'm curious to see what your education is and what majors/minors you've taken. Obviously include graduate and doctorate if you got it.
I'm planning on majoring in IT, minoring in game design. :2thumbsup:
Alexanderofmacedon
05-22-2006, 04:08
Freshman in highschool :sweatdrop:
(sophmore this Thursday!)
Papewaio
05-22-2006, 04:23
Multidisciplinary BSc
Majors in Physics and Geophyiscs
Minor equivalents in Astrophysics and Mathematics.
1st year core courses in Chemistry and Geology.
Azi Tohak
05-22-2006, 04:45
BS in Chemical Engineering, with extra courses taken in Spanish and History. 3.5 GPA.
Azi
I'm also attending college soon. I think I'm going to major in Econ with a minor in Math. I'm going to apply to the business school after my first year, so if i get in, I'll probably persure finance.
I'm a junior in Highschool be a Senior in a few days
discovery1
05-22-2006, 05:44
Aero Engineering major at the University of Illinois at urbana-champaign. Just finished by 'Freshman' year, although I at least was registered as a sophomre since I had some much credit coming in. Current GPA is 3.31
AntiochusIII
05-22-2006, 07:57
I'm a junior in Highschool be a Senior in a few daysDitto.
Academia wanna-be. Which major got a lot of hot girls? ~;)
Ser Clegane
05-22-2006, 08:04
"Diplom-Chemiker" - kind of the equivalent to a major in chemistry
thrashaholic
05-22-2006, 08:07
If I get the grades (3As) I need this summer (fingers and other body parts are about as crossed as they could be), I'll be going to Cambridge (the proper one, not the Oxford Brookes equivalent) this October to read a BA in Economics.
I might do a masters after that, but it's still a long way off, so I'm undecided thus far...
Duke Malcolm
05-22-2006, 10:07
If I get my 5 As in summer, I'll be applying to Imperial College London, St Andrews, and Edinburgh to do some sort of physics or chemisty degree (2 to each university), and Cambridge to do Natural Science.
Might apply to some foreign universities, too. Preferably Europe or the Commonwealth...
Law ... concentrating in the fields of International and Business law.
EDIT: forgot to say, I'm a student, I've not actually finished college, yet.
3rd year of Law at University
Somebody Else
05-22-2006, 10:38
Ancient history
(Used to study chemistry, but got bored/sent down)
Ja'chyra
05-22-2006, 10:43
HNC in Mechanical Engineering, does that count :juggle2:
scotchedpommes
05-22-2006, 10:47
Sociology.
Also classes in Psychology and History.
Ja'chyra
05-22-2006, 10:49
Double post
SwordsMaster
05-22-2006, 11:33
BA Computer Science, Spanish and Russian.
Red Peasant
05-22-2006, 12:41
BA Ancient Hist/Med Hist, Uni of Liverpool, 2003
MA Ancient Hist/Archaeo, Uni of Reading, 2005
DPhil (PhD) Ancient Hist, start at Oxford Uni (Wolfson College) in October. Can't wait to pack-in this Royal Mail job!
yesdachi
05-22-2006, 13:44
BFA with a major if Visual Communications. (forget my exact GPA, mid 3's)
No official minor but I was only a few credits away from one in Art History. A great way to understand a cultures history is to understand their art.:2thumbsup:
PS – I worked at FedEx (at an airport) while in college. The pay was good and they had a tuition reimbursement program. Beat the heck out of the restaurant job I had before, plus being around planes was cool. It was a good experience and I’d recommend it to anyone in college.
Bachleor of Science in Business Management with an Accounting Minor.
Divinus Arma
05-22-2006, 14:04
Associate of Arts with Honors, Business Administration
Bachelor of Business Administration Summa Cum Laude, Management
Currently about halfway through my Master of Business Administration, International Business
Educational Goals after that:
Master of Public Administration, Public Policy
PhD in Organizational Management and Public Administration, Emergency Services Policy
Bachelor of Divinity, Theology, University of Glasgow
Bachelor of Arts, Classical Studies, University of London
After that, who knows. I'm a lifelong learner. I love school.
I don't need no learning. I can spell my name most days, and I can sum to ten. Who needs more than that?
Duke Malcolm
05-22-2006, 14:26
The Corps must pay well, DA. All those University fees to pay...
Samurai Waki
05-22-2006, 14:34
Currently studying to acquire a BS in Corporate Law and International Business. Minoring in Archeology with an Emphasis on Native American Studies.
yesdachi
05-22-2006, 15:07
...with an Emphasis on Native American Studies.
Do you mean gambling? ~D
I have done my bachelor in medical biology (something like that), and am now working at a masters in neuroscience.
discovery1
05-22-2006, 15:30
Do you mean gambling? ~D
Don't be rediculous. Gambling would be under 'hotel management'
Sjakihata
05-22-2006, 15:30
Studying for a master in History of Ideas (american: Intellectual History)
Divinus Arma
05-22-2006, 17:06
The Corps must pay well, DA. All those University fees to pay...
Montgomery GI Bill pays nearly $40k. The Military also pays TA up to $4,500 per year. The rest is student loans.
Sad thing is that most guys never take advantage of it.
And there is no way that the Corps will cover the rest of my education beyond the second Masters.
Mount Suribachi
05-22-2006, 17:17
BSc (Hons) Chemistry With Studies In North America, Salford University (UK)/University of Toledo (US)
Avicenna
05-22-2006, 17:50
Myself, I'm still at school, waiting till I can get into Uni.
Congratulations thrashaholic for getting into Cambridge, and Duke Malcolm if you get into Cambridge as well! I've wanted to go there for a few years now, and I'm planning to do a degree I have some interest in, probably maths or a science, then take a conversion to law.
Hurin_Rules
05-22-2006, 17:51
BA (hons) History
MA Medieval Studies
Ph.D. Medieval Studies
If you're going to do the equivalent of a Ph.D. in Britain (D.Phil), you can do it in much less time than in North America, as North Americans are required to do quite a lot of coursework that is not a requirement in the British system. The downside is you tend not be be quite as well rounded in topics outside your immediate specialty.
Avicenna
05-22-2006, 18:32
BA (hons) History
MA Medieval Studies
Ph.D. Medieval Studies
If you're going to do the equivalent of a Ph.D. in Britain (D.Phil), you can do it in much less time than in North America, as North Americans are required to do quite a lot of coursework that is not a requirement in the British system. The downside is you tend not be be quite as well rounded in topics outside your immediate specialty.
A little bit of reading in your spare time can solve this problem of overspecialising.
_Martyr_
05-22-2006, 19:03
B.A.I. in Electronic and Computer Engineering here in Trinity in Dublin.
thrashaholic
05-22-2006, 19:53
Myself, I'm still at school, waiting till I can get into Uni.
Congratulations thrashaholic for getting into Cambridge, and Duke Malcolm if you get into Cambridge as well! I've wanted to go there for a few years now, and I'm planning to do a degree I have some interest in, probably maths or a science, then take a conversion to law.
I'm not quite there yet :book: :help: , I've plenty of exams I've got to pass with flying colours yet, but thanks all the same.
If you want to get into Cambridge you MUST get good GCSE results together with fairly good AS results, but GCSEs are the most important, those are the ones they think give a better indication of your ability.
Extra-curricular stuff is fab, but not essential, and I can't stress enough that you must read around your subject TONNES before hand to at least give the impression of knowledge and interest in the subject in your interview (they will ask you about the stuff you've said you've read, so do actually read it!). Also, for maths (some of my friends have got offers to study it at Cambridge), take Further-Maths at A-level if your school offer it, then on top of that you'll have to take two additional tests called STEP papers to test how good you really are :p.
In summary, they make you jump through a lot of hoops to get in, and the interviews are hard (mine was at least - two subject based interviews in darkened rooms with bally agressive interviewers = yuk), but reckon it'll be worth it in the end.
Hurin_Rules
05-22-2006, 21:04
A little bit of reading in your spare time can solve this problem of overspecialising.
I've never known a grad student--at least one that finished their doctorate within a decade--to have a lot of free time.
Seamus Fermanagh
05-22-2006, 21:08
B.S. Political Science/Communication
M.S. Conflict Management
Ph.D. Organizational Communication
Formerly certified as a mediator (some practice in non-custody disputes)
Currently certified as an insurance agent (with FIC)
Divinus Arma
05-22-2006, 22:12
Interesting to see the education of the backroom community here.
Hum, I will try but French system is quite different:
(I suppose Military Degree don’t count).
Baccalaureat Lettres and Philosophy
D.E.U.G of History, followed by Licence: These 2 diplomas are in fact generalist, going from Statistic, Geography, Political Sciences etc..
I specialised with the Maitrise in History, subject the Indochina War, Social essay: Why they went, what they did and how they return. It was interesting, I interview as much as possible veterans.
I finish with a D.E.A. in History with as subject, the re-writing of memory French and American Vietnam Wars, studying movies, books and other media, and how countries and people changed their memory and history.
I was still hoping to finish my doctorate but, well, we will see…
Byzantine Prince
05-22-2006, 22:31
Working on Engineering degree.
Babeeee.
BA (Hons) Business Studies and Human Resource Management at the University of Cardiff.
Should really do a MA of sorts but I lost interest in the business world...
Quid
Red Peasant
05-22-2006, 22:51
I've never known a grad student--at least one that finished their doctorate within a decade--to have a lot of free time.
My sentiments exactly. I had very little free time during my master's studies, and the little I did have was taken up with supporting studies such as language work etc. I'm expecting no more during my doctoral studies, as I can witness by my friends already doing their PhDs at Cambridge, Oxford, Liverpool and Reading. I did the vast bulk of my wider reading in the years before I resumed my education, and now I really appreciate that time. One of the drawbacks of university, especially if you take your studies seriously and work diligently, is this narrowing of horizons.
Kanamori
05-22-2006, 23:17
Currently, I am working on a BA for Philosophy, in UW Madison. Next semester, I plan on also going for a BA in Linguistics. I plan on getting Ph.D.'s for both, perhaps in England.
ZombieFriedNuts
05-22-2006, 23:36
I have a BTEC – National diploma for IT practitioners from collage.
And I’m in my first year at university, BSC (Degree) in computer networking, but I doubt I’ll get this.
Computer Engineering Major from the University of Lisbon.
Currently finishing up a post-graduation work based on an internship at Siemens here in Portugal....I finished the internship last month and got hired on the spot to carry on at Siemens :2thumbsup:
Azi Tohak
05-23-2006, 00:15
Ditto.
Academia wanna-be. Which major got a lot of hot girls? ~;)
Elementary school teacher. Waiting on a 'math for elementary teachers' class to get out while waiting for my calc class to start was an eye-opener. It looked like a sorority walking out the door. (Take that how you will.)
Azi
Louis VI the Fat
05-23-2006, 00:18
U r all lazey your healthey so U kan wokr for alivin not sit on fat butt in college why have etucation? is only so u can becom lawyer or polticans and steal money from us working folk :furious3:
Reenk Roink
05-23-2006, 00:51
I know basic carpentry and am reading up on agriculture (I want to be a farmer sometime in my life).
I should be getting my high school diploma in a couple of weeks.
U r all lazey your healthey so U kan wokr for alivin not sit on fat butt in college why have etucation? is only so u can becom lawyer or polticans and steal money from us working folk :furious3:
If this is a sarcastic attack against the 'working man', I must chastize you and dispel your delusion of elitism.
If not than... :oops:
BA: Philosophy
BA: Economics
MA: Philosophy
JD: Law
I'm a junior in Highschool be a Senior in a few days
Me too, but after (or during) my Marine career (if I make it through boot) I plan on getting my doctrate in U.S. History and Masters in World History and Military History. All that equals....ALOT of school. :book: :book: :book: :book: :book:
Divinus Arma
05-23-2006, 02:55
Me too, but after (or during) my Marine career (if I make it through boot) I plan on getting my doctrate in U.S. History and Masters in World History and Military History. All that equals....ALOT of school. :book: :book: :book: :book: :book:
Marine career? Only in very unusual circumstances should you serve more than four. There are even less reasons to serve more than eight. At least after 8 you have your IRR time done.
:book: are fun btw.
B.A. (Physics)
M.S. (Physics)
Ph.D. (Nuclear Theory)
These days, I write mathematical software.
discovery1
05-23-2006, 07:10
B.A. (Physics)
M.S. (Physics)
Ph.D. (Nuclear Theory)
These days, I write mathematical software.
Cool. You wouldn't happen to work on Matlab or Mathmatica would you?
Cool. You wouldn't happen to work on Matlab or Mathmatica would you?
No, but Wolfram Research (maker of Mathematica) runs a website called Mathworld (http://mathworld.wolfram.com/)that I hunt around in from time to time. The stuff I write is hidden deep in the bowels of my company's software.
I work on computational geometry and related subjects - representing and manipulating 2- and 3-D objects. These 3-D objects are just like the soldier models in these TW games: solids bounded by surfaces composed of triangular facets. My last project required calculating and diagonalizing the inertial tensor for a solid of arbitrary shape in order to find some of its "preferred" stable orientations. The company has applied for a patent on this. I've also done some work in motion control - fairly straightforward kinematics.
B.S.:Computer Information Technology - Data Communications & Networking
Mount Suribachi
05-23-2006, 10:11
If you're going to do the equivalent of a Ph.D. in Britain (D.Phil), you can do it in much less time than in North America, as North Americans are required to do quite a lot of coursework that is not a requirement in the British system. The downside is you tend not be be quite as well rounded in topics outside your immediate specialty.
There's more to it than that. In Britain we specialise a lot earlier - from the age of 16 I did only 3 subjects - maths, physics and chemistry. From the age of 18 I did only Chemistry. A chemistry degree in Britain gives you an education in....Chemistry. In N America you have a much more generalised curriculum.
My 3rd year Organic Chemistry course I did in the states was stuff I'd done at A-level in Britain. Stuff that was on Masters Degrees in America was things I did in my final year of my Batchelors degree in England.
Ba.IT (Software development)
Ma.IT (Information systems)
Duke Malcolm
05-23-2006, 11:31
Congratulations thrashaholic for getting into Cambridge, and Duke Malcolm if you get into Cambridge as well! I've wanted to go there for a few years now, and I'm planning to do a degree I have some interest in, probably maths or a science, then take a conversion to law.
Well, I've got to do well in my final Higher exam (equiv. AS level) on Tuesday. The others went well, though... need 5 As...
Then I've got to do well in my Advanced Highers (equiv. A level/1st year uni.) next year if I get a conditional offer... need at least 2 As and a B...
Better not count my chickens before they are hatched...
Tribesman
05-23-2006, 18:07
Still learning at the University of Life:balloon2:
Red Peasant
05-23-2006, 18:20
Still learning at the University of Life:balloon2:
I used to go there, I was in the College of Hard Knocks.
Didn't rate the place really, but it had the best beer. ~:)
solypsist
05-23-2006, 18:38
MFA (terminal degree).
I've taught university but prefer private industry.
Seamus Fermanagh
05-23-2006, 19:27
Still learning at the University of Life:balloon2:
I have more trouble with that curriculum than I did with school.:laugh4:
Teleklos Archelaou
05-23-2006, 22:32
Montgomery GI Bill pays nearly $40k. The Military also pays TA up to $4,500 per year. The rest is student loans.
Sad thing is that most guys never take advantage of it.
Senator Montgomery died a day or two ago. Not many men have helped our country in a better way over the last century than he did by trying to help pay for our soldiers' educations when they returned from duty.
Blodrast
05-23-2006, 23:42
Duke Malcolm: What's those 5 As ?
soly: What is an MFA ?
Reenk Roink: Louis was just paraphrasing SFTS, it's a thing they've had going for a while now ~;) There have also been rumours that Louis is SFTS in reality... or the other way around. :dizzy2:
oh, right, the topic...
uhm, BS in Computer Science/Engineering (not too sure which one, nobody cares, either)
MASc in Computer Engineering.
currently plodding without too much hope or enthusiasm through a PhD in same...not sure I'll go all the way through with it though. A lot of other crap happening in my life these days...
Louis VI the Fat
05-24-2006, 01:54
If this is a sarcastic attack against the 'working man', I must chastize you and dispel your delusion of elitism.
What is u all cussin 'n swearing fo'? :furious3:
Louis VI the Fat
05-24-2006, 01:55
Louis was just paraphrasing SFTS, it's a thing they've had going for a while now ~;) There have also been rumours that Louis is SFTS in reality... or the other way around. :dizzy2:
Nah, I save my SFTS account for other purposes. That was just a random anti-anti-intellectualistic comment. :balloon2:
Strike For The South
05-24-2006, 02:00
I hope to go to Texas A&M and get my geolgy degree (so I can dig for oil in west Texas) or in agriculture (so I can farm). I dont want to be a desk monkey. Oh and me an Louie are diffrent but the same.
Tribesman
05-24-2006, 02:57
I have more trouble with that curriculum than I did with school.
Damn , I knew I should have gone to school :oops:
Reenk Roink
05-24-2006, 04:43
What is u all cussin 'n swearing fo'? :furious3:
Um... can I please make a request?
Please don't type like that again; it never works in the print medium, and when I read it, my mind gives the voice a French accent and I get goosebumps...:uneasy:
Duke Malcolm
05-24-2006, 10:52
Duke Malcolm: What's those 5 As ?
English, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, and Classical Studies
Blodrast
05-24-2006, 16:43
Oh, ok. Thank you for the explanation.
Peasant Phill
05-24-2006, 17:25
I hope to graduate this year as a master in public management. No majors or so here, I attend an university in Belgium (insert your imagination about european education here).
I never went to university. I went to college. Which in Canada aren't the same institutions. Universities hand out degrees in science/medicene/law/english/history. Colleges give diplomas in technical occupations or trades.
Hurin_Rules
05-24-2006, 19:58
I never went to university. I went to college. Which in Canada aren't the same institutions. Universities hand out degrees in science/medicene/law/english/history. Colleges give diplomas in technical occupations or trades.
Ah, but if you'd decided to do your degree in Classics, you'd know that your title should read, 'Dux Novae Scotiae'. [Or, if you want to get really fancy, 'Dux Scottorum Novorum'.]
Just FYI, in case you want to change it.
Edit: I seem inadvertently to have demonstrated the downside of too much education.
Big King Sanctaphrax
05-24-2006, 22:00
If I get the grades, I'll begin studying Medicine at University College London this September.
KukriKhan
05-24-2006, 22:35
When I grow up, I'm going to go get my high school diploma. Then enroll somewhere and get all my course credits put on a single transcript, and take it from there.
I've taken many courses from many universities and colleges, but work schedules and travel requirements have always gotten in the way of properly completing any 'regular' degree.
I'm one of those guys who clicks "some college" on surveys.
When I grow up, I'm going to go get my high school diploma. Then enroll somewhere and get all my course credits put on a single transcript, and take it from there.
I've taken many courses from many universities and colleges, but work schedules and travel requirements have always gotten in the way of properly completing any 'regular' degree.
I'm one of those guys who clicks "some college" on surveys.
You should - I am willing to bet if you do - you will probably get an associates degree with minimumal classes being required.
Divine Wind
05-25-2006, 01:40
Currently studying advanced Mathematics.
Depending on my results i will be looking to do a doctorate in Mathematics hopefully at Warwick University, which is closer to home to save a little money!
Then ...who knows!
doc_bean
05-25-2006, 10:36
Master of Science in Agricultural Engineering
Currently working on my Master of Mechanical Engineering
Planning on getting a job after that's done and looking into getting a PhD while working, since academic PhDs seem a dime a dozen here anyway.
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