Academis questions for Creep
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Same - but these threads depress me on all the schools I was accepted to back when I was young, impressionable and didn't care much beyond hot sorority girls and kegs as a school choice criteria.Swaye said:
I showed up at the UW and stayed drunk for 4 years. Figured it all out later. Worked for me!creepycoug said:Agree with @FireCohen and @Pitchfork51 ... I would have been nervous if any of my kids were ballz to the wall sure they wanted to do "X" at 18 and then got into some narrow educational pursuit for it.
One of the many reasons I'm a classic well-rounded education at undergrad guy. Travel light, keep your options open, get a good education that will enable you to move in a multitude of directions, and focus on it more toward the end of your undergrad rather than the beginning.
This, of course, assumes you have a safety net. If you need to be making dollars day 1 after graduation, we have to have a different conversation.
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I went to college with the "plan" to be a Wall Street wiz, when my real plan was to get laid, get drunk, and play baseball. I had no idea what I wanted to study, or even if I wanted to study. I got a degree in a field I never worked a day in, and went to grad school for what I wanted to do, once I figured it out.
What I got from my BA is general knowledge, life skills, and a track record after the fact, of the "system", how it functions, and how to function within it. I was able to do it with average grades, average effort, and great test scores. My grad advisor couldn't believe how much better my grades were in grad school, compared to undergrad. I found something I was passionate about.
One daughter got a BS in Anthro, and got a MA in a completely different field, which she now works in. The other one is in grad school right now, after struggling to get traction with a BA. I told them both to find something they are passionate about, and follow it.
There are a lot of people walking around that have degrees in something they thought they wanted to do at one time, and are now locked into jobs they hate. My goal was to not be that guy. -
I went to college to row, get drunk, go to Husky games and fornicate. Going to class was an afterthought. Still graduated in 4 years. Thank you AP credits !!!Fishpo31 said:I went to college with the "plan" to be a Wall Street wiz, when my real plan was to get laid, get drunk, and play baseball. I had no idea what I wanted to study, or even if I wanted to study. I got a degree in a field I never worked a day in, and went to grad school for what I wanted to do, once I figured it out.
What I got from my BA is general knowledge, life skills, and a track record after the fact, of the "system", how it functions, and how to function within it. I was able to do it with average grades, average effort, and great test scores. My grad advisor couldn't believe how much better my grades were in grad school, compared to undergrad. I found something I was passionate about.
One daughter got a BS in Anthro, and got a MA in a completely different field, which she now works in. The other one is in grad school right now, after struggling to get traction with a BA. I told them both to find something they are passionate about, and follow it.
There are a lot of people walking around that have degrees in something they thought they wanted to do at one time, and are now locked into jobs they hate. My goal was to not be that guy. -
I hated college but loved crushing college grads in business. If I was in a nasty mood I let them know they lost to Oly High
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RaceBannon said:
I hated college but loved crushing college grads in business. If I was in a nasty mood I let them know they lost to Oly High
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@Fishpo31 , great post. I've always struggled to come up with a succinct way of articulating why you want a good, solid, and broad foundation at the undergrad level. And, to be clear, that also means some exposure to STEM. Whether you take a biology, genetics (I took the intro course at UW), maff, Stats (everybody should have some exposure to stats), etc.Fishpo31 said:I went to college with the "plan" to be a Wall Street wiz, when my real plan was to get laid, get drunk, and play baseball. I had no idea what I wanted to study, or even if I wanted to study. I got a degree in a field I never worked a day in, and went to grad school for what I wanted to do, once I figured it out.
What I got from my BA is general knowledge, life skills, and a track record after the fact, of the "system", how it functions, and how to function within it. I was able to do it with average grades, average effort, and great test scores. My grad advisor couldn't believe how much better my grades were in grad school, compared to undergrad. I found something I was passionate about.
One daughter got a BS in Anthro, and got a MA in a completely different field, which she now works in. The other one is in grad school right now, after struggling to get traction with a BA. I told them both to find something they are passionate about, and follow it.
There are a lot of people walking around that have degrees in something they thought they wanted to do at one time, and are now locked into jobs they hate. My goal was to not be that guy.
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Take it to the Flooring Empire board old man!RaceBannon said:I hated college but loved crushing college grads in business. If I was in a nasty mood I let them know they lost to Oly High
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I’m gonna need new floors soon.creepycoug said:
Take it to the Flooring Empire board old man!RaceBannon said:I hated college but loved crushing college grads in business. If I was in a nasty mood I let them know they lost to Oly High
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An Empire is an Empire
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@creepycoug I hated math/science (my Pops was an engineer and math wiz with 1 semester of college, but got his education building landing strips in the South Pacific during WWII). When I got to grad school, (at age 24), I ate it up. There is no way I could have gone thru a math / science curriculum as an 18 year old...I wasn't mature enough to handle it.
