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klitzy

01-21-2007, 07:00 PM

I am currently looking at colleges around the country and I have no idea where to go/what I want to do/etc and am curious to see where you guys went to school.

If you want, I am also looking for some advice or tips and pointers and just to listen to what some alumni/current students have to say about their school so go ahead and throw that in as well if you'd like.

Anyway, where did you guys go? And what did you think about it?

tokenuser

01-21-2007, 07:50 PM

_sorrow_

01-21-2007, 08:44 PM

I'm currenty going to a community college here in Bellingham, and eventually i intend to get my assosciates in computer networking, and transfer to Western Washington University (www.wwu.edu) here in town. But who knows, that is definitely subject to change.

On that note, i'll probably keep an eye on this thread ;)

Edit: Oh yeah, and i just decided earlier this morning: next semester i'm going abroad to Southeast Asia to take care of some English and Humanities credits! :D

kwok_talk

01-21-2007, 08:56 PM

i went to washington university in st. louis. its gotten really posh since ive left and even more competitive ive heard . i liked it, but in retrospect i generally feel like you will find things you like / dislike about any college you go to. also, i felt that ultimately it was less about how "prestigious" your school was for work afterwards, but rather how you performed wherever you happened to be.

good luck!

masherscf

01-21-2007, 09:58 PM

MS-MATH UVM
PhD- Math UAlbany

decemberfall

01-21-2007, 10:50 PM

BA - Computer Information Systems - Anderson University

Yet to decide about a graduate program, if I had my way it would have been a law degree at Vanderbilt.

samureye

01-22-2007, 12:10 AM

Here (http://www.tshirtbordello.com/images/accepted-shirt-lg.gif) is an option to consider.

rabidbadger

01-22-2007, 01:05 AM

Bachelor of Computer Science (Software Engineering), University of Wollonong.

WTF?? What kinda backwater place is that?? Wollongong Uni has a place in UNIX history (http://roguelife.org/~fujita/COOKIES/HISTORY/USENIX/miller.html) that few know. It has always had a progressive computer science curriculum.

They participate in International Student Exchange programs as well. If you get the chance, take one.

Wow. Am I the only one here who noticed that you didn't spell Wollongong correctly in your first sentence. :D (I was raised in Sydney, and my Dad went to Wolongong for business, so it struck me as odd, but then I thought that Australia has a bunch of weird city names and that "Wollonong" might be a town I never heard of. Tyops suck. ;)

rabidbadger

01-22-2007, 01:18 AM

i went to washington university in st. louis. its gotten really posh since ive left and even more competitive ive heard .good luck!

Umm, do they teach you to capitalize your sentences and proper nouns there? Just kidding. I also lived in St. Louis when my stepfather went to Wash. U. They had a real nice art dept. Took summer classes there when I was in high school. Does the Tivoli theater still exist? And what was the other one down the street that showed Rocky Horror? I want to say "Varsity" but can't be sure. Any way. Good school. Wish I could have afforded it there even though I got a partial scholarship. :cool:

lefrenzy

01-22-2007, 01:32 AM

rabidbadger

01-22-2007, 01:44 AM

By that I mean, what do you wanna do? Journalism? Try Mizzou. Art? Pratt or Parsons (NYC). Medicine? UofR.

Gotta give us more info. From what I have gleaned from you in this forum you are a pretty eclectic guy, but with a bent toward technology. But you also seem to have a creative streak and a good dash of social concern.

I would Highly recommend RIT (Rochester Institute of Technology). I never went there but I wish I had. RIT supports both the creative and the business aspects of higher learning and have a reputation for jumping on tech bandwagons before the rivals are putting on their horseshoes. They have a great art department and an amazing graphic design department that includes all the latest tech developments.

Also: I know you feel you are in a backwater citystate right now, and though Rochester is not a high metropolis like SanFran, NYC, LA, etc the city is a real hidden gem. We got high falutin museums like the Eastman House, a well regarded orchestra in the RPO, and a mad crazy alternate cinema in the Little Theatre, The Dryden, and the Cinema.

Beyond the culture we have about Eight other colleges that reek of "gettinglaidism" at the clubs and bars. It is a very liberal city that has a gay bath-house above the police station. (Not suggesting that is your scene, just an example of how liberal the city is.) The people here are wonderful and the music scene is second only to Seattle circa 1992...

So unless you really need the experience of a huge city (which I also recommend to the yooots of today) Check out RIT, (or University of Rochester if you are into either medicine or lasers.)

klitzy

01-22-2007, 02:00 AM

Well...First...Let me thank you for taking the time to respond like that. There is another great example of why I love this place. Of course, before I read it for myself, I read it to my parents as well while we sit here watching the football game. The "laidism" and "gay bath house" sparked some turned eyebrows but I just wanted to show them how "cool" you guys all are.

Anyway, as for what I want to do...I don't really have any idea. I really like biology and science but I am also intrigued and my "passion" would probably be technology, computers, digital media, etc. As my dad is a doctor, I have seen how much he makes and how nice of a life he(we) have and it's hard not to say that I want to be a doctor like him.

I make straight A's and work hard in school and I am currently faced with the decision (Well not quite yet but it looms(?) in the back of my head). Should I persue the career of a doctor or should I follow my love for technology and see where it takes me?

Its a tough decision and I know I am not the only one who has ever faced it. When I think about it, I most likely will go to college, and go for the doctor route(Radiology) where I can hopefully combine the tech aspect with the biology and sciences.

Its my life. My one life and I don't want to make the wrong decisions. Of course, maybe thats what life is. Thanks again guys for posting. Keep them up!

kwok_talk

01-22-2007, 02:35 AM

Umm, do they teach you to capitalize your sentences and proper nouns there? Just kidding. Does the Tivoli theater still exist? And what was the other one down the street that showed Rocky Horror? :

well, since you have to be a millionaire to afford their tuition, we usually just paid people to capitalize our words for us. j/k

the Tivoli is still there in all its independent goodness. you're probably thinking about the Esquire movie theater as the one that shows Rocky Horror?

rabidbadger

01-22-2007, 03:05 AM

Its my life. My one life and I don't want to make the wrong decisions. !

This is the most important, intelligent, mature thing that you should be saying/thinking right now.

College is the nice comfortable way to gradually leave childhood behind and become an adult. You still have the "I'm in school, just like high school" thang happening where you just study and party intermittently, But also where you learn to deal with non-high school interpersonal skills. Like dealing with sixty year old proffessors who expect you to interact with them on their level, to some extent, and also (yes) getting laid, or at least having a mature relationship with someone that might, lo and behold, include adult sexuality. (I'm guessing your doctor Dad isn't that shocked that this is a possibility).

A Smart kid like you will get laid by nerdchicks at the drop of a slide-rule. (Hint: look for large breasted women with pink hair in the art dept. Tell them you can do things with Laser Vibration Radar (http://www.stormingmedia.us/75/7589/A758953.html) that they never thought possible...)

I guess my point is that your college years are incredibly important, in so many ways beyond what you learn in the lecture halls. Take it from me. I fugged up college, and now my life is generally, but not entirely, fugged up. I have a great family/friend backup system, but I wish I could fend for myself. And I would not be as fugged up as I am if I didn't fug up college.

You seem to be taking it seriously, as you should, but remember, it is your life for the next sixty eighty maybe hundred years, not your dads or your moms. You only have one shot at this. Think it through and get it right.

PS: Do the RIT thing and I can rent you a room and you can be the gaffer on my podcast. :)

tokenuser

01-22-2007, 03:18 AM

Wow. Am I the only one here who noticed that you didn't spell Wollongong correctly in your first sentence. :D (I was raised in Sydney, and my Dad went to Wolongong for business, so it struck me as odd, but then I thought that Australia has a bunch of weird city names and that "Wollonong" might be a town I never heard of. Tyops suck. ;)Typo on my laptop. Its a ***** of a city name to spell at the best of times ... and you managed to spell it three different ways (including my initial typo) :)

I lived and worked in Wollongong (high school, university/fulltime job at BHP) for 13 years. Great city to be a teenager. Great university to attend as a student. Dad still lives there, so I visit occassionally.

rabidbadger

01-22-2007, 03:23 AM

Damn. Every time we talk to each other here the more I want to marry you. Jeeze. Say "yes" for crikeys sake, willya?

tokenuser

01-22-2007, 03:23 AM

Anyway, as for what I want to do...I don't really have any idea. I really like biology and science but I am also intrigued and my "passion" would probably be technology, computers, digital media, etc. As my dad is a doctor, I have seen how much he makes and how nice of a life he(we) have and it's hard not to say that I want to be a doctor like him.Look into Informatics programs ... specifically medical or bio informatics. UW (Seattle) is a great place to start, as are Stanford, and UMich. A new med info program is being started in Arizona as well.

_sorrow_

01-22-2007, 09:33 AM

Having read your post about not being sure what -- let alone where!!-- you want to study, one thing i want to put out there in light of Badgers great advice, is that while you're busy not 'fugging' things up, make sure you don't dive into something you're not ready for yet.

I'll use myself as an example: i'm 22 years old now, and i'm finally getting down to the college thing in a serious way. I was supposed to graduate from high school in 2002, but ended up getting my GED (i've had a very odd educational career) in 2003. In 2004, i came to the conclusion that college was probably something i should be doing, right? So i did it... and did the whole party, meeting lovely ladies, seeing lots of live music etc... and failed almost all of my classes. In the long run, i completely wasted my entire year i spent there; and while i had fun doing it and wouldn't undo it if given chance, i'm kicking myself now for the money spent, and a whole transcript not worth transferring to my current school.

Over the years, i've watched multiple friends do it, and met many other people who have done it as well: jump into college because its what you're supposed to do. **** that; do what you feel you should be doing, and even if college isn't it, if you're smart (which it sounds like you are) you'll eventually either make your own worthy way, or you'll find yourself wanting to go to college. That will probably mean you're ready, and that, if you ask me, is when (and why) you should go to college.

So i'm 22 years old, and probably won't be any younger than 28 by the time i finally graduate from college with my BA, but that was the road i needed to take to realize this is where i want to be.

longklaw

01-22-2007, 02:56 PM

I went to Mississippi State University

starscream80

01-22-2007, 04:24 PM

Attending UCLA for ROTC and electromechanical engineering!!

-mk-

01-22-2007, 04:50 PM

BSBA: Marketing & Computer Information Systems - Appalachian State University (http://www.appstate.edu/)

(Back-to-back champs (http://www.goasu.com/article/10092/)...GO MOUNTAINEERS!)

MS: Information Technology - UNC Charlotte (http://uncc.edu/) (currently enrolled)

klitzy

01-22-2007, 07:33 PM

yashar

01-22-2007, 07:39 PM

Currently College of Marin for civil engineering. I'm probably going to transfer to UC Berkeley since they are the 2nd best engineering school in the US. MIT is #1 in the U.S., but I want to live at home and live off my parents :)

lurkervan

01-22-2007, 11:12 PM

Currently attending UCLA and I would agree that you will find both good and bad things in wherever you decide to go. It seems like you have some sort of idea about what field you want to go into so the best thing you can do about that is to do some research as to if that school offers what you are looking for. Try narrowing down a list of schools and then look into those to see if it has what you are looking for, both academically and socially.

yashar

01-23-2007, 01:37 AM

Use this:

http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/grad/rankings/rankindex_brief.php

Select which field you are interested in, and it will list the best schools.

ariastar

01-23-2007, 01:46 AM

I didn't go at all. Actually, due to a stupid school my senior year, I didn't even graduate high school. I got a GED a few months shy of graduating, despite having all the credits I needed.

casework

01-23-2007, 05:17 AM

Ohio State University (http://www.osu.edu/)

I've been on hiatus though, because of my internship overseas. I hope to return this Spring. I've been too Van Wilder about it, I really need to finish and get my degree...haha.

Be sure to pick a school near your parents, because at 18 you will make lots of stupid mistakes.

Never ever skip class. Once you start, it's like a disease.

Try not to change majors too much, or you'll be in college forever...like moi.Hey!

I go to Capital University in Columbus, OH.

It's a small, private, liberal arts school. I'm studying Radio and TV Broadcasting with a minor in film studies.

All the advice I can give you is to do what YOU want, but at the same time, make sure you properly weigh all the pros and cons and all of your options. Don't go to the school your parents want you to go to, don't go to a school "just to get away" or "just to stay close to home". If you choose a school based on anything but what it offers the education you are looking to receive and it is where you believe you want to spend the next 4+ years, you'll regret it.

keithldick

01-23-2007, 05:25 AM

Never had the money to go to college, I chose to spend my early 20's on the road playing Bass Guitar in Rock Bands... ;)

viscountradu

01-24-2007, 01:26 AM

Anyway, as for what I want to do...I don't really have any idea. I really like biology and science

if you want to do science then you need to decide if you want to teach or if you want to do research or something more "functional."

if you decide you might want to teach secondary science then plan on getting your degree in the state you want to live in so that you can get your certification at the same time. not essential, but it makes life easier.

if you want to do research then look for schools where you can get all kinds of fellowships and grants and what-not for doing graduate work.