People are not allowed to be happy for something unless it's something Shep agrees with. Remember that people, when you're happy and want to post something about it, run it through with him first.God you dont know how much I hated the Happy Thoughts forum, jesus christ
Hey NinjaPirate, go to the cheaper school unless you have mad $$$$$.what the shit? 50k fucking dollars the year?
Going to critically-acclaimed $50k/year university has been the stupidest decision of my life, seeing as how graduate degrees (assuming you go on to this level) are the only things that end up mattering. Go to cheaper, easier school, get better grades, have more pocket change for booze, be happy and ALL IS GOOD
Hey NinjaPirate, go to the cheaper school unless you have mad $$$$$.They are about the same cost, with the risk-taking one being slightly cheaper. Money isn't really a big problem for me/my family though.
Going to critically-acclaimed $50k/year university has been the stupidest decision of my life, seeing as how graduate degrees (assuming you go on to this level) are the only things that end up mattering. Go to cheaper, easier school, get better grades, have more pocket change for booze, be happy and ALL IS GOOD
what the shit? 50k fucking dollars the year?well, I don't pay $50k because im very poor but I/my parents still pay way more than if I had gone to lower-ranked-but-still-quite-good-school
I'm in what could be the most expensive uni of my country and it is like 27k pesos the year.
Although I dont pay a shit because of 75% scholarship + pseudopay by working saturdays.
I'm happy though, I know that just because of the uni's name I will get job (in what I dunno but I dont care aye?).
ASE I think "critically-acclaimed uni" really sells in your CV
That and average mark
Are American Unis Expensive??
Cus English ones sure are... and I'm not very sure they're worth what u pay for...
oh yeah, i hope you guys like taking random classes that have absolutely nothing to do with your major.
oh yeah, i hope you guys like taking random classes that have absolutely nothing to do with your major.
WunderBread... there's always Psychology, but then again that makes no money either... Actually as a whole there are so many different paths you can take in University that lead to nowhere. It's kind of ridiculous.Ah, I forgot that one. It's a shame, really, that all of the majors I find interesting make no money and all of the boring ones practically guarantee wealth. Sometimes I wish I didn't like money so much. :( I know that money is the root of all evil and everything, but I can't stop dreaming of an Infinity pool....
Wait... you have to take secondary random classes as well or something? Here it's like solid spend all your life for three yuears on one course.There are a required amount of freshman courses you have to take (some you can either test out of or substitute with AP/IB credit, though at some colleges, you can't do that). Mostly, you have to declare a major in your sophomore year, but waiting around until then may have you spending extra years in college to complete your core classes. Or something like that.
I was just accepted to the University of Idaho's music program and will start studying music composition in the fall. I am only moving like 20 miles to go to school as well
Wait... you have to take secondary random classes as well or something? Here it's like solid spend all your life for three yuears on one course.
Wait... you have to take secondary random classes as well or something? Here it's like solid spend all your life for three yuears on one course.
Here's the requirements at my school:
6 hours of Freshmen Composition (Writing essays, etc)
12 hours of Humanities and Fine Arts (Literature sequence, Theater/Art History/whatever, Music, Communication/Public Speaking, etc)
11 hours of Natural Science and Math (Geology/Astronomy/Physics/etc, Math)
12 hours of Social Science/History (History/Economics/Psychology/etc)
4 hours of Computer Sciences or Foreign Language (...)
6 hours of courses designated as a Writing Component course
33 hours in Major
18-27 hours in a Minor
12 hours of Special Requirements (Junior/Senior level coursework outside Major/Minor)
+ X number of hours in General Electives if all of the above does not come out to be 124 hours
that's...a little absurd. what's the major in question? most humanities dont require csc classes and only a few maths, and vice versa for comp sci classes.
how do american hours work in college? here most papers (each class i guess is a paper) is worth 12.5 hours, so 124 over four years would be kinda...nothing?Most classes are around 3-5 credit hours iirc.
That's pretty shitty. When you go to specialise in a subject... generally you would want to specialise in it. Spending less time on it and more on maths or something is retarded. Then again I can see it might be used to break up the monotomy, I mean I'll be spending all my time at uni studying one course.Mostly it's to weed out the kids who wouldn't plan on graduating, anyway. What sucks is that I got a five on the AP Language test, but most colleges only take Literature OR Language, and not both. And sometimes they don't even waive Freshman composition or anything. :sad: But I have to take a senior English class, so....
Mostly it's to weed out the kids who wouldn't plan on graduating, anyway. What sucks is that I got a five on the AP Language test, but most colleges only take Literature OR Language, and not both. And sometimes they don't even waive Freshman composition or anything. :sad: But I have to take a senior English class, so....pfft there is no such thing as cold below virginia
Just got wait-listed from Duke, which is okay, really, because I hear it's cold up in North Carolina. :rolleyes:
I finally made that major move in life, and got accepted to a College!
So, on July 21st I will be officially majoring in Game Design at Collins College.
As most people would be when they're accepted to a College/University, I am very very excited.
So, to make this a topic: tell about your college/university experiences, majors, minors, acceptance day, etc.
Edit: I guess I should point out that Collins College is an accredited game design/arts/film school. It is located in downtown Tempe/Phoenix, Arizona.
And, uh, I am moving from Maryland to Arizona, which is huge!
D ) You will be exposed to lots and lots of various forms of alcohol and drugs. Don't do anything but alcohol and pot unless you seriously know what to expect and never let it become a habit.
i know its not my place but this is a really bad idea and you should major in compsci not game design because game design is a very specific thing that only really applies to 1 thing (game design) so if you don't get into the industry / have trouble in it you are fucked whereas compsci (which is what most game devs have anyways) applies to like 381293812390812904812908490128490124812903812903812903129038901238901238 things, and so if you don't get into the industry you will still be doing something besides flipping burgers in mcdonalds.
well, see the good thing about this school is that they actually set you up with an interview and stuff with whatever company you pick, so I shouldn't have too much of a problem getting into the industry.
I finally made that major move in life, and got accepted to a College!
So, on July 21st I will be officially majoring in Game Design at Collins College.
I decided on going with the big school, so I'll be starting college in the summer but I am actually really looking forward to it! The class sizes are going to be a lot smaller and it wont be nearly as chaotic as when the Fall term begins, so its a good way to ease into the college experience. Besides that when everyone else comes along in the Fall I can act like the big man on campus because I will have already had a ton more experience than them.This is a good idea. I'd do the same, but I kind of want to spend this summer hanging with friends before we go off in our separate directions, and get a job and stuff. Jumping right back into school would be too much for me, I think.
Wow, education in the US is hilariously expensive. I mean, I pay 2300 euros (3600 USD) a year for five/six years (not counting the cost of books and stuff) and that's all the way up to when I can call myself MSc.Yeah, college costs about that much at the state universities here in Florida (and in other places), but some of the private ones rank from $20,000 to $30,000+. Even though you might get a lot of financial aid, it's still kind of depressing.
Man, that sucks. Your SATs trump mine (1300 - Verbal: 690, Math: 610) and my GPA was hardly better (3.78 unweighted). Sometimes I swear these people throw darts at a board full of applicants, seriously.words (Click to reveal)I got rejected from all my first choice schools.
schools are super competitive these days (especially considering I had an 800 on SAT-verbal)
list of schools I got rejected from with 3.58 GPA and SAT (Verbal : 800 , Math : 660 , Writing : 720 ) :
CMU
UNC at Chapel Hill
Penn State Honors College
Swarthmore College (Didn't even bother applying actually since the admissions counselor said 'don't even bother')
NYU
I got into Penn State, New College of Florida (where I am now - apparently in the Florida college system I am a SUPERSTAR [fuck Pennsylvania]), and uh... I don't even remember where else since I had such a shitty admissions record. I hate college admissions they are such competitive bullshit.
When I am making 40k a year because I only got into NCF I will kill all you fucking Harvard flybys with a fucking shotgun. I have seen Harvard/Princeton level courses in action and they are easy as fuck YOU SHITS.
I was also Managing Editor of my school paper and I've been published three times in a national newspaper with a circulation of 2.6 million you shits (I am super bitter at UNC and NYU people)
if I am ever famous and/or rich (unlikely) I will destroy both
Sometimes I swear these people throw darts at a board full of applicants, seriously.It seems like that but its just that there are a TON of hidden factors. As stated before, I got into the second top rated public university in the nation. My GPA? 3.3, weighted. However, my family had a legacy to the point where all of my grandparents and my parents went there. We're also fairly wealthy (not for long though), I wrote some kickass essays, and I bossed up my standardized testing (33 on the ACT). I'm also taking a fairly rigorous course schedule. So yea, its definitely not just the GPA that gets you into college or not.
what's a weighted GPA?Since I suck at explaining things:
It seems like that but its just that there are a TON of hidden factors. As stated before, I got into the second top rated public university in the nation. My GPA? 3.3, weighted. However, my family had a legacy to the point where all of my grandparents and my parents went there. We're also fairly wealthy (not for long though), I wrote some kickass essays, and I bossed up my standardized testing (33 on the ACT). I'm also taking a fairly rigorous course schedule. So yea, its definitely not just the GPA that gets you into college or not.I really wish I knew what all these small factors were. Maybe one day I'll work on an admissions committee and finally discover what they're actually thinking.