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#21 January 15, 2008, 10:12:16 pm

It's The Only Thing.
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That climbtree, so forgetful.

(congrats)

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Lars

#22 January 15, 2008, 10:19:53 pm

Fuck off!
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University: Norwegian University of Science & Technology

Major: Civil Engineering, Computer Technics

Funding: Government

8)

Classes:
Mathematics 3
General Physics
Digital Technics with Electric Circuits
Biological Psychology (say what??)

edit: This is the 4th semester I study. I've already done one year of Information Technology/Computer Science and one semester of Civil Engineer, Technic Cybernetics (Robotics).

As for all the different lines; I just feel like jumping around but I feel like stopping because its a hassle each time

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Standard Toaster

#23 January 15, 2008, 10:40:32 pm

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Well today I got accepted to another college. Here are the ones I applied to:

Kalamazoo College- Accepted with a $12k/year scholarship
University of Michigan- Deferred, fall grades sent
Albion College- Accepted with a $14k/year scholarship
Michigan State University- Accepted (today)

If I get into the University of Michigan it's going to be really hard to decide if I want to go there or Kalamazoo.

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Harland

#24 January 15, 2008, 11:05:13 pm

Have a nice daze.
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College: Imperial College London

Studying: Computing

Classes:
Programming
Hardware
Computer Systems
Logic
Reasoning About Programs
Databases
Mathematical Methods
Disscrete Mathematics

Funding:
Student loan covers my expenses with a little help from my parents.

Quote from: NinjaPirate on January 15, 2008, 10:40:32 pm

If I get into the University of Michigan it's going to be really hard to decide if I want to go there or Kalamazoo.

Go to Kalamazoo, for the name alone.

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Ryan

#25 January 15, 2008, 11:06:57 pm

thx ds k?
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I'm a senior in high school and i'm going to my local community college starting in the fall. after my two years there i am either going to transfer to a music school or go to the University of Virginia and major in political science or law

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Iaman

#26 January 16, 2008, 01:33:54 am

Yay! I drew a pic of me!
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College: DePaul University

Major: Computer Games Development, Designer Track

Minor: Interactive Media (web development)

Probably going to switch the two sometime... depends on how this year goes, really. The game dev stuff is really fun and all, but I also love the web dev stuff, and it would PROBABLY be much easier to get a decent job with... I dunno, whatever. I'll decide at some point.

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#27 January 16, 2008, 01:40:22 am

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Quote from: NinjaPirate on January 15, 2008, 10:40:32 pm

If I get into the University of Michigan it's going to be really hard to decide if I want to go there or Kalamazoo.

Go to Michigan. That isn't even a question.

Ann Arbor as a town is 1000x better than the city of Kalamazoo. I went to Western Michigan, believe me, Kalamazoo is not that good and Ann Arbor is good. Not to mention, Michigan has a lot of other things to offer you (besides education,) that will enhance your college experience by another 1000. Furthermore, isn't Kalamazoo college EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE? I believe Michigan is cheaper, not to mention, I believe they have a better reputation.

Go to Michigan and I will see you next year at the football game against Michgan State.

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Go to Kalamazoo, for the name alone.

Lame.

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Wash Cycle

#28 January 16, 2008, 02:42:21 am

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Michigan University is so fucking expensive for out of state. I really want to do grad work there because they have such a good humanities program but god I could never pay the money that it costs to go there. fuckinn

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Zeitgeist

#29 January 16, 2008, 03:00:45 am

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Serious question:

I want to go into the FBI, CIA, or a similar group. Would a simple Bachelor's in Criminal Justice plus other credentials work, or would I be better off going into a branch of the military as intel (cred wise)?

Anyway, if I go with the first option, I'm going to Penn State just because.

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#30 January 16, 2008, 03:06:38 am

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Quote from: post on January 16, 2008, 01:40:22 am

Go to Michigan. That isn't even a question.

Ann Arbor as a town is 1000x better than the city of Kalamazoo. I went to Western Michigan, believe me, Kalamazoo is not that good and Ann Arbor is good. Not to mention, Michigan has a lot of other things to offer you (besides education,) that will enhance your college experience by another 1000. Furthermore, isn't Kalamazoo college EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE? I believe Michigan is cheaper, not to mention, I believe they have a better reputation.

Michigan is cheaper but with the Kalamazoo Scholarship I get almost half of the tuition cost off. Also its more of a conflict of interests. If I go to Kalamazoo I'm able to double-major in English and Fine Arts whereas its literally impossible to do at U of M. Both of them have about the same academic standards and reputation if any research is done in it, and some consider Kalamazoo to be even higher than U of M.

But again, I have to get into U of M first.

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Ryan

#31 January 16, 2008, 03:30:13 am

thx ds k?
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Quote from: Zeitgeist on January 16, 2008, 03:00:45 am

Serious question:

I want to go into the FBI, CIA, or a similar group. Would a simple Bachelor's in Criminal Justice plus other credentials work, or would I be better off going into a branch of the military as intel (cred wise)?

Anyway, if I go with the first option, I'm going to Penn State just because.

Go to college, get a bachelors (preferably in international relations), and join the military would be the best path. knowing languages such as farsi or chinese would also help.

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Randy Moist

#32 January 16, 2008, 04:07:39 am

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Or linguistics and know a grip of languages (Definitely Farsi like he said). I have a friend who is currently doing this and he's apparently got an internship with the CIA so look for things like that.

http://marklisanti.tumblr.com/post/126620624/i-can-totally-relate-harold-i-am-a-farmer-and-i

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Sredni Vashtar

#33 January 16, 2008, 04:17:39 am

HE WHOSE HAND DETERMINES ALL THAT IS
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College: UNC Charlotte (meh, i know)
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Financial Aid: nnnnope

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Yeah, I loved San Andreas, but it was just such a black game. :x Like. Eh, I dunno, it was all so frickin' black, and I enjoyed the atmosphere of Vice City more.

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Frisky SKeleton

#34 January 16, 2008, 11:26:38 am

aye ess dee eff el cay jay ache
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This guy once told me engineering was pretty cruisy so i clutched his arm and pushed him past my foot thus tripping him. Was this action justified?

(this scenario never happened, but I have heard that engineering has a super duper workload?)

I USE Q'S INSTEQD OF Q'S

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skatinggamer

#35 January 16, 2008, 12:09:54 pm

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I have applied to two schools so far and they are Wentworth Institute of Technology and University of Maryland........I want to study either computer information systems or computer science. As of right now I have 0$ for college....I really need to start looking at scholarships I have just been too lazy

http://www.zeitgeistmovie.com/

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Lord_Abriel

#36 January 16, 2008, 12:11:58 pm

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University: Linköping University

Major: Information Technology

Funding: see Lars' post

This semester I'm taking:
Concurrent programming and operating systems
Mathematical statistics
Programming and modeling
Complex analysis
English

The operating systems course is the first one we have fully in English, which is good I guess. The lecturer has a pretty heavy accent though.

- daily dinosaur is awesome!

There is lots of fun to be had here!

Read the Gamemaking Thread from days of old

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Brown

#37 January 16, 2008, 12:46:58 pm

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hey! this doesnt only have to be for the US. heres my stuff :
College: Sheridan Institute of Technology and Advanced learning @ Davis Campus
Year: 1st Year
Program: Chemical Engineering
course length: 3 years

I have not only Chemistry and Math courses, but for some reason I have microbiology as well which is pretty random for my field of study. On mondays and fridays i get home around 5, and every other day its at 8

. it takes 2 hours to get to the college and 2 hours back. but hopefully that will all change next week once i get my car.

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ase

#38 January 17, 2008, 05:02:38 am

It's A Short Eternity... live with it
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College/University: Boston College (MA, USA)

Major: Biochemistry

General Chemistry II
Intro Bio II
Exploring Catholicism II
Death & Dying (after one lecture I can already tell this class will be amazing)
Introduction to Feminisms (I hate this and want to die, please please let there be some room for other classes to open up)
Gen Bio Lab
Gen Chem Lab

I am a sophomore so I am a little behind in my major (I took all general courses last year)

@Chef: What college do you go to. We can chat about majors and stuff if you want.

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rexxz

#39 January 17, 2008, 05:06:46 am

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Recently graduate with a degree in the science of recording arts.

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watermelon's

#40 January 17, 2008, 06:47:11 am

Musical Composer for RPGs.
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Quote from: Sredni Vashtar on January 16, 2008, 04:17:39 am

College: UNC Charlotte (meh, i know)
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Financial Aid: nnnnope

Hmm..thats close to the school I be transferred to...

College: Winthrop, transferring from University of South Carolina (Dont go there, ever.)

Major: Music Education, K-12 w/cert in Percussion Performance

Major 2: Musical Compostiion

So basically Im double-majoring in.......music. But hey, beating a drum's the only thing im good at. I could have went to Furman, Brevard or UGA, but Im lazy and want to hang around my friends. Plus my classes dont start till April, so I just walk around campus buying snack foods and such...Whee..[/sarcasm]

EDIT: Im a freshman. =\

Last Edit: January 17, 2008, 06:49:12 am by katsuya_filgaia

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