Your education

[Grav]

Inspired by Lenny's smurfiness, I am kind of curious what stage people at Zelaron are at in their education. Still in high school? Recently in college? Graduated already? Planning to go or go back after some more work experience?

Because people like forms:

School: XYZ College/High School
Graduation Date: 2005/2012
Studying: Zoology
Interests: The social aspects of domestic elephant behavior
Future plans: Have a soiree in Africa and eventually own a Zoo for chatty elephants

Or just write it out. You can be as vague or as detailed as you want. Ok! Bye!

[Chruser]

School: Pernbys målarskola (Pernby school of painting)
Graduation Date: June 1, 2010
Studying: Fine arts
Interests: Physics, mathematics, computer science, neuroscience
Future plans: Dropping out of school to study something that relates to my interests.

[!King_Amazon!]

Studying Chemical Engineering at the community college for a couple of years before I go to the University of Utah to get my bachelors and then my Ph.D. I'm about a year away from the University, I believe. I stopped keeping track, because it depresses me.

[Grav]

Why ChemE?

[WetWired]

So he can self-medicate, of course.

My education ended after highschool when I began a job in my career. I am an embedded systems programmer.

[D3V]

Why ChemE?

How come you didn't post yours?

[!King_Amazon!]

Why ChemE?
It's difficult, it makes good money, and it's relevant to my interests.

As far as I understand, there's pretty good demand for Chemical Engineers, since not many people go for the degree compared to, say, Mechanical Engineering. That's probably why Chemical Engineering pays so well, too.

[WetWired]

What are you talking about? He's studying zoology.

[skeptiskt]

Theoretical philosophy at the moment.

Plans for next year:
Study law.
Actual plans: Work two-four hours every friday and saturday (a reason to say no to social drinking activities in a polite way), rent an apartment and spend all my life sleeping.

[Thanatos]

I graduated top 20 in my class in high school, went to one semester of college and dropped out due to being high all the time with a friend that had every class with me. This friend is now a convicted felon and has been in and out of jail. I, on the other hand, have a fairly decent job with good pay that I plan on staying with for a long time.

I so badly want to go back to college, though. I'm thinking this upcoming Fall semester.

[Sum Yung Guy]

I get out of Army in 2010 and plan on using my GI Bill to study Neurology, chemisty, biology.

[D3V]

School: XYZ College/High School
Graduation Date: 2005/2012
Studying: Radiologic technology
Interests: Becoming a radiologist and perhaps being able to open my own clinic alongside with the new 4d sonogram equipment.
Future plans: Opening my own practice center. Incorporating several centers in different regions around NE Florida, and structuring them to where I won't have to worry about working anymore.

Notes: NHS throughout JR high/half of high school. Graduated with a 3.4 including my 46F avg in Spanish ( =) LOL ). Bleh, I have a lot of work to do, education wise.

[Wallow]

School: Sophmore (is that how you spell it?) in high school
Graduation Date: 2011
Studying: AP US History, Pre-Calculus, Physics, VB, American Literature, and Francais Trois.
Interests: Music (Piano and cello; although I probably won't go into that field), Writing, and Art - Architecture.
Future plans: Get a high score on my PSAT and apply to a good college. Thinking about Lafayette or Swarthmore

[Lenny]

I'll reply too (with ages in brackets just so you all have an idea)!

Primary: Northen County Primary School (4-11)
Secondary: Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School (11-17)
College: BRGS Sixth Form (17-18)

University: Durham University (18-21)
Graduation Date: June 2011
Course: Computer Science
Future Plans: Programmer, GUI designer, or Game Designer (environments)

[Asamin]

Softmore at Pennridge High School
Studying: VB, Precalc, 20th century American History, Am. Lit., Latin II, Physics.
Interests:Video Games, Celtic Music, Comp Programing, Game Programing, Environmental Sciences.
Future Plans: Go to collage and get a degree in some sort of environmental science.

[Vault Dweller]

Graduated High School in 1998.

Graduated Allegheny College with a bachelor's degree in English in 2002.

Graduated University of Pittsburgh with a Master's in Library Information Science in 2008.

I've had enough fun for now.

[Tuttifrutti]

School: Graduated high school, no college at the moment, wanting to do spring semester at Glendale Community College.
Graduation Date: High school = 2007, College = N/A
Studying: Nothing atm
Interests: Become a teacher, something in art history or reg history I guess, teaching middle or high school. :D
Future plans: Get my teaching degree, get a job lol, and then start popping out the kids, I don't want to have kids before college is over and not after like 28ish. Looks like I gotta get movin.

[Willkillforfood]

School: XYZ College/High School
Graduation Date: 2005 Diploma/2009 BS/2011 MS
Studying: Accounting
Interests: My girlfriend, our guinea pig, my family and friends, and video games when I have the time (it's seldom this happens.)
Future plans: Probably (eventually) a partner in a CPA firm, or a CFO for a F500 company. The odds are definitely against both, though. If not, I'll probably be a director or VP in corporate finance somewhere,

[platnum]

School: Syracuse University
graduation date: 2011
Major: Anthropology
Interests: Rugby, skiing, parties, and video games.
Future plans: Peace corps is a possibility. Grad school then PhD.

[Grav]

I hear Syracuse has good falafels.

[jamer123]

middle school graduation 2015 ranked in the 5 top smartest kids in my school
interest science most chemils and space; pysics; computers
futer plans join the air force in nineth grade get a good job and maybe if i work hard be an astronaut

[Tyrannicide]

School: University
Graduation Date: 2010
Studying: B.A. Honours in Criminology and Criminal Justice with a Concentration in Law. Take that.
Interests: Mainly Law and why criminals do what they do, understanding reasons and what not.
Future plans: Not sure right now....see what happens when I finish this degree.

[osmoses-jones]

School:ITT tech crappy college
Graduation date: december 2009
Studying:bachelor in art of game design
interest: character artist and game programmer
future plan: work with kojima

[Thanatos]

School: University
Graduation Date: 2010
Studying: B.A. Honours in Criminology and Criminal Justice with a Concentration in Law. Take that.
Interests: Mainly Law and why criminals do what they do, understanding reasons and what not.
Future plans: Not sure right now....see what happens when I finish this degree.

FUCKIN PIG!!! OINK OINK MOTHERFUCKER

just kidding, I've actually contemplated being a cop myself.. Or a really cool probation officer.

[Willkillforfood]

So is that kind of like criminal psychology?

[Grav]

School: University
Graduation Date: 2010
Studying: B.A. Honours in Criminology and Criminal Justice with a Concentration in Law. Take that.
Interests: Mainly Law and why criminals do what they do, understanding reasons and what not.
Future plans: Not sure right now....see what happens when I finish this degree.


Make sure you don't break any laws, because then you'll be a hypocrite.

[platnum]

I hear Syracuse has good falafels.

Falafels? Never had one.

[Grav]

I don't know why I said that.

[Titusfied]

Drexel University.
Graduated June 2005 - Dual degree.
Bachelors of Science in Electrical Engineering (Control Systems concentration).
Masters of Science in Power Systems Engineering (EE concentration).
I work for a Utility Contractor as a Project Manager and I don't use a lick of engineering anymore.. I passed my FE (Fundamentals of Engineering) previously called the EIT (Engineer In Training), and will be taking my PE (Professional Engineer) test next year. I make a boat load of money for my age, and am recently engaged and now have a puppy in our new house.

[Willkillforfood]

Going to retire early or work the hurricane season and not see your family every year?

[Titusfied]

Nah, I'll just be able to take them on a lot better vacations if it continues!

[Xenn]

Graduated High School in 07...
College: University of Chicago
Studying: Economics, Psychology; all the other crap they make you take
Interests: None

[HandOfHeaven]

High School: MN Valley Lutheran HS
Graduation Date: 05/2007
Studying: General Education

College: SW MN State University
Graduation Date: 05/2011
Studying: Marketing n Finance/Business Administration
Future plans: I would like to latch on to a marketing department of some semi-significant business/corporation. My goal is to save enough money to live and retire in New Zealand.

I did want to be a field sales agent, but that will only work out if I'm single. The hours you have to put in can add up, and the workload can take a toll on you. I won't mind working 40 hours a week, but I want to get on a flex plan so I can work only 4 days a week.

Other plans: I am going to try-out for the Minnesota Thunder, a United Soccer League team, next spring. In order to do so, I need to gain speed. I already possess the necessary foot skills and field vision. I have the stamina; the only issue is I will always be shy half a step because I broke my ankle a few years ago. Hopefully through sprint training and indoor soccer I will be able to achieve my goal. I've played pickup games with MSU Moorhead and NDSU, and they say I do have the potential; all I need is speed. I have been offered scholarships from several colleges in the midwest, but I don't have the money to complement them.

[Grav]

Why New Zealand? New Zealand isn't terribly progressive or anything. Their country actually went bankrupt recently.

[HandOfHeaven]

Either New Zealand or Australia. It's not Europe, and it's not America... I basically want to get a small boat and just fish right off the coast in my spare time. Probably try to get a dual citizenship America/New Zealand or America/Australia.

[Lenny]

Getting an Australian citizenship is a tough thing, you know. I think they're only taking people who have skills that they can use, or have good career prospects/already sorted out a job. From what I've heard, people who apply who are straight out of education, with nothing but a degree to their name, don't usually succeed.

The Kiwis will take anyone, though. :p

[Grav]

I guess I may as well contribute to my own damn thread:

School: Ivy League
Graduation Date: 2011
Studying: Civil Engineering
Interests: Fluctuating
Future plans: Global takeover

[HandOfHeaven]

I'd go to England but I don't want to get raped by taxes.

[Lenny]

Fair point. :p

I think the Channel Islands aren't too bad when it comes to taxes - for one, they don't seem to pay VAT (17.5% of the price of the goods, added to said goods to give the total price. So something that costs £100 is actually £117.50 to buy).

[WetWired]

It's my understanding that the USA does not allow dual citizenship to anyone except minors born out of the country to US citizens.

[Willkillforfood]

Aww, killing peoples' dreams :P.

[Jamesadin]

School: 3rd Year University
Degree: Film Production
Graduation: 2011

[Thanatos]

I'm going to start taking classes through computertraining.com starting this Saturday.

Within 90 days after my graduation date they're required to find me a job. Looks like I'll be starting my career soon.

[D3V]

That's excellent. I've been thinking recently about trying to speed up my education process, might be taking a bunch of online courses starting January on top of the 5 classes on campus.

[Thanatos]

Yeah man.. there's really no backing away from this as it's going to cost me a LOT of money. But the cool thing about it is, it's only a 6 month class and after I've graduated I'll be Microsoft Certifed in 4 different fields. That = instant job.

[D3V]

What actual certifications are you going to receive?

[Thanatos]

If all goes well the MCTS (Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist), MCP (Microsoft Certified Professional), and MCSA (Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator). It looks like I'll be working with Vista, which I've never even used before. Watch, by the time I'm done with this stuff Vista will be old news. :rolleyes:

[Asamin]

Lucky. I need to get some movie theater job or another.

[Lenny]

If the course is longer than two years, then yeah, we'll be past Vista... though you'll probably have a couple of years with it still as a number of people won't migrate to Windows 7. Saying that, though, early impressions seem to make out that Windows 7 is very similar to Vista, so any skills you learn should be transferable.

[Willkillforfood]

So what are they going to find you a job doing?

[Thanatos]

More than likely I'll start out at a Helpdesk somewhere, but it's incredibly easy to advance once you get a year or two of experience under your belt. Entry level positions make anywhere from 35k - 45k.

[Goodlookinguy]

I attend multiple places.

School: High School
Graduation Date: 2009
Classes: Office Aide, Computer Applications 3/4 (XHTML/Webdesign, Flash/ActionScript)

School: ROC - Regional Occupational Center
Graduation Date: 2009
Studying: Computer Technologies (A+ Certification Program)

School: Jr. College
Graduation Date: ?
Studying: Programming C and C++, Japanese (The only Japanese course at the college)

Interests: Programming, Graphical Arts
Future plans: Becoming a computer programmer.

What I know already (Well, programming wise): XHTML, CSS, php, (enough) SQL, C++, (getting better at) JavaScript, (well acquainted with) Ruby, BASIC/TI-BASIC, and (some) BlitzBasic.