RevJim 0 #26 December 12, 2004 QuoteJim, You better get in there and study or I'm gonna start fussing because I knwo you can do it and I want you to do good. Thanks Lisa. I'm confident I'll do well in all my exams this semester. Really. Next semester I decided to really test myself.... I'm taking PSYC331-Cognitive Psyc over winterim for 3 credits, and my spring semester is: Geography 101-5 credits Astronomy 311-3 credits Psychology 300-4 credits Statistical Psyc English 150-3 credits Education 205-2 credits Military Science 102-2 credits Total for winterim and spring - 22 credits. Total for Freshman year - 39 credits + summerim (I'll be taking 3-6 credits over the summer). At this pace, my double major, minus the student teaching, will be done in 3 years. I'm old (for a student), and of course I want out of here ASAP, unlike some 'career students' we know.... It's your life, live it! Karma RB#684 "Corcho", ASK#60, Muff#3520, NCB#398, NHDZ#4, C-33989, DG#1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wingnut 0 #27 December 12, 2004 Quoteunlike some 'career students' we know hey aggedave only has a few more years left.. thats not like a whole carrer.... ______________________________________ "i have no reader's digest version" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RevJim 0 #28 December 12, 2004 QuoteQuoteunlike some 'career students' we know hey aggedave only has a few more years left.. thats not like a whole carrer.... Heh, yea, he's got a second career now too. LMAOIt's your life, live it! Karma RB#684 "Corcho", ASK#60, Muff#3520, NCB#398, NHDZ#4, C-33989, DG#1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
champu 1 #29 December 12, 2004 QuoteAre Linear Algebra and Linear Programming the same? I am taking a Linear Algebra (Matrix Theory) course next semester, is that the same as Linear Programming? Linear Algebra is going to involve a lot more theory and proofs and what not. Depending on your professor you may focus on applications for part of the course, but it can be hard to cram that into a 3 hour course and still cover the rest of the material. Linear Programming, which I'm assuming is a Numerical Methods course, just says, "when you try to do all that stuff you learned in Linear Algebra on a computer, it doesn't work... here's how how to juryrig it and get roughly what you want." I used both quite a bit in my computer graphics programming course (which was fun but I'm never going to use) and also in digital signal processing, error correcting codes, audio coding, stuff like that. QuoteYAY!! No more Differential Equations!! I can't wait to sell my book! :D If you're going to be an engineer, you're probably going to want to hang onto the Diffeq book... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nightingale 0 #30 December 13, 2004 Don't take a break. Get it all done before you stop, while you're still used to being in school. My personal experience: 5 friends who finished high school and said they were taking "a year off" before college. Number who returned to school = 0 3 friends who "took a semester off" in college. number who returned = 1 4 friends who "took a year to work" before starting grad school. 4 years later...number who went back to school = 1 That's 10 people who planned on continuing their education and didn't. Life just got in the way. On a more positive note, out of 4 other friends from high school who didn't take any "breaks", 1 graduated from USC. 2 have completed master's degrees. 1 is in her residency at medical school. Me, I finished a master's, and am in my first year of law school. Stay in school until you've finished every degree you're ever planning on getting. Right now, you have the time budgeted for school. Stop going to school, and that time will get budgeted for other things, and you won't go back to school because you "don't have time." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mailin 0 #31 December 13, 2004 QuoteOn a more positive note, out of 4 other friends from high school who didn't take any "breaks", 1 graduated from USC. 2 have completed master's degrees. 1 is in her residency at medical school. Me, I finished a master's, and am in my first year of law school. Uh oh - I'm screwed then My experience: 97 - graduate from HS Fall 97 - 98 - U of North Texas - full time Fall 98 - end of 99 - nothing, worked Fall 99 - Spring 2002 - part-time school (nights) Fall 2002 - Spring 2003 - took a break so I could save money for my wedding Spring 2003 - Spring 2004 - part-time school (nights) Fall 2004 - present - full time school. I'll finish my AS degree and start my BS degree part-time in the fall. I'll do part time so my work will pay for it. Switched my major 3 times in there too.... I'll finish all of my schooling for this degree without a dime in debt to pay back. I refuse to go into debt for my education. My best friend graduated with a teaching degree from Boston University - great to have a degree when you have over $60,000 in debt to go along with it. She took a job in a private school just north of Boston that paid $23,000/yr. Wasn't enough for her to have her own place, a used car and then pay just the interest on her loans. I wasn't going to do that - so I went part time (taking 2 or 3 classes a semester at night) and my work paid 100% of it. If I play my cards right, my first job will pay $35 - $45k/ yr. and they'll pay for me to get my next degree too. *keeping my fingers crossed my interview for paid intership next semester goes well tomorrow morning* I can understand what you mean - but alot of it has to do with mindset. I always knew I'd get a degree, but I also know its not a rush to get it. I used to hold myself to a timeline to get such and such done by such and such a time - that was crap for me. Hell... if I can get my masters by the time I'm 32 I think that'll be great (that gives me 6 years), and if it doesn't happen by then, thats ok too. But I know it will happen, just a matter of when. JenArianna Frances Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
