[QUOTE=DChapsfield;28852082]I think he was disclaiming it's [u]not[/u] the college's fault, that it's for some cosmic reason he can't keep up with the work.
i think?[/QUOTE]
Yeah, this.
[editline]28th March 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=Kai-ryuu;28851813]The college isn't doing anything? Seems to me that you're the one that's not doing anything. Try contacting a counselor and having them help you. The college isn't going to approach you first about your low gpa and offer their help unless you ask them first.[/QUOTE]
Oh hey! I'm sinking 45K in the damn school. They should at least take notice to their largest profit makers. But oh yes sure, let me struggle with a tutor that's trying his damnedest to help me and grad student who's been slamming his head against a desk trying to help. But sure, blame it on me for being lazy.
This actually brings up another point. Where the hell did this "fend for yourself" ideology suddenly appear in our education system. In any setting that deals with projects like game development, you can't fucking fend for yourself so what the hell point is it to instill that kind of mentality inside a human being. I may not just fit with the system set up because I don't believe in the "army of one" mindset because I find it idiotic and basically chest pounding. While I am a social misfit, I've made a bunch of great social misfit friends and they wall work together to succeed. Am I the only who feels this way or are there others that just didn't know what to say?
Come to the University of Louisiana at Lafayette!
We Have:
A Swamp
Alligators near the student union
...maths?
[QUOTE=Swilly;28852131]Yeah, this.
[editline]28th March 2011[/editline]
Oh hey! I'm sinking 45K in the damn school. They should at least take notice to their largest profit makers. But oh yes sure, let me struggle with a tutor that's trying his damnedest to help me and grad student who's been slamming his head against a desk trying to help. But sure, blame it on me for being lazy.[/QUOTE]
They will take notice when they send you a letter home explaining that because you didn't request assistance from a counselor or the administration that they are kicking your sorry ass out of the school for not taking the initiative in making sure that you are passing all of your classes and are meeting the colleges requirement of 2.0 + gpa. The college isn't there to babysit you and to monitor your grades every minute of every day. What you do and what grades you get is your own doing and trying to bitch to the college that they aren't doing anything to help you won't get you very far. If you're having this kind of attitude towards college and academic life then you don't deserve to be in school.
[QUOTE=Machina;28852193]Come to the University of Louisiana at Lafayette!
We Have:
A Swamp
Alligators near the student union
...maths?[/QUOTE]
:v:
The most appealing part, alligators.
I go to Cal Poly Pomona for electrical engineering. Its my second year and all is going well.
My family made too much for any sort of federal aid, but they also aren't helping pay at all... and that's where the beauty of Cal Poly come's in. Even if I got loans for all 4 years I wouldn't be in more than 25k debt and would still have a top level engineering education. (Many companies in the area hire more engineers from Cal Poly than they do from UCLA and USC because of the more practical teaching method)
[QUOTE=Kai-ryuu;28852211]They will take notice when they send you a letter home explaining that because you didn't request assistance from a counselor or the administration that they are kicking your sorry ass out of the school for not taking the initiative in making sure that you are passing all of your classes and are meeting the colleges requirement of 2.0 + gpa. The college isn't there to babysit you and to monitor your grades every minute of every day. What you do and what grades you get is your own doing and trying to bitch to the college that they aren't doing anything to help you won't get you very far. If you're having this kind of attitude towards college and academic life then you don't deserve to be in school.[/QUOTE]
So you're still calling me lazy.
Thanks, you obviously know what its like to struggle in school even when you're trying your hardest and reaching out to others for help to no avail.
[QUOTE=Swilly;28852228]So you're still calling me lazy.[/QUOTE]
If you're getting a 1.9 GPA then yeah, I'd consider that being lazy. If you just sit on your ass and don't study for the recommended hours (3 + per class usually) then you are going to fail. And if you don't go and get help to improve your study habits or a counselor then you will just fail even more.
[QUOTE=Kai-ryuu;28852238]If you're getting a 1.9 GPA then yeah, I'd consider that being lazy.[/QUOTE]
And I consider you an asshole.
I guess we're even.
[QUOTE=Swilly;28852247]And I consider you an asshole.
I guess we're even.[/QUOTE]
asshole for giving you advice and trying to help you understand that it isn't the colleges fault that you're failing it's yours? Alright then, have fun flunking out of college and becoming a deadbeat.
[QUOTE=Machina;28852193]Come to the University of Louisiana at Lafayette!
We Have:
A Swamp
Alligators near the student union
...maths?[/QUOTE]
This may apply to you:
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzG2WCCBPBQ[/media]
[QUOTE=Swilly;28852247]And I consider you an asshole.
I guess we're even.[/QUOTE]
how the Hell do you have a 1.9?
[QUOTE=CabooseRvB;28852270]how the Hell do you have a 1.9?[/QUOTE]
Failed Calc I, got two Cs and then a B-.
They filled our other two class slots with Pass/Fail classes.
[QUOTE=Swilly;28852292]Failed Calc I, got two Cs and then a B-.[/QUOTE]
So you decide to take only 4 classes in your last year of High School and three of which you are not able to secure a high grade in??
[QUOTE=CabooseRvB;28852301]So you decide to take only 4 classes in your last year of High School and three of which you are not able to secure a high grade in??[/QUOTE]
That was last semester in college.
I had As and B+s in my last year at High School.
[QUOTE=Swilly;28852308]That was last semester in college.[/QUOTE]
Why?
[QUOTE=1nfiniteseed;28852267]This may apply to you:
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzG2WCCBPBQ[/media][/QUOTE]
The accent sounds like a cross between New Orleans Creole and Alabama. The reality of a true Cajun accent (white or black, at least 60, and bastardized French as a first language) is much, much worse. Imagine if the French gargled with thumbtacks and lye, rolled their Rs like the Spanish, and pronounced certain diphthongs (especially "oi") like beings from an alien world that talk with their anuses and you'd be halfway there.
[QUOTE=CabooseRvB;28852321]Why?[/QUOTE]
I've always had trouble with math, it was always my weakest subject but I never hated it. I always want to learn it but it just, makes my brain full of fuck. Learning how to draw with charcoal is difficult to say the least. Learning about religion was easy where the B- came from(We covered all of the major religions). The other C was from my other Digital Art class and that was because of a few late assignments which I take fault for and have fixed myself to never turn in anything late.
[QUOTE=Swilly;28852247]And I consider you an asshole.
I guess we're even.[/QUOTE]
Chill out.
I'm a lazy piece of shit. I can think of 5 things I should be doing right now more than sitting on my ass listening to The Who and posting on FP, but I pulled a 2.65 last semester and I was upset that my grades were that low. What are you majoring in that you have to work your ass off for a 1.9?
Having been the kid who couldn't get good grades to save his life, I can empathize. Sometimes you just have no fucking clue what's going on. In grade school, however, your education was mandated by the state. As such, it's in their interest to have you pass and understand. Otherwise, why make it mandatory? In college, however, you're basically paying for the information and a shot at proving that you understand it so the college will give you a bit of paper telling everyone you know what the fuck you're talking about. If you're going to lectures and doing homework, it's not the colleges job to force the knowledge into your brain apart from that. They don't have to cater to everyone's specific educational needs.
[editline]28th March 2011[/editline]
You failed math? Even more for my point. Having been awful at math in the past and failing it one year in high school, I can tell you nothing the school could have done would turn me around. It's up to you.
[QUOTE=JohnnyMo1;28852379]Chill out.
I'm a lazy piece of shit. I can think of 5 things I should be doing right now more than sitting on my ass listening to The Who and posting on FP, but I pulled a 2.65 last semester and I was upset that my grades were that low. What are you majoring in that you have to work your ass off for a 1.9?
Having been the kid who couldn't get good grades to save his life, I can empathize. Sometimes you just have no fucking clue what's going on. In grade school, however, your education was mandated by the state. As such, it's in their interest to have you pass and understand. Otherwise, why make it mandatory? In college, however, you're basically paying for the information and a shot at proving that you understand it so the college will give you a bit of paper telling everyone you know what the fuck you're talking about. If you're going to lectures and doing homework, it's not the colleges job to force the knowledge into your brain apart from that. They don't have to cater to everyone's specific educational needs.
[editline]28th March 2011[/editline]
You failed math? Even more for my point. Having been awful at math in the past and failing it one year in high school, I can tell you nothing the school could have done would turn me around. It's up to you.[/QUOTE]
I would argue the same thing, in [I]England[/I] or the [I]EU[/I], when my tuition is so god damn massive the government has to put a clause that after 20 years, anything I owe disappears. Then I better atleast get [I]something[/I]. I'm doing my half, I'm always going to the professors, working all the time with my personal tutor and friends who are willing to help but they equate trying to teach me like talking to a brick wall. Not because I don't understand but because I need to know the [I]why[/I] and unless its my tutor, they can't explain the why. Its been an issue with me since my first day of school. I question everything and that bites me in the ass half the time.
But here's the problem, I've wanted to go into game design since I was 12. So I started learning about the greats of the different genres, the genres themselves. The idealogy behind color schemes, textures, story boarding, game concepts, fucking everything. I know about the different engines out there and I know about different techniques like bump mapping and such. My major, is a broad one, the whole Digital Arts section is set up to let people go into a multitude of different jobs, but I just want to be a game dev. I want to learn how to create the textures, how to program the AI, and how to create a good engaging level. Instead I have to wait till I get into Calc 3 to learn how to truly use a modeling program like 3DSMax or to get into the higher levels of programming. I've spoken with my advisor, we're basically on a one to one basis now and he's just as frustrated because he keeps telling me he can see how passionate I am about this. I want to get through my education so I can go out there and do the job I've wanted to for all these years. Its the frustration of not understanding Calculus that's getting to me.
I've always also had this pet peeve about people calling me lazy or not being recognized for working my god damn ass off. So when people call me out and call me lazy, I just want to stab in the throat with a small blade, twist the blade just right so they don't bleed out onto the floor and its extremely difficult for forensics to figure it out. The only person I let call me lazy, is myself or close friends, and its always jokingly.
Like I said, if your professor is trying to help you as best they can and you have a tutor and you're trying to understand it and you just can't, what do you expect the college to do, beam understanding into your brain? Bump your grade up for effort?
[QUOTE=JohnnyMo1;28852505]Like I said, if your professor is trying to help you as best they can and you have a tutor and you're trying to understand it and you just can't, what do you expect the college to do, beam understanding into your brain? Bump your grade up for effort?[/QUOTE]
At this point, I don't know. I can tell though they rarely deal with people who learning disabilities and can assert themselves.
There comes a time when you may need to reevaluate your situation. Maybe you just aren't suited for whatever it is you are currently pursuing.
[QUOTE=Swilly;28850052]Wow....that's all I can say.[/QUOTE]
What?
[editline]28th March 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=OBOESHOES;28850651]I live in upstate New York. So Clarkson isn't too far away from me. ~3 hours drive[/QUOTE]
Where in Upstate NY? We've got a New Visions program where I am too.
[QUOTE=PrismatexV8;28852697]What?
[editline]28th March 2011[/editline]
Where in Upstate NY? We've got a New Visions program where I am too.[/QUOTE]
Lake George
[QUOTE=HomelndSecurity;28820718]I want to get into teaching. I don't know if that's a smart idea though.[/QUOTE]
Tenure and retirement benefits are basically the main things that make it worth it. Tenure = work 3 years without getting fired, and never be allowed to be fired for the rest of your teaching career. It's kind of bullshit though because it means legit terrible teachers who go unnoticed are forced to stick around as they can't legally be let go
[editline]28th March 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=JohnEdwards;28822042]Could have gone to: Virginia Tech, JMU
What I did: Went to a Local Tech college, applied myself into computers
What I got: An awesome job, they will pay for my bachelors and huge room for growth.
My advice is go to a CC for the first 2 years, get your GPA up transfer to a big name college and finish with a high GPA and less bills[/QUOTE]
This x10000
You have no idea how awesome it will be to graduate with little to no debt. I'm currently paying for my school (about $400-$600 per quarter) with the help of my pizza delivery job ($1k a month part time) and some roomates to split the rent. I'm super looking forward to having a degree in two years that will involve a minor amount of debt thanks to me doing community college for the first two years.
99% of jobs don't give a fuck what college you went to. The ones that do are not worth it. Jobs care about: Experience, what you know, and who you know. With a little bit of applying yourself and alittle paper saying you are "educated".
[editline]28th March 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=cheeseburg;28831293]Can I find a decent job with that major and also math is a bit effy on me since I'm failing trigonometry right now. I love history and all that shit though but difficult to find a well paying major with that.[/QUOTE]
Do what you love. I'd rather never make more than $40k a year working a job a love my whole life than $100k a year with a job I really don't like my whole life.
Why do you love history? What makes it so interesting to you, and what skills do you enjoy using the most when you study history? For the things you love that don't apply so well to a real world job, it's always nice to get a job that uses similar skill sets and interest sets, and maintaining your love on your own time as a hobby.
[QUOTE=Errorproxy;28833393]Is it true if you have the money, they will take you in at USC?[/QUOTE]
lol no. my best friend's dream has always been to attend the USC School of Cinematic Arts. He's very rich (and also got great grades and scores) and I am not, and he and several other rich children at my school (a small private school in la jolla, california) were denied from USC. I am not rich, and attend this private school with 99% financial aid. I was accepted into USC's School of Cinematic Arts for screenwriting and will be attending this program in the fall.
[QUOTE=OBOESHOES;28852829]Lake George[/QUOTE]
That's a beautiful area. I know RPI's got a big research center up there that I'll probably end up doing some work in eventually, so definitely looking forward to that.
I'm going to Radford in the fall.
woo woo
[QUOTE=DChapsfield;28819971]
About me:
I'm a high school senior, interested in mechanical/[b]aerospace engineering[/b]. Back before the end of December, I sent out(mostly using the Common App) applications to:
[/QUOTE]
University of Colorado. The best school on the West coast for aerospace engineering. Hell, theres a NASA site a few miles off campus and 4 of the professors are ex-astronauts.
I got almost a full scholarship to Oklahoma University. Oklahoma is a shitty place, but they have one of the best study abroad programs, so I'll probably go there, and study at Lund most of the time. :v:
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