Just started Junior year in high school and so far I know what colleges I'm going to apply for so I think I'm ready for the next step.
If you pick liberal arts you need to stop being a lazy ass and choose your major.
[QUOTE=W00tbeer1;32272679]If you pick liberal arts you need to stop being a lazy ass and choose your major.[/QUOTE]
Liberal arts is good for an associate's degree if you plan on transferring and getting your bachelor's
[QUOTE=VagueWisdom;32214604]A lot of people I know who graduated from college 2 to 3 years ago are pretty much working restaurant jobs at the moment. They can't get hired anywhere because most employers are only hiring people who are experienced now.[/QUOTE]
It raises your chances if you do multiple internships while you're at school. Everyone I know that had a high-placement degree that did internships in between semesters got hired immediately after school.
Also, what are their degrees? Did they do something like that?
I got in to my favorite choice (not the most difficult one on my list, but my favorite) of colleges, but at the moment I'm doing a year at a community college to save money.
WPI says that as long as I get above a B in Calculus (they specifically said "Not a B, above a B"), they're basically fine with taking me. I don't think it will be a problem, but I have to work hard to make sure.
Oh, and for anyone that didn't get good grades in highschool, and got into a 'bad' college, let me tell you about my sister. Basically, throughout HS, she was fighting depression, and the whole "fuck the world" view. Failed lots of classes, got put into the lowest level classes, the ones for the people that you would swear are borderline mentally handicapped. Lots of fights with my parents, did drugs, went to rehab (willingly).
After HS, naturally, my parents had basically given up on her going to college, and focused on having me do well (I'm 3 years younger than her). My sister's relationship with my parents got better, home was a happier place. ~2 years after she finished high school, she decided to take classes at a community college because her friend was, too. My parents were ecstatic.
She started taking more classes, until she was a full-time student at the community college. She studied a bunch, and tried her best at all of her classes, and got mostly A's and some B's. She even did an internship Northeastern University and is even getting her name on the paper that the team was working on, for her work during the internship.
She recently finished her 2 years of community college, and decided to transfer.
Now she's in WPI (yes, we'll end up going to the same school), studying to be a Mechanical Engineer (Northeastern University was very sad that she didn't decide to go there). Never even submitted an SAT score, actually.
tl;dr is that my sister basically failed highschool, and got into a good school by trying hard in community college.
college dropout like kanye west....
[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a3/Kanyewest_collegedropout.jpg[/img]
Solution: don't go to college
[QUOTE=Newbienice99;32403326]I got in to my favorite choice (not the most difficult one on my list, but my favorite) of colleges, but at the moment I'm doing a year at a community college to save money.
WPI says that as long as I get above a B in Calculus (they specifically said "Not a B, above a B"), they're basically fine with taking me. I don't think it will be a problem, but I have to work hard to make sure.
Oh, and for anyone that didn't get good grades in highschool, and got into a 'bad' college, let me tell you about my sister. Basically, throughout HS, she was fighting depression, and the whole "fuck the world" view. Failed lots of classes, got put into the lowest level classes, the ones for the people that you would swear are borderline mentally handicapped. Lots of fights with my parents, did drugs, went to rehab (willingly).
After HS, naturally, my parents had basically given up on her going to college, and focused on having me do well (I'm 3 years younger than her). My sister's relationship with my parents got better, home was a happier place. ~2 years after she finished high school, she decided to take classes at a community college because her friend was, too. My parents were ecstatic.
She started taking more classes, until she was a full-time student at the community college. She studied a bunch, and tried her best at all of her classes, and got mostly A's and some B's. She even did an internship Northeastern University and is even getting her name on the paper that the team was working on, for her work during the internship.
She recently finished her 2 years of community college, and decided to transfer.
Now she's in WPI (yes, we'll end up going to the same school), studying to be a Mechanical Engineer (Northeastern University was very sad that she didn't decide to go there). Never even submitted an SAT score, actually.
tl;dr is that my sister basically failed highschool, and got into a good school by trying hard in community college.[/QUOTE]
The High School environment just sucks for some people. I didn't fail out, but I was miserable everyday I was there. I feel much more motivated and interested in what I'm learning about in college / university. I'm glad that she picked herself up and is doing well.
I basically did well, I got high enough points, 305, but failed maths. Now I'm using this year to save up and actually do some game design. My view is, if I cant get into college and be taught to make games, I'll teach myself.
so I've narrowed it down to a few things I need to try and do.
1# Learn
2# Make something worth while
3#Make a decent portfolio
4# try and get some experience in the industry
5# try and do well (because that's all I can do really)
does that seem like a worthwhile enough agenda?
[QUOTE=Justin Case;32271049]Just started my 3rd year at college (UK). I'm the only person who has a full driving license in all but one of my classes, makes me feel both smug and old.[/QUOTE]
I'm still in high school and half my year has their full driving license. It makes me feel crap and lazy.
I'm repeating the first semester and a bit of the second of my third year, infact I'm sat in uni right now praying that my friends checked their emails and know that it's meant to be the induction day today.
[QUOTE=POLOPOZOZO;32263184]That's bullshit college has been an exact repeat of highschool for me, I'm taking calc II, programming, microecon, and most of this stuff I've done junior year of highschool or earlier. Apart from some basic concepts in Microeconomics I have learned NOTHING new, and I'm paying money for it this time.[/QUOTE]
Seems more like an issue with the college itself as opposed the system. I've not had a single class that I could fall back on from high school days.
And I have to admit, this semester was pretty downright close for me. Due to a number of specific issues I just barely managed to get the needed credits to move on.
[QUOTE='[CWG]RustySpannerz;32416913']I'm still in high school and half my year has their full driving license. It makes me feel crap and lazy.[/QUOTE]
I won't be able to afford car insurance once I pass. This way I get to drive for longer so v:v:v
I'm just going to a 2 year college and then transferring over to a State University. My college accepts low life, fucked up rejects. There are also like two 40 year olds in my class. I'm 18.
[QUOTE=jbthekid;32427564]I'm just going to a 2 year college and then transferring over to a State University. My college accepts low life, fucked up rejects. There are also like two 40 year olds in my class. I'm 18.[/QUOTE]
that's not exactly a ringing endorsement for you. hahaah.
im probably not getting into university so im just going to college
I'm so sick of people who actually got into college whining and whining. "oh boo hoo my classes suck and i'm going to be paying off debt forever" fucking drop out if you don't like the way it works or stop complaining
[QUOTE=Galoi;32442078]that's not exactly a ringing endorsement for you. hahaah.[/QUOTE]
I never said I was proud of it did I?
Not sure if I'm just lucky but both universities I applied to accepted me.
Maybe it's because they were state universities...
[QUOTE=BasedGod;32404016]college dropout like kanye west....
[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a3/Kanyewest_collegedropout.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]
With that post and this avatar [img]http://www.facepunch.com/avatar/447645.png?garryis=awesome[/img] you're pretty much a guaranteed failure.
[QUOTE=acds;32212970]Sweden would be a better choice then, you get money to buy the books at the start of the year (funny thing is that I only needed 1500SEK for the books, they gave me 4500SEK), then you get 2800 SEK a month (if it's a full time year).[/QUOTE]
Going to school is like a job here too. It get's you money.
Also, i couldn't make up my mind so i am school-less this year. Feels good man. But i am looking forward to next year too.
This.
[url]http://www.pulsecollege.eu/gaming/full-time-games-analysis-and-design[/url]
Is where I want to study next year.
Australian here, a few years ago when I finished high school and was entering uni, I needed a score of 70.0 (i.e, got a better mark then 70 percent of the rest of the people who did the exams) to get into the course I wanted. I got a score of 69.7. Luckily at the time our state education minister was in the process of personally buttraping every high school student with changes to the education system, I did one of the fucked units so the uni gave me special consideration.
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