academics

[caruiz93]

i was bored so i made this thread(also i was curious to see who is smart).

do you go to school?what grade?college?what courses do you take?

[Cell]

I go to Stevenson High School
Im in 12th grade and Im going to graduate at the end of the year.

[poutismalakas]

Weel I have a BS in History (Classics) and AS in Computer Networking! I wish I wasn't so lazy to back to school and get a PHD in Midieval Near Eastern history and be professor!

[caruiz93]

im in 8th grade.go to martin luther king magnet high school.
taking phys.science
frenhch
and all the oter subjects.

[Pape]

2nd year in college and i'm taking a bunch of classes i will never need! construction engineering is the major biatch

[Fenerliyim]

1st year in college and i hate the workload. Yea fusion they make u take the most useless classes that you will probably never need just cause they are graduation requirements.

[Sicilian]

fenerliyim if you do not mind me asking, what college are you going too, or if that is too personal, what colleges did you seriously consider before you picked yours?

i am entering college in the states next year and weighing my choices now.

[Fenerliyim]

I am going to Rutgers cause i can get my Bachelors(spelling) and MBA in 5 years when usually its is 6 years. But i might transfer out next year or the year after that. I was planning to go to NYU but i hate the city and the price is really expensive so i decided that i would rather go to Rutgers and transfer to NYU at a later point.

[Sicilian]

i was looking at that one, i only live a couple hours away in nyc, do you like it there?

[Fenerliyim]

Yea rutgers is pretty nice, lots of things to do, great campus. Do u live in NYC or did u mean a couple hours away from NYC?

[Sicilian]

a couple hours north in dutchess county, used to live in brooklyn but we moved but i go back and forth because family is in brooklyn and long island.

[Fenerliyim]

i dont get how anyone can live in the city. I just hate it so much. I try not to go there as much as i can. Y live in the city when u can live in the suburbs

[caruiz93]

so you have the experience of applying to colleges and stuff like that.....is it hard?what are the require,emts.im trying to get into yale and i know i have a long way to go but i want to start arly because i know its really hard.

[Fenerliyim]

Lemme tell u something of the applications. They are torture. Colleges look at ur GPA, SAT Scores, which school u went to, ur clubs, sports, community service and ur application essay, some also look if u have had family members go there or work there, i am pretty sure yale looks at that as well.

[Calif]

Currently not in school!!!!!SBCC!!!!I got my Certificate in Automotive Technology. I passed ASE Exams and Im certified in Engine Repair, Automatic Transmission Transaxle, Manual Drive Train and Axles, Suspension and Steering, Brakes, Engine Performance, Electrical/Electronic Systems.

Im going back to school maybe next semester and keep in working in my Associates Degree.

[MarieL]

It's my second year in university. My major is geophysics (solid earth geophysics to be exact) and I am also taking courses in geology and astronomy. Luckily I'm done with almost all of the boring physics courses, except for one.

[FAJA]

First year at university doing geology with astronomy, maths and archaeology as outside courses.

[Sicilian]

It's my second year in university. My major is geophysics (solid earth geophysics to be exact) and I am also taking courses in geology and astronomy. Luckily I'm done with almost all of the boring physics courses, except for one.

If you do'nt mind me asking, why geophysics? Nothing against it just isn't a major i have ever known anyone to take before so i am curious about it.

[caruiz93]

sweet!!!i got my report card today:

physical science:96
french 1:99
math:88
history:87

i kick ass!!

[nachi88]

It's my second year in university. My major is geophysics (solid earth geophysics to be exact) and I am also taking courses in geology and astronomy. Luckily I'm done with almost all of the boring physics courses, except for one.

Isnt understanding of physics important for studying seismology? Just curious?

Have you heard of the IRIS consortium? Are you a part of it?
Those are interesting subjects you study there.

I am doing Actuarial Science and Mathematics.

[Leon of Silvren]

Ask her about the magnetic field.....:D

I'm in my 3rd year of Uni, studying Electronic Engineering, going a lil'behind, but hopefully someday I'll graduate, even if it's in 10 years.....:lol:

[MarieL]

If you do'nt mind me asking, why geophysics? Nothing against it just isn't a major i have ever known anyone to take before so i am curious about it.
Well it just sounded interesting. I decided I want to study physics after my first year of high school and then when I got in to study it I had to choose between physics, theoretical physics, geophysics, astronomy and meteorology. At one point I considered theoretical physics, but luckily I was smart enough to drop that idea in time. I have friends who major in it and it's wayyyy out there! Too much math, boring math... and I'm lazy. General physics sounded too much like high school but 10 times harder and I would have had to take all the boring classes like electricity and thermodynamics and stuff. I almost chose astronomy because it sounds way cool, but then I realized astronomers mostly spend their time staring at the computer screen. So... geophysics it is. I've always been interested in volcanoes and earth quakes and stuff, so it's cool. And that's way more info than you wanted to hear...

[MarieL]

Isnt understanding of physics important for studying seismology? Just curious?

Have you heard of the IRIS consortium? Are you a part of it?
Those are interesting subjects you study there.

I am doing Actuarial Science and Mathematics.
Yeah of course physics is important, that's why I needed to study it all of last year. I still have to take the wave motion course though... I should have taken it last year but the lectures were at the same time as my hydrology course and I had so much courses that I decided to postpone it.

I have heard of IRIS, but no I'm in no way involved. I mean it's my second year and I have no idea what I'm gonna specialize in yet. I chose solid earth over hydrosphere stuff only a month ago and even then there are seismology and vulcanology and geomagnetism and who knows what... So many choises.
Geomagnetism is boring though...

What's Actuarial Science? And why math?? It's soooo boring!

[ulster21]

2nd year in college and i'm taking a bunch of classes i will never need! construction engineering is the major biatch

College is not really about learning a specific subject that well, it is more about displaying & proving that you have a solid work ethic.

[normthebarman]

Did 2 years worth of Highers (that's like A-levels for England, in the States it's probably a bit like a High School Diploma, although, to be honest, I've no idea if that's true...)

Left school to work as a Scientific Officer for the Medical Research Council for 2 years and completed a module on Small Animal Handling from Edinburgh University (although to be honest, they may as well have given them away free with a Happy Meal, it was so easy. I mean, really, multiple choice and an open book test?)

Decided that wasn't for me and spent six months at college doing a communications course but left that because being skint didn't appeal to me. Liked spending too much time in bars, y'see?

Now, I only study at the University of Life and the School of Hard Knocks!!

(sorry, cheesy as hell and a very sad statement but I had to get it in somewhere, it was just too tempting not to.....:) )

[nachi88]

Yeah of course physics is important, that's why I needed to study it all of last year. I still have to take the wave motion course though... I should have taken it last year but the lectures were at the same time as my hydrology course and I had so much courses that I decided to postpone it.

I have heard of IRIS, but no I'm in no way involved. I mean it's my second year and I have no idea what I'm gonna specialize in yet. I chose solid earth over hydrosphere stuff only a month ago and even then there are seismology and vulcanology and geomagnetism and who knows what... So many choises.
Geomagnetism is boring though...

Seems like I misunderstoof initially. I was under the impression that geophysics meant only seismology and earthquake prediction techniques. I didnt know that vulcanology is also under this? I guess if you take vulcanology they'd send you to mt.Vesuvius for some field experiments. You could cut classes and hitch a ride to Rome and watch Lazio play. :p


What's Actuarial Science? And why math?? It's soooo boring!

Actuarial sciences, mainly consists of two divisions. Maths, statistics and Probabilty to determine the stock market and to determine the risk factor in insurance. I have chosen to specialise on risk assesment. Not becuase I am interested in it, but becuase I totally abhor Finance and anything to do with the stock market. I have a subjects like probability (general), probability (distributions), Statistical and Numerical methods, finance, economics and i have an option between mathematics (mostly calculus) and history of actuarial science. Thats why I chose mathematics.

[caruiz93]

there are 3 things that interest me for when i go to college.psycology,journalism and medicine.

do you guys know what i need to study in high school to be able to go into one of those fields?

[Sicilian]

Did 2 years worth of Highers (that's like A-levels for England, in the States it's probably a bit like a High School Diploma, although, to be honest, I've no idea if that's true...)

Left school to work as a Scientific Officer for the Medical Research Council for 2 years and completed a module on Small Animal Handling from Edinburgh University (although to be honest, they may as well have given them away free with a Happy Meal, it was so easy. I mean, really, multiple choice and an open book test?)

Decided that wasn't for me and spent six months at college doing a communications course but left that because being skint didn't appeal to me. Liked spending too much time in bars, y'see?

Now, I only study at the University of Life and the School of Hard Knocks!!

(sorry, cheesy as hell and a very sad statement but I had to get it in somewhere, it was just too tempting not to.....:) )

Is running a bar a profitable business? Ive always thought it would be a great way to live having your own bar or restaurant somplace nice.

[ricoo9]

there are 3 things that interest me for when i go to college.psycology,journalism and medicine.

do you guys know what i need to study in high school to be able to go into one of those fields?

I dont think it counts when ur in highschool. I took Psychology and Sociology in Highschool and I had to take it again in University. But if u really want to, try to take any classes in ur highschool related to those careers to gain some common knowledge and see if that is what really interests u.

[MarieL]

Seems like I misunderstoof initially. I was under the impression that geophysics meant only seismology and earthquake prediction techniques. I didnt know that vulcanology is also under this? I guess if you take vulcanology they'd send you to mt.Vesuvius for some field experiments. You could cut classes and hitch a ride to Rome and watch Lazio play. :p
Ohh now I'd like that! :) Actually I did see Vesuvius about a month ago when I visited Naples. From a far though, and covered in a grey cloud... Pollution is a great thing...
Here's a pic I took:

http://img424.imageshack.us/img424/6263/italia2006039cm1.jpg

I so wanted to climb up there, but no time. :(

There's way more to geophysics than seismology. In solid earth geophysics there's geomagnetism, gravimetry, geothermics, geodesy etc. Then there's hydrosphere geophysics which includes hydrology, oceanology, glasiology... and who knows what. What happens above the hydrosphere as in the atmosphere...meteorology deals with that, and outside the atmosphere, that's astronomy, but they're all linked.

[normthebarman]

Is running a bar a profitable business? Ive always thought it would be a great way to live having your own bar or restaurant somplace nice.

Running your own bar can be a profitable business, however, it's a lot of work.

I just manage a bar for someone else so I'm only salaried. (Although I am hoping to get a share of the profits soon.:) )

I frequently find myself working 100+ hours a week. (you might think it's impossible but when the hotel I'm working in opened up, we didn't have enough staff and I was working from 8am til 1am, and, on one memorable occasion, 12 in the afternoon right through til 5pm the next day due to having to cover the night porters job!!!:boo: )

But it's an amazingly enjoyable job and I only wish I got involved in the trade years ago. The banter with customers is great and you meet so many different types of people, it's an education in itself.

(note to non-Scots - banter means conversations)