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View Poll Results: Where do you fit in?
Still in highschool 10 4.33%
Graduated highschool or GED 26 11.26%
Undergraduate in college 90 38.96%
Graduated two or four year college 64 27.71%
Working on masters 17 7.36%
Graduated with MS 15 6.49%
Working on PhD 6 2.60%
Graduated with PhD - huzah! 3 1.30%
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Old 08-13-2003, 06:24 PM   #41 (permalink)
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Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
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I'm so glad to see an MD who is comfortable with that (my PhD is in education). Many times I've encountered people who hear that my name is Dr. So-and-So, and they ask what my specialty is. When I reply, "Education," they usually say, "Oh, I thought you were a REAL doctor."

My wife has to quickly spin me away before I can bash them over the head with several hundred years of accumulated Western education history.
lmao!
i know exactly what you mean
im just starting university, but my dad has a PhD in political science and reacts the same way
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Old 08-13-2003, 06:44 PM   #42 (permalink)
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Location: New Jersey, USA
Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering, Syracuse University, 1985


So, yes, I am a rocket scientist.
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Old 08-13-2003, 06:53 PM   #43 (permalink)
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Damn, all these young kids.....Make me feel old.
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Old 08-13-2003, 07:21 PM   #44 (permalink)
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Location: New York, NY
I earned an MS in Biology last January... I am still contemplating a PhD, but a disertation seems like a rough trip after the hell I went through to produce a Master's Thesis...
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Old 08-13-2003, 07:28 PM   #45 (permalink)
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Location: northern california
It's comforting to know that I'm not the only educated "pig" out there. No wonder I don't mind not titty board. You guys make me actually think. What a concept!
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Old 08-14-2003, 01:24 PM   #46 (permalink)
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Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering, Syracuse University, 1985


So, yes, I am a rocket scientist.
When I was still in highschool I worked at this little pizza shop in town... one of the drivers I knew there had two degrees, one in areospace engineering and the other in marine engineering. It humored me to no end knowing a rocket scientist that delivered pizzas for a living. No, it wasn't because he couldn't find a 'real' job, he was just too lazy to look for one.
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Old 08-14-2003, 01:32 PM   #47 (permalink)
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After 35 years off...I am going to go back to school this winter! Just maybe I'll get that piece of paper that qualifies me for the job I've been doing the past 10 yrs.
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Old 08-14-2003, 03:14 PM   #48 (permalink)
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Location: shittown, CA
means nothing but undergrad in CS.
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Old 08-14-2003, 07:13 PM   #49 (permalink)
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Location: Christchurch, New Zealand
I guess I count as undergrad. I did a year and a half before I decided I just wasn't enjoying the study enough and withdrew. Been working since then. No plans to resume my studies at this point, though it may happen one day.
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Old 08-14-2003, 07:21 PM   #50 (permalink)
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I guess I count as undergrad. I did a year and a half before I decided I just wasn't enjoying the study enough and withdrew. Been working since then. No plans to resume my studies at this point, though it may happen one day.
Ditto.... except I joined the Army... that was 9 years ago.... shit time flies
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Old 08-14-2003, 07:26 PM   #51 (permalink)
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Bachelor's of Science in Business Management with strong minors of Psychology and Economics. I spent a lot of time switching majors so I had all of the major credits for both Psych and Econ. Weird combo, but what's a stupid kid supposed to do?
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Old 08-14-2003, 08:25 PM   #52 (permalink)
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Location: Beautiful British Columbia
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what's a stupid kid supposed to do?
graduated high school

got my honey pregnant

got a job roofing....got my ticket

got a pesticide ticket

left home on my own buisness adventure into the wilds of B.C. and Alberta.....(3 years of the most amazing...life experiences i've ever had....next to the birth of my kids of course)

came home and continued on with my ticket in roofing.



and now i feel really tiny for not having a phd,md,ba,or such


ahhhh fuck it......i'm happier than a pig in shit ,so who cares

wooooohooooo.............

congrats to all in your journeys of life.
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Old 08-14-2003, 08:28 PM   #53 (permalink)
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B.A. in Speech Communication, M.A. in International Communication, plus one and a half years post grad research.
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Old 08-14-2003, 10:52 PM   #54 (permalink)
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B.S. (Bachelor of Science) in Mathematics, M.I.T.
B.A. (Bachelor of Arts) in Jurisprudence, Harvard
J.D. (Juris Doctor), Stanford
LL.M (Master of Laws), Harvard
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Old 08-14-2003, 11:01 PM   #55 (permalink)
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B.S. Mechanical Engineering UT-Austin '96

My friends are fond of Bullshit instead Bachelor of Science because I graduated first of out of our group in three and half years. And I was "the" slacker all through high school.

For those with Master or higher degrees. Does it help in your field and among your peers? I've thought about going back to school and completing my masters but it seems I'd be overqualified for the jobs I prefer and unexperienced enough for the jobs that really require a Master degree.
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Old 08-15-2003, 01:14 AM   #56 (permalink)
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Location: Under the warm California sun
undergrad in engineering, havent declared a major yet, probably comp. sci. or bioE
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Old 08-15-2003, 11:26 AM   #57 (permalink)
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Anthropology/History graduate of UF concentrating on underwater historic archaeology of florida and carib. Also did some work with UWF.
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Old 11-05-2003, 10:55 AM   #58 (permalink)
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B.S. (Bachelor of Science) in Mathematics, M.I.T.
B.A. (Bachelor of Arts) in Jurisprudence, Harvard
J.D. (Juris Doctor), Stanford
LL.M (Master of Laws), Harvard
Damn!!


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Old 11-05-2003, 11:26 AM   #59 (permalink)
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Master of Science, Operations Research, November 2001, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

You're welcome.
Master of Science? Master in Science sounds more reasonable...

Undergrad electric engineering here.
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Old 11-05-2003, 12:20 PM   #60 (permalink)
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Location: Chapel Hill, NC
In college at the moment. I would like to get a Masters, and if I decide to major Economics, a PhD as well.

There had better be a good community college wherever I end up after school, too. There are so many random things I want to learn. I could seriously get 10 different degrees just out of curiosity. So much to learn, so little time...
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Old 11-05-2003, 01:07 PM   #61 (permalink)
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I am at college.

Drinking beer and having fun. Soon I am going to pass the exams also.
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Old 11-05-2003, 01:31 PM   #62 (permalink)
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I am currently a senior in computer engineering at Purdue University. Hope to finish my B.S. in December 2004.

After that, I think I'll try for an M.S. Maybe after I've finished an M.S. thesis, I'll try for a PhD.. maybe. Not sure I want to do computer engineering research for a living...
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Old 11-05-2003, 03:44 PM   #63 (permalink)
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BS Finance/Econ - U Tennessee, Knoxville
2nd Year MBA, Graduating this May
Kicking around a CPA or Law School part time when i finish my MBA
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Old 11-05-2003, 03:59 PM   #64 (permalink)
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I'm an undecided 4th year college student wtf am I going to do?!
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Old 11-05-2003, 05:44 PM   #65 (permalink)
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Location: Ontario
3-Year Diploma for Accounting which was worth nothing.

1-Year Computer Networking Course and have my A+, Network+, CNA, CCNA, Unixware7, MCP and MCSA Certification.
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Old 11-05-2003, 08:53 PM   #66 (permalink)
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Undergraduate honours degree in music performance and an unofficial phd (piled high and dry) in recording and touring the world over the past 15 years and loving it.
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Old 11-05-2003, 10:24 PM   #67 (permalink)
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Undergraduate in Aerospace Engineering... Yes, I am a Rocket Scientist!
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Old 11-05-2003, 11:44 PM   #68 (permalink)
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studied accounting....got a job with the state....got fat.....had to quit.......things much better now.

Still don't use that degree though.
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Old 11-05-2003, 11:46 PM   #69 (permalink)
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Location: UCSD, 510.49 miles from my love
Im an 18 year old second year looking at a BS in Computer Science (yeah, me and half of everyone else in college now has that damn major... and I wonder why theres no jobs )

However, At least I can make light of it, thanks to my mom*'s father.

Quote:
BS = Bullshit
MS = More Shit
PhD = Piled Head Deep
NOTE: this man has a PhD in Nuclear Physics and Nuclear Theory from MIT... Coolest "old guy" ever!

* mom meaning dad's g/f of 5 years.. yeah, shes basically my mom.
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Old 11-06-2003, 12:02 AM   #70 (permalink)
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Location: Florida
I dropped out of college (was pursuing a BS in computer science), and it was the best damn decision I ever made.

Anyone who says college is better than the "real world" is full of shit. Outside of college, the work you do actually has significance. It can affect whether a company lives or dies, and whether you can afford to eat and pay your bills. A wee bit more significant than a grade from some TA and a letter on a transcript. Oh, and you don't have to live in a 10x10 concrete box with someone else, either. That's certainly a plus.
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Old 11-06-2003, 06:29 AM   #71 (permalink)
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There's no "dropped out of high school"...not that I did.
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Old 11-07-2003, 12:27 AM   #72 (permalink)
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HS grad and still going
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Old 11-07-2003, 02:22 AM   #73 (permalink)
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Location: Athens, Georgia classic city my ass....
.Secondary Social Science Education (History) from The University of Georgia.

I also taught honors english in a private high school for 2 years
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Old 11-07-2003, 08:05 AM   #74 (permalink)
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Location: Murfreesboro
Dual Major Program: Finance/Logistics and Trans.
Senior- Undergrad.
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Old 11-07-2003, 12:33 PM   #75 (permalink)
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My choice wasn't there.

I hold an MFA in Stage Design from Northwestern University.

I clicked on the "MS" option
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Old 11-07-2003, 03:32 PM   #76 (permalink)
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Workin on the 2 yr transferable, in Engineering Science. Then off to some expensive school for 2 to 4 more years, in some kind of engineering.
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Old 11-07-2003, 03:40 PM   #77 (permalink)
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its suck...one of the, like, 4 people in high school who are 18 :P
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Old 11-07-2003, 03:40 PM   #78 (permalink)
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its suck...one of the, like, 4 people in high school who are 18 :P
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Old 11-07-2003, 05:06 PM   #79 (permalink)
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i dropped out of HS in January of my senior year, i wasnt going to graduate anyways, so by the time my peers were graduating, i made the mistake of getting married.. oh well.. we learn from our mistakes
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Old 11-07-2003, 05:26 PM   #80 (permalink)
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Location: Just SW of Nowhere!!! In the good old US of A
Ive got a BS a BA and an MS - With all three degrees and $2 I can buy a cup of coffee almost anywhere!
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