numist_net

I was wondering, due to the amount of knowlege to be found on this forum, and quality discourse, what peoples education is.

Note: if you are in progress in any of these, please mark it. For instance if you are working on a Bachelors Degree right now after High School, please mark Bachelors Degree, not High School.

That should be clear enough.

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I am working on a Computer Science Degree (BS), almost halfway through.

collide

Working on a BA in broadcasting/electronic media studies. Should be graduating in the next year (hopefully).

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Frozen North

Going for a BS in computer science. Just started, so I've got quite a way to go.

CSflim

Studying for a BS in Computer Science, but I will probably do further studies after that.

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JadziaDax

Have my Masters plus credits towards a second.

When things settle down, I may go back for more. No such thing as being too educated.

uncle phil

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numist_net

oh bah, uncle phil, I was looking all over to make sure I hadn't made a duplicate thread...

argh

uncle phil

numist, don't worry about it, just build on it...

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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done."
- Robert S. McNamara
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"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
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never wrestle with a pig.
you both get dirty;
the pig likes it.

CSflim

Well, this one has a poll.

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stingc

Working on a Ph.D. in physics. I'm in my second year.

Me So Horny

Why were MD's slighted in this poll? Not even an etc.?

uncle phil

the original was started by a Pole...

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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done."
- Robert S. McNamara
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"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
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never wrestle with a pig.
you both get dirty;
the pig likes it.

Lunchbox7

I did a Health science degree. Now Im doing a psychology degree. I have a thing for knowledge.

numist_net

oops, sorry MSH, I was counting that under the Master's category. Sorry!
Cant think of everything, I'm afraid.

If your level isnt on here, just check off the one that would require a similar amount of time to complete.

ForgottenKnight

Working on a BS in Aerospace Engineering.

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mirevolver

Working on a BS in business

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The_Dude

BS is Computer Science

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pocon1

Masters in marketing. Two classes this fall and two in the spring. Yippee! I'll be done and ready to find a job.

laconic1

Where is the Associate's Degree Option? I currently have an A.A.S. and will receive my Bachelor of Science Degree in December.

numist_net

since your working on your BS, count yourself in the bachelor's category, as that is what you are closest to achieving..

onetime2

Bachelors in Economics for me. Taken a few courses towards my MBA but haven't found it too fulfilling/interesting.

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Kadath

Most excellent typo ever.
MY BS is Electrical and Computer Engineering. I've been toying with going to law school.

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Ustwo

I want a check box for a Doctorate and a seperate masters!

More paper!

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irseg

Fuck college. I got fed up with it and dropped out last year; I'm 21 now. Found out I learn a lot more from real life and some good literature (science and philosophy are favorites of mine) than any of my bullshit college courses. Oh, and I'm better off than my college-educated parents doing work I enjoy more, too. Anyone who says you need college in order to get anywhere in life is full of shit. Hard work, independence, skill, and knowing the people who want to help you out vs. those who want to fuck you over are about 99% of what you need.

onetime2

Absolutely true. College just means that for a short span of time a student did what was required to get a degree. There are plenty of extremely intelligent and successful people who never went to college.

By the same token, college has provided the confidence, knowledge, and skills to a lot of people to achieve great things.

College is more useful for some people while real-life experience is more useful for others.

Led Zeppelin

The sad thing is, most of society requires college now-a-days. We wont even look at anyone who doesn't have some sort of college degree.

soopadoopa

For what I wanted to do, tech school was plenty. I'm an industrial mechanic, and I love it.

Johnny Rotten

BA in Lit. The full title is actually specific enough to give away exactly what college I graduated from at what university, but I won't share that since that seems to be how everyone else responded anyway .

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Destructicon

Junior year of high school. I've got a ways to go yet. I'm looking into whatever kind of education is required to be a high school history teacher.

FastShark85

Yeah, well there are a lot of extremely intelligent and successful people who DID go to college.

The argument that college isn't necessary because a few rich and famous folks didn't get a college education seems to me to be a way to justify avoiding the time, effort and cost of college.

For every Bill Gates, there's gotta be 100 CEO's making serious cash. Gates is an example of the exception to the rule.

troit

I have a BS and a Masters degree.

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onetime2

A few rich and famous folks? Get a clue. There are tons of people who have done extremely well for themselves without ever going to college. If you think college is for everyone then I suspect you have not been exposed to a great many people.

In case you missed the point to my post, college does not guarantee success any more than not going to college guarantees failure.

FastShark85

Weight-lifting does not guarantee strength any more than atrophy guarantees weakness, right?

As to my level of exposure to a "great many people", I've had, and continue to have, plenty.

It's complete nonsense to believe that a person has an equal chance of making a $100K+ salary with or without a college education.

I assist clients in, among other things, buying and selling businesses, both privately- and publicly-owned. In my experience there ARE people who are successful with just a high school diploma. It is also my experience that there are MANY MORE successful people who have post-high school educations.

College, I agree, is not for everyone.

Best of luck.

onetime2

I guess it depends on how you define success. I never mentioned anything about the chances of someone making a $100k a year. And given that the vast majority of people do not achieve this level of earning, I would submit that the odds aren't that much different between college grads and non-college grads. I know of many people who have started their own businesses and become very successful without ever graduating from college.

But I digress. As you've taken my original post completely out of context. Read the post I was responding to and you may understand my point a bit better. That post said that anyone that says you NEED college to do well is full of shit. That is an absolutely true statement. Anyone who would like to improve their odds of doing well (as your point seems to be) would do well to educate themselves. Whether that's through a college curriculum or some other method is obviously up to them.

Just as there are vastly different ways of learning, there are vastly different curriculums out there. Certainly someone that goes through a degree factory and never learns anything is probably worse off than someone who starts their own business out of high school and learns what they need to survive.

But that's just me. You seem to see anyone that doesn't go to college as someone that wants to avoid the work involved. Certainly some feel that way. Others recognize that they do not learn well in that environment and choose to avoid it.

To each his/her own.

sky_driver

BS with emphasis in Real Estate from UGA in 1985

Averett

I have a BA in Marketing. Thinking of going back to get a Masters degree

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lordjeebus

Working on a BA in Psychology/Japanese. I'm premed so they're giving me a BS in Bio as well.

Sleepyjack

3rd year of bachelor in engineering ie software engineering

johnnymysto

BS in Electrical Engineering. Master's someday, but I'd like my next step to be getting a PE (Professional Engineer) license.

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ubertuber

I've got a Bachelor in Music and am trying to get the Masters degree now. But you know, I would characterize my school (Juilliard) more as a trade school, even though we are accredited and offer degrees. It is definitely the kind of place where what you can do counts for more than what you know - and I think that is very appropriate here.

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