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College Educations, Part II; Now with less sketchiness
Topic Started: Jun 2 2010, 11:24 PM (5,446 Views)
Aelius
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I suppose looking at college education as a means to a job is ultimately a fool's gambit, made a necessity for some absurd reason by the apparent "need" to have a college degree to have any meaningful job. I do value my education, but it doesn't seem like the skills one learns in college is necessary unless one is going into an incredibly specialized field (law, medical, hard sciences, etc.)
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Lansdallius
Aug 8 2011, 07:51 PM
I suppose looking at college education as a means to a job is ultimately a fool's gambit, made a necessity for some absurd reason by the apparent "need" to have a college degree to have any meaningful job. I do value my education, but it doesn't seem like the skills one learns in college is necessary unless one is going into an incredibly specialized field (law, medical, hard sciences, etc.)
Fools gambit indeed.

The trick is to realize having an education and an all around ability to think critically doesn't amount to a job worth a living wage right off the bat.
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Lansdallius
Aug 8 2011, 07:51 PM
I suppose looking at college education as a means to a job is ultimately a fool's gambit, made a necessity for some absurd reason by the apparent "need" to have a college degree to have any meaningful job. I do value my education, but it doesn't seem like the skills one learns in college is necessary unless one is going into an incredibly specialized field (law, medical, hard sciences, etc.)
That's true. College is education, not job preparation.

Both are valuable, but except as you say in specialized fields, they aren't really the same thing.
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Toussaint
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I might actually drop dead this semester. 20 units of classes, 44 hours of work between two jobs, and trying to keep a social life is harder than I thought. :|
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Toussaint
Sep 6 2011, 08:09 PM
I might actually drop dead this semester. 20 units of classes, 44 hours of work between two jobs, and trying to keep a social life is harder than I thought. :|
No wonder we haven't seen you around here much. You shouldn't be working yourself that hard. It destroys your GPA when trying to work a job and do several classes at the same time.
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Toussaint
Sep 6 2011, 08:09 PM
I might actually drop dead this semester. 20 units of classes, 44 hours of work between two jobs, and trying to keep a social life is harder than I thought. :|
Why in God's name did you sign up for 20 hours with those commitments?? Isn't like, 14, all that's needed to be considered full-time??
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Sep 7 2011, 10:42 AM
Toussaint
Sep 6 2011, 08:09 PM
I might actually drop dead this semester. 20 units of classes, 44 hours of work between two jobs, and trying to keep a social life is harder than I thought. :|
Why in God's name did you sign up for 20 hours with those commitments?? Isn't like, 14, all that's needed to be considered full-time??
12.
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College.

Who knew a social life could be so god damn tiring.

Classes are meh.

Also, words of wisdom: avoid love rectangles.
Edited by meh, Sep 7 2011, 09:34 PM.
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P wants to hook up with R
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East Anarx
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Perhaps Q, S, P, and R could try looking into polyfidelity. Then everybody could get what they want, even if it's only some of the time...
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meh
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The code escapes me.

But the only problem with polyfidelity, is everyone doesn't want each other.
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meh
Sep 9 2011, 03:54 AM
The code escapes me.

But the only problem with polyfidelity, is everyone doesn't want each other.
Rectangles are not naturally occurring phenomenum, and will remain unstable; wait till it starts to fall apart, then pounce like a hungry Mountain Lion, dragging your bitch by the throat, away to your den to ravage her! (hmm, think I might have gotten a little carried away there, sorry :shy: )
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meh
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Yeah, it slowly lost form and now is something of a random blob. Not so sure where to attack at this point.

My experiences with mountain lions have made me terrified of them. I'd much rather be a sloth in that analogy.

Speaking of animals, I've meet my first furry here in college. Absolutely terrifying. Especially when they offer you spiked smoothies.
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meh
Sep 9 2011, 01:31 PM
Yeah, it slowly lost form and now is something of a random blob. Not so sure where to attack at this point.

My experiences with mountain lions have made me terrified of them. I'd much rather be a sloth in that analogy.

Speaking of animals, I've meet my first furry here in college. Absolutely terrifying. Especially when they offer you spiked smoothies.
Furries scare me a bit - well, a lot. I have them in class sometimes, and they all are just sooooo, well, obsessed.
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Sep 8 2011, 08:34 PM
Perhaps Q, S, P, and R could try looking into polyfidelity. Then everybody could get what they want, even if it's only some of the time...
AN to think I'd have called it Polyamory, learn something new everyday. :lol:

Also if a furry is what I think a furry is, how can you tell 99% of the time that they are?
Edited by NRE, Sep 9 2011, 04:52 PM.
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Sep 9 2011, 04:50 PM
Esternarx
Sep 8 2011, 08:34 PM
Perhaps Q, S, P, and R could try looking into polyfidelity. Then everybody could get what they want, even if it's only some of the time...
AN to think I'd have called it Polyamory, learn something new everyday. :lol:

Also if a furry is what I think a furry is, how can you tell 99% of the time that they are?
They're a proud people. The spiked smoothie I was offered was contained in a glass with a picture of two foxes fornicating. Not to mention he has a wide array of dragon dildos and other strange artwork in his dorm.

I always thought furries were an elaborate internet joke. I was wrong, dead wrong. And now I'm terrified.
Edited by meh, Sep 9 2011, 05:05 PM.
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I've met a couple furries. They're not too bad. Like anyone obsessed over something, they get annoying when their favorite topic comes up, but overall they're pretty cool people. Most (that I've met) weren't overly pushy about being a furry anyway, though their collections can be more than a bit intimidating.
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meh, I just got what you meant by "spiked smoothie." For some reason I was imagining these furry gloves I saw at this kink convention that look like, say, a wolf paw or cat paw or something, and they're all nice and smooth and furry except for some sharp, spiky barbs hidden in the fur at the tips of the fingers.

I find furries to be slightly less creepy than scalies. That being said, a good friend of mine when I was in high school identified as a scaly. He could usually be found drawing anthropomorphic dinosaur porn during class. Some people define scalies as being a subset of furries, but my friend insisted that his kind were superior to those dirty mammals. I'm sure the jewish lizard bankers that rule the world from their secret lair in the earth's core would agree.

NRE, polyfidelity is a specific form of polyamory that implies a kind of faithfulness amongst and between a group of three or more individuals. Individuals involved in such a relationship would agree to confine some or all of their sexual or romantic activity to only those within the group.

Also, NRE, I think what you're thinking of as "furry" is typically referred to as "all-natural."

This thread is going such lovely places...
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Tristan da Cunha
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To the camps* with furries!

*concentration camps
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I always do a double take when I see furries and proceed to shake my head. Too out there for me.
Edited by flumes, Sep 10 2011, 12:28 PM.
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Okay, so now its getting to crunch time. The early decision deadlines for college are November 1st, with the absolute latest deadlines being December 1st. I've taken the SAT several times, the last one being the start of this month and will be taking it once more in the first week of November.

Now, my problem. Taking the SAT is about the only thing I know about applying for college. This is bad. Very, very much so. My mom did not go to college until she was in her early 30s and my dad only went to an associates level after the army paid for him. In other words, no help is coming from their direction. Yesterday, I submitted my third request for a meeting with my guidance counselor about what the hell I'm going to do, after the first two received no response. Today, I was told my meeting date is November 21st, way too late if I'm going to accomplish anything.

Anything I've done, I've done on my own with little knowledge, so I'm sure I messed up somewhere and the stress is seriously starting to build up, coupled with 6 AP classes that, in hindsight, was a really bad idea to sign up for. I've managed to put together a list of colleges I'm interested in, but that's not helping me much, considering that it was just yesterday that I learned that throwing your SAT scores at various colleges is not the only thing you have to do. I knew there had to be something else, but never found out what or was informed of anything. (I knew essays were involved, but I thought they were for scholarships only and, oh god, that's another story entirely.)

So... help? :sad:
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Rhadamanthus
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Telo, I'll try to give you some pointers, if I can. Are there any specifics you need to know? The first thing I can think of is to secure recommendations. I think you should be able to find some teachers who like you, right?

This whole thing is a surprise to me - at my high school, our guidance department was quite active at making sure that all seniors applying for college admission were "on track" in the admission process. My counseler even hounded me over the fact that one of my recommenders was taking too long. My parents were very active too, but what really surprises me is how indifferent your school seems to be.

If you have a list of colleges, you should be able to go to their websites and find their application requirements.
Edited by Rhadamanthus, Oct 10 2011, 05:17 PM.
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Are recommendations required? I have plenty of teachers that will write them, but I was hoping to focus on mandatory parts before the optional.

And I've started making a list of requirements, now that there actually seems to be a list to make.
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Telosan
Oct 10 2011, 05:35 PM
Are recommendations required? I have plenty of teachers that will write them, but I was hoping to focus on mandatory parts before the optional.
Generally yes.

And even if not, you should absolutely secure your recommendations ASAP. Teachers will get busy with other things, and, in any case, they work on them while you are doing other things. They don't require your time - they require your teachers' time while you are working on other things. There is no reason to put them off.
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If you think you might want to go to private schools, CommonApp is your friend.
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