Don't go to college

[Astral Poetry]

seriously, all this filling out scholarships and application nonsense really breaks the spirit

 

[0sm0se]

you should try filling out degree audits and writing a senior thesis.

 

[xfer]

too late by like 10 yrs

 

[The Dope]

Just don't do what I do and wait until literally the day before each application is due to be postmarked before starting them. I have a feeling it makes things a lot less hectic.

 

[BigFakeSmile]

you know what really breaks the spirit? filling out a million job applications and taking gay-ass tests at temp agencies and then not getting any of them, and wondering like what you said - why i bothered with college if i can't even be a fucking monkey at a coffee bar or a receptionist, and how ironic it is that the "colorful" and interesting thing's ive done suddenly work against me and make me look like a flake or someone too independent to commit to a boring job?

anyway, stuff is actually finally working out, but my fucking god it's been shitty!

 

[ChromeLife]

you should try filling out degree audits and writing a senior thesis.

For serious.

 

[0sm0se]

Getting into school is easy, they want your money so they are more inclined to let things slide, getting out (ie getting a degree) is harder because they don't wat your dumbass running around tarnishing their image.

 

[Astral Poetry]

I'm doing the whole English major thing, and there are a serious lack in scholarships aimed at such a major. Every scholarship these days seems to be for engineering or science.

 

[xfer]

english majors are silly!

 

[BigFakeSmile]

well, you may as well get used to not seeing money from the get-go, eh?

 

[goatschool]

i'm sorry. i'm really sorry. but it's about that time again.

 

[NAD]

i don't even remember filling out applications, but i do remember my mom saying "you better get your driver's license before school starts next month, i'm not taking you up there every day." then i had to buy a stupid car too and i've been broke ever since (8 years and counting). thanks a lot, college!

 

[Astral Poetry]

english majors are silly!

pish posh

 

[AndICried]

Be glad that you're studying something you're truly interested in to a further degree

are the terms college and university interchangeable in US?

 

[xfer]

generally. a university consists of multiple colleges, but many of the big universities started as a college and eventually added more colleges but retained the name. so "Boston College" is actually a university (within it are the College of Arts and Sciences, Carroll School of Management, and others) and it's also not in Boston (it moved to Chestnut Hill as it expanded).

so when you're "going to college" you are probably going to a college within a university. "going to the university" makes me think of a state university more than a private one, but that's not necessarily true, I guess.

 

[Astral Poetry]

Example: I'm going to the College of Liberal Arts which is part of the University of Texas.

 

[Astral Poetry]

Alex, are you going to get your M.A. or Ph.D ever?

 

[xfer]

I have an M.Ed (actually an M.A.T., which is like an enhanced Master's degree with extra credits in my subject area) but I don't think I'll ever go for an M.A. in English. but I definitely might end up with a Ph.D in Education.

 

[BigFakeSmile]

three cheers for principal xfer!

 

[xfer]

nah that's a separate degree--Educational Administration.