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[Dazed and Brutal]

Not everybody wants such to be in such a specialized field, idiots. If you're going to be a chemist, where the fuck do you want to go:

Bergen Community College or Johns Hopkins?

 

[ThisIsACoolName]

Not everybody wants such to be in such a specialized field, idiots. If you're going to be a chemist, where the fuck do you want to go:

Bergen Community College or Johns Hopkins?

I guess it's a good thing that everyone can afford Johns Hopkins, then! It's also great that they willingly accept everyone!

 

[Dazed and Brutal]

I'm responding to the how DM thinks that it doesn't matter what college you go to. I obviously know about money and acceptance porblems.

 

[ThisIsACoolName]

I'm responding to the how DM thinks that it doesn't matter what college you go to. I obviously know about money and acceptance porblems.

Well ok then.

 

[skeptik]

Depending on what job you're after and who's interviewing you, WHERE you get your degree can mean a lot more than the degree itself. This is a fact. Of course there are plenty of instances where it really wouldn't matter, but to deny the idea that where you went to college can eventually effect your future job opportunities is simply ignorant (and usually said by Guidance Counselors and people who went/go to community colleges).

 

[Satanstoenail]

the penis isn't a muscle

lol

Oh please, please become a lawyer and send me a video of you trying a case.

edit:

"Your honor, I move that charges be dismissed. It is clear that my client did not murder anyone. As you can clearly see, he is white. Only blacks commit crimes, your honor. It's right there on Wikipedia."

 

[Jean-Pierre]

(@ Dave, Nec and pretty much anyone in college)

What are your majors?

I'm majoring in Heavy.

 

[Dazed and Brutal]

 

[Krigloch the Furious]

my fucking gods! you guys have talked about so much bullshit in the past 5 hours.

 

[Matt]

Depending on what job you're after and who's interviewing you, WHERE you get your degree can mean a lot more than the degree itself. This is a fact. Of course there are plenty of instances where it really wouldn't matter, but to deny the idea that where you went to college can eventually effect your future job opportunities is simply ignorant (and usually said by Guidance Counselors and people who went/go to community colleges).

Basically sums up what I said/meant.

 

[ThisIsACoolName]

my fucking gods! you guys have talked about so much bullshit in the past 5 hours.

Any good bowel movements lately?

 

[Krigloch the Furious]

Any good bowel movements lately?

actually no. But I just had 20 wings, so tomorrow should be quite a journey.

 

[skeptik]

http://www.ultimatemetal.com/forum/5968778-post68.html

Pictures of my music collection. Too lazy to repost here.

 

[ThisIsACoolName]

actually no. But I just had 20 wings, so tomorrow should be quite a journey.

Sweet.

 

[Evil?]

http://www.ultimatemetal.com/forum/5968778-post68.html

Pictures of my music collection. Too lazy to repost here.

Very nice. I am envious.

 

[MasterOLightning]

This college thing is dumb. Going to a university is so blatantly better than going to a community college. This should not be a matter of debate. I'm going to the journalism school at Northwestern. That looks approximately one billion times better on a resume than having a journalism degree from community college. Northwestern is a top tier university, but even middling universities are much better than CC. It's also quite apparent that for most people, going to a top university results in making a lot of money in life. That's why these schools get donations in the hundreds of millions every year. It's not that you can't succeed out of CC, but the vast majority of people who go there don't succeed, unless you consider making $20K a year to be good.

Being poor isn't a very good excuse for not going to a university. Yeah, it's expensive, but if you work hard, there are plenty of opportunities for financial aid. Northwestern costs something like $40,000 a year, but I'll be finishing school debt free because I got about $150,000 in scholarships. My parents make less than $40,000 a year, so I qualified for a lot of need based scholarships. I'm not the typical case, but even if I had to take out some loans it would have been well worth it.

 

[Hell Awaits Us All]

This college thing is dumb. Going to a university is so blatantly better than going to a community college. This should not be a matter of debate. I'm going to the journalism school at Northwestern. That looks approximately one billion times better on a resume than having a journalism degree from community college. Northwestern is a top tier university, but even middling universities are much better than CC. It's also quite apparent that for most people, going to a top university results in making a lot of money in life. That's why these schools get donations in the hundreds of millions every year. It's not that you can't succeed out of CC, but the vast majority of people who go there don't succeed, unless you consider making $20K a year to be good.

Being poor isn't a very good excuse for not going to a university. Yeah, it's expensive, but if you work hard, there are plenty of opportunities for financial aid. Northwestern costs something like $40,000 a year, but I'll be finishing school debt free because I got about $150,000 in scholarships. My parents make less than $40,000 a year, so I qualified for a lot of need based scholarships. I'm not the typical case, but even if I had to take out some loans it would have been well worth it.

I'm not really arguing this, what I am arguing is that it makes no difference where you went to your first 2 years of college

nobody cares where you went to college, they just care where you graduated, that's why I am going to CC for 2 years then I'll go to a good college and get my bachelor's there - in the meanwhile I am saving a shitload of money

my parent's financial situations is looking great right now - my dad should start making 100+ k a year pretty soon now as a manager (we finally received our green card - before we were on a visa- now my dad can get a job anywhere and he has almost 30 years of managing experience), so I should be able to get into a top notch college with no problems

for those who are unfamiliar with me - we have been living on a work visa type thing (I am not really sure) and we are finally permanent residents now - because of this my dad can now find a job anywhere. Before we were permanant citizens, our household brought in about 70-80k a year, now, as permanant citizens, we should start bringing in over 150 K a year (my sister makes 24+ K and she lives with us). As a result, I am hoping that we move to a different house in the very near future (our current house is only about 250 thousand), I am dying to move to a 400 - 500 thousand dollar house with a huge basement (should happen this summer)

 

[MasterOLightning]

It's hard to finish in two years after two years of CC. You'd better hope that absolutely everything transfers over. Good universities probably won't let you use transfer credits towards major requirements. If you want an English degree, they'll probably make you go through their entire English program. That's why their university seal is on the degree--because that's where you learned, not at a CC. It'll probably cover all your electives/distros/gen eds, etc. I'd be surprised if you got more than that.

Maybe if you're going to NE Illinois, Illinois St., or someplace like that it won't matter as much.

 

[skeptik]

If you're going to a community college that has associations with a major university (the university you intend to transfer to) then you might not have too much of a problem, but like MasterOLightning said, you might run into a lot of brick walls going that route. Also, of course, the likelihood that you're receiving the same calibre of education during those first two years is suspect at best, though of course this is not a universal circumstance.

 

[Hell Awaits Us All]

I am going to have to reassess my situation again in the summer for sure. My original goal was to get a 3.6- 4.0 GPA in 2 years at CC (which is indeed a very good one) and then transfer to a good uni to get my bachelors, but I have no idea what my major will be

I will have much to think about over the next 4 5 months

edit: I just talked with my sister who helped me alot in signing up for the classes - every class I have taken so far transfers to almost every university in the state so I am doing fine (she made sure), now I need to figure out a major and then go from there