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  • sdrawkcaB emaNsdrawkcaB emaN regular
    edited September 2008
    Ima go to berkeley

    :3

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  • QuestionMarkManQuestionMarkMan Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    come and study abroad in New Zealand guys

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  • TheidarTheidar Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Lemming wrote: »
    College is weird for me. Everyone is smarter than I am. Also Physical Chemistry is using concepts from Calc 2 and 3 and I'm in Calc 1.

    Shit, my college wouldn't let you take PChem til you finished Calc 3.

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  • laughingfuzzballlaughingfuzzball Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Does New Zealand have any good graduate programs in Applied Linguistics or Language Development?

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  • potatoepotatoe Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    i'm sittin' on 3 400 level CS courses right now
    and a 300 level writing course

    woooo

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  • laughingfuzzballlaughingfuzzball Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    haha, silly me.
    Kiwis don't go to school!

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  • LemmingLemming Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Theidar wrote: »
    Lemming wrote: »
    College is weird for me. Everyone is smarter than I am. Also Physical Chemistry is using concepts from Calc 2 and 3 and I'm in Calc 1.

    Shit, my college wouldn't let you take PChem til you finished Calc 3.

    This is my first semester, too

    Kill me

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  • TheidarTheidar Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Who told you to take PChem 1st semester freshman year? That's like a junior or senior level course usually.

    You should total beat them for such bad advice.

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  • nateknatek unh unh Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    my roommate is taking a calc 1 course and I realized that I have completely forgotten all the shit that I learned in calc 1 and 2 my freshman and sophomore years

    my college education is really showing its worth

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  • AirAir Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    i think uni in new zealand would be a lot cheaper
    as in, similar to australia

    american dude who is here for a semester is kinda pissed off and lodging complaints cos hes paying tuition fees for uni back home for the exchange, but found out that the cost here is like 1/10th what hes paying
    plus some other little things where they keep trying to wring money from him

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  • laughingfuzzballlaughingfuzzball Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    How much of it's paid for by your government, though?

    When a government's paying the bill, they usually only do so for nationals.

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  • KazhiimKazhiim __BANNED USERS regular
    edited September 2008
    spent the last three days drinking nattie ice and playing beer pong with dudes in striped polo shirts and backwards baseball caps

    yeah

    I kinda hate myself

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  • potatoepotatoe Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    natek wrote: »
    my roommate is taking a calc 1 course and I realized that I have completely forgotten all the shit that I learned in calc 1 and 2 my freshman and sophomore years

    my college education is really showing its worth

    that's how the majority of people are
    you forget the vast majority of the finer details, but i bet you've retained the basic knowledge and could fall right back into it with very little effort

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  • Johnny FabulousJohnny Fabulous burgin' Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Ima go to berkeley

    :3

    It's pretty awesome up here, man.

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  • KazhiimKazhiim __BANNED USERS regular
    edited September 2008
    I have friends at Berkley

    sure are a lotta asians

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  • LemmingLemming Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Theidar wrote: »
    Who told you to take PChem 1st semester freshman year? That's like a junior or senior level course usually.

    You should total beat them for such bad advice.

    I go to a really small engineering school, which is notorious for having a crazy amount of work. Everyone takes PChem second semester normally, I just skipped general chem because I got a 5 on my AP chem test.

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  • Peter EbelPeter Ebel CopenhagenRegistered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Bad idea, son. No fucking shit you think everyone is smarter than you then.

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  • AirAir Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    How much of it's paid for by your government, though?

    When a government's paying the bill, they usually only do so for nationals.

    government loans for nationals only yea
    so actually i mixed up numbers a bit but it was still a lot cheaper here

    wait how much is a normal semester over there?
    i think here its about $8000 a semester for international students?
    around half that for locals

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  • LemmingLemming Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Peter Ebel wrote: »
    Bad idea, son. No fucking shit you think everyone is smarter than you then.

    Yeah but everyone else in the class is a Freshman too

    My current plan is to have my friends in the class explain stuff I don't understand, and it seems to be working ok so far. We'll see if that changes by the first test, though.

    Also I have 18 credits hooray

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  • Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited September 2008
    Law school bitches represent

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  • AirAir Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    you are starting engineering huh?
    dont worry if it seems real hard, because if it hasnt already, the whole thing will degenerate into about 4 people actually doing work and everyone else copying off them

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  • Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited September 2008
    I seriously do more work in a day than most assclowns in college do in a week.

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  • laughingfuzzballlaughingfuzzball Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    gial.edu

    If you want to do anything in linguistics other than academia or TESL, go here.

    They run a bimester schedule, which is a nice alternative. For the undergrad certificate, you start with phonetics and grammar or something like that. Basically square one. You finish with field methods, which requires you to write a full analysis of an unfamiliar language as the final. It's a five month program. Ridiculously intensive. They don't offer a bachelor's, though. You have to get that somewhere else before you move on to the master's programs.

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  • VorusVorus Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Munkus do you know if you need a degree to get accepted to most law schools?
    I am hoping to apply this year but since I don't have a degree is it even worth trying?

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  • potatoepotatoe Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Air wrote: »
    you are starting engineering huh?
    dont worry if it seems real hard, because if it hasnt already, the whole thing will degenerate into about 4 people actually doing work and everyone else copying off them

    i started to become one of those magic 4
    then i said fuck this and switched to CS

    best decision i ever made

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  • Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited September 2008
    uh generally you need to graduate college prior to getting into law school, yes. You don't have to have your degree in hand when applying (I was accepted this Spring, graduated three days before my first class this fall)

    You need to have decent grades and (most most most importantly) a good score on the LSAT.

    You break 165 and most schools will overlook all but the shittiest GPAs (I am on scholarship, and I only got a 3.4 in undergrad)

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  • TheidarTheidar Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    I seriously do more work in a day than most assclowns in college do in a week.

    Yeah, post-undergraduate professional schooling represent!

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  • LemmingLemming Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Air wrote: »
    you are starting engineering huh?
    dont worry if it seems real hard, because if it hasnt already, the whole thing will degenerate into about 4 people actually doing work and everyone else copying off them

    None of my professors collect work, though, they pretty much all just have 3 tests which make up your entire grade D:

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  • Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited September 2008
    These forums are also probably going to be the reason why I fail in law school. Shit, I have been trying to quit for weeks now and I've been failing miserably.

    I'm gonna wake up at 6 in the morning tomorrow to read and study for 3 hours for a class that starts at 10 AM, and I'll consider that to be a break of a day.

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  • AirAir Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    computer science could be good but i am too far gone into mechanical things with forces and metals and whatever else my degree may entail

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  • Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited September 2008
    Theidar wrote: »
    I seriously do more work in a day than most assclowns in college do in a week.

    Yeah, post-undergraduate professional schooling represent!

    Fuck yeah! Social lives and entertainment be damned!

    This is my first time in over eight years that I have actually read all the material prior to going to class and the first time ever that I am making comprehensive study guides/outlines in order to learn the material.

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  • VorusVorus Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    uh generally you need to graduate college prior to getting into law school, yes. You don't have to have your degree in hand when applying (I was accepted this Spring, graduated three days before my first class this fall)

    You need to have decent grades and (most most most importantly) a good score on the LSAT.

    You break 165 and most schools will overlook all but the shittiest GPAs (I am on scholarship, and I only got a 3.4 in undergrad)

    that is too bad. I am really just doing the undergrad as a stepping stone to law school and it is starting to feel like a big waste of money.
    it sucks to pay for 4 years of school to get into school

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  • Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited September 2008
    Lemming wrote: »
    Air wrote: »
    you are starting engineering huh?
    dont worry if it seems real hard, because if it hasnt already, the whole thing will degenerate into about 4 people actually doing work and everyone else copying off them

    None of my professors collect work, though, they pretty much all just have 3 tests which make up your entire grade D:

    Be glad, son! I get one grade the entire semester, and it's graded on a scale with the most competitive lot of motherfuckers this side of the mason-dixie line. One grade, end of the semester, on a curve.

    Oh yeah, I'm sweating bullets daily.

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  • potatoepotatoe Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Air wrote: »
    computer science could be good but i am too far gone into mechanical things with forces and metals and whatever else my degree may entail

    i quickly realized that all i cared about in engineering was the computing parts, and made the jump as soon as i knew i really wanted to

    i'm still finding out that kids i started in engineering with are following suit and dropping out of engineering for CS
    after already taking 4+ years of engineering
    yes, they are planning on going 7+ years for a CS degree

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  • Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited September 2008
    Vorus wrote: »
    uh generally you need to graduate college prior to getting into law school, yes. You don't have to have your degree in hand when applying (I was accepted this Spring, graduated three days before my first class this fall)

    You need to have decent grades and (most most most importantly) a good score on the LSAT.

    You break 165 and most schools will overlook all but the shittiest GPAs (I am on scholarship, and I only got a 3.4 in undergrad)

    that is too bad. I am really just doing the undergrad as a stepping stone to law school and it is starting to feel like a big waste of money.
    it sucks to pay for 4 years of school to get into school

    It's mainly to see that you are: A: Committed to your education B: Have high enough academic and general moral standards to not get in trouble with an ethics committee and C: to establish a record in which they can grade you against other incoming students with similiar LSAT scores.

    It is certainly worth it.

    I would certainly recommend taking as many philosophy courses and you can. And take the philosophy course of logic before you even consider touching the LSAT.

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  • laughingfuzzballlaughingfuzzball Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Air wrote: »
    How much of it's paid for by your government, though?

    When a government's paying the bill, they usually only do so for nationals.

    government loans for nationals only yea
    so actually i mixed up numbers a bit but it was still a lot cheaper here

    wait how much is a normal semester over there?
    i think here its about $8000 a semester for international students?
    around half that for locals

    Out of state tuition at a public university before any scholarships, grants, or loans will run you around 6,000 USD right now at Southern Illinois University (a pretty average to mediocre school), which is about 8,000 AUD right now. You'll generally pay more at a better school or if you're in a prestigious program. International students usually pay out of state tuition, but there tend to be lots of scholarships for them. Private schools are a lot more, but they hand out more scholarships and aid all around so it balances for most students unless you want to go to Harvard or something.

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  • Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited September 2008
    If you get into Harvard, you generally get enough scholarships and aid to get you through and THEN some.

    Unless you are in upper middle class (then you are fucked do not go to Harvard you will be screwed out of money)

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  • VorusVorus Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Vorus wrote: »
    uh generally you need to graduate college prior to getting into law school, yes. You don't have to have your degree in hand when applying (I was accepted this Spring, graduated three days before my first class this fall)

    You need to have decent grades and (most most most importantly) a good score on the LSAT.

    You break 165 and most schools will overlook all but the shittiest GPAs (I am on scholarship, and I only got a 3.4 in undergrad)

    that is too bad. I am really just doing the undergrad as a stepping stone to law school and it is starting to feel like a big waste of money.
    it sucks to pay for 4 years of school to get into school

    It's mainly to see that you are: A: Committed to your education B: Have high enough academic and general moral standards to not get in trouble with an ethics committee and C: to establish a record in which they can grade you against other incoming students with similiar LSAT scores.

    It is certainly worth it.

    I would certainly recommend taking as many philosophy courses and you can. And take the philosophy course of logic before you even consider touching the LSAT.

    alright will do
    do they look at certificates and stuff when you apply as well? By the time I graduate I should have met the requirements for 2 and I don't know if I should stretch myself a little thinner to try to get another or maybe not bother with the 2

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  • LemmingLemming Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Lemming wrote: »
    Air wrote: »
    you are starting engineering huh?
    dont worry if it seems real hard, because if it hasnt already, the whole thing will degenerate into about 4 people actually doing work and everyone else copying off them

    None of my professors collect work, though, they pretty much all just have 3 tests which make up your entire grade D:

    Be glad, son! I get one grade the entire semester, and it's graded on a scale with the most competitive lot of motherfuckers this side of the mason-dixie line. One grade, end of the semester, on a curve.

    Oh yeah, I'm sweating bullets daily.

    Maybe you should sweat bullets into all the other students so they die and you get an A

    Lemming on
  • Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited September 2008
    Vorus wrote: »
    Vorus wrote: »
    uh generally you need to graduate college prior to getting into law school, yes. You don't have to have your degree in hand when applying (I was accepted this Spring, graduated three days before my first class this fall)

    You need to have decent grades and (most most most importantly) a good score on the LSAT.

    You break 165 and most schools will overlook all but the shittiest GPAs (I am on scholarship, and I only got a 3.4 in undergrad)

    that is too bad. I am really just doing the undergrad as a stepping stone to law school and it is starting to feel like a big waste of money.
    it sucks to pay for 4 years of school to get into school

    It's mainly to see that you are: A: Committed to your education B: Have high enough academic and general moral standards to not get in trouble with an ethics committee and C: to establish a record in which they can grade you against other incoming students with similiar LSAT scores.

    It is certainly worth it.

    I would certainly recommend taking as many philosophy courses and you can. And take the philosophy course of logic before you even consider touching the LSAT.

    alright will do
    do they look at certificates and stuff when you apply as well? By the time I graduate I should have met the requirements for 2 and I don't know if I should stretch myself a little thinner to try to get another or maybe not bother with the 2

    They look at everything, and I do mean everything. Number one most important thing is the LSAT. And, again, shoot for 165+ and you'll do fine.

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