NationStates Jolt Archive

ok first, who here is at college/uni? i forget what the difference in terms between the states and UK, but you get the idea. what are you studying?

and is it anything like you hoped? i mean uni is often seen in a certain sterotypical way - especially american ones - and my own uni experience (and that of my friends here and at other uni's) is nothing like the 'quintessential university experience' you see in the movies, which is a bit of a let-down :(



me, i'm at Cardiff Uni (http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/index.html), the capital of Wales in the UK, studying BScEcon Politics (Hons). Most interesting module is Political Thought - essentially the philosophy of politics.

I am at Dalhousie University in Halifax Nova Scotia, Canada.

In my first year taking Bachelor of Community design.

School's good nice profs and nice parties when you want them.

Harvey Mudd College, in California. Kickass place.

I'm doing a bachelor in European studies. But I don't go to uni. I'm doing it by distance education.

I'm still in highschool, but I'm doing a first year uni subject this year.

It starts next month, and I'm utterly terrified of getting lost in the big scary uni.

Luckily the uni is just across the road from my highschool, so I get a chance to get used to it during my lunch breaks.

EDIT: And I totally ignored pretty much all the original questions. That probably doesn't bode well.

I'll be at The University of Melbourne, studying Philosophy.

Assumption College in Massachusetts/ studying Psychology

Harvey Mudd College, in California. Kickass place.
Oooh, good stuff. I have a friend who just graduated from there in June.

Me, I graduated from Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) in June.

Merton College, South London.
Finishing up an odd collection of AS-Levels and A-Levels (Biology and Computing A-Level, English Lit. AS-level and half a Chemistry AS-level) after finally deciding where I want to go to uni - Hertfordshire.

Merton College, South London.
Finishing up an odd collection of AS-Levels and A-Levels (Biology and Computing A-Level, English Lit. AS-level and half a Chemistry AS-level) after finally deciding where I want to go to uni - Hertfordshire.
wow i didn't know you were from the UK....

Mount Allison University, Canada- International Relations major.

In the states, there's no HUGE difference between a "College" and a "University" apart from the degrees they grant (bachelors vs. bachelors, masters, and doctorate.)

I may be wrong but that's how I understand it.

I just graduated college in 2003 from the University of Pennsylvania. Loved it! Loved it so much that I'm going back!

Well... not to UPenn, but some other university... have only heard from a couple grad schools so far, and they're not official offers (just the interviews where they weed out the bad seeds!).

I just graduated college in 2003 from the University of Pennsylvania. Loved it! Loved it so much that I'm going back!

Well... not to UPenn, but some other university... have only heard from a couple grad schools so far, and they're not official offers (just the interviews where they weed out the bad seeds!).
Mmmmm...weed....

Mount Allison University, Canada- International Relations major.

In the states, there's no HUGE difference between a "College" and a "University" apart from the degrees they grant (bachelors vs. bachelors, masters, and doctorate.)

I may be wrong but that's how I understand it.

Pretty much - Colleges only grant bachelors degrees, and Universities are larger (often have different schools in them - Liberal Arts, Business, Engineering, etc) and have programs that grant higher level degrees as well.

I'm at Monash University, 2nd year of a Bachelor of Arts. Haven't picked a major yet (will probably end up doing politics or history), and I only really picked the course because I didn't know what else to do. Ah well.

I transferred campus this year, so I'll see how this one matches up to the stereotypical uni experience. The last one didn't at all.

I'm at Monash University, 2nd year of a Bachelor of Arts. Haven't picked a major yet (will probably end up doing politics or history), and I only really picked the course because I didn't know what else to do. Ah well.

I transferred campus this year, so I'll see how this one matches up to the stereotypical uni experience. The last one didn't at all.

Take your time with the major... I thought I wanted to do "International Relations" (Politics, History, and Economics essentially), but then suddenly discovered Philosophy and Psychology - and decided that it would be more practical for me to study something I loved than to study something just because I thought it was practical.

After all, you're not going to truly succeed in something unless you love it, are you?

Double bachlors at St.Cloud State Univ ... Computer networking and network security

Might turn one of them into a masters

Harvey Mudd College, in California. Kickass place.
You're one of what, 300, people who can claim that right now? I visited, and it seemed like the sidewalks were lined with gold.


U.Pitt & CMU, myself. Enjoying the whole "you're a half mile's walk, so you might as well take classes over there at 1/3rd the price" deal Pitt has, and truly not understanding why anyone gripes about living in a freshman dorm. It's safer, more comfortable, and more fun than home, plus I'm interrupted by random noises far less often.

Also, since Dearest Mother Dear taught me how to tend bar "just in case that school thing doesn't work out" means I'm making more money here than at a normal job while putting in fewer hours.

edit-Math & CS majors, considering throwing in Statics/Scientific computing, since it requires just one or two other classes.

Elmira College. Noone has ever heard of it mwahahahhaha! I just made myself sad...

Anyway, I'm studying history. The college is practically right next to Mark Twain's summer home so we're really big on Mark Twain here.

Elmira College. Noone has ever heard of it mwahahahhaha! I just made myself sad...

Anyway, I'm studying history. The college is practically right next to Mark Twain's summer home so we're really big on Mark Twain here.
Whats the cost of this private college?

and is it anything like you hoped? i mean uni is often seen in a certain sterotypical way - especially american ones - and my own uni experience (and that of my friends here and at other uni's) is nothing like the 'quintessential university experience' you see in the movies, which is a bit of a let-down :(

UPenn was a gazillion times better than I imagined. I lived in a great hall freshman year, surrounded by interesting, intelligent, fun people. I had my fair share of parties and did the dating thing, then fell in love at the end of the year.

Sophomore year, my friends and I threw parties of our own... our last one was HUGE, easily over 120 people had come to it at some point in the night... plus, since it was at the end of the year, things got a little crazy (in a good way :D ). Let's just say it was great to do one of those things that you can only ever do in college!

Junior year I studied in Paris for a semester, then Senior year I was back at Penn, living in a house with friends & my boyfriend. I loved my classes, was working for an awesome professor who let me do an independent study while I was her research assistant, and my housemates and I threw more awesome parties.

But, even though I had a marvelous time, I was ready to move on, try the "real world" for a bit.

Take your time with the major... I thought I wanted to do "International Relations" (Politics, History, and Economics essentially), but then suddenly discovered Philosophy and Psychology - and decided that it would be more practical for me to study something I loved than to study something just because I thought it was practical.

After all, you're not going to truly succeed in something unless you love it, are you?

Yeah, true. I like politics and history though (sometimes it can get a little dry), but career pathways are important because chances are I won't be able to land a job outside of a low-level public servant. I can't see myself being happy with that. I'm thinking of transferring to an economics or law degree...or even an arts/science double degree. But i'll see. I'm young, I have years to burn :)

Whats the cost of this private college?

Off the top of my head...I'd say $35,000 a year. Though I only have to actually pay for $8000 a year after scholarships. Nice school though. Why do you ask?

Yeah, true. I like politics and history though (sometimes it can get a little dry), but career pathways are important because chances are I won't be able to land a job outside of a low-level public servant. I can't see myself being happy with that. I'm thinking of transferring to an economics or law degree...or even an arts/science double degree. But i'll see. I'm young, I have years to burn :)

I s'pose that's true... besides, my aunt majored in English when she was in college, and somehow she's now a biochemistry professor at Harvard. Go figure.

Off the top of my head...I'd say $35,000 a year. Though I only have to actually pay for $8000 a year after scholarships. Nice school though. Why do you ask?
Just wondering how much a small 1200 student private college charges. And I couldn't find the fees on the website.

Why did you even bother looking it up? We're all crazy here. You don't want to come! They make us sing, and wear funny hats! THE HUMANITY!

Why did you even bother looking it up? We're all crazy here. You don't want to come! They make us sing, and wear funny hats! THE HUMANITY!
Don't worry. I don't want to come. I was just wondering. And I had time on my hands. So I looked it up.

I attend the prestigious Southwestern Illinois College.

The faculty at our college are the best in southwestern Illinois, and we don't have a a single student teacher at our school!

Don't worry. I don't want to come. I was just wondering. And I had time on my hands. So I looked it up.

I figured as much. I just felt like acting screwy. :D

I'm attending the University of North Florida. Majoring in Fine Arts and minor in Graphic Design. Plan to increase my Graphic Design afterwards to something more substantial.

Oh...annual tuition/housing/food costs roughly $10,000.

In my Freshman year, I was in Honors, one of the top 5% of honor programs in the nation (USA).

Also, for those of you who follow American Football, and particularly the Superbowl, the Eagles are here on campus, training on our fields hehehe! Sadly, they put up tall fences and have even banned students from using the gym during certain times of the day. Which means, we don't even get to see them practicing. The bastards.

EDIT: The whole "You can't come in here" bit annoys me because we as students have paid to attend this university, and use its facilities. Why should these professional players get priority? I say screw them, make em go somewhere else to use the gym.

UPenn was a gazillion times better than I imagined. I lived in a great hall freshman year, surrounded by interesting, intelligent, fun people. I had my fair share of parties and did the dating thing, then fell in love at the end of the year.

Sophomore year, my friends and I threw parties of our own... our last one was HUGE, easily over 120 people had come to it at some point in the night... plus, since it was at the end of the year, things got a little crazy (in a good way :D ). Let's just say it was great to do one of those things that you can only ever do in college!

Junior year I studied in Paris for a semester, then Senior year I was back at Penn, living in a house with friends & my boyfriend. I loved my classes, was working for an awesome professor who let me do an independent study while I was her research assistant, and my housemates and I threw more awesome parties.

But, even though I had a marvelous time, I was ready to move on, try the "real world" for a bit.
thats what im talking about! sounds awesome :p
sadly nothing like that here - there are practically no parties whatsoever for a start :(

Take your time with the major... I thought I wanted to do "International Relations" (Politics, History, and Economics essentially), but then suddenly discovered Philosophy and Psychology - and decided that it would be more practical for me to study something I loved than to study something just because I thought it was practical.

After all, you're not going to truly succeed in something unless you love it, are you?
wize words. i was studying Economics last year (as my major i suppose - in the UK you have to choose before even coming to uni... stupid system) and realised my real interest was Politics. Last year was awful (academically), but this year rules - a testament to doing what you love :)

I s'pose that's true... besides, my aunt majored in English when she was in college, and somehow she's now a biochemistry professor at Harvard. Go figure.

Heh, yeah. I'm sure i'll fit in somewhere :)

I'm at the University of Nevada, Reno, studying Spanish, French, and German, and having the time of my life. It is a bit easier than I expected, though...

thats what im talking about! sounds awesome :p
sadly nothing like that here - there are practically no parties whatsoever for a start :(

You can always make your own parties! I always went in on them with friends, meaning we split paying for drinks & snacks, and we always had an interesting group of people, since we each invited our other friends, who invited their friends...

I'm at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, majoring in philosophy.

Uni of Bradford (UK), studying European Studies and German...but currently on my 'year in industry' in germany...

Uni has, on the whole, being a very worth while experience. Apart from one or two ermmmmmmm, incidents...its all gone well and my course and most of my lecturers rock :) Got involved with the radio station so i was a dj and stuff for a while... The halls were a bit crap, but the people in them were all good, and were my house mates last year and hopefully next year too!

Plus the two greatest things ever...i can see my football (soccer) team when they play at home (the mighty! Bradford City) and i met my wonderful gf here too! :D :D :D

I'm still in school, studying A Levels in English Lit, History And Mathematics (Statistics & Pure). Next year I'm going to Uni to do International Relations/Politics & (in some cases) Middle East Studies & Arabic/Third World Studies.

I will either be going to
Exeter
Aberystwyth
London School Of Economics
Sheffield

The Queens University of Belfast (UK) studying Modern History....sometimes...

Recently graduated from the College of William and Mary, with a degree in History. I really didn't enjoy college much, for a variety of reasons, probably the biggest one being that I'm not really cut out for the typical college lifestyle. I also really wanted to be in an urban environment, and the City of Williamsburg is a city in name only.

When I come back from Japan, I'll head back to school for my Masters in Education.

University of Eindhoven. I study Computer Science.

I went to the University of Kingston Upon Thames....did Information Technology Systems and Design....

Jacked it in within 2 years to go back to work in IT....I went to Uni as a mature student

My mistake was doing a subject I was doing as a job...

I am thinking of starting a History degree with the Open University...

I'm not smart enough for Uni. Thats why I'm listening to Funky Town atm.

I'm at Oxford, permanently procrastinating from my degree in Psychology & Philosophy.

(a favourite passtime: shortening my subject name to 'psy-phi' and watching people get REALLY confused when they hear me say i'm studying 'sci-fi'.)

I will either be going to
Exeter
Aberystwyth
London School Of Economics
Sheffield

Exeter is cool, Sheffield also cool, LSE worthwhile.....
but Aberystwyth!!!! :eek:
Dear lord, do not go there. I stayed there (at the uni) for four days and I have NEVER RECOVERED. It will destroy your soul. :(

I'm at Oxford, permanently procrastinating from my degree in Psychology & Philosophy.

(a favourite passtime: shortening my subject name to 'psy-phi' and watching people get REALLY confused when they hear me say i'm studying 'sci-fi'.)

I'm procrastinating from a law degree at Oxford......you must have to do logic right? That stuff cabbages my head! :confused:

I'm at my college now... and they bought brand new computers *shock horror*
I don't know why they've spent tens of thousands of pounds on 3ghz computers and flatscreen monitors when they're going to tear this site down next year and rebuild it on top of the main college site. Aaah... local education authorities. Where would we be without them.

... finally deciding where I want to go to uni - Hertfordshire.


No shit? Don't do it, there's far too many fire alarms in the halls. *Alarm starts ringing in background*

Anyhoo, University of Hertfordshire, first year of my course. Currently doing an MEng (Hons) in Aerospace Engineering. Uni on the whole does rock though, even if the social life around Hatfield is pretty dull. It's an amazing experience, especially in terms of social development. Oh, and it's good fun too.

I'm only at San Jacinto community college getting the whole basics thing done. next semester I'm transfering to University of houston for a bacholers in general bussiness.

My first degree was Biological science with honours in genetics from Edinburgh University. Now I am doing a graduate diploma (higher than a degree lower than a masters) in quantity surveying at th University of the West of England. Want also to do a graduate diploma in project managment at reading and convert my QS diploma to an Msc. I am doing the graduate diploma part time so working and studying at the same time and I tell you this it is soooooooo much work.

I live in Aberystwyth at the moment!!!! haha, home uni, because it has a really good departement, and I can go to Poland/Finland for a year. I WILL NOT BE LIVING AT HOME THOUGH!!!

College and Uni is the same thing in my country. Just that Uni's is bigger and tend to offer more subjects and courses. College is just for mostly diploma's and very few specialised degree's.

Right now I'm in Metropolitan college, Malaysia. Doing twinning with RMIT, Melbourne, Australia. Majoring in Economics and Finance. I'm a 1st Year student (doing my second sem currently).

I live in Aberystwyth at the moment!!!! haha, home uni, because it has a really good departement, and I can go to Poland/Finland for a year. I WILL NOT BE LIVING AT HOME THOUGH!!!

my god, you poor poor thing. :(
living at home for uni is a bad idea generally.....my friend did and quit within six months. :rolleyes:

I'm at Oxford, permanently procrastinating from my degree in Psychology & Philosophy.

(a favourite passtime: shortening my subject name to 'psy-phi' and watching people get REALLY confused when they hear me say i'm studying 'sci-fi'.)
mm sounds interesting - both psy-phi and sci-fi degrees :p


my god, you poor poor thing. :(
living at home for uni is a bad idea generally.....my friend did and quit within six months. :rolleyes:
you seriously can't get any kind of uni experience living at home - a few friends of mine do and they never get involved in anything. worse than that, they don't change at all, unlike everybody else at uni.

Lets see.........
Started out at University of Iowa studying German, got kicked out and banned from all public university housing in Iowa for pulling fire alarms, smoking a 3 foot hookah in my kitchen, and general drunken shenanigans. Took a semester off and transferred to University of Northern Iowa, got five semesters and a summer session behind me there. Managed decent grades despite constant marijuana consumption and phases with other nasty things. Studied abroad for a semester at the University of Klagenfurt in Austria, gotta go home Thursday (damnit). Still got one semester hour before me cans graduates. This will be completed by scaling a plastic rock climbing wall in a gym between March and May. After that, its off to a lucrative career at McDonald's!!!

you seriously can't get any kind of uni experience living at home - a few friends of mine do and they never get involved in anything. worse than that, they don't change at all, unlike everybody else at uni.

damn straight....the best thing about uni is morphing into an alcoholic caffeine addict who writes best at 4am and has no idea what day it is.....without parents shaking their heads!!! ;)

I'm at the University of Nevada, Reno, studying Spanish, French, and German, and having the time of my life. It is a bit easier than I expected, though...

Man, what a place to be!
I looked at Sierra Nevada College in Incline Village. I'm kicking myself for not going there but I think I made the right decision, in terms of academics, by going where I am now.

damn straight....the best thing about uni is morphing into an alcoholic caffeine addict who writes best at 4am and has no idea what day it is.....without parents shaking their heads!!! ;)


Oh how accurate a description that is!

Right now I'm at Wright State University studying Sociology with a certificate in American Humanics. I am a junior and will graduate in June 2006. I have an overall GPA of 3.9 and a major GPA of 4.00 and am starting to consider graduate school.

Maybe you all can help me. I have narrowed the field down to these graduate schools... New School University, Cornell University, Rutgers University (New Brunswick), University of Maryland, Northeastern University, Carnegie Mellon University, Pennsylvania State University, and University of Pennsylvania.

I have about a year to decide where to apply, but I want to have this narrowed down even further by summer. Any suggestions?

Right now I'm at Wright State University studying Sociology with a certificate in American Humanics. I am a junior and will graduate in June 2006. I have an overall GPA of 3.9 and a major GPA of 4.00 and am starting to consider graduate school.

Maybe you all can help me. I have narrowed the field down to these graduate schools... New School University, Cornell University, Rutgers University (New Brunswick), University of Maryland, Northeastern University, Carnegie Mellon University, Pennsylvania State University, and University of Pennsylvania.

I have about a year to decide where to apply, but I want to have this narrowed down even further by summer. Any suggestions?

Don't suppose you know of Bill Bicknell?

I go to Runshaw College in Leyland, and I'm currently doing my A2s in Chemistry, Physics, Biology and Economics. If I get the grades I'm going to Manchester Uni next year to do Biochemistry. Or Glasgow to do Medicine. But probably Manchester.

damn straight....the best thing about uni is morphing into an alcoholic caffeine addict who writes best at 4am and has no idea what day it is.....without parents shaking their heads!!! ;)
not that accurate for me... i don't drink coffee (red bull will do in emergencies) and i don't drink that much ( :eek: ). i'm more of a pothead to tell the truth - but nonetheless i did morph into (more of) one at uni, have no idea what time of day it is - or what day it is at all - and best part is that parents still think i work hard & all that jazz :D
uni rocks!

Ok, I am redoing a Masters degree here in Brazil, my British MA was not revalidated here. (A slight problem of there not being any post graduate course in the same subject in existence outside of PUC São Paolo, which wanted an exorbitant amount of money to even look at it.) So I am studying at the Universidade Federal de Rio Grande do Sul, known as UFRGS, pronounced oorgs.

Well, actually, I am studying at home, trying to write the dissertation, and not spend my whole time on-line.

Subject: - Moral philosophy of David Hume

Well, actually, I am studying at home, trying to write the dissertation, and not spend my whole time on-line.
Hahaha...good luck. You night want to try to find a place to write it that doesn't have computers with internet connection. :D

McMaster univeristy in Hamilton, Ontario.

I'm in honours physics.

After that, its off to a lucrative career at McDonald's!!!
Nice name. :D So it seems your degree will finally pay off then.

McMaster univeristy in Hamilton, Ontario.

I'm in honours physics.
McMaster....That name sort of reminds me of McDonalds Hamburger university.

University of Southern California, majoring in biological sciences, minoring in art history.

I'm in the band here so it's awesome - tons of parties, free footballs games and such, and trips all around the country, like to Notre Dame and the Orange Bowl.

McMaster univeristy in Hamilton, Ontario.

I'm in honours physics.

Hmm. I was supposed to go there, either that or UBC or U of A. But then finances crashed down and I couldn't study overseas anymore for a while.

McMaster....That name sort of reminds me of McDonalds Hamburger university.

Hmm, it reminds me of a female fiddler.

As a uni student in the US I find it to be a quite different experience than what I thought it to be. I also find that I am the only American who uses the term "uni"

I'm a first year student at University of Western Ontario... In the faculty of Media Informations and Technoculture.

Technocultture isnt even a word...go figure.

Subject: - Moral philosophy of David Hume

Ooh, I read a bunch of his stuff in my Ethics class!

i go to western kentucky university...

Right now I'm at Wright State University studying Sociology with a certificate in American Humanics. I am a junior and will graduate in June 2006. I have an overall GPA of 3.9 and a major GPA of 4.00 and am starting to consider graduate school.

Maybe you all can help me. I have narrowed the field down to these graduate schools... New School University, Cornell University, Rutgers University (New Brunswick), University of Maryland, Northeastern University, Carnegie Mellon University, Pennsylvania State University, and University of Pennsylvania.

I have about a year to decide where to apply, but I want to have this narrowed down even further by summer. Any suggestions?

UPenn has a really fabulous sociology program. Don't know so much about the other schools - but I'm applying to Cornell & CMU for psychology myself! (Amoung others.)

I'm starting Uni in a few weeks!
I'm really excited :D

I'm going to Monash, and I'll be doing Arts/ Science..
Subjects: (science) Biology and Psychology
(arts) Spanish and Philosophy

I have no idea where it'll get me when I'm finished, but it sounds like fun :D

Queen's University. Kingston, On. Want a scary thought? I was born just off campus, at the Kingston General Hospital... well, I guess you might consider that ON campus, because that's where the Med students do their residence etc... and it is actually in between buildings that belong to the University. Anyway, I'm majoring in History (first year) and dying on the inside as I'm living at home in isolation from other students. But hey, I'm poor so what can I do?

UC Santa Cruz
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With our kick ass mascot.

I got my BA in Film & Digital Media and am doing graduate work in playwrighting.

I never had the movie experience, but I was (am) a slacker, so I got my kicks elsewhere.

I am getting my Ph.D. in political theory. I have a Masters in political science and a B.A. in philosophy and mathematics.
and is it anything like you hoped? i mean uni is often seen in a certain sterotypical way - especially american ones - and my own uni experience (and that of my friends here and at other uni's) is nothing like the 'quintessential university experience' you see in the movies, which is a bit of a let-down :(

If you want it to be a certain way, make it that way!! Stop waiting around for someone to do it for you. If your "quintessential university experience" involves sitting around coffee shops talking philosophy, then invite some friends to come do that with you. I did. If it means climbing onto the roof of the music building, getting drunk and naked, and being hauled off by the police while the campus watches... do that too. (Again, I did!) ;)

Most interesting module is Political Thought - essentially the philosophy of politics.

Of course it is! (Like I said, this is the field in which I am getting my Ph.D.)

UPenn has a really fabulous sociology program. Don't know so much about the other schools - but I'm applying to Cornell & CMU for psychology myself! (Amoung others.)

Best of luck to you! I saw you got your undergrad from UPenn, mind if I IM you sometime and ask you some questions about the university?

Best of luck to you! I saw you got your undergrad from UPenn, mind if I IM you sometime and ask you some questions about the university?
Thank you - you too! Absolutely IM me... I may not be able to provide all that much insight to the grad school side of things, but I'll do my best to answer any questions you have!

Im currently doing Chemistry Masters (MChem) at Exeter University (UK). But this time next year, I will (hopefully) be doing a MSci in Chemistry at Bristol University next year, due to my department being closed. Its all good fun though.

I am getting my Ph.D. in political theory. I have a Masters in political science and a B.A. in philosophy and mathematics.


If you want it to be a certain way, make it that way!! Stop waiting around for someone to do it for you. If your "quintessential university experience" involves sitting around coffee shops talking philosophy, then invite some friends to come do that with you. I did. If it means climbing onto the roof of the music building, getting drunk and naked, and being hauled off by the police while the campus watches... do that too. (Again, I did!) ;)



Of course it is! (Like I said, this is the field in which I am getting my Ph.D.)
Ph.D in Political Theory? that sounds awesome - that's what i've set my sights on :)

I'm at Leicester Uni, studying History. Well, sometimes, anyway. When I need to. Whoever said your schooldays are the best days of your life was talking crap - it's uni that's the best.

I graduated from the University of Pennyslvania in May 2003 with a double-major in European History and Biology with Spanish and Cinema Studies minors..... and have had seven part-time jobs over the not-quite 2 years since then.

After this lovely experience with the Bush economy, I'm getting the hell out of the real world as fast as I can and applying to PhD programs (six wonderful years in a happily oblivious ivory tower) in History. 14 of them.

I'm want to study how nationalist ideology and seperatist movements have been and continue to be spread, through film, sport, music, food, etc., particularly in the various regions of Spain since Franco's death (1975).

If you suspect that sounds like an excuse to perform "research" in Spain at football games and movies and get paid (hopefully) for it, you're most likey right.

I go to Western Washington U. I'm studying theatre arts and psychology

I'm procrastinating from a law degree at Oxford......you must have to do logic right? That stuff cabbages my head! :confused:

apparently i'm the only person in the whole university undergraduate population who enjoys logic. to the degree that i was revising it last night (have exams in 2 weeks) and i ended up doing questions for 2 1/2 hours. and enjoying them. and not wanting to stop when my girlfriend came online to talk.

didn't know that lawyers had to do it too, poor you!

Im doing a degree in Medicine/Surgery/Arts.
Yeah, I know, I must be a masochist of something. But I love my course, both the Arts and the Med. I plan to major in Gender Studies, since I find gender issues can really get me fired up, so I guess I'll pay attention in class! And you can take subjects from other areas towards that major.

I'm at Melbourne Uni. Good uni, nice small campus. (walking around New South Wales hurts my poor lil legs!)