NationStates Jolt Archive

Most people here seem to have attended college or are currently attending, so I hope I'm not being to presumptuous in asking where you have attended/are attending and what you thought/think about it. This will allow me to mentally place you in the correct social caste, and speak to you in the proper manner accordingly. Also, as you've probably guessed, I'm currently trying to decide where to attend myself. Any thoughts, or suggestions?

ITAM

Very good but expensive.

ITAM

Very good but expensive.

Is this the Insitituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México? (That's the first thing that comes up on Wikipedia.)

Is this the Insitituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México? (That's the first thing that comes up on Wikipedia.)

Yes, it is. Of course it comes first... :p

also in google

Yvan Eht Nioj.



Join the Navy

I got my B.A.'s from Concordia University Wisconsin and I'm currently attending the University of Alabama for graduate school.

Concordia University is a very nice school... Beautiful campus, excellent professors, small classes, friendly student body... etc. The only real problem I had with the school was the administrators were so crooked they'd make politicians blush. While a sufficently crooked, P.R. obcessed administration is generally the norm for most universities, CUW is a Christian school and the administration there did a pretty poor job of acting in accordance to the Bible.

The University of Alabama is a good school, but it's more your typical cup of tea... Giant campus, boatloads of students, etc. So far, I've been very happy with the graduate level history program here... So it's pretty solid in academics.

erm I guess the Open University (I think you want university anyway) because I'm an unwashed mass

course normal universities don't want me on account of being obsessed with what grades I got in school

erm I guess the Open University (I think you want university anyway) because I'm an unwashed mass

course normal universities don't want me on account of being obsessed with what grades I got in school

Yeah, I was thinking university. In the US the terms are used more or less interchangeably. Oddly enough, the only time there's a difference is when you're speaking in general: "He went to college" means he attended some sort of post-secondary school; "He went to university" would never be said.

Is Open University an online program? I sometime see links for it on the BBC site.

I attended DeMontfort University, in Leicester (England, for our American cousins), but didn't graduate. That was a decade and a half ago.

I'm shortly aiming to continue education (again) online, 'at' Ashford.

Yeah, I was thinking university. In the US the terms are used more or less interchangeably. Oddly enough, the only time there's a difference is when you're speaking in general: "He went to college" means he attended some sort of post-secondary school; "He went to university" would never be said.

Is Open University an online program? I sometime see links for it on the BBC site.

Open University is remote-from-campus, if that's what you mean. OU existed before 'online' (as we know it) existed. :)

That reminds me - my other post should have mentioned that I did some OU, also.

Open University is remote-from-campus, if that's what you mean. OU existed before 'online' (as we know it) existed. :)

That reminds me - my other post should have mentioned that I did some OU, also.
Does it work the same way it does in the UK in the US?

Is Open University an online program? I sometime see links for it on the BBC site.

Does it work the same way it does in the UK in the US?

a yank I presume? yes you can however financial assistance may not be given (no money towards a new laptop for you)

postage may be a bitch though but I've never studied abroad so maybe you can practice on doing some homework :wink:

Currently attending the Florida Institute of Technology. I absolutely love it here.

University of California, Riverside. My daughter, however, received her Master's in Public Health at Loma Linda University so you would probably address her with more respect than you would me.

a yank I presume? yes you can however financial assistance may not be given (no money towards a new laptop for you)
I am indeed.
postage may be a bitch though but I've never studied abroad so maybe you can practice on doing some homework :wink:
I can't imagine postage is any worse than tuition. What's the party scene like?

Yeah, I tend not to talk about this much. I'm too much of a humming bird when it comes to university education. Three degrees across two universities. Hopefully I might finish one of them one of these days. Invariably what happens is I do well, then I get bored and fail... *ahem* First I went to UCL to study Chemistry, then to the University of Birmingham to study Political Science, and finally I transferred to the CS department to study Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science.

Which box does that put me in?

My bro's going to "Full Sail" (which, if I understand correctly, is mostly for video game production a development if you're interested in that) in October

That would be in Florida as well, I believe the tuition is a bit pricy, 2 year course for around $64,000 if I'm not mistaken, it's accelerated though, so 2 1 week breaks and no summer vacation *points and laughs at his brother*

I can't imagine postage is any worse than tuition.

I wouldn't know what with not paying a penny on account of me being apparently in poverty

you might want to look to see if the whole learn now donate later applies (basically people who the doctors etc OU have educated donate money to a fund that funds others like a cycle)

What's the party scene like?

I'm not a student so its good :)

First I went to UCL to study Chemistry...
The only thing I know about UCL is Jeremy Bentham had himself preserved and put on display there. Did you get a chance to see him?

The only thing I know about UCL is Jeremy Bentham had himself preserved and put on display there. Did you get a chance to see him?But only with his other head. He had a decoy made after those bastards at kings stole his real head.

University of Scranton eh? I had a girlfriend that went there. Very good school. They just put a shit load of money into new buildings too.

Considering you have the U listed, I'm assuming you'd have heard about Moravian College as well. Tiny school, but it was very good academically, staff was great. Nice campus with good people as well. I decided I'd rather work on race cars after my first year there though, so I said see ya later. Good thing too, I heard tuition went through the roof (read $40k and I was paying what I couldn't get in grants, scholarships, etc.). Too much money wasted for someone who has no idea what he wants to do with his life.

But only with his other head. He had a decoy made after those bastards at kings stole his real head.

Wait...how did Bentham have a decoy of his head made if he was already dead (and headless)? Or does the term "Auto-Icon" reveal more than first appears?

University of Scranton eh? I had a girlfriend that went there. Very good school. They just put a shit load of money into new buildings too.

Considering you have the U listed, I'm assuming you'd have heard about Moravian College as well. Tiny school, but it was very good academically, staff was great. Nice campus with good people as well. I decided I'd rather work on race cars after my first year there though, so I said see ya later. Good thing too, I heard tuition went through the roof (read $40k and I was paying what I couldn't get in grants, scholarships, etc.). Too much money wasted for someone who has no idea what he wants to do with his life.
I actually just listed four schools I thought most people would not have heard of. Sorry. :tongue:
Actually, that's not true. The University of Scranton is fairly famous, as that is where Ryan from The Office went to business school. I may have even gotten something in the mail from them; I can't remember now.

I got my undergraduate degree from Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.

I got my undergraduate degree from Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.That could have quite possibly could have sound less pretentious if you'd said "I went to Yale and am therefore better than the rest of you who could only dare to dream of such a place". :tongue:;)

Wait...how did Bentham have a decoy of his head made if he was already dead (and headless)? Or does the term "Auto-Icon" reveal more than first appears?Dude, this guy is still votes at College Council! :eek:

I got my undergraduate degree from Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.
Oh, the Yale in New Haven. Thank you for that clarification. :wink:
Where did you go for law school?

Griffith University in Brisbane, Australia.

Does it work the same way it does in the UK in the US?

I never tried OU from over here. It seemed like it would be easier to use something like DeVry or Ashford if I'm going to 'distance learn' now.

It's probably okay if you can send your work online. When I did it, you could do the work on your computer, print it on your computer... but they still wanted paper copies, and that means 'real' mail. And my experience of 'real mail' between the US and the UK is that, basically, it's shit.

I also had to do testing when I did mine - only one 'test' thing for each module taken, but you have to go to one of the locations they specify, and I don't know if they have any of them over here. If it's anything like Ashford, you can probably do your testing in a local library, or something.

R! U!

R! U!

R! U!

Yea....

Ohio State, accounting/finance, junior.

I'm a senior at Fordham University. As such, if you must refer to me directly, you may call me Father O'Tippler, but it is better if you simply avert your peasant eyes and mutter your acquiescence politely.

I bend the knee to no fiddled bottom. Not ever!

I bend the knee to no fiddled bottom. Not ever!
I warn you I've got a direct line to the Pope, you'll be excommunicated and never be able to get Italian delivered to your house again.

I've attended (so far)

Lake Superior State University (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Superior_State_University)

l' Université Catholique de l'Ouest (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universit%C3%A9_Catholique_de_l%27Ouest)

and am currently (or will return to in January) attending

Central Michigan University (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Michigan_University)

I warn you I've got a direct line to the Pope, you'll be excommunicated and never be able to get Italian delivered to your house again.But, but, but... I'm not even Christian, let alone Catholic... :hail:

I don't think I've ever had Italian delivered. 'Cheese-on-toast' does not count as Italian. :p This is Italian food
http://www.italianfoodforever.com/images/Blog/chickentallegio.jpg

Anyway, I'm going through a Japanese phase at the moment. *disappears off to a sushi restaurant and cries at the price*

I´ve attended a few universities, starting with:

La Complutence de Madrid for 4 years.
I spent a year at the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras campus as an exchange student.
6 months on MSU (Michigan State University).
I´ve taken Continuous education at Universidad Politécnica of Madrid.

University of Idaho (which makes Gov. Sarah Palin a fellow alumni)
&
University of Idaho, College of Law.

I'm curious as to where this allegedly places me in the social strata.

Oh, the Yale in New Haven. Thank you for that clarification. :wink:

I add the clarification because this is a UK based server and there is a Yale College in Whales.

Where did you go for law school?

Somewhere around Boston :p

I add the clarification because this is a UK based server and there is a Yale College in Whales. Whales? That must be a bit of a commute... or is their accommodation on campus?

Which box does that put me in?

The fabled "professional student" box. :tongue:

A son of one of my old professors held five or six degrees and had yet to work a full-time job by age thirty. Nice work if you can get it. :)

University of California, Riverside.

My all-time favorite professor's alma mater was UCR. How did you like it? I live so close by that I'm considering their M.Ed, given that I'm hanging on by my toenails at my place of employment, being as I am the only librarian without an MLS. :$ Going back to school would be a trip in any case.

The fabled "professional student" box. :tongue:Woohoo! Except I'm still a bit of an amateur. I tend not to do much excessive drinking or sleeping around. Actually thats a lie, I do lots of drinking, sometimes even at other people's expense; and I do sleep around, just not in other people's beds, more like on their couches... (I don't really do the whole sex thing).

A son of one of my old professors held five or six degrees and had yet to work a full-time job by age thirty. Nice work if you can get it. :)My oh my, how that Professor must be jealous or disappointed or both. But also, full time jobs do indeed suck.

My top degrees come from the University of California at Santa Cruz.

Our mascot? Awesome-
http://www.alumni.ucsc.edu/img/Membership%20Images/OxWestZen-Yellow.jpg

Our fight song? Awesome- (http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/window/media/page/0,,2700367-5512210,00.html)
Banana Slugs! Racing down the field!
Banana Slugs! Partially congealed!
Banana Slugs! Leaping for the dunk!
Banana Slugs! Oozing lots of spunk!

Ne-ne-ne-ne-never showing fear!
Hey-hey-hey-hey Hey! Put down that beer!
Spla-spla-spla-spla-splatter you with slime!
We-we-we-we win another time!

Banana Slugs! Hear our battle cry!
Shrivel up and die!

B-A-N-A-N-A S-L-U-G-S

Banana Slugs! Cruising through the grass!
Gonna kick your ass!

A campus in a redwood forest, next to a great coastline.

The instruction is good, too.

My own, of course.

Oh, and some things in Utrecht, Amsterdam and Leiden. As well as a few courses from the Open one.

Undergrad, Middle East Technical University (http://www.metu.edu.tr), Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering (http://www.mete.metu.edu.tr).

MS, Ankara University (http://www.ankara.edu.tr/), Institute of Social Sciences (http://sosbilens.ankara.edu.tr/), MBA Program.

With lots of other short courses, on-the-job training periods and such for bar-tending, sales, computers, singing, song writing, translation etc.

Cheerio!

My all-time favorite professor's alma mater was UCR. How did you like it? I live so close by that I'm considering their M.Ed, given that I'm hanging on by my toenails at my place of employment, being as I am the only librarian without an MLS. :$ Going back to school would be a trip in any case.

When I was there in the '70s, it was a great experience. One or two professors were mediocre, but most were great teachers. The campus was beautiful and really quite gracious looking.

Thing have changed. Not for the better, I'm afraid. They've expanded the campus, leaving little of the green areas and the University itself is more about the almighty dollar than the education of students.

I'm speaking from the perspective of both a graduate and a retired employee.

Who was your professor? Perhaps I knew him/her.

Università degli Studi di Milano (aka "la Statale").

Currently pursuing undergraduate studies at the United States Military Academy.

The University of Cambridge.

Umm...

Banana Slugs! Oozing lots of spunk!
.

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww! Do banana slugs have discharge problems?

As mentioned by otherws, UCL does rock, although King's also rocks simply because they used to steal someone's preserved head as a joke. I did an MA at UCL, but got distracted by my loan....

Got my first degree (Modern History) from Queen's University of Belfast, and am currently studying for my second degree (Law) somewhere else.

Random poll choices. I know a few people at the University of Ulster, though...

University of York, UK (BSc, MSc and by next year PhD). One of the 60s Plate and Glass universities, it still has a nice campus, albeit quite small, consistently makes the top 10 in the country and is in the top 3 for Psychology (my subject) behind Oxford and Cambridge. Still building on it's international reputation though so I don't know where you'd consider that would put me, though it recently made it into the top 100 worldwide.

I'm currently looking for academic jobs though, so that's made me quite conscious of the relative reputations of various universities

University of York, UK (BSc, MSc and by next year PhD). One of the 60s Plate and Glass universities, it still has a nice campus, albeit quite small, consistently makes the top 10 in the country and is in the top 3 for Psychology (my subject) behind Oxford and Cambridge. Still building on it's international reputation though so I don't know where you'd consider that would put me, though it recently made it into the top 100 worldwide.

I'm currently looking for academic jobs though, so that's made me quite conscious of the relative reputations of various universities

I remember you. You promised you'd tell us the results of that Study/survey we did for you... can you TG me about it?

I remember you. You promised you'd tell us the results of that Study/survey we did for you... can you TG me about it?

I will... the study is still ongoing. I will be posting the results (general, as I said I can't give specific results), towards the end of September beginning of October (both on the forum and with some more details to any participants who gave an e-mail address). What can I say... data collection takes a long time. But have no fear, I have not forgotten you and thank you for taking part in the survey.

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww! Do banana slugs have discharge problems?

Banana slugs are more famous for their unfortunate sexual accidents than discharge problems.

As for the OP, I most recently flunked out of community college, so you may address me with either short sentences that I can understand or long, patronizing bloviations that will go over my head.:tongue:

I bend the knee to no fiddled bottom. Not ever!

A good genuflect involves more than just the knees, you need to get the arm motion going too.
I add the clarification because this is a UK based server and there is a Yale College in Whales.

Fair enough, although I think the server is in New York now.

Pbribwkku Ubaruryrw

Also, is there a non-PA Scranton?

Syracuse University Class of 90

My university: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBGIQ7ZuuiU

Boston University School of Education

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww! Do banana slugs have discharge problems?



We can be very excitable. That's why they have all that good weed there...mellows things out...