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The Skool thread (how smart is TA?)
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| ziptnf |
I'm sure this thread has been made before, but I am interested in how far the members on this board have gone with their education. Currently I'm at the University of Louisville pursuing a Masters degree in Computer Engineering and Computer Science, and hopefully after a few years in the field, come back for my Masters of Business Administration (MBA).
I'm almost finished with my Undergraduate degree, and shortly thereafter will start on 2-3 semester Masters program. My university offers a 5-year program where you walk in with 0 credit hours and are able to leave in 5 years with a Masters. It's also a requirement that you intern at a company for 3 alternating semesters. As I said in the Vacation thread, I work for a travel agency (The Travel Authority <-- I built this site btw :toothless) during my co-op semesters. It has given me lots of experience in the field of software development and I hope to continue along the same route.
I currently have a 2.7 GPA (yeah I know, I get C's sometimes, sue me) and will hopefully work somewhere that earns me in the neighborhood of 60,000 - 70,000 annually a few years after college.
How far has TA gone with their education, and what do they intend to do later in life? :cool: |
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| Silky Johnson |
Just finished year 2 of 4 a special honours degree (Bachelor of Science in Nursing). Have an A average...dunno what it would be in your GPA system, we don't do it that way.
After I graduate and work a certain number of hours I'll be eligible to apply to a Master's program. I will either just do advanced practice nursing, or become a primary care practitioner. Depends how much money I want to make, how much responsibility I want to have, and how much of my own time I want to give up, lol. |
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| Lebezniatnikov |
| Nearing completion of an M.A., 3.75 GPA. It's on an indefinite holding pattern at the moment though, as I look for an employer willing to pay for my last semester. :) |
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| Slylee |
i've bounced around between 2 colleges since i was 21 and haven't finished either lol i have 2 1/2 years under my belt between the 2 of them. one was a private art college where i was going towards a bs in advertising and the other one is just a community college here in ft. lauderdale where i was taking basic GE courses like english, sociolgy, etc...
my GPA in both schools was pretty normal/good. i mean when i sign into my accounts i'm in the "good academic standing" status.
i really don't think going to college automatically makes you smart. i mean if you are a hard worker and can manage your time and have basic reading comprehension skills, you can go to college. unless we're talking about going for a biochemistry degree or something though. obviously that's a different story. i have a friend who hasn't gone to college at all and he's sort of a "loser" in a sense that he has a hard time keeping jobs and stuff, but i'm telling you right now that kid could walk into any college level physics class and breeze right through it. it's a shame actually that he has mental problems, he truly is a genius. |
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| Cpt.Cocaine |
| Just starting a BA in psych and anthropology. GPA was 3.67 (A- average) as of last semester, but it should go up once my grades for this semester come in. |
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| Silky Johnson |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lebezniatnikov
as I look for an employer willing to pay for my last semester. :) |
Yeah I'm definitely applying for as many scholarships/bursaries as Ican. I'm running out of my own money, and the last two years are gonna be tight. Ughhhhh.
Also, how do you calculate your GPA/how is it done? I'd be interested to know how my grades translate to that system. |
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| Silky Johnson |
| quote: | Originally posted by Cpt.Cocaine
GPA was 3.67 . |
Omg how do you know this?? Lol I wanna know what mine is!! |
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| Cpt.Cocaine |
| quote: | Originally posted by jennypie
Also, how do you calculate your GPA/how is it done? I'd be interested to know how my grades translate to that system. |
A+ = 4.3
A = 4.0
A- = 3.7
B+ = 3.3
B = 3.0
B- = 2.7
C+ = 2.3
C = 2.0
C- = 1.7
D+ = 1.3
D = 1.0
D- = 0.7
F = yousuck
You multiply the grade by the # of creds the course is worth and average it out. If your average is A your GPA is 4.0 |
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| Silky Johnson |
Ok sweet, thanks. :)
The next two years I'm really gonna nerd it up. Goal is to have A+ average. I would have this year, but I got 2 marks under 80. :mad:
And it's not even the marks I'm after...I just want to really know my , lol. Even the 10-20% of stuff I don't know right now makes me feel like there's a huge deficit in how effective I am. I realize that's the kind of stuff that will only come with time/experience, but I want it now, lol.
I'm so hard on myself when I don't know something and feel like I should. I dunno when I became so type A. |
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| Cpt.Cocaine |
| It kinda varies depending on the schools though. Some schools don't have A+, so their GPA is capped at 4.0, but that doesn't mean it's equivalent to a 4.0 in a school with A+, so it's a big mind. |
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| Cpt.Cocaine |
| quote: | Originally posted by jennypie
And it's not even the marks I'm after...I just want to really know my , lol. Even the 10-20% of stuff I don't know right now makes me feel like there's a huge deficit in how effective I am. I realize that's the kind of stuff that will only come with time/experience, but I want it now, lol.
I'm so hard on myself when I don't know something and feel like I should. I dunno when I became so type A. |
Yeah I know the feeling. In HS and college I was totally slouching off, not giving a crap about anything. Now I'm like YEAH I'M GONNA SHOW THOSE ******S! :whip: :whip: :whip: |
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| Silky Johnson |
| Academics has always been my thing, except in HS when I didn't give a and totally failed everything after grade 10 - sometimes twice, lol. So I guess I'm really just back to the way I always was. |
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