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Do you use anything you learned in undergrad classes toward real world applications?
Posted on 4/10/19 at 8:44 pm
Posted on 4/10/19 at 8:44 pm
Besides life lessons and group project work, do you use any material you learned in college in your day to day work?
I know it's different for engineers and I guess accountants. I was a supply chain major and I use some Excel skills I learned but that's really it.
I know it's different for engineers and I guess accountants. I was a supply chain major and I use some Excel skills I learned but that's really it.
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Posted on 4/10/19 at 8:44 pm to VolsOut4Harambe
Almost everything
Posted on 4/10/19 at 8:45 pm to VolsOut4Harambe
Gender linguistics and sexual theory major checking in
Every single day
Every single day
Posted on 4/10/19 at 8:46 pm to VolsOut4Harambe
Not really, but I knew from the beginning that I wasn’t going to. I went to college because it was important to my parents (not that I hold that against them). I just want a job I enjoy that allows me to pay for the things I want. I’m not a lavish person.
Posted on 4/10/19 at 8:46 pm to VolsOut4Harambe
Use my Psych class almost every day.One of the most useful classes I ever took.
Posted on 4/10/19 at 8:47 pm to VolsOut4Harambe
Engineers definitely do
Posted on 4/10/19 at 8:47 pm to VolsOut4Harambe
Better question: What universally required undergrad class does everyone say is useless in the real world post-college?
Posted on 4/10/19 at 8:48 pm to VolsOut4Harambe
Not really. I studied IT in the mid to late 90s. Almost nothing I learned is relevant anymore. Maybe relational databases and basic networking
Posted on 4/10/19 at 8:48 pm to VolsOut4Harambe
Engineer. Pretty much daily.
Posted on 4/10/19 at 8:49 pm to VolsOut4Harambe
I learned touch typing in HS. That's the only thing in my entire education, from kindergarten through postgrad, that was unreservedly practical and beneficial.
Posted on 4/10/19 at 8:49 pm to VolsOut4Harambe
Yes, but I graduated with a professional degree.
Posted on 4/10/19 at 8:49 pm to VolsOut4Harambe
Business major. Perhaps learned to write more effective business letters in English class. That’s probably about it. Business is learned in the real world.
Posted on 4/10/19 at 8:49 pm to VolsOut4Harambe
If you don’t have a Phd you are nobody in this world
Posted on 4/10/19 at 8:54 pm to VolsOut4Harambe
Business communications class was the most beneficial to be honest and I think should be required of every college student.
Posted on 4/10/19 at 8:55 pm to VolsOut4Harambe
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Posted on 4/10/19 at 8:58 pm to VolsOut4Harambe
I dissect frogs for a living so science class was very helpful for me.
Posted on 4/10/19 at 8:58 pm to VolsOut4Harambe
The only thing I remember from an LSU undergrad class is that the average Soviet woman had nine abortions.
Still waiting for a chance to apply it in life
Still waiting for a chance to apply it in life
Posted on 4/10/19 at 9:10 pm to VolsOut4Harambe
Not really... College was a waste for me for the most part. Should have done more banking/finance rather than general business stuff.
Posted on 4/10/19 at 9:10 pm to VolsOut4Harambe
I was biological engineering. I now work in consulting. I use the biology, chemistry (both organic and inorganic) and differential equations and that’s probably it.
Honestly, I think we need more chemistry majors and fewer chem e’s
Honestly, I think we need more chemistry majors and fewer chem e’s
Posted on 4/10/19 at 9:15 pm to VolsOut4Harambe
The classes I got the most from were higher-level English classes, advanced theory classes, and simple economics.
The ability to read and write beyond my peers has helped me more than any of my core classes.
I can run through a 50-60 page fluffed up report in 10-15 minutes and have a decent understanding of the situation.
I'm also the a-hole who will continue to review the document in a meeting.
The ability to read and write beyond my peers has helped me more than any of my core classes.
I can run through a 50-60 page fluffed up report in 10-15 minutes and have a decent understanding of the situation.
I'm also the a-hole who will continue to review the document in a meeting.
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