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re: Question about your college experience
Posted on 9/13/22 at 12:17 pm to SG_Geaux
Posted on 9/13/22 at 12:17 pm to SG_Geaux
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think I would have done better to go to one of the 2 year technical colleges and get to work sooner
Me as well. I would have finished the 4 year later with employer paying.
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Posted on 9/13/22 at 12:18 pm to vl100butch
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knowing what I know now, I would have enlisted in the Coast Guard and hopefully been stationed at a place where I could have started college part time.
Jogs an old memory....
When the draft during Viet Nam war went lottery for the first time I knew a student named Pat whose birthday was #1. He was toast. So, instead of being drafted he went into the Coast Guard with a long commitment. He was a tiny nerd but an amazing math genius. He took Calculus I,II, III and IV his freshman year and aced all of them.
I have no idea what the guard did with him.
This post was edited on 9/13/22 at 12:31 pm
Posted on 9/13/22 at 12:24 pm to Zach
I was accepted to Columbia but my parents balked at the tuition. based on what I know now:
should have taken loan and grappled for grants.
yes would have changed major. after I graduated I immediately went to a j.c. and took three computer programming courses in one semester and did programming and design my whole life.
I sometimes taught computer programming. no way I got those jobs if no degree.
should have taken loan and grappled for grants.
yes would have changed major. after I graduated I immediately went to a j.c. and took three computer programming courses in one semester and did programming and design my whole life.
I sometimes taught computer programming. no way I got those jobs if no degree.
This post was edited on 9/13/22 at 12:28 pm
Posted on 9/13/22 at 12:24 pm to Zach
old memory, I was 127 draft number, went to the custom house twice for induction. aced the mental tests, failed the physicals.
Posted on 9/13/22 at 12:28 pm to SG_Geaux
a. Yes
b. Same
c. No change. ChE degree has served me well.
b. Same
c. No change. ChE degree has served me well.
Posted on 9/13/22 at 12:30 pm to Zach
In order of importance:
1) Would have done a 2 year votech deal.
2) Different one.
3) Would have received a business degree and gone Pre-Law.
1) Would have done a 2 year votech deal.
2) Different one.
3) Would have received a business degree and gone Pre-Law.
Posted on 9/13/22 at 12:33 pm to Zach
A. Yes
B. Different, not because Tulane is bad, would like a more big college experience
C. Same but maybe double major in something else.
B. Different, not because Tulane is bad, would like a more big college experience
C. Same but maybe double major in something else.
Posted on 9/13/22 at 12:34 pm to Zach
My answers to any one of the three questions has varied at different times over the years. All I can say at this point in my life is that I am happy where I am, and with what I have planned for the future.
Posted on 9/13/22 at 12:39 pm to TheFonz
I went to three different colleges and got two degrees. I would change everything.
Posted on 9/13/22 at 12:43 pm to Zach
a. Yes. My profession requires it. I wasn't good at anything else.
b. 50-50. Knowing what I know now, yes. But being a socially awkward kid back then going to school close to home helped.
c. No, like I said, what I do is the only thing I've ever been good at.
I have four kids. Two of them will defiantly go to college because it will help them. The other two aren't school material and would be better suited for a trade school or apprenticeship. I'm not going to force a round peg in a square hole by forcing them to go to college when they don't need it.
b. 50-50. Knowing what I know now, yes. But being a socially awkward kid back then going to school close to home helped.
c. No, like I said, what I do is the only thing I've ever been good at.
I have four kids. Two of them will defiantly go to college because it will help them. The other two aren't school material and would be better suited for a trade school or apprenticeship. I'm not going to force a round peg in a square hole by forcing them to go to college when they don't need it.
This post was edited on 9/13/22 at 12:45 pm
Posted on 9/13/22 at 12:46 pm to Zach
The biggest regret I have, is not going to community college to take my pre requisites. Would have saved a lot of money and probably time.
Posted on 9/13/22 at 12:48 pm to Zach
1 - Yes
2 - Yes (LSU)
3 - Graduated with ME - Its okay but I enjoy finance so much more so either that or computer science
2 - Yes (LSU)
3 - Graduated with ME - Its okay but I enjoy finance so much more so either that or computer science
Posted on 9/13/22 at 12:51 pm to Zach
I would go to Princeton rather than Harvard.
Posted on 9/13/22 at 12:53 pm to Zach
It is a difficult question to answer because I'm not unhappy with the way my life has turned out to date, and choosing another path could have resulted in a different life than what I have now. So, assuming I would still end up with the same wife and children...
Yes
Different. I would have have left the state, or at least my hometown, in order to spend those great years in a new place, meeting (more) new people
Partially. I probably would have kept the same general overall major, but focused on a different concentration within that major
quote:
a. Would you go to college at all?
Yes
quote:
b. Would you go to the same college or a different one?
Different. I would have have left the state, or at least my hometown, in order to spend those great years in a new place, meeting (more) new people
quote:
c. Would you have selected a different major?
Partially. I probably would have kept the same general overall major, but focused on a different concentration within that major
Posted on 9/13/22 at 12:57 pm to Zach
I went to LSU for 8 years…frick no I wouldn’t change that. Graduated in physics and EE (MS)…I mean I would have fathered get an MS in ME, but there was more overlap with EE and CAMD, where I worked, had projects for EE.
Posted on 9/13/22 at 12:59 pm to Zach
quote:Quality post.
Listening to a story last week on America's First News Radio regarding a study on 'regrets of college'. The polling questions were about 'If you could do it over again.....'
a. Would you go to college at all?
b. Would you go to the same college or a different one?
c. Would you have selected a different major?
Was curious to see how this board would answer the 3.
quote:
a. Would you go to college at all?
Probably not, and I have more than one degree.
quote:The same ones. Auburn, Utah, Florida. All good schools that I felt fortunate to attend.
b. Would you go to the same college or a different one?
quote:Yes. I started in ChemE and would have stuck it out. I chose an easier path in undergrad just to get my shingle. It all worked out but was still a bitch move that I regret to this day. The younger me didn't always have it together.
c. Would you have selected a different major?
Posted on 9/13/22 at 1:00 pm to Zach
quote:
a. Would you go to college at all?
b. Would you go to the same college or a different one?
c. Would you have selected a different major?
A. Yes
B. Yes, I attended a small four year college. Tuition was affordable for my parents. I did not go into any debt nor did my parents.
C. I don't know. While I am not employed using the degree I got, the job I have requires a degree so it worked out well.
I've been working in my field for over 20 years. I don't make great money, but I earn a decent salary, have great health insurance, a 401(k) and paid time off.
I own a small home. It doesn't have all the fancy appliances or fancy floors, but I own it.
I am a single woman in her 40's, so I do ok.
Posted on 9/13/22 at 1:00 pm to Zach
a. Yes
s. Different school. Bigger one.
c. Same major. Accounting. Served me well over the last 40+ years.
s. Different school. Bigger one.
c. Same major. Accounting. Served me well over the last 40+ years.
Posted on 9/13/22 at 1:03 pm to SouthEasternKaiju
quote:
I regret nothing.
I remember nothing
Posted on 9/13/22 at 1:06 pm to Zach
Back in the mid-80's not everyone went to college, so I am very happy I went to college. When you got out of college, a college degree really meant something, not so much now.
I would absolutely would go back to Alabama! Sending 2 kids there now.
I love my job, so would major in the same.
I think college taught me so much more than I learned in the classrooms. I was the youngest of 5 and lived a sheltered life, so I really grew up in my years at Bama. I push my own 2 kids to learn to do things on their own too.
I would absolutely would go back to Alabama! Sending 2 kids there now.
I love my job, so would major in the same.
I think college taught me so much more than I learned in the classrooms. I was the youngest of 5 and lived a sheltered life, so I really grew up in my years at Bama. I push my own 2 kids to learn to do things on their own too.
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